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Originally Posted by AndyN01
+1 for Stu's reply.
Fairy liquid is for washing up NOT washing cars. It has all sorts of things in it - like salt - which is not great around elderly steel...... 
There's zillions of "proper" car shampoos.
My personal favourite is this:
http://car-chem.com/store/luxury-car...ncentrate-5ltr
Yes it does work at 1900:1 (  ) and yes it does come in 5 litre (and bigger) sizes but you'll probably be leaving it to your grandchildren in your will if you buy more than 5 litres  .
And as Stu says, ditch the sponge. They trap grit and then happily swirl it across your paintwork. Not good.
Something like this is better:
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/cgi-b...html#aMMIM0001
You might think this is quite a few £££'s for a posh "sponge" but it really is worth the money.
If your cars are quite dirty (and even if they're not  ) starting with "snowfoam" is probably the best way to make your life really easy.
No, I'd never heard of it until I started getting into cleaning cars either. Now it's my absolute goto product. I wouldn't dream of "washing" a car without it.
You don't need anything fancy - a garden pump sprayer will be perfectly OK - it's what I use all the time..
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...foam-cat2.html
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...nd-drying.html
If you fancy popping over to the nano meeting on Saturday 12th I'll happily bore you to death about car cleaning....... .
All the best & Good luck.
Andy |
STOP BEING SO
WASH POSH
bucket of water and a nackered brillo pad to get the rough stuff off, then a well worn set of boxers in cotton to buff to a perfect shine...
I sometimes use clay.... in the form of a cup, to drink tea while i admire the glow of me loverly clean motor....
In all seriousness, i use a squirt of fairy too... it does contain salt, which is not good on mild steel.... so it's a good job my car has paint all over it.... i wash the paint, not the steel...