car shampoo recomendations?

[Mgaz]

Can anybody recommend a good car shampoo for sponge washing?

I usually buy the common £5 bottle from halfords , such as simonize or carplan , but they never seem to be as good as i remember years ago. Cost cutting?


Anyway.. Any recommendations from you guys and gals?

Wouldn't mind a big bulk sized tub of the stuff aswell, as i do have a few cars to clean

[rustymotor]

Fairy Liquid kills grease and keeps your hands soft last for ages

[Fusilier]

Originally Posted by Mgaz

Can anybody recommend a good car shampoo for sponge washing?

I usually buy the common £5 bottle from halfords , such as simonize or carplan , but they never seem to be as good as i remember years ago. Cost cutting?


Anyway.. Any recommendations from you guys and gals?

Wouldn't mind a big bulk sized tub of the stuff aswell, as i do have a few cars to clean

Gaz

Have a look at clean your car website, where you can get options on which is the recommended shampoo, and lastly get rid of sponge, as all they do is introduce swirls and scratches on the paintwork, get yourself either a noddle mitt or a lambs wool mitt

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washin...ing/cat_1.html

Stu

[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

[Simondi]

I use Mer High Shine Shampoo abd a lambswool washmit.

[tourer]

Originally Posted by Mgaz

Can anybody recommend a good car shampoo for sponge washing?

I usually buy the common £5 bottle from halfords , such as simonize or carplan , but they never seem to be as good as i remember years ago. Cost cutting?


Anyway.. Any recommendations from you guys and gals?

Wouldn't mind a big bulk sized tub of the stuff aswell, as i do have a few cars to clean

If you really want a bulk size, if you can get to Costco they do a 25 litre drum of TURTLE WAX PRO WASH AND WAX for £15.53 inc VAT.I don't know what others think about it but I am perfectly happy with it.

[klarzy]

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...

[rustymotor]

This might be a bit off topic, constant polishing and especially with machine polishing removes the UV protection from the top lacquer coat. Some enthusiastic owners will for sure be doing more harm than good to their cars paint work

[AndyN01]

Originally Posted by klarzy

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...

Each to their own.

How we choose to treat our cars is a personal choice.

It was simply a suggestion.



Andy.

[daveycooper]

Autoglymn shampoo conditioner. 2.5litres for £12 at halfords. Use a little, will last ages. Ive used it for years on a multitude of cars.

As mentioned, microfibre cloths are the best.