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Generally those things can close up if you do them up all the way. And then if you slowly loosen, it should adjust the spray pattern.
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Little Recommendation - for Cheap/No Thrills Lint Free Glass Cloths.
£2.50 for x3 - 40CM Wide and 50CM in Length from Dunelm
With them being fairly large, if you fold correctly you have more than enough clean fresh sides to buff without needing an additional cloth for the entire car.
£2.50 for x3 - 40CM Wide and 50CM in Length from Dunelm
With them being fairly large, if you fold correctly you have more than enough clean fresh sides to buff without needing an additional cloth for the entire car.
Little Recommendation - for Cheap/No Thrills Lint Free Glass Cloths.
£2.50 for x3 - 40CM Wide and 50CM in Length from Dunelm
With them being fairly large, if you fold correctly you have more than enough clean fresh sides to buff without needing an additional cloth for the entire car.
Silly question probably but do you then rewash these and use again or would a washing machine wash wreck them?
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They are Machine Washable - I’ve not put these through numerous washes yet but after a couple of washes appear like new.
I tend to wash my car towels at 20c using Non Bio Liquid Detergent and without any Fabric Softener as this ruins towels absorption.
Chucking some vinegar in instead of Fabric Softener isn't a bad idea. Stops them getting stiff due to any soap and hard water, but doesn't clog them up. White vinegar that is.
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Liquid soap + white vinegar, along with water softening tablets is my go to combo for washing car towels 
Liquid soap + white vinegar, along with water softening tablets is my go to combo for washing car towels
The softening tablets are doing the same thing as the vinegar is in this case, so just use whichever is cheaper.
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It’s only used during the rinse section, as it goes into the fabric conditioner part
Using the water softener tablet improves the performance of the detergent during the main wash cycle too
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I'm not allowed to put rags through, manual wash for me
Rinse them through with water, then I've got car pro microfiber wash
Does not come out as clean though
Rinse them through with water, then I've got car pro microfiber wash
Does not come out as clean though
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I'm not allowed to put rags through, manual wash for me
Rinse them through with water, then I've got car pro microfiber wash
Does not come out as clean though
No they never have the same level of clean/softness again :/
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When I have done. I just rinse through, then place towels in with the car pro detergent, good as new
Yeah my area really struggles with horrible hard water, I’ll have to look into the water softener tablets.
Looking good! You can always see those who look after their cars and those who don’t as the select few of us have lovely beadage
Edit: Perhaps well maintained is better to describe it.
Still beading like a champ. Last wash was 3 weeks ago and ~450 miles.
Looking good! You can always see those who look after their cars and those who don’t as the select few of us have lovely beadage
Edit: Perhaps well maintained is better to describe it.
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Certainly. Them love beads tell the whole storyLooking good! You can always see those who look after their cars and those who don’t as the select few of us have lovely beadage
Edit: Perhaps well maintained is better to describe it.
Scrubbed up quite well the other day. I tried out some of the Turtle Wax Seal n Shine and it has done a great job, especially considering it started to rain towards the end of washing it. Said rain left dust spots all over the car, so I cleaned that off with some Sonax BSD, hopefully between the two the protection lasts for awhile .
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agree - 60c bio washes, too, to shift product solvents/residue, like for oily boiler suit for diy underneath car - regular clothes only get non-bio 30C,
purchased a thick brushed 100% cotton under-sheet, way back, that I cut up & use for car maintenance products (but not washing the car).
Gave the car a wash today, honestly couldn’t be bothed with the faff of pressure washer.
Pump Sprayer to apply a Citrus Based Pre-Wash followed by a generous rinse down with the hose with as much pressure it would give me.
To clean the alloys I used Turtlewax Redline and then applied Autobrite Wheel and Tyre through an IK Foamer.
Contact wash with Autobrite Purple Velvet followed by a coat of Autobrite Project 64 as I gave the car a final wipe down with a finishing towel.
Car looks very well cared for, minus the wheel arches which haven’t dried spotless, oh and guilty of skipping the inner barrels on this occasion.
Pump Sprayer to apply a Citrus Based Pre-Wash followed by a generous rinse down with the hose with as much pressure it would give me.
To clean the alloys I used Turtlewax Redline and then applied Autobrite Wheel and Tyre through an IK Foamer.
Contact wash with Autobrite Purple Velvet followed by a coat of Autobrite Project 64 as I gave the car a final wipe down with a finishing towel.
Car looks very well cared for, minus the wheel arches which haven’t dried spotless, oh and guilty of skipping the inner barrels on this occasion.
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Forgive me for being stupid, do you use these to dry your paintwork?Little Recommendation - for Cheap/No Thrills Lint Free Glass Cloths.
£2.50 for x3 - 40CM Wide and 50CM in Length from Dunelm
With them being fairly large, if you fold correctly you have more than enough clean fresh sides to buff without needing an additional cloth for the entire car.