*** The Car Cleaning Thread ***

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Phil W said:
So does water :confused:
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Water doesn't contain any cleaning agents and doesn't dwell on the car allowing it to break down the tougher dirt. Once you've left the foam to dwell for a while a lot of the dirt will have made it's way onto the floor, so you can avoid having to push it across your paint with water.

It's certainly not a necessity, but it does help.
 
I'll like a snow foam lance myself, but can't justify the £40+ for it. :( Add in the snow foam itself, and that seems quite expensive considering it'll mainly be used as a pre-wash.
 
Well you get free snow foam with a rather good dillution ratio for free with the Autobrite ones a bunch of us above got for £40 so well worth it on that front for quality of the part and what you get bundled too.

Snow foam generally lasts ages. My last half bottle (2 litres ish) lasted over 2 years. Still plenty left.
 
I'm waiting for midnight, I'm itching to order some car cleaning products that I lost during the last part of the renovation :(

My poor fluffy big blue towel :(
 
LiE said:
but foam is so fun!

On a serious note, it's good for cleaning a pretty dirty car because the foam softens the dirt before you hit it with the pressure washer.
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I don't use a pressure washer either?

1) Spray car with garden hose attachment
2) Wash car with bucket (or two) and washmit
3) Rinse car with garden hose attachment

Feels awfully primative against all those snowfoam £100 pressure washer business you've all got going on but as the end result is a clean car ready for either drying, or claying and polishing, or whatever, I'm still not sure I get the snowfoam thing?
 
I've got a Karcher pressure washer that cost like £50 that works brilliantly. I was looking at snowfoam earlier tonight actually and decided i didn't need it. I can barely be bothered to get the pressure washer out most of the time, let alone other stuff.
 
[TW]Fox;22432235 said:
I don't use a pressure washer either?

1) Spray car with garden hose attachment
2) Wash car with bucket (or two) and washmit
3) Rinse car with garden hose attachment

Feels awfully primative against all those snowfoam £100 pressure washer business you've all got going on but as the end result is a clean car ready for either drying, or claying and polishing, or whatever, I'm still not sure I get the snowfoam thing?
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I used to clean like you do, and even in the drying stage I'd still be finding bits of dirt on my towel. Washing with the mitt and drying is the point where swirls are caused, and removing as much dirt before is the best way to reduce this. Not so important for a car which already has swirls or is silver ;)
 
Seems like the harder you try and keep a car nice, the harder it becomes.

Latest thing is a small child throwing a stone at the side of my car and leaving a chip+dent just above the sill.

Got £20 from his guardian for it but I'd rather not have the dent :(

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Minstadave said:
The 3m car shampoo is £4.50 in tesco at the moment, as is the tyre restorer and some other bits of their range.
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Its surprising how much cheaper it is in store at these places, rather than the online ones peddled by DW users and such.
 
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