*** The Car Cleaning Thread ***

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Argh. A neighbour mentioned that my car needed a wax as the rain wasn't beading on it. Despite the fact I've been driving for ~10 years I've never waxed my cars, in-fact just washing it once in a blue moon was about as far as I've gone! After seeing this thread I've now discovered a whole world of stuff that I probably should have done. Given I've recently swapped cars it's time to properly look after it.

Several hours of research later from this thread, detailing world and Google I have a list of products that appear to be the best value, but I need some help finishing it off. Am I roughly on the right track with these? I'm still a little unsure on what I should buy to clean my alloys/wheel arches, and which microfibre drying/buffing cloths I should be buying - do I need different ones for buffing wax polish and wax or can I reuse the same one?

I have a 130 bar pressure washer with a detergent tank built into it. I assume I can just pour some of the hyper wash shampoo into this and adjust the mix as required rather than using a snow foam attachment to do the same job?

Hopefully this will make sense:

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(Google sheets link).

If you feel I can swap some of these products out for cheaper ones that would be handy, but I also don't mind paying a bit more for something that'll last longer and be more cost effective.
 
craig_t said:
Why's this thread not full of winter protected pictures :(
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m,y car was sealed for winter about 8 weeks ago. There hasn't been a day in 3 weeks up in glasgow where it hasn't rained. im not going out to do it again. people will look at me funny. well more funny than usual.
 
Pho said:
Argh. A neighbour mentioned that my car needed a wax as the rain wasn't beading on it. Despite the fact I've been driving for ~10 years I've never waxed my cars, in-fact just washing it once in a blue moon was about as far as I've gone! After seeing this thread I've now discovered a whole world of stuff that I probably should have done. Given I've recently swapped cars it's time to properly look after it.

Several hours of research later from this thread, detailing world and Google I have a list of products that appear to be the best value, but I need some help finishing it off. Am I roughly on the right track with these? I'm still a little unsure on what I should buy to clean my alloys/wheel arches, and which microfibre drying/buffing cloths I should be buying - do I need different ones for buffing wax polish and wax or can I reuse the same one?

I have a 130 bar pressure washer with a detergent tank built into it. I assume I can just pour some of the hyper wash shampoo into this and adjust the mix as required rather than using a snow foam attachment to do the same job?

Hopefully this will make sense:

aM9lO5B.png


(Google sheets link).

If you feel I can swap some of these products out for cheaper ones that would be handy, but I also don't mind paying a bit more for something that'll last longer and be more cost effective.
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Looks fine from here. And yes the detergent bit in your washer will be fine, just get the right mix and it will act as snowfoam. I use Maxisuds mostly, this is a snow foam, but also a shampoo (or the other way round :p) - So yeah, they are one and the same unless the shampoo specifically states it's a shampoo only.

Try it and see, if it snows and sticks to the car for a few minutes, you're good to go.
 
opstrat said:
m,y car was sealed for winter about 8 weeks ago. There hasn't been a day in 3 weeks up in glasgow where it hasn't rained. im not going out to do it again. people will look at me funny. well more funny than usual.
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Post a beading picture then, it's just missing pictures :D
 
There's the C120 6-6 PCAD X-Tra coming up on rainforest in the deals later today. Currently £140 but will be cheaper.

I have the C110 XTRA PC that I picked up last year from the rainforest, excellent bit of kit for the £40 odd I paid for it. The non PC was £47 last week on the deals.
 
Yup :) It does come with a foam bottle but it's naff. You can get the snow lances a bit cheaper elsewhere (fleabay), although that's the exact one I have.
 
Thats a Nilfisk C110 & lance & snow foam ordered then! Bargain and I can finish cleaning my drive, paving stones & a huge amount of other things too!

Will give the Karcher back to its rightful owner now!
 
wondering whats the best way to get my car washed at home, not a fan of the handcar wash places! :| they're cheap but all they do is rub the dirt into the paint work!

problem is that I have no driveway, live in london and I guess I could get an extended hose over to my car from the tap in the kitchen.. anything you can recommend that would connect to a normal/standard tap ?

so i guess I'm looking for everything to get started, just basic pressure washing for now will do!
 
What's the favourite wax and polish on here these days? It's a silverish car (Lunar Grey) and just want a good winter protection and beading :)
 
Polish:
Sonus Stage 1 - 4 and AutoGlym SRP

Wax:
Fk1000P (only wax I have tried as it does the job and suitable for wheels.

(That's what I use)

Everyone is different, some recommend the Megs 105/205 polishes.

Depends how bad swirls/scratches are and how much correction the car needs?
 
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