What do you use to wash your car?

[janie_cakie]

What brand do you use to wash your car? And what brand do you use to wash your rims?

[Red Dwarf]

Take a look in the care and maintenance forums janie, you will find loads of info in there.

I personally use Meguairs Soft gel wash on my two week old Cooper. Haven't used anything specific on the wheels yet. Will use the rest of my wonder wheels until it's gone, then switch to something Meguiars no doubt.

[stu2]

hi ,,at the moment i'm using turtle wax
wash n shine suppose to leave no smears
but somone i know is getting me some
superduper stuff,,,don't know what it's called
but if it's any good i'll let you know....

[janie_cakie]

Quote: Originally Posted by stu2

hi ,,at the moment i'm using turtle wax
wash n shine suppose to leave no smears
but somone i know is getting me some
superduper stuff,,,don't know what it's called
but if it's any good i'll let you know....

What about the TOUCHLESS CAR WASH? Would my car get damaged in it?

[taz01942]

Quote: Originally Posted by janie_cakie

What about the TOUCHLESS CAR WASH? Would my car get damaged in it?

after seeing an alfa 75 go in one end of a car wash,and come out the other end minus its body kit i have avoided car washes ever since!it was very clean when it came out and so were all the bits of plastic scattered about the floor!woops!
try autoglym if you can get hold of it!

[~Marcus~]

I use five Albanian blokes armed with sponges....a bargain £5 at my local drive through hand-wash...

[ALD0]

Quote: Originally Posted by MaxxUK

I use five Albanian blokes armed with sponges....a bargain £5 at my local drive through hand-wash...

Does it take 5 to Wash a MINI?

[janie_cakie]

I Need More Opinions, Plzzz Help!!!!!!

[teampajn]

I go to the touchless car wash myself. That way I don't have to worry about my wash mitt getting dirt on it and scratching my paint. I am very anal about any swirl marks and don't feel there is a need to fix that if i don't need to. I wax the car very often too because I'm not sure if the presoak stuff takes off the wax.

[janie_cakie]

Quote: Originally Posted by teampajn

I go to the touchless car wash myself. That way I don't have to worry about my wash mitt getting dirt on it and scratching my paint. I am very anal about any swirl marks and don't feel there is a need to fix that if i don't need to. I wax the car very often too because I'm not sure if the presoak stuff takes off the wax.

How often do you wash your car?

[janie_cakie]

Have any of your car get damaged in touchless wash?

[CooperMax]

never let your car go near a car wash!! ... or a jet wash IMO.

I always use this on our cars:

Meguiars Gold Class Wash (better than soft wash gel)
Meguiars Stage 1 Paint Cleaner
Meguiars Scratch-X scratch remover
Meguiars Stage 2 Polish
Meguiars Gold Class Wax
Meguiars Hot Rims alloy cleaner
Meguiars Leather Conditioner
+ P21S Carnauba Wax (as good, if not better, than the Meguiars wax)

... with the usual detailing cloths, wash mits, drying cloths etc etc

[ALD0]

Quote: Originally Posted by CooperMax

never let your car go near a car wash!! ... or a jet wash IMO.

I always use this on our cars:

Meguiars Gold Class Wash (better than soft wash gel)
Meguiars Stage 1 Paint Cleaner
Meguiars Scratch-X scratch remover
Meguiars Stage 2 Polish
Meguiars Gold Class Wax
Meguiars Hot Rims alloy cleaner
Meguiars Leather Conditioner
+ P21S Carnauba Wax (as good, if not better, than the Meguiars wax)

... with the usual detailing cloths, wash mits, drying cloths etc etc

Have you shares in Meguiars

[teampajn]

Quote: Originally Posted by janie_cakie

How often do you wash your car?

Whenever it is dirty and is nice out. Usually I like to do it about once a week, sometimes more often. I like to also have tokens for the touchless automatic so I can have my wife wash it when it gets dirty too, basically just to wash the loose crap off it. It doesn't work that well but helps. I have never had any damage done to my car in a touchless. I've had some by hand washing though. I like to wax it every 2 to 3 weeks.

[ruthie]

Meguiars all the way.