What car wash shampoo?

[Julz]

I wish I could've washed mine today, but it's tipping it down, so she's all snug in the garage, if a little manky!!

The polish is great, I cover the car in a oner then polish it all off, although you do get very sore arms by the end of it!!

Megs tyre shine is excellent too, and is by far their best smelling product (how girlie ) and the Quick Detailer is a life saver if you're at a car show!!

[laura f]

Quote: Originally Posted by Julz

Definately the Megs NXT!! Only problem is the distinct craving for a bag of Dolly Mixtures afterwards!!

Glad it's not just me that suffers with the "washed MINI now want sweets" syndrome, when using NXT

[techiedoc]

I am quite happy with the Zymol's 'Clear' which does not strip off the wax.

[steebo777]

Mequire's NXT user here.

[lemoncoke]

Autoglym car wash, and NXT wax afterwards.

[Cooper76]

Has anyone tried the MINI-brand shampoo sold at dealers?

[Wul]

Quote: Originally Posted by Julz

I wish I could've washed mine today, but it's tipping it down, so she's all snug in the garage, if a little manky!!

The polish is great, I cover the car in a oner then polish it all off, although you do get very sore arms by the end of it!!

Megs tyre shine is excellent too, and is by far their best smelling product (how girlie ) and the Quick Detailer is a life saver if you're at a car show!!

You're doing well Julz - i'll soon have to hand over the mantle of sad scottish meguiars rep to you!


I'm an NXT fan too - although in the shampoo stakes i'm hearing good noises about Sonax shampoo available from <coughcoughvauxhalldealerscoughcough>

[Cooper76]

So, has anyone tried the MINI-Brand shampoo? Or even know what is in it? I am sure it is the same as the BMW-Brand shampoo since it is made by them. How is it?

[Smurfn]

I am another Meguiars NXT user. Both the wash and the wax. I find the wash is just so silky smooth compared to the Meguiars Gold Class, and the wax is excellent, leaving a deep shine I have only really used the Meguiars stuff, and only ever waxed/ polished the MINI (previous cars suffered badly )

I think the MINI branded stuff is Zymol, although I could be wrong.

[meinamini]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cooper76

So, has anyone tried the MINI-Brand shampoo? Or even know what is in it? I am sure it is the same as the BMW-Brand shampoo since it is made by them. How is it?

Don't know if it is the same but if it is it's fantasic. BMW shampoo does the best job, the car just gleams afterwards!!

[Cooper76]

Quote: Originally Posted by meinamini

Don't know if it is the same but if it is it's fantasic. BMW shampoo does the best job, the car just gleams afterwards!!

Excellent news! I hope so. I picked up a bottle on a whim (instead of the NXT wash that everyone is raving about here) and will have to see how it does. Same price as the BMW stuff and same maker, so I am assuming, same stuff. Will have to try this and the NXT wash to compare.

Now, to get the nerve up to wash the car in below freezing temps...hahaha...

[Clutch Cargo]

The accepted ("everybody says") wisdom is not to use dish detergent (aka washing-up liquid) on your car. The reason given is that it is too strong and will thus strip the wax off. But, having tried to clean candle wax off of wooden table tops and porcelain candle sticks, I can attest that detergent does not dissolve wax. Even if this argument were true, it wouldn't apply to the non-wax finishes like Zaino, Klasse, Autoglym, NXT, etc.

I'm willing to accept that for washing a car, a weaker solution of detergent is more appropriate than what you'd want for washing a roasting pan. But I suspect that there is no reason other than marketing hype to use a completely different product.

That said -- I just bought myself a gallon of Meguire's Shampoo Plus, which is in their "Professional Detailer" line. US$14 for the gallon, same price as Dawn dishwashing detergent, $1.75 a pint (P21S shampoo is almost $10 a pint!) Can someone on here with a background in chemistry tell me if I've been sucked in by the hype? Is there a real qualitative difference between dish washing and car washing?

[Wul]

Hey there Clutch Cargo - the melting point of candle wax is a lot higher than car wax - so it's no wonder it never dissolved on your table.

The salt content of dish washing detergent is very high compared to car shampoo so it can attack bare metal finishes like road salt and leaves your car with a dull finish.

[yorkshire-sam]

I have always used Swissol products on my cars so guess that will apply to the S in January!

[Iamamini]

..original products may be from different manufactures ( I don´t know) but I am pretty sure that thier schampoo is the same as Sonax Gloss Schampoo wich I use and it is vg!