What do you wash your car with?

[Jonesy40]

Hey

Need to clean the exterior of my car just wondering what products everyone uses?

and espically what you use to get bugs of the bonnet and front bar.

Jonesy

 

[Turd Ferguson]

gerni wash for genereal cleaning

for polish i usually use some blue cut polish.

 

[greenacc]

I think its Eagle 'wet look' wash. It's red and comes in a big bottle about 1 litre. It's cheap too , and the cheapest is always the best as they say. There are special products for bug and tar removal but i just use my fingernail.

 

[topzone]

Hey there - had a special lesson on how to detail cars from a guy who Cleaned upmarket cars for around 30 yrs in his own business he had his own tricks for allsorts for different stains and marks - but to cut a long story short, start with mild cleaners (soap and water) and if the dirt wont shift use something stronger till it does - I once saw him soak a badly grease marked seat in petrol followed by a wash with detergent it came up a treat, as for the panelwork - wax and then more wax oh and lots of elbow grease.
You put the polish on you rub the polish off Grasshopper !

 

[KiWi1]

Car wash degreaser. (seriously) ask Nanos

Kiwi

 

[Troy711]

Rain water

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Rain water

bahahahha, great advice

Cheap and simple

 

[cxcxcxvcvcvc]

I just use the armour all wash/cleaner to remove the dirt and then use the clay bar to sort out stubborn marks

 

[love the general]

personally i can't go past turtle wash and wax. for bugs just use your fingernail. i have a vr ute with the black bumpers and for them can't beat tyre shine haha

 

[savage1987]

If you have the patience you can use the wet towel method.. soak a towel in fresh water and drape it over your bonnet/bumper.. leave for a while then come back and the bugs just wipe off with a sponge.

For my own cars, I don't even use a soap, just rainwater and a sponge. Wash once a week then wax, the paint stays so smoothe you don't need to scrub at the bugs and spots, they just wipe straight off. Takes a bit of groundwork to get your paint to that stage first though if you have an older car... a Meguiar's clay bar is a great place to start.

Sam