What do you use to clean your car?

[Eshrules]

ok.... summer is approaching, my paintwork is due to be re-done (look here)
and im wanting the golf to look its best...

few scuffs on the alloys (not by me i hasten to add) but besides that, paintwork in good condition for age....

now what are people using to turn their cars out?

i normally use a triple wax car wash from ********* for the wash, good old elbow grease with a toothbrush and some unknown wheel cleaner for the wheels and i then go over it with t-cut colour fast (colour matched) to lift any light scratches/blemishes, then i normally hand wax the whole thing with carplan hand wax....

turns out well, but im thinking not at its best.

i dont want to be **** and spend days getting it perfect.. but lets hear what people put on their motors....

[buster]

ok.... summer is approaching, my paintwork is due to be re-done (look here)
and im wanting the golf to look its best...

few scuffs on the alloys (not by me i hasten to add) but besides that, paintwork in good condition for age....

now what are people using to turn their cars out?

i normally use a triple wax car wash from ********* for the wash, good old elbow grease with a toothbrush and some unknown wheel cleaner for the wheels and i then go over it with t-cut colour fast (colour matched) to lift any light scratches/blemishes, then i normally hand wax the whole thing with carplan hand wax....

turns out well, but im thinking not at its best.

i dont want to be **** and spend days getting it perfect.. but lets hear what people put on their motors....

I take mine down to Morrisons and run it through the carwash.

[Eshrules]

I take mine down to Morrisons and run it through the carwash.

please tell; me your joking! nearest mine gets to a car wash is when i use the pressure washer to clean all the rubbish off it and give it a quick shampoo, hand wax and wheels still cleaned at home though....

[s0niX]

soap and water cuts it for me

[ghee60]

A tip to keep wheels clean is to get some wheel wax, like wonder wheels. If you spend ages getting them spotless you can then apply the wax and let it set. Then next time you come to clean them you can wash the wax off the wheels taking the grime with it

[Eshrules]

A tip to keep wheels clean is to get some wheel wax, like wonder wheels. If you spend ages getting them spotless you can then apply the wax and let it set. Then next time you come to clean them you can wash the wax off the wheels taking the grime with it

might sound daft, but id thought soemthing like this must exist... never seem to be able to find it though?

[ghee60]

Thats what your looking for they sell it in *********

[NicholasP]

i get it cleaned by the Polish boys down the end of the road..they know me now and have got all the tools and power washers to make it look good..and it cost me £20..and car looks decent afterwards

[gramey]

I fell for the salesmans spiel when I recently bought my 2002 Passat and had it done with Safeguard inside & out. It's supposed to stop stains on the interior and keep the shine on the exterior. Guaranteed for 6 years, don't actually expect it will last that long, but I wash the car with two buckets of water with Autoglym shampoo, rinse off and leather and hey presto it's all shiney again!

[Eshrules]

I fell for the salesmans spiel when I recently bought my 2002 Passat and had it done with Safeguard inside & out. It's supposed to stop stains on the interior and keep the shine on the exterior. Guaranteed for 6 years, don't actually expect it will last that long, but I wash the car with two buckets of water with Autoglym shampoo, rinse off and leather and hey presto it's all shiney again!

ohhh those blasted salesmen... when i had a visit to a car supermarket (the carshop i belive), i was looking at a pug 307 (narrowly escaped disaster there!) they were like " yes, yes safeguard does this, it does that, it does the other " how much, i said... they said "as little as £2 a month" until they showed me the actual breakdown and were trying to charge me nearly £300 in total for that crap....

i have very little faith in things that seem too good to be true LOL