JohnS

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I guess most of you hav heard of the two bucket method for cleaning cars now, where you use one buckets full of suds to wash the car, and another with clean water to rinse your mitt/sponge etc.

I've just returned from a two week trip to Angola (hot and dusty country!), and out there they use a revolutionary technique, which I've labelled the one cloth method.

Their cars get very dirty out there, due to the large quantities of dust/grit that blows around. Overnight, cars can have a thock layer of dust that would seriously impair your vision (also encourages kids to write/draw on the cars!).

It goes something like this:

Fill a bucket full of water from the tap. Do not add any soap.

Using a rough tea-towel or similar grade of cloth, dampen the cloth using the water from the bucket.

Using the damp cloth, remove all the dust from the cars bodywork. You do not need to rinse the cloth out between body panels/windows etc. You can wash the whole car including the wheels and tyres without rinsing, though many do indeed rinse the cloth our before starting on the wheels and tyres.

Once you have finished (approx 5 - 10 minutes), simply wring out the cloth back into the bucket and then buff/dry using the same damp cloth.

Once you have collected payment from the car owner, you go onto the next car. Do not empty your bucket of water, as you will use this one bucketfull of water the whole day to wash many other cars.

This method is quick, easy to learn, environmentally friendly. Guaranteed to remove all surface contaminants including bird poo, rust, tar spots, top coat of paint, and impart a lovely dull hazy sheen to your pride and joy.

John

Rich @ PB

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Well, if work dries up over here I'm off then - sounds like plenty of cars will need doing over there! That said, won't the southern folk need to start doing this soon?!

JohnS

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Rich,

I think the guys doing it over there earn only a few pence for each car - there are dozens of them walking the streets looking for suitable cars to clean.

Can't see you making a living out of it somehow - don't think any of them have even heard of polish.

Rich @ PB

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Aye, can imagine - kind of makes it seem daft that we even care about polishing our motors, but life is life I guess, and we must live our own as events and circumstances unfold.

Silver Scooby Sport

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Any pictures John we need a visual reference for this one

JohnS

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Not the best of photos (taken with my phone), but you'll perhaps get the idea

SirFozzalot

F1 CJE UK

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Did you get his number

Silver Scooby Sport

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Good God

StickyMicky

fooken hell, this is an awesome post