Which Car Cleaning Stuff?
10 May 2004, 08:55 PM
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Which Car Cleaning Stuff?
Evening all,
Can anyone suggest some decent car cleaning and polishing products, have decided I really should start taking care of the car whilst it still looks new and shiny!
Also what sort of cloths do you use for polishing, tried some lint free cloths from halfords but they seemed to leave a trail of little flakey white bits after wiping across a surface from the cloth.
All suggestions welcome!
Ta
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Can anyone suggest some decent car cleaning and polishing products, have decided I really should start taking care of the car whilst it still looks new and shiny!
Also what sort of cloths do you use for polishing, tried some lint free cloths from halfords but they seemed to leave a trail of little flakey white bits after wiping across a surface from the cloth.
All suggestions welcome!
Ta
David
10 May 2004, 09:08 PM
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a LOT of people swear by swissol.
personally for me it costs too much compared to the value of my car (96 wrx.. cant be worth THAT much more than a bottle of swissol anymore
), so i tend to use autoglym (sp?) for the car, and wonder wheels for (you guessed it) the wheels... and have great results with both (especially wonder wheels).
but if your car is new(ish) and you're proud of it.. it may be worth checking out swissol.
personally for me it costs too much compared to the value of my car (96 wrx.. cant be worth THAT much more than a bottle of swissol anymore
), so i tend to use autoglym (sp?) for the car, and wonder wheels for (you guessed it) the wheels... and have great results with both (especially wonder wheels).but if your car is new(ish) and you're proud of it.. it may be worth checking out swissol.
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I just use Turtle wax shampoo and then polish with Color Magic. For best results always wash and wax on a cold day.
I just pulled the Karcher pressure washer out this evening to give my manky car a clean and the bloody motor set alight and smoked to buggery.
Watch Wonder Wheels btw, it now has some warnings on it about use on certain alloy wheel finishes.
I just pulled the Karcher pressure washer out this evening to give my manky car a clean and the bloody motor set alight and smoked to buggery.
Watch Wonder Wheels btw, it now has some warnings on it about use on certain alloy wheel finishes.
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Meguiars all the way. Can't rate this stuff enough. Havent used Swissol but then again i'd need to extend the mortgage just to buy a tiny jar of the stuff 
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Swissol Sheild wax, £80 a tub but it lasts ages (brought a tub when car was new a year ago, have used it on 2 bikes and 2 cars regularly and still have 2/3 of a pot left
), want's you have tried Swissol there is no going back
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), want's you have tried Swissol there is no going back Darren
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I use Autoglym polish and any car shampoo i can get my hands on at the time! Thats on a type r and brings it up sparkling everytime! also use to use the same on my smart car ....
<grumbles under breath dont use polish on my own car too much rust
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<grumbles under breath dont use polish on my own car too much rust
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Originally Posted by Flaminsmart
I use Autoglym polish and any car shampoo i can get my hands on at the time! Thats on a type r and brings it up sparkling everytime! also use to use the same on my smart car ....
<grumbles under breath dont use polish on my own car too much rust >
<grumbles under breath dont use polish on my own car too much rust
>
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Originally Posted by Flaminsmart
I use Autoglym polish and any car shampoo i can get my hands on at the time! Thats on a type r and brings it up sparkling everytime! also use to use the same on my smart car ....
<grumbles under breath dont use polish on my own car too much rust >
Thats interesting actually because mine is a smart too
I use Autoglym polish and any car shampoo i can get my hands on at the time! Thats on a type r and brings it up sparkling everytime! also use to use the same on my smart car ....
<grumbles under breath dont use polish on my own car too much rust >
Thats interesting actually because mine is a smart too
used to do 99% of the smart meets . and brought some new panels for respraying to use as show panels ... unfortunately my smart has gone now ... sold it when the pitter patter of tiny feet could be heard. but bk to the subject eould use autoglym everytime
11 May 2004, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Flaminsmart
I use Autoglym polish and any car shampoo i can get my hands on at the time! Thats on a type r and brings it up sparkling everytime! also use to use the same on my smart car ....
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