PeteC

The car was pretty filthy yesterday, what with dust, squashed bugs, etc, so I decided to do the necessary and give it a wash - and I wish I hadn't bothered!

I live in a hard-water area, and by the time I'd finished washing it, the car was covered in water stains, and looking a hell of a lot worse than before I'd started. Wetting the surface again, and going over with a chamois leather removed the worst of the marks - at the expense of a new set of "spider's web" swirls all over!

Is there anything you can add to the water to get round this, or is it a case of doing a small bit at a time and leathering it off before the water has a chance to dry? Not that I use them, but if you got this effect everytime you went to a car wash, they'd soon be out of business!

Pete

ZAZ

I usually work my way round washing and rinsing each panel at a time but keep the entire car damp by spraying it after I rinse each section until I've finished every panel.

Once it is clean I leather off all the water and it's ready for a polish.

It also helps if you wash it when it isn't too sunny or if you can do it in the shade so that the water doesn't dry off too quickly.

Jake

I dont even bother cleaning my car if the suns out.

RON

Pete
Get your car Wax-Wizard'd, that help a lot, I still have to chamois it off, but it looks wicked when it's dry.
Ron

PSI3

Mark - "The Wax Wizard", now sells somehing called a Water Blade, which removes the standing water very quickly, then just finish off with a chamois, very good piece of kit!

simon.

Tiggs

yep, a water blade is the thing to get- i wax mine every 4 weeeks and in between just wash it in the evening when the suns down a bit, i do a panel then rinse keeping the whole thing wet. when all the panels are done i water blade it. dont even bother to leather it- looks like new after 20 mins!.

tiggs

PeteC

I've got a number of the Wax Wizard products, including a water blade, although it's some while since I last gave the car a waxing. I'll give that Quick Finish a try though as it sounds pretty easy to use.

My mistake, I think, was in letting the water dry off. Once that had happened, no amount of rewetting made any difference. Perhaps if I have to clean it in the sun again, I'll use a sponge and a bucket, rather than the hose, and just do one panel at a time.

chiark

The water blade is brilliant. I had to use a chamois on Sunday as I couldn't find the blade. Far too much work...

Found the blade and ended up re-hosing the car down.

Results are brilliant.

BT52b

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Keep all the panels sprayed wet until you are ready to dry. Chamois each panel and then finish with a towel before moving to the next pannel. Don't take the car for a drive to dry it!

Also, get a Wax Wizard product called Quick Finish. Its a light liquid based wax you can spray on to a pannel at a time and just wipe off to do the whole car in 10 mins. It removes any marks left from washing or dirt after a drive. It restores that just waxed look until the next time you can be bothered to do a proper wax. I bought a 500 ml bottle for a reasonable price and it shows all the signs of lasting for ages.

I seem to have the hardest water in the world so I know what you mean!

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Our water isn't that bad, you want to try Royston. Showers clog up after 2 days! So much chalk you can't even see through a glass of water.

(Is it my imagination, or has someone swappeed a Honda NSX for a Honda Legend and a Citroen Picasso?)

Boost II

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BT52

Mr NSX is having problems - off the road for a while after the accident, now someone has knackered all his wheels whilst changing tyres so he's had a lot of courtesy cars. The second one is a works pool car. My first thought was he must be planning for kids!

All I can say for the water is tea never tasted so bad.

chiark

That wouldn't be Royston Vasey would it?

BT52b

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My first thought was he must be planning for kids!

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We thought they were expecting at least quads. That's a hell of a courtesy car, I just got a Clio when I rearranged the shape of my 306 around a deer.

Have noticed in the last few weeks that glasses come out of the dishwasher looking very cloudy.

Do Wax-Wizard do dishwasher tablets as well?

Boost II

iTrader: (1)

Two solutions-

Keep all the panels sprayed wet until you are ready to dry. Chamois each panel and then finish with a towel before moving to the next pannel. Don't take the car for a drive to dry it!

Also, get a Wax Wizard product called Quick Finish. Its a light liquid based wax you can spray on to a pannel at a time and just wipe off to do the whole car in 10 mins. It removes any marks left from washing or dirt after a drive. It restores that just waxed look until the next time you can be bothered to do a proper wax. I bought a 500 ml bottle for a reasonable price and it shows all the signs of lasting for ages.

I seem to have the hardest water in the world so I know what you mean!

[This message has been edited by Boost II (edited 05 June 2001).]