pslewis

And how??

I am seriously tempted to get the pressure washer out and give my cars a good wash tonight!!

I'm pissed off driving around in mucky metal!!

Are you all goodie, goodies and wash with watering can and bucket?? Or are you cavaliers and hosepipe them??

Pete

DARKDESTROYER9

jet wash

Trout

iTrader: (1)

What are you on about?

Plug in pressure washer. Sponge. Rinse. Wash off with clean water. Towel dry to buff up the shine.

Or is there a secret to washing your car you are about to endow us with?

Rannoch

Pauline Fowler

I hardly ever wash my car in summer except the wheels, just keep on top of if using a quick detailing spray.

Alan MaC

Just get the Dogs ( Bullmastiffs) to lick the Scooby clean.

AANNNDD we haven't got a Hosepipe ban.


Seriously though, my heartfelt sympathy to those Scooby net Membersin a hosepipe ban area.

Alan MaC

StickyMicky

i painted mine, cant get much cleaner then that

Criss

Tesco's Jet-wash £2 every week. All I do is smoke 20fags a week less and I still save my self £2.50

StickyMicky

do all these **** have names??


barry, steve etc etc

DARKDESTROYER9

i use the jet wash at work its free

geesta

I always wash my Cavalier with a hose pipe

Criss

Aragorn
Arod
Arwen
Balin
Banazir
Bilbo Baggins
Boromir
Mr. Butterbur
Celeborn
Duilin
Duinhir
Elbereth Githoniel
Elessar
Elladan
Elrond Halfelven
Elros
Eomer
Eowyn
Estel
Fangorn
Farmer Maggot
Fimbrethil
Finglas
Fladrif
Frodo Baggins
Galadriel
Gandalf
Gilthoniel
Gimli
Gloin
Glorfindel
Gollum
Gwaihir
Halbarad
Hasufel
Hirluin
Legolas
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Nimrodel
Orald
Peregrin
Pippin
Rohirrim
Samwise Gamgee
Saruman
Sauron
(King) Theoden
Tintalle
Tinuviel
Treebeard
Undomiel
Wormtongue

Then repeat

Barmyclown

At the minute a hosepipe, but as i`m froom oop north and not france, We have more water than you can shake a ****ty stick at. So not really a problem.

Jase

Bug Eyed Peas

Don`t use a sponge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gutmann pug

No-one mentioned the 3 bucket system yet?

You must be bored tonight Pete

pslewis

Sorry, to those without hosepipe bans, this must not have made any sense (unusual for one of my posts!!) .. we have had one for about 3 months now!!

Pete

F1 CJE UK

iTrader: (8)

One of my neighbours washes his car with rain water which he stores up, that must make the thing even more filthy all that pollution, acid rain, dust etc?????

Do you think I should I tell him that our area is not effected by a ban

fieldy

i think our hosepipe ban has been going on since summer last year BUT, my local Texaco garage still has their jet wash working. so every sunday its "jet wash day"

Useless

iTrader: (2)

So what is the etiquette of cleaning a car properly then?

I'm afraid I use hosepipe, bucket of soapy stuff, rinse and then chamois.

Is there another way?!?

Ben

Daryl

Pressure washers aren't part of the hosepipe ban anyway and it used to say so on Southern Water's website. They've now removed it, so I rang and asked what the situation is - they basically said that they've taken legal advice and they think they are banned, but are not sure! Hardly a sound legal basis for prosecution, so go ahead and use it, they hardly use any water anyway.

Paul3446

I use a hosepipe to loosen the dirt, then a bucket of soapy water and a sponge (real sponge that is) to clean it (starting with the roof and working down), then do the wheels with the remaining soapy water and a different sponge. Then hose off and chamois down using clean warm water, opening doors and drying the sills last of all.

That's how my dad taught me to do it!

GazTheHat

Drive onto carpark/forecourt. Stop car. Watch it get wet & clean, open window, pay £3.50, drive off.

cong

a pressure washer is part of the hose pipe ban

http://www.thameswater.co.uk/UK/regi...FAQ_000051.jsp

sorry to disapoint you lot

Moley

iTrader: (9)

A 'friend' of mine uses water from a water-butt, which is obviously rain water, and never ever gets filled up with water from a hose pipe.



The local Kosovans are very good, and only cost £6 for a full outside clean

olliecampbell

iTrader: (3)

I tried using buckets of water, but i might as well have not bothered! So im not bothering anymore!

Daryl

That's only their interpretation of the law, the truth is that they are only guessing. I'd be willing to bet that they wouldn't risk a prosecution. Anyway, I'm not in the Thames Water area

wrxmania

Wash with lambswool washmit/microfibre wash mit (sponges trap grit and dirt which scratches paint) and a decent car shampoo such as Meguairs.

Dry with an old towel washed without fabric softener.

Try http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk

Coffin Dodger

Wash with water and fairy liquid with any old sponge I can find kicking around in the shed. Dry with a chammy.

Job done.

Any other method is ghey

fitzscoob

Whats a chammy?

watto52

oi im no ***

steve

Coffin Dodger

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chammy