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HarleyMK

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Registered: 17th Apr 11
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Corsa Sport
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27th Apr 12 at 22:48

What sort of method do you guys use for washing your cars?

My wash stage currently consists of;

Rinse
Clean wheels
Soak heavy tar spots with tardis
Rinse
Snow foam
Rinse
Wash with 2 bucket method
Rinse

Harley

rossnomore

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Registered: 18th Oct 06
Location: Fife
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27th Apr 12 at 23:59

soak car with hose, wash as quickly as possible using the 1 bucket and cheap corner shop car shampoo method. Dry it if I can be arsed. Spend unwasted time driving it...

Matty SRi

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Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
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28th Apr 12 at 01:15

Rinse car with hose, fill bucket with turtle wax, use the biggest sponge i can buy for £1, soak in water and go over car with sponge. then rinse off. Wash wheels down and rinse.
Job done. Probably why my cars never really look cleab tbh

Anty

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Registered: 19th Mar 08
Location: droitwich
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28th Apr 12 at 01:59

jetwash lol

laingyla

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Registered: 7th Jan 09
Location: Coedpoeth, Wrexham
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28th Apr 12 at 07:01

Quick blast with the pw
Foam
Rinse
Wheels and remove tar
Rinse
Iron x
Foam all that off
Then 2 bucket method wash
Rinse then blow dry niggaly bits and dry with drying towel

dannyboy17

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Registered: 27th Oct 11
Location: Aylesbury
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28th Apr 12 at 07:04

rinse
poundland shampoo
1 bucket
rinse

job done

brocade16vchris

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Registered: 17th Mar 12
Location: Oxfordshire
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28th Apr 12 at 07:08

either
rinse
bucket of water with cheap shampo and mer polish mixed in, and big cheap sponge
roof windows first with sponge,
rinse
doors, bonnet and boot (above rubbing strip) with shampoo/polish mix
rinse
below rubbing striph sponge and shampoo/polish mix,
rinse
wheels, whats left of water with polish and shampoo in, may need top up, perhaps use brush for lots of brake dust
rinse
dry whole car with mirofibre towel

or if im lazy
use waterless car cleaner, but decent stuff that comes up really well!

Nic Barnes

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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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28th Apr 12 at 08:15

quote:
Originally posted by dannyboy17
rinse
poundland shampoo
1 bucket
rinse

job done

Same except the bucket is an old tub from the garden that once contained garden growing type stuff.

JaffaTB

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Registered: 7th Oct 09
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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28th Apr 12 at 08:22

drive to local immigrant hand carwash
wait 5 mins while they clean it for me
pay 3 quid
drive home and finish little bits with a cloth

Sam

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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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28th Apr 12 at 08:31

Rinse
Shampoo (one bucket!)
Rinse
Clean wheels
Rinse wheels
Dry (if I don't want nature to dry my car for me)

OR

quote:
Originally posted by JaffaTB
drive to local immigrant hand carwash
wait 5 mins while they clean it for me
pay 3 quid
drive home

laingyla

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Registered: 7th Jan 09
Location: Coedpoeth, Wrexham
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28th Apr 12 at 08:33

quote:
Originally posted by JaffaTB
drive to local immigrant hand carwash
wait 5 mins while they clean it for me
pay 3 quid
drive home and finish little bits with a cloth

Hahaha immigrant hand car wash next left

AndyCorsaSport

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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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28th Apr 12 at 08:48

Spray wheels with acid
Blast whole car with jet wash
Wash with sponge and some Wurth car shampoo
Blast with jet wash again
Leave to dry

Generation

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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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28th Apr 12 at 08:50

I'm such a man and try to look cool on the Internet, so what I do is.

Rain water
Wait for it to dry naturally

Nic Barnes

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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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28th Apr 12 at 09:39

looking cool on the internet just means you're the opposite in real life.

SportBoy

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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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28th Apr 12 at 09:41

hosepipe ban ftl .. hate faffing with buckets to rinse.

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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28th Apr 12 at 10:09

rinse
clean roof
rinse
clean bodywork
clean wheels
rinse
dry
clean windows/trim/exhaust

HarleyMK

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Registered: 17th Apr 11
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Corsa Sport
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28th Apr 12 at 10:22

quote:
Originally posted by SportBoy
hosepipe ban ftl .. hate faffing with buckets to rinse.

I do mine at work to get around the hose pipe ban

Piér

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Registered: 4th Jan 10
Location: Gloucestershire
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28th Apr 12 at 10:59

quote:
Originally posted by laingyla
Quick blast with the pw
Foam
Rinse
Wheels and remove tar
Rinse
Iron x
Foam all that off
Then 2 bucket method wash
Rinse then blow dry niggaly bits and dry with drying towel

You do that everytime?

All that Iron-x must get expensive

L3W15

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Registered: 4th Jul 08
Location: Bedfordshire
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28th Apr 12 at 11:25

Spray with hose ( not at the moment though due to hose pipe ban :@)
Sponge with soapy water, start with roof then move round car doing wheels as moving round.
Rinse
Remove water with autoglym blade.

Piér

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Registered: 4th Jan 10
Location: Gloucestershire
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28th Apr 12 at 12:27

quote:
Originally posted by L3W15
Spray with hose ( not at the moment though due to hose pipe ban :@)
Sponge with soapy water, start with roof then move round car doing wheels as moving round.
Rinse
Remove water with autoglym blade.

You do the wheels with the same sponge as your moving around the car?

Lovely. I'm sure rubbing metal particles from your brake pads on your paint makes your car look awesome

Bonney

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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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28th Apr 12 at 12:32

Petrol station jet wash.

Linch

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Registered: 4th May 06
Location: Whickham, Tyne and Wear
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28th Apr 12 at 13:17

Rinse
BH Snow Foam
Wash with hand mit
Rinse
Dry with cloths
Sometimes a bit of dodo wax
Tyre dressing
Pint Job Done

Rich H

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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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28th Apr 12 at 13:31

Harley - wash the car, then do the tar spots, also make sure the car is dry or at least semi dry before you apply it. Otherwise you're just wasting product as it's water soluble!

Removing tar spots after washing means you're not rubbing crap all over the paintwork whilst it's still dirty

laingyla

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Registered: 7th Jan 09
Location: Coedpoeth, Wrexham
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28th Apr 12 at 13:55

quote:
Originally posted by Piér

quote:
Originally posted by laingyla
Quick blast with the pw
Foam
Rinse
Wheels and remove tar
Rinse
Iron x
Foam all that off
Then 2 bucket method wash
Rinse then blow dry niggaly bits and dry with drying towel

You do that everytime?
All that Iron-x must get expensive

no pier you hairy jew just when it needs doing

Archie

Organiser: Scotland
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Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
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28th Apr 12 at 15:43

Shower with Lynx shower gel.

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