langey
Member
Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
User status: Offline
|
do you hand wash or car wash??
i wanna hand wash my baby properly, but last time i tried, it was all streaky and looked evan worse than when i started.
should be a how to guide in hits and tips 
|
Marc
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
User status: Offline
|
Hand wash and chamois after.
|
Marc
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
User status: Offline
|
keep wetting the chamois as you dry the car, ring it out first mind!
|
langey
Member
Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
User status: Offline
|
my dad said, hot water and soap to give it a good wash, then hose it down, then bucket of cold water, and use a shamie to rub the water off, then poish and wax.
|
Marc
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
User status: Offline
|
Wet the car before you shampoo too.
|
Davido
Member
Registered: 18th Aug 03
Location: Reading,Berks
User status: Offline
|
ffs its washing a car how hard can it be......????
|
Davido
Member
Registered: 18th Aug 03
Location: Reading,Berks
User status: Offline
|
let it dry then polish it that brings all streaks out 
|
Craig6682
Member
Registered: 8th Apr 03
User status: Offline
|
Err... I must have found something i am good at My 106 looks brand new when i do it. I use Auto Gym wash and wax. Rinse it with cold water to get stones etc off then give it a good was and then rinse it with cold water. Sometimes i'll polish it if i have the time
|
langey
Member
Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
User status: Offline
|
some people say use a shamie, u say let it dry, and some people telling me to buy a plastic wiper thing and that bring all water off and no streaks. so i'm just confused coz when i washed my car its streaky as fuck.
|
PainZ
Member
Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Camberley, Surrey - Drives a Black Vectra VXR Esta
User status: Offline
|
power wash off,
then hand wash with a big spounge and using hot water with body shampoo and conditioner,
then rinse with col water (lots of it) get all the bubbles away and get the whole car soaked,
then dry using a chamois real leather not crap fake ones,
once dry go for a quick (60+ mph) drive for 5 mins then come home and dry off the spots which u missed
(under mirrors, door shuts, window ledges, bumper ledges)
once dry leave for 10 - 15 mins before you polish
when polishing your car try where possible to make sure the paint is cool and is out of direct sun lights, if not it will dry the polish to quickly and thus make it smeer and make it harder to rub off,
Apply the polish in a circular motion to small sections of the car (ie do the whole roof, then the rear, etc section at a time)
Once a section is applied leave for as long as possible before removing the polish.
When removing polish, use a good quality rubbing cotton, not cheap rubbish,
if you buy cheaper rubbing cotton, you tend to get alot more bits which come off and this is what causes smeers,
After you have rubbed off a section, walk a good 10 meters away from the car shake the cotton well so any dried polish can come off without going all over the car again.
Once polished and rubbed off,
Clean the glass,
for the glass...........
|
Davido
Member
Registered: 18th Aug 03
Location: Reading,Berks
User status: Offline
|
yeah them plastic wipers r okay but chamois r better
|
Craig6682
Member
Registered: 8th Apr 03
User status: Offline
|
It never looks as good if u take it the hand car wash !!! Plus it's like £6
|
Craig6682
Member
Registered: 8th Apr 03
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by langey
some people say use a shamie, u say let it dry, and some people telling me to buy a plastic wiper thing and that bring all water off and no streaks. so i'm just confused coz when i washed my car its streaky as fuck.
Depends wot u like doin. Givein it a good rinse after the wash norm works 
|
Davido
Member
Registered: 18th Aug 03
Location: Reading,Berks
User status: Offline
|
painz what a load of shite at work when we valet cars can do a whole car inside and out in under 30 mins n none of that cold water drive for 5 mins 60 mph bullshit.........end of the day folks its elbow grease
|
langey
Member
Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
User status: Offline
|
pianZ nice one matey, i'll try it at the weekend, then take pics and no doubt the day after it will rain 
|
PainZ
Member
Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Camberley, Surrey - Drives a Black Vectra VXR Esta
User status: Offline
|
i always drive for 5 mins after,
there is no way on earth you can get all the drips from all the tiny places without one,
i have tried all sorts,
the little drive is the best cure,
you could wait for them all to just dry, but thats crap as it leaves smeers,
|
Davido
Member
Registered: 18th Aug 03
Location: Reading,Berks
User status: Offline
|
chamois cloth will leave it dry n smear free
|
CORSA NUT
Member
Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
User status: Offline
|
You sound like me Painz  Your car is always mint.
|
PainZ
Member
Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Camberley, Surrey - Drives a Black Vectra VXR Esta
User status: Offline
|
but you cant get in all the small gaps with one,
its extremly good for big panels, however getting into gaps where it cant reach ur screwed,
on my car when water is there it just keeps dripping down the car,
if u go out for a quick drive the wind flows into the gaps pushing the water out,
thus u dont have to sit there for 15 mins trying to get it all out,
|
a_j_mair
Member
Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
lets go for a drive get it covered in shite again then lets rub on some polish and scratch it to fuck
|
DanielJ
Member
Registered: 21st Nov 01
Location: gwent, south wales
User status: Offline
|
i use a wire brush
|
Davido
Member
Registered: 18th Aug 03
Location: Reading,Berks
User status: Offline
|
u can go ott tho
|
langey
Member
Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
User status: Offline
|
my mate wash's his fiesta every day lol, well not actually every day but everytime i go round, and his car is always sparkling, shame its a n reg fiesta. might take my corsa round and tell him there is a pint in it for him. lol
|
langey
Member
Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
User status: Offline
|
daniel u recon i buy me a wire brush then?  lol
|
Davido
Member
Registered: 18th Aug 03
Location: Reading,Berks
User status: Offline
|
i wash mine everyday nearly only cos wehave all the proper stuff at work steamer huuuuuuggggggeeeeee jet wash etc etc
|
