Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Was talking to Rich H with regards to keeping the 350 clean whilst minimising paint defects. So will be buying a few things over the weekend.
What do you guys use on your cars and what process do you go through when giving it a proper clean?
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
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Tesco shampoo
Tesco sponge
BnQ bucket
Karcher pressure washer
Tub of elbow greae
AutoGlym intensive tar remover
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Generation
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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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microfibres from asda, and a decent polish, clay 2-3 toimes a year, thats all i do, can't b fucked with constant cleaning then next day back to normal, its only a car
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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Depends what the car is.. If I do it myself My daily driver gets a bucket of warm water with a touch of soap and a sponge, if its really lucky it will get a rinse!
Other wise off to the Poleski's for a £10 wash in and out.
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steve_turbo
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Registered: 29th Dec 07
Location: newcastle upon tyne
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bucket
Sponge
Cheap car wash
Hose
Auto glym shamy
Every now and then meguires clay bar and polish.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Rinc with jet hose.
Stick a load of Autoglym shampoo on my turtle was mitt thing, rub like fuck doing a pannel at a time then rinse off. Then auto glym SRP or HDW if I think it needs it & can be bothered!!
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wilson_sri
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Registered: 31st Aug 04
Location: Dunfermline Drives: Technics 1210s
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Havent washed a car since i last rolled my nova out the garage, which was about 9 months ago! Keep meaning to do my daily runner, but dont see the point as the roads are mocket around here just now!
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x14xe sport
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Registered: 27th Apr 09
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£2 car wash please, thanks
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Two buckets
lambs wool wash mitt
car plan car shampoo
micro fibre drying towel
For occasional use
megs endurence tyre dressing
megs clay kit
Colonite hard wax
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
Tub of elbow greae
I either can't find mine, or lost it years ago, or can't get the lid off of the tin.
Hence the car being filthy. 
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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quote:
Originally posted by wilson_sri
mocket
I am enjoying this word. 
Partly because i've never heard or read it before.
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wilson_sri
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Registered: 31st Aug 04
Location: Dunfermline Drives: Technics 1210s
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Its a scottish word mate 
"She was a Mocket ride"
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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Brilliant. Just brilliant!
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djgritt
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Registered: 1st Nov 07
Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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Manky Bucket
Hard Water
Value Car Shampoo
Old Sponge
Hosepipe
Slightly dirty looking Chamois
Done.
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Pete_vxl
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Registered: 24th Nov 06
Location: Lochgelly, Fife
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I bought stuff off rich h 2 days ago, this now makes me an expert.
Pressure washer
Dodo juice shampoo
Authoglym deep shine
Collinite wax
Ive been advised that doing that should keep the paintwork ok and only small washes should be ok, maybe renew the wax after 10 months.
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
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quote:
Originally posted by wilson_sri
Its a scottish word mate
"She was a Mocket ride"
Does it mean shabby and filthy with lots of big horrible holes in?
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Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
Location: Croydon, Greater London
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pressure wash
Built hamber (sp) snow foam
Rince off
Megs gold clas shampoo
Wash mit
Tar/bug remover
Wash off
Clay bar
Wash off again
2 chamois (sp) to dry it
Glass cleaner
SRP
NXT wax
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steve_turbo
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Registered: 29th Dec 07
Location: newcastle upon tyne
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quote:
Originally posted by Richardhhha
pressure wash
Built hamber (sp) snow foam
Rince off
Megs gold clas shampoo
Wash mit
Tar/bug remover
Wash off
Clay bar
Wash off again
2 chamois (sp) to dry it
Glass cleaner
SRP
NXT wax
That sounds like far too much hard work,i would be bored by the first rinse lol
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Ant B
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Registered: 4th Jan 09
Location: Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire
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pressure wash
snow foam with bilt hamber,leave for 5 mins.rince of.wash wheels with vp bilberry.
clean all door shuts and arches.
wash with 2bm and a lambwool wash mitt with dodo juice btbm.rinse.
snow foam again.
rinse.
dry with a mircle dryer drying towel.
polish with dj nfs.wax with auto glym hd wax.
polish windows in and out.
polish exhaust.
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mattfiesta
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Registered: 14th Jul 05
Location: Nottinghamshire
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Two buckets
Meguiars wash mitt
Zymol car shampoo
Meguiars endurance tyre gel
micro fibre drying towel
Then every month or so I use these on the car and wheels in the following order: Carplan triplewax polish, Autoglym ultra deep shine, Colonite 476s.
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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Finished off with
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Or if i really cant be bothered, I give one of these
A fiver to do the job.
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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Weekly wash:
Dodo Juice shampoo in bucket, add warm water
Insert moulting lambswool washmit into bucket
Hose off
Wash with aforementioned items
Hose off
Dry with microfibre towel
Nielsen's Blue Glass 2 (that might be wrong!) on windows, sometimes inside as well
Stand back and admire
On a big wash it gets this: 
Dodo Juice shampoo in bucket, add warm water
Insert moulting lambswool washmit into bucket
Hose off
Wash with aforementioned items
Hose off
Clay with Dodo Juice Gentle Grey (now run out) and Born Slippy
Lightly hose off
Dry with microfibre towel
Apply Dodo Juice Need For Speed with foam pad
Buff off
Apply Dodo Juice Rainforest Rub with other foam pad
Have lunch
Buff off
Nielsen's Blue Glass 2 (again, might be wrong!) on windows inside and out
Drive to a muddy field, take photos, and drive home with a dirty car
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Col004
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Registered: 25th Jun 03
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good old sponge/bucket and water, autoglym shampoo/polish and shammy and the car won best car for migweb at billing
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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Thinking about it, when it has a super special wash, a man from Portsmouth comes over in a Transit Connect and does what he does best 
That's a once in a blue moon occurrence though 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Money.
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