Bueno
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Hey, I dont know if this has been covered before on this forum so I'm going to share any way.
Maguire's all purpose cleaner costs a bomb when you use a load of it, so I went out today and bought something a little cheaper.
Tesocs own brand all purpose cleaner £1.50, i mixed it 4:1 for general cleaning and also 10:1 for fabrics.
Good for all interior and all exterior (will strip/clean all protection off of car)
I used a Mr. Muscle bottle which was £1.00 including its contents (has a foaming spray nozzle).
Good shizz.
[Edited on 03-01-2011 by Bueno]
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shaunmods
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lol I'd have never of thought to use that sort of stuff on the car! Good find there though if it works 
I've just bought some Autosmart G101 APC but I haven't got round to trying it yet
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derick-sport
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doesnt it say on the bottle not for use on painted surfaces? it does on my mr muscle bottle
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Cole
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Stardrops is the best apc from the supermarket I use it all the time
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Jake
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quote:
Originally posted by derick-sport
doesnt it say on the bottle not for use on painted surfaces? it does on my mr muscle bottle
he bought mr muscle just for the bottle
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Rich H
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Have you checked that APC doesn't contain bleach or stupidly high levels of salt etc?
Megs APC is pricey, but damn good for interiors. Exterior I use G101 which I buy in 25l at a time so works out pretty cheap or me
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Bueno
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and also its been diluted 4:1, if your planning on using it to clean your paint, i would only use it on a lance through a pressure washer, then it gets diluted as you spray. works a treat pon wheels, glass, engine etc
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Bueno
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no its fine, alot of people over at detailing world use it.
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Rich H
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I thought they used Daisy or Stardrops tbh.
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Bueno
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ill take a picture of the contents of the APC so you can see the *ingredients*
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Rich H
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It's ok, I'll stick to my trade gear cheers! 
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Cole
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rich how much do you pay for tardis
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Rich H
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Depends what size I buy it in - I usually buy 25L.
I think the last time I bought 5L it was about £16
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Cole
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anywhere apart fromm the local AS van man to get it
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Rich H
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Only people on eBay or Polished Bliss if not I think. Technically nobody but AS reps are meant to resell AS gear now - they're getting stricter on it it too.
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John G
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quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
I thought they used Daisy or Stardrops tbh.
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pow
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Your from Emmer Green?
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Jake
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rich how do you stop interiors getting wet when you rinse down door jams
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Rich H
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Skillz 
If you can, turn pressure down on pressure washer, start spraying water before pointing at the door shut, and point away from the interior (sometimes require a few funny angles!) The worst I ever get is a tiny bit on the kickplates, I'll then just sort hat out when I do the interior as I tend to do doorshuts before anything else.
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Cole
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i tend to use a spray bottle and a microfibre for my door shuts as i cant turn the pressure down on my karcher
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Gary
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Be careful with the lance.
Hold it slightly in the car and shoot outwards on the shuts.
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Jake
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good tips cheers boys
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Bueno
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Your from Emmer Green?
Yeah mate. You been here?
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Bueno
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Here are the ingredients acording to detergentinfo;
Product: Tesco 1L Citrus All Purpose Cleaner
Brand: Tesco
Product Description: For the cleaning of a variety of hard surfaces.
Ingredients
INCI Name
Aqua
Alcohol Ethoxylate
Sodium Carbonate
Sodium Bicarbonate
Parfum
Hexylene Glycol
Sodium Hydroxymethyl Glycinate
Ethylhexyl Benzoate
Di Limonene
CI 59040
CI 19140
Fragrance Ingredients which require listing under EC 648/2004 on Detergents
INCI Name
Limonene
Geraniol
The above formulation is for products manufactured between the following dates
27/01/2009 - Present Day
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Tomm R
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I have used that stuff before! Its cheap and effective but not all tescos supply it.
They had the flash stuff on special offer the other week, so i bought all of them...
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