Car Cleaning Products?

[33Spec2]

Just wanted 2 start a thread 2 find out wat products everyone uses 2 wash their car inside and out.

Went 2 one of those self wash car washes and it was pretty crap

so i want 2 know wat hav u found works best on your car?

Thanx

[angel]

Meguiars products. Bit more expensive, but worth it. I use their polish and wax, and some interior stuff, looking for the plastic cleaner to do headlights, but can't find it anywhere.

I use cheaper stuff for tyres and rims, I have found all of the rim cleaners I have tried are very similar in result.

[bully]

i use meguires also -- brasso is better on the headlights and eagle one rim cleaner

[33Spec2]

Yeah i bought Meguires plastic cleaner from Marlows in Freo 2day just stopped by was lookin 4 Brasso but was told this was better worked really well 2 should hav taken a b4 and afta pic!

[Red Sky II]

Meguiars products for me too (in fact all of them). Used Turtle Wax and still trying to get the paint right afterwards.

Meguiars not cheap but worth it

[foshan]

meguiars even have the best window cleaner. I think it was about $20 a bottle but it left not 1 streak. its also ammonia free which means it doesnt cause one bit of damage to those limo tints.

[Nizmo]

Mostly use meguires but I find as far as a quick polish goes i usually use Eagle one - it requires less elbow grease as Meguires and I cant complain the way it brings the car up.

Why oh why did i buy black haha

[adam 32]

all meguires. i dont clean my car very often (once a month) but if you do it properly you wont need to clean it so often and this is better for the paintwork

[R33_Cam]

ya dont need to buy expensive plastic cleaner to clean your headlights, just go to your bathroom and grab the toothpaste and clean your headlights with that, it works a treat, i did mine 2 weeks ago and took before and after pics too

[APA]

i use amourall

this blue liquid crap

some sought of special

car soap crap

which polishes at the same time

and boy does it work a treat!

adrian

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Amourall works good, but I hate the residue it leaves on my windscreen when the heat start's to evaporate it.

See'ya:burnout:

[APA]

yes i know what ur talking about

but mine don't do that any more!

dunno why!

maybe coz i am such a good car washer! hehe

adrian

[R34]

I've allways used Mothers which is a great product similar to meguires.

I'm about to try this though

http://www.aurora-one.com.au/

Cheers

[Gradenko]

Originally posted by Adrian_perth

i use amourall

this blue liquid crap

some sought of special

car soap crap

which polishes at the same time

and boy does it work a treat!

adrian

OK, I've been biting my tongue for a while now, but I've had enough. You seem quite oblivious of this fact, but a web browser will AUTO WORD WRAP POSTS! Yes, its amazing, isn't it? Ever wondered why everyone elses posts take up 12+ words a line while yours only take up 35 characters? Its because they aren't pressing enter when they run out of room in the text box. And no, a new line is no subsitute for commas, fullstops and other punctuation.

I always thought room temperature IQ was all that's needed to post on forums, but its time to rethink that one.

Anyone who thinks I'm being too harsh should consider that well constructed sentences is the only thing seperating us from the teens on fast fours forums or the gits on irc. Written communication is vital to get your point across and poor form reflects on the forum itself. To quote a favourite forum of mine, "All of us who spend any significant time on the Internet know that written communication apparently is at the bottom of most message board posters' priority lists. From horrendous spelling to unrecognizable grammar, people make idiots out of themselves every day... and most don't care."

[Boostzor]

Bwahahahhaa

Sooooo.....

Im gonna wash my car today what soap shall i use?

[drifta]

i use ct-18,highly concertrated it works well

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Nice one Gradenko, I think you speak from all us here. Adrian, I like you, but stop hitting enter, cover it up if your that unco that you can't not hit it.

Back on Topic:

I use Brasso for my headlights, it works good, but does need reapplication every 2 weeks to stay looking good. I've heard Mothers is good, but have no idea where to buy it from.

See'ya:burnout:

[FIL]

Meguires on the outside....

go to www.mequires.com and hunt down their online car protection guide... it asks you a heap of questions about where you live, what your cars exposed to, and (essentially) how much you care about your car.... adn then puts together a program for you based on your answers.... (not all the products listed are easily available here unfortunately, but with a bit of hunting, you should be able to get them, or something very similar)

On the inside, i don;t use much except for the armourall 'new car' cleaner.... similar to normal armour all, only with a lemon scent...

[FIL]

and Paul, I'm pretty sure you can pick up Mothers at Marlows, same as Meguirs, it's just that their range is pretty limited.... Wonder if somewhere like the PPG distributor would have a decent range of car care products?

Maybe one of Perths "premier" speed shops should start carrying it... :-)

(BTW, Speedworks/WheelsWorld stock Swissol cleaning gear, which is apparently better than Meguirs/Mothers, but not cheap)

[33Spec2]

R34, Aurora-one looks interesting tell us if its any good once youve used it

Has any1 else tried it and can tell me how it went?