What cleaning Products does everyone use???

[2 live]

cant u claim on paddys house ins.???


hehe

[Kelly]

oooh good thinking! Might see if I can hehe

[big hp]

You can claim.

I claimed on my mates household insurance on my old valver. Gate blew open and cracked front wing.

[GazTwo]

Shampoo - Halfords Advanced Car Wash
Polish - Auto Glym Super Resin
Tires - Armorall Protectant Gloss Finish (Applied with old sponge)
Wheels - Shampoo as above & Super Resin Polish
Engine - Armorall or Auto Glym Bumper Care
Bump strips and plastics (outside) - Auto Glym Bumper Care
Windows - Auto Glym Super Resin Polish
Carpet, seats etc - Numatic Hoover...
Interior plastics - Armorall Protectant Gloss Finish
Exhasut - Brasso

And anything else anyone uses to clean there cars? Auto Glym Paint Renovator if required, hose pipe and bucket...

Also what types of cloths and sponges etc do people use/recommend? Normal sponge and Shammy, old towel for inside doors, wheels etc...Halfords polish applicator and Furry glove thing to take it off

[dannyt]

Everyones pretty much the same autoglym for most things, has anyone tried or does anyone use meguires, im thinking of buying their products next instead of using autoglym as im not too impressed with the auto glym tire black, however the rest are excellent!!!

I use,

Shampoo - autoglym shampoo
Polish - super resin and pos extra gloss protection afterwards
bumper plastics - autoglym bumper care (good stuff)
tires - autoglym tire black (not too happy)
engine - auto engine degreaser (good)
wheels - turtle wax then autoglym polish
windows - autogylm glass polish
interrio - autoglym interior shampoo (wanna try something different think there could be better)

think thats about it, i use a wash mit for the shampoo part, shamous for drying as well as flexi blade, then cloth on door shuts, one for engine and then a towel for polishing with!!!

So does everyone recommend all the products they use and is there anything think think is better than the ones i use?

Danny

[Swervin_Mervin]

See above Danny. Megs is good. Loads of people recommend Zymol but it's bloody expensive.

Megs is quite affordable IMO.

[Kelly]

Me and Jon did my car last year with the 3 stage Megs stuff - came up all shiny and nice lol

I tend to use Auto Glym as everyone else above when I do clean the car..

[KingStromba]

All of these things are basically the same. I really dont see a difference between spanking expensive stuff and cheap wax. Wax is wax. Its a non water soluble sterol substance.

As a biochemist i am very anal at looking at ingredients to see what is in what. Just like the fact that pantene VO5 conditioner costs £4 a bottle and value tesco conditioner costs 28p, they both contain exactly the same chemical that conditions your hair.

So with nearly all the car wax / shampoo products. The expensive products claim better ingredients, but its just a marketing scam. Im afraid wax is wax, Sampoo is shampoo, and polish is polish.

Personally i use a hard wax as wax by nature in solid at room temperature and as such will perform its function better if applied in solid form. Its a well known fact that wax was only made liquid because it was easier to apply for lazy people.

As long as your wax leave a non-aqueous layer on your cars paint, it really doesnt matter who makes it. As long as the shampoo removed dirt without scratching paintwork, it doesnt matter who makes it.

[Enid]

Meguiars Gold class shampoo
Meguiars 3 stage kit
Meguiars Scratch X (Occasionally)
Lambs Wool wash mit (Better than a sponge)
Sainsburys glass cleaner (does the job)
I like Meguairs!

[KingStromba]

Glass cleaner is just acetic acid. I use vinegar diuted 1:1 with water. Exactly the same stuff.


Does make me think about chips alot though.