Quote from: Beaker

Quote from: zpyderMeh, washing up liquid for me. As I park under some pine trees my car looks like crap after 2 days. I gave up washing my car about 2 weeks after I got it! At least on the plus side, when I do wash it, It still looks pretty damn good, the layer of resin seems to help protect against other grime!

This.  When Its clean mine looks awesome, but the expensive car shampoo I ended up using a couple of times back didnt even move the sap.  Washing up liquid or some SERIOUS road degreaser are the only things that clean it off, and I can only get the road degreaser in 10 gallon drums.  

Washing up liquid works and usually just rinsing will remove any salt. Cars probably get more salt on them simply driving on the road for a day.

Worth waxing after though as the wash will remove any oil whatsoever on the paint surface. This should also make it easier to remove the sap next time.

build a few layers of a decent protective wax up and the sap will come off with proper shampoo. something like collinite would be good.

personally, any new car i get, gets

washed.
clay barred
lime primed
random orbitol buffed
waxed
waxed
maybe even waxed again
collinite sealed.

and that brings out a bloody good shine even when its dirty.

Matt

Id wash with a shampoo with one wool mit.
Use another wool mit and another bucket of water.
Dry off car
Wash again
Dry off again
Polish with some stuff.
Wipe off polish
Use glass cleaner and clean in and out of windows.
Use glass polish on inside and out

Take to hoover and give car hoover the car
Use duster to dust the dash down