Tesco Value Washing-Up Liquid: 17p
Pair of old pants: 0p

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Soz, did you look into the clay stuff? I was thinking about giving it a ago but it looks too much hardwork.

The kit looks worth the money, but 10 minutes down the motorway is gonna ruin hours of shinying.

edit: this is a very awesome post.

washing up liquid generally has a salt content and is therefor bad mmkay

i dont bother in winter anyway, its only worth polishing the car in summer

i try to wash mine every week in the winter, stop the salt and crap building up

some of us have galvanised bodies so its not a problem

if you think that will mean itll last forever you are sorely mistaken

i dont need to last forever, ill be getting a newer car soon enough so it wont be my problem

Got a Jap car sitting outside thats 15 years old, gets washed yearly, and has not a spec of rust. Paints fading a bit on the roof, though. Indeed, I believe dirt acts as a preservative. The VW has nice thin crust of white salt like some sort of prosciutto-esque automotive wainscoting .

my mum and dad think that dirt holds the car together.
i hate washing cars but i do like the end result, esspecially on a nice car.

The only time the old Megane got washed was when i sold it.

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its on its way

monday was a national holiday or somthing so it running abit late.

Quote from: DEViANCEi do like the end result, esspecially on a nice car.

So what you gonna be washing with the stuff you bought then?!  

Jaimz

Quote from: Binary Shadowwashing up liquid generally has a salt content and is therefor bad mmkay

So does splashed water from the road, and the dirt can have a much higher salt content. All cars paint should be easily capable of withstanding it and you should rinse it off very well before you polish.

I have used the stuff on a few cars without any problem, if anything the result is exceptionally clean, but there is no oil on the surface once you have finished. It needs waxing ASAP. The result can be exceptional though, especially if you have a grimy car.

Wash all over, including the windows, rinse thorughly, dry, wax the metal bits, admire.

dirt is corrosive, water trapped under the dirt starts to create a galvanic corrosion reaction, where the ions start to mess around and affect everything.

galvanised bodies are only a sacraficial dip which prolongs the corroding of the material .

But still, no need to spend quite so much on cleaning products to stop the body rusting surely?!

Jaimz

Did the stuff come yet? Wanna see the results