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How do people wash their cars?

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How do you wash your car?

It gets cleaned when I take the car for a service every year or two
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No votes
I put it through an automatic brush car wash at the supermarket
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I go to my local eastern-european hand wash
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12%
sponge and bucket at home
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31%
2 bucket method at home/ONR rinseless wash
7
27%
2BM/ONR but with a snow foam pre-wash before hand
8
31%
 
Total votes: 26

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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by Barney » Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:20 pm

[quote="X5Sport"]
[quote="Barney"]
Autosmart products here plus DI water and Jap Soft 99 wax, I've tried all the sh*t and this does the job without being too much of a tart.
TDS from 350 ish to Zero.
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Not you, Sue!  Not the 'tart' bit obviously.. :-[
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LOL, clearly not  :)

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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by pvr » Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:41 pm

How long do you stay on 0? I seem to replace that sand and need a supply the size of the Sahara …  :'(
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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by Barney » Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:48 pm

Mine lasted a year at zero,washing two cars twice a month, live in the the South East (posh but chalky part of the UK) now rising so ordered new resin and need to change now.

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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by IceQueenX » Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:49 pm

[quote="X5Sport"]
[quote="Barney"]
Autosmart products here plus DI water and Jap Soft 99 wax, I've tried all the sh*t and this does the job without being too much of a tart.
TDS from 350 ish to Zero.
[/quote]

Not you, Sue!  Not the 'tart' bit obviously.. :-[
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It never crossed my mind! But thanks  :P

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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by pvr » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:00 pm

[quote="Barney"]
Mine lasted a year at zero,washing two cars twice a month, live in the the South East (posh but chalky part of the UK) now rising so ordered new resin and need to change now.
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Envious … it seems to be about 3 months now, if that.
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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by Barney » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:15 pm

11 litre cylinder with Tulsion resin, just used for the rinse.....

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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by pvr » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:17 pm

Same here, but if I rinse too short it stains still, so tend to rinse a bit longer.
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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by IceQueenX » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:25 pm

[quote="X5Sport"]
[quote="IceQueenX"]
100 % pure resin purified water for no streaks.  Perfect in conjunction with fairy liquid.
[/quote]

Whoa, she's more than a pretty face.. :))

So what's your TDS then honey?

Richard
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ideally 000ppm. I knew a window cleaner  ;) (tart alert)

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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by X5Sport » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:26 pm

[quote="pvr"]
Same here, but if I rinse too short it stains still, so tend to rinse a bit longer.
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Cut your hair shorter then........oops, wrong thread.
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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by Barney » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:51 pm

[quote="IceQueenX"]
[quote="X5Sport"]
[quote="IceQueenX"]
100 % pure resin purified water for no streaks.  Perfect in conjunction with fairy liquid.
[/quote]

Whoa, she's more than a pretty face.. :))

So what's your TDS then honey?

Richard
[/quote]

ideally 000ppm. I knew a window cleaner  ;) (tart alert)
[/quote]

From the diet Coke ad ?

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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by IceQueenX » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:00 pm

No, I found him on Google  :)

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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by Lee4.8is » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:13 pm

This has gone very complicated for me now...I think I might just go back to using fairy!
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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by squeaky2 » Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:24 am

your supposed to wash them???  ::)

After having washed the work van and saying i still didnt really like the colour i was told to stop washing it  :)

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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by 535dboy » Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:46 am

[quote="Lee4.8is"]
This has gone very complicated for me now...I think I might just go back to using fairy!
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:))
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Re: How do people wash their cars?

Post by X5Sport » Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:48 am

[quote="squeaky2"]
your supposed to wash them???  ::)

After having washed the work van and saying i still didnt really like the colour i was told to stop washing it  :)
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:)) :)) :))

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