Hammer
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Need to purchase stuff to clean the car with.
If I were to treat it as if I had nothing at all apart from a power washer what should I be looking at buying?
Bucket, sponge, drying towel? shampoo? polish? Halford's the best to buy this stuff?
As you can tell I don't normally wash cars
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John
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Bucket wash mit, drying towel, halfords shampoo is fine but I'd get the red stuff from costco.
Some super resin and some collinite 476s and you'll be sorted.
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Hammer
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Do you get that shit from Halfords? In fact I'll just go one better and take you with me.
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John
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Get it all from halfords apart from the collinite I think.
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adiohead
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1uSQOYCJQ
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Hammer
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lolz
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Tomm R
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quote: Originally posted by John
Bucket wash mit, drying towel, halfords shampoo is fine but I'd get the red stuff from costco.
Some super resin and some collinite 476s and you'll be sorted.
Just what i use.
I use ASDA drying towels, get them for £3 each and one towel will do a whole car.
Also get two buckets.
One is for washing the car the other is for washing the crap out of the mit which has been picked up from the car. one bucket will turn black whilst the other stays nice and clean.
Also if you can get some All Purpose cleaner you can dilute this and use it on the areas which pick up a lot of gunk like window seals, roof runners, door handles, door and boot shuts and wheel arches.
Linseed oil also works well as a tire dressing.
You will not be able to get Col from halfords although you will be able to get some Auto Glym Extra Gloss Protection which will also work well.
Halfords also has a 3 for 2 offer on detailing stuff right now.
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Jed D
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before
after
i used a bit of wd40 mixed with petrol
gets the tarr crap of easy
also i used pound store wash and wax to wash it normally, but it always seems to rain after i do it
got some pink devil shine stuff that you put on after.... im a bit unsure of it... anyone used this?
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Hammer
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quote: Originally posted by Tomm R
Halfords also has a 3 for 2 offer on detailing stuff right now.
That's the type of thing I was wanting to hear
I'll pass on mixing wd40 with petrol and putting it anywhere near my paintwork for now, thanks though
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Christopher
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quote: Originally posted by adiohead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1uSQOYCJQ
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Chris_corsab
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I use this little spec to wash my car:
meguiars ultimate wash and wax
meguiars clay kit
meguiars step 1,2,3
meguiars Ultimate liquid wax
meguiars ultimate spray wax
Wheels: bilberry wheel cleaner and meguiars endurance high gloss for tires
[Edited on 24-08-2011 by Chris_corsab]
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Daveskater
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If you want to be able to go in and get stuff from Halfords then Meguiars is probably the best bet as they seem to have a good range of their kit in there. Meg's shampoo, AG super resin polish and a Meg's wax will have it looking pretty good.
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thegsi
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I've been known to use the odd Meguiar's product
Anything by them is A1. End.
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Tomm R
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quote: Originally posted by Daveskater
If you want to be able to go in and get stuff from Halfords then Meguiars is probably the best bet.
Meg's wax will have it looking pretty good.
I went in there the other day with the plan to pick up some megs wax but my 3 stores had nothing?
Might be different at some other stores but i really wanted some and couldnt find any.
I am very fond of the Megs gear though. Always smells so so good! especialy their quick detailer!
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Tomm R
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That said they do sell Zymol Wax which is pretty fricking amazing!!
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sc0ott
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Autoglym stuff in a bucket of hot water.
Hose to wash off the soap after doing each side.
Job done.
Is there any products that takes off stuck on tar? Apart from petrol and wd40.
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thegsi
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quote: Originally posted by sc0ott
Is there any products that takes off stuck on tar? Apart from petrol and wd40.
Meguiar's Bug and Tar remover
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John
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Tardis is amazing, wouldn't bother getting anything else.
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Hammer
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What's this claybar thing everyone is doing? Is it a gimmick or does it work.
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Steve
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white spirit also removes tar
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John
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quote: Originally posted by Hammer
What's this claybar thing everyone is doing? Is it a gimmick or does it work.
Depends what the paint is like to begin with, if the whole car feels rough its good, if it doesn't its a waste of time.
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Hammer
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But if I use one can I say I 'detailed' my car rather than washed it?
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John
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All you need for that is to take pictures and then get a thesaurus out before you give each picture a sentence, instant detailer.
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Hammer
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Excellent
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Ben G
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i always use meguiars gold class shampoo as it give a nice wet look finish, along with a microfibre cloth to dry. nothing fancy, but it works.
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