Celica Forums General Discussion General Washing Car

What do you guys use everytime you wash your car?? Brands and extra stuff besides soap.

i always use meguiars gold class for soap, and a microfiber rag for the washing. then i go over it with the absorber. every few washes or so i will put a coat of final detail on.

i use a soap with carnuba wax in it... works pretty good... cant remember the name but its greenish yellow

Mr Clean Auto Wash biotch

I used to use a high pressure nozzle on my hose... water... and a towel to dry it. No soap or anything

Now I use the Mr. Clean Autodry... it ownz j00

Sometimes I just use dishwashing soap...depends on how much money I have.

...and you wax if afterwards right?? i've heard some expert detailers do that because dishwashing soap eats at some of the remaining oils and stuff previous wax leaves behind...

That's exactly what I've heard. In the directions for the polish I use it says to clean the car with dish detergent because the acids in it remove all the previous waxes. I wouldn't use dish soap for sure unless you're waxing it right after.

I do the exact same thing

Dish detergent damgaes the paint on the car in the long run
dish detergent a NO NO!!! even when i don't have money
I would rather wash it with plain water than using dish detergent

you should only use dish soap when you are strippinig the wax and only then.
go to wal mart and get a 2 gallon jug of car wash soap and it will last you a long time.

Exactly what I was going to say...BUY IT!!!!

i either wash it at home with Mr. Clean auto dry... or take it to one of those power washing booths and wash it... then i use "wax as you dry" stuff and dry the whole car really well... even if i use auto dry i still hand dry with the wax as you dry stuff...

sometimes i clay bar areas, but not often, too time consuming

Spend $5 on megs car wash
dont use dishwashing detergent
use 2 buckets
wax in the shade with gold class
Toyo paint sux as it is your only encouraging paint problems being a cheapass

^^^^^^^
do in shade
use 2 buckets (one for rising the dirt out and other for wetting it up)
use a SPONGE
do not go to auto car wash even if it says touch free they damage paint in the long run.. even the self service oness...

eagle 1 car wash, and eagle 1 "wax as you dry"

for those of you who use Mr. Clean Autodry do you wax afterwards or what??

^^^ you should wax afterwards if it is needed.

also that wax as you dry stuff isn't really a wax and is jstu to make it shine a lil better it doesn't prptect much if at all.

put on a good coat of wax once every 2 months atleast.

I do a triple coat of wax once every three months, except I do it twice during the summer (cali sun).

If I knew I had to wax my car everytime I washed it, the thing would be dirty 95% of the time