Other Car shampoo

the reason these cheaper car washes are not very good is the fact that they have too much salt in them ,my son in law pointed this out to me as he used to be in car body repair as said washing up stuff has salt in it and will fetch any polish off .

frontosa said:

Any kind of washing up liquid is no good for car bodywork as it has salt in it. A good quality car shampoo. You get scratches drying with a cloth i use a electric leaf blower.

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Where's that "Wooooosssshhhhhhhhh" smiley?

Never knew they put salt in.

only found out recently myself ..
optician warned me not to use detergent on my glasses .. as the salt would harm the lens ..

Normally listed as sodium lauryl sulfate or similar

So this fred confirms car plan shampoo int good for yer car and can't be used on yer chips anorl as it also contains a orrible tasting fragrance.

is this any good? I doesn't say it has wax in to top up

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/ca...toglym-bodywork-shampoo-conditioner-2-5-litre

autoglym is renowned for being one of the better quality car care products, however I do like;
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/shampoo-polish-wax/simoniz-shampoo-and-carnauba-wax-2l
Not as expensive and I think gives a better finish although you do need to buff it when dry
Apply for a Halfords Trade card and you can get the 1ltr container for under £5

Am I right in thinking I would be betterer to use a shampoo and wax, as opposed to a shampoo only, as the wax content will help top up the collinite 476s paste wax I've applied? (476s applied by hand by rubbing on then rubbing oft when it turns to a haze)

Shampoo and wax all in one are OK for a fast clean and shine. Biggest problem that I find with them is they coat the windscreen in wax. Which then leaves a smear when you use the wipers. I personally wouldn't use one, but each to their own.

I don't like wax on wax off method with a clear coat lacquer but fine for a flat colour

when my car does get a wash and it take ages with all the stuff on while the wifes freelander is a 10 mins jobby it gets a ordinary wash with a good washing agent like auto glym and then a wax if we are up to it and then all the other bits get shined as well .that is the best way a wash with shampoo and wax is a no no you will find out what I mean should you have rain the next day you can not see a thing.

Fairy Liquid ingredients;

• Aqua
• Sodium laureth sulphate
• Alcohol denat
• Lauramine oxide
• C9-11 pareth-8
• Sodium chloride
• 1,3-Cyclohexanedimethanamine
• PPG (polypropylene glycols)
• Dimethyl aminoethyl methecrylate/hydroxyproply acrylate copolymer cirate
• Parfum
• Geraniol
• Limonene
• Colourant

This be what you need for your Hippos

Marmaduke said:

This be what you need for your Hippos

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Ha Ha that made me laugh. Proper polish for real 'fenders, makes them smell country style especially with the horse sh1t ingredients.

Marmaduke said:

This be what you need for your Hippos

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When applied to a tratter yer can sprinkle glitter on it anorl.
It ses on the back of the tin "... not for use on Freelanders".

Back again... ma hippo has been washed all over and polished. This got me thinking... I should take the opportunity to wax it now as it's polished ready for a wax. I is low on me collinite 476s paste wax so I has ordered some more as the shops dun't seem to sell it. Now the plan it to do 2 coats of wax as that's what peeps seem to think is best. Yer rub it on with a cotton sponge pad and leave it to sort of dry to a haze. I assume this just spreads the wax on, and doesn't help forum the protection. Then rub it in with a clean cotton covered sponge pad or similar. Some stays on the cotton pad and the rest I assume forms a clear layer of wax on me paint. If I understand correctly this layer of wax needs to harden?

Now me thinking is once rubbed in, the haze disappears and leaves a layer of wax on ma hippo's paint work. Once this is done should I be waiting for a day, week or whatever before I put on another layer using the same method, or can yer do it straight away? Hence if it does harden do I need to wait for this to happen before applying the 2nd layer of wax or not?

Hippo said:

I use car plan shampoo to wash ma hippo [don't use it now] but I think it's probably cheap as over time it seems to take the collinite 476s wax oft. 2 coats of wax should last a year but the smoothness seems to go so I assume it's coming oft. Rain doesn't run oft as quick anorl. Cleans it ok but I get the feeling the cheaper brands may strip the wax slightly. What car shampoo do you use on yer hippo and is it any good?

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That's what I use. Cheap as chips in Morrisons. Perhaps I need to change shampoo.

dwalsh1 said:

That's what I use. Cheap as chips in Morrisons. Perhaps I need to change shampoo.

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It does the job of cleaning but it's one of the harsher cleaners which takes oft wax. It doesn't add/top-up the wax. Wax washes oft anyway but this stuff speeds up the process. Mine got betterer when I stopped using it and moved to autoglym shampoo instead.

I only ever do one coat of wax after wash and polish. Then use meguires ultimate spray wax in between to keep the wax topped up. Auto glym rapid wax is good too.