car wash

**ed taylor** · 27th August 2006, 13:00

Just wondered what make of car wash is used mostly on the site.I tend to use Meg,s NXT, the blue coloured one, it gives a nice soft feel when you wash the car, but can leave water spots, Today I tried the Megs NXT the brown coloured one, it did not feel as nice when I washed the car, but I did not get any water spots, both cleaned the car very well though, some pepole seem to like a lot of soap suds, do they help in any way, I use a hosepipe to wash the soapy water off and it seems to work ok.

**AndrewTi** · 27th August 2006, 14:21

Zymol. Green in colour, smells like coconut, Lovely!

**ed taylor** · 27th August 2006, 14:34

I know the one, good stuff, I use it to clean the alloys, nice smell to it.

**Meriva OPC** · 27th August 2006, 16:47

I've started using Turtlewax Clearvue and I'd say its good, I'm certainly happy with it

**Bainie** · 27th August 2006, 16:52

I use the Megs blue one, and have today picked up a bottle of megs last touch from Bryan, which Is supposed to stop the water marks, will keep you posted ...

**Drinky** · 27th August 2006, 16:59

Well i wash both cars with Asda own brand car wash and wax i use the one bucket method with a twist i leave the sponge in the bucket outside between washes and i then dry them both off with a one pound micro fiber cloth from the pound shop!!!!!

seems to work OK for me though !!

**Gsi3.2** · 27th August 2006, 17:13

Ultraglym car shampoo for me...

**Inspektor** · 27th August 2006, 18:37

Tesco's two pound car wash.
It brings up that lovely dull matt finish (on the bits it does'nt miss anyway)

**steve.o** · 27th August 2006, 21:17

Originally Posted by drinky

Well i wash both cars with Asda own brand car wash and wax i use the one bucket method with a twist i leave the sponge in the bucket outside between washes and i then dry them both off with a one pound micro fiber cloth from the pound shop!!!!!

seems to work OK for me though !!

Snap,well nearly.I use Tesco own,and yep the micro fibre cloth from the pound shop,two for £1.00,bargain.

Car comes up just great.Finish it off with some mcguires wax

**Harry** · 27th August 2006, 21:24

i used to use autoglym shampoo but am now trying out meg NXT the blue one. seems alot slicker than the autoglym and a little more suds aswell, although they never transfer to the car very well.

in answer to your question ed, the amount of suds is not the key factor when comparing shampoos, apparently, the shampoo is there to make sure that there is a slick surface for the wash mitt/sponge/lambs wool mitt to remove the dirt and grime.

the water should feel a little greasy, that's my understanding, might be wrong though.

Originally Posted by Bainie

I use the Megs blue one, and have today picked up a bottle of megs last touch from Bryan, which Is supposed to stop the water marks, will keep you posted ...

Bainie, i picked up a gallon of last touch last week, not used it yet as i've yet to finish the detailing spray which is why i bought the last touch. do you use it as a detailing spray?? i'm a bit confused by your post.

cheers