Clean cars!

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:51 pm

After not washing mine for 2 months

I finally got my bum off the couch and got round to it yesterday. I forgot how good it looks when it's clean

Post by **Lyndon** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:26 pm

thought i was lazy for leaving mine for a month

TheMinel · Post by **TheMinel** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:06 am

you are making me feel guilty now! my poor black one is soooooooooo dirty! the only thing is that I spend about 2-3 hours for a thorough clean and it lasts what, a full day MAYBE?

ICE DOCTOR · Post by **ICE DOCTOR** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:34 am

A month

gees guys thats hectic. Mine hardly goes a week without a vallet service. Now with u guys having icy weather etc, i would have thought this would be more reason to make sure u keep it clean so the ice and snow dont start to rust or mess up your paint job?

london-99 · Post by **london-99** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:41 am

i havent cleaned my baby for almost 6 weeks

dont time fly when you drive a 206 cc? (i blame the weather at the weekends) ill clean it this Sunday, "i must clean it this weekend", "i must clean it this weekend"

Esselle · Post by **Esselle** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:34 pm

A month gees guys thats hectic. Mine hardly goes a week without a vallet service. Now with u guys having icy weather etc, i would have thought this would be more reason to make sure u keep it clean so the ice and snow dont start to rust or mess up your paint job?

OMG - haven't cleaned mine at all yet. I promised him I'd clean him last weekend but we had torrential rain on Sunday. I was on a course last week, and not knowing where I would have to park, I didn't want him to be too attractive

Post by **Lyndon** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 6:33 pm

trouble is at this time of the year, you clean it then within a day it's back to it's grubby self

if it's fine on sunday i'll treat it too a 99p jetwash

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 12:30 am

trouble is at this time of the year, you clean it then within a day it's back to it's grubby self

If its Black its dirty 5 minutes after washing it ALL year round!

carl · Post by **carl** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 12:53 am

Our CC is black (as is the TVR). I bought one of those "Turtle Wax Water Blades" from Halfords at the weekend, as every time I clean either car I end up with a load of water marks. Actually I've only used it on the TVR so far, but it certainly seems to get rid of the bulk of the water in a non-marking fashion. I think you'd probably need a chamois to get rid of the rest, particularly on the most curved bits. Must get another chamois -- mine seem to keep going missing. But the water blade is certainly easier than the chamois for the majority of the car.

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 1:01 am

Our CC is black (as is the TVR). I bought one of those "Turtle Wax Water Blades" from Halfords at the weekend, as every time I clean either car I end up with a load of water marks. Actually I've only used it on the TVR so far, but it certainly seems to get rid of the bulk of the water in a non-marking fashion. I think you'd probably need a chamois to get rid of the rest, particularly on the most curved bits. Must get another chamois -- mine seem to keep going missing. But the water blade is certainly easier than the chamois for the majority of the car.

Is that water blade thingy, like window cleaners use?

phonic · Post by **phonic** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 1:05 am

Yeah, Ive seen those, kinda like the ones window cleaners use, only the ones I saw had a clear plastic blade so as not to mark the paintwork. Think ill go get me one of those, since I tried a black window one a few weeks back on my (now old and traded in for 206cc) corsa and it did work pretty well, but made a silly black line where I pressed too hard. So the clear ones should work great.

TheMinel · Post by **TheMinel** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:37 am

I got one too! can confirm it saves lots of time whne getting rid of the water on the car after washing !

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 1:45 pm

A month gees guys thats hectic. Mine hardly goes a week without a vallet service. Now with u guys having icy weather etc, i would have thought this would be more reason to make sure u keep it clean so the ice and snow dont start to rust or mess up your paint job?

Icy weather? I've seen no snow or ice at all yet. Anyway, as long as the paintwork's intact it doesn't matter how wet or dirty it gets - especially if you have Diamond Brite, Supagard or whatever else - it won't rust.

Pauline · Post by **Pauline** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 8:08 pm

thought i was lazy for leaving mine for a month

I thought Steve was lazy for not cleaning mine for a month - but he washed it for me Christmas Eve so it's only been three weeks. Best pressie of all!

But in October, we gave both cars a full on wax with Mer so it only needs a quick wipe over now for it to be clean again

Nobby · Post by **Nobby** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 9:10 pm

Is that water blade thingy, like window cleaners use?

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