What products do you use on your car?? - Washing/Waxing

Hi guys! I know we all love our cars and want to maintain them as much as we can, I'm trying out a few products for washing my car and waxing/polishing but want to know what everyone uses and in what order in detail to help others out!!

from the body work to the plastic faded bumpers and rusty bits

let me know below!!

 

I use rain lol

 

McGuires YellowTech, Kanebo Chamois, Armour All Car Wash (not wash and wax) and 'proper' Prep-sol. (Since some manufacturers began calling it Wax and Grease Remover, it smells more like shellite and not prep-sol.)

 

?? Haha

 

Washing: duragloss 901/902 shampoo with a dooka washmitt
Clayed
Wax: normally collinite 476 for durability

 

2 bucket method (one for wash and the other for rinse)
Pre-wash - Car Chem snowfoam and shampoo mix
Wash - Angel Wax self drying or Car Chem luxury shampoo concentrate with Microfibre Madness wash pad/Dooka wash pad
Dry - Wowo dryng cloth/Elite car care drying cloth
Polish - Angel wax polish/Auto Glym SRP
Wax - Dodo Purple Haze pro/Angel Wax/Chemical Guys Butter wax/Fusso wax
Glaze - Poorboys Black Hole
Interior trim - Mad Cow Lemon Shine/CarChem Rubber and Plastic Protectant
Glass - Dodo Juice clearly menthol/Angel wax H2Go rain repellant/AW vision
Exterior Trim - Valet Pro Black to the Future/Peanut butter/linseed oil
Rubber seals - Sonax Gummi Pfleger Rubber Care
Tyres - Car Chem tyre dressing

Other stuff I use - Angel wax wheel wax, AW revelation fallout remover, Billberry wheel cleaner, AW Corona Synthetic Spray Wax, Mad Cow ultra violet gloss enhancer, Gliptone leather cleaner along with various microfibre clothes and brushes!

 

If you're looking for in-depth advice then Detailing World has lots of stuff, but be aware they take it really seriously over there.
Dragonfly has listed pretty much every step, though you can probably cut down to just the basics to start with. I'd say the key points are:

• Use the 2-bucket method (clean wash bucket, dirty rinse bucket)
• Use a wash mitt rather than a sponge
• Use proper car shampoo not washing up liquid (it'll strip the wax/sealant)
• Use a drying towel not a dirty chamois

The "2 bucket method" is key to washing it properly so you're not dragging filthy gritty water back over the car with a sponge.
Everything is about minimising damage to the paint during cleaning process by using the right kit properly. Makes it sound a bit poncy (it's just washing a car, right?), but if you get to the stage where you're washing your car once or twice a week it makes a huge difference to the finish doing it "properly". I don't give much of a stuff on my other daily drives, but my Golf looks nice and I want it to stay that way.

Regarding brands, there are thousands out there - take your pick. If I had to pick one, I'd say you can't really go wrong with Bilt-Hamber stuff - it's excellent.
If you have to buy from Halfords then Meguiars is usually ok too.

At the moment I use:

AutoBrite Snow Foam
Iron-X
Duragloss shampoo
Meguiars Clay
Bilberry wheel cleaner
Bilt-Hamber wheel cleaner (when they're really mucky)
Bilt-Hamber double-speed wax
Opti-Seal (on wheels or when I'm feeling lazy on the other cars)
Scholl Concept S17+ polish
Zaino Z16 Perfect Tyre Gloss
CarPro DLUX plastic/rubber coating
Gtechniq glass cleaning/coating stuff
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But I'll probably change one or more of those next time the bottle runs out.

 

Cheers pal! Really helped

 

I wash mine with pure angels tears using the three (silver) bucket method, then polish with unicorn semen using a pad of Damascus silk, finally a sealant of Dragon skin oil.

Oddly my car hasn't been washed for years

 

What, no drying with Virgin's Muff?
Amatuer

 

There are more unicorns and dragons around than virgin's, be realistic.

 

Well I work in IT so there are rooms full of them here.

 

Check out the range of Power Maxed products on our website. I won't bore you with telling you how good they are, or how much more you get for you money etc! Will probably be a bit biased!- Have a google or look on detailers world for other people experiences and reviews!

 

Do you happen to stock virgin's muffs?

 

Have been struggling to get hold of those for a while now!

 

Honestly cannot remember the last time I washed my car, either of them.
The mk6 has an autoglym coating which is actually quite good. When it rains it comes up pretty clean apart from the wheels which I blasted with the hose when I was mixing some cement lol

 

I find car detailing strangely therapeutic.. Used to hate it!

 

It has a lot to do with the car, there's nothing more dissatisfying that cleaning windows with old faded tint.