How Do You Clean Your Car?

[Petroholic]

ScratchX can fix it or Ultimate Polish is better to use instead? I also heard about Ultimate Compound but it seems a aggressive product that needs care.

these products can be ranked from lowest to highest strength in the following order
UP<scratch X <UC
The problem with UP is that it is too mild to be used by hand (in my experience).

Ok thanks. I will check it out

Edit: Hmm ONR wash & wax costs 695rs for 236.6 ml on bringingbest and Meguiar's Quick Detailer costs 321rs for 473ml on autofresh. So Quick Detailer would be a better buy.

ONR is highly concentrated.Only 47ml is required to make 1L of QD hence it turns out cheaper.

ONR wash and wax also contains shampoo or should use shampoos separately?

Yup ONR can be used as a shampoo just by varying the concentration.But i prefer to use a separate shampoo as using ONR as a shampoo is expensive.Since there arent manywaterless washes available , i like to keep ONR as a QD/waterless wash only.

 

[tai_newbie]

Anyone ever tried cleansing the yellow haze off the headlights? I heard toothpaste or silver polish cream does the trick. Any other suggestions?

 

[CRACING]

Friends,

I was going thru online to find out some car washer [since the one i had is not working] to spray water while cleaning, I found this one and it looks like it is perfect and i could read good review about it.

Anyone got this and used it or have any idea about this? Pls share your suggestions/ideas.

8 In 1 Turbo Water Spray Gun Ez Jet Water CannonCleaning Car ,Garden, Home

Am planing to buy one for me.

Hello,

I had ordered the same item from ebay india (link) with a ICICI Bank discount of 7% and recived it today. Product is very good and high quelity. Used for an hour and works great. The black connector provided in the back of EZ Jet Water Cannon to connect garden pipe is lil small but had no problems. It has thread of 1 inch so you can remove that black connecter and use long brass one. The soap chamber is not big like shown on videos. I think the USA model has bigger soap chamber. Tap water from overhead tank should have good pressure otherwise you know what happens

Thats it. Over all, I'm very happy with it and cannot wait for weekend to wash my car.

Here are few snaps I have taken for your reference.

(Click to enlarge)

Thanks...
Best Regards

 

[sethumurugan]

Cracing. That is nice that some one already using it. Hope this weekend will be busy for you washing your car with new EZ Water Cannon.

Pls post some pictures as well you feed back.

Regarding pressure mine is g + 2 floors building. so the tank is on third floor above staircase. So logically tank is in 4th floor.

I will be connecting the hose to my kitchen [My house is in first floor road side, and there is not outlet nearer to my car parking in ground floor] so there is no worry about water pressure. I can not wait to order this.

I might order it by this month end.

BTW, you need not to use any third party for uploading pictures, You can very well use attachments in TAI itself. It will be easy for TAIians. Main reason is the third party stored images will be lost after specific time.

 

[CRACING]

Cracing. That is nice that some one already using it. Hope this weekend will be busy for you washing your car with new EZ Water Cannon.

Yeah hope I will enjoy with it.

Pls post some pictures as well you feed back.

You mean the pictures when using the item? Ok will try.

Regarding pressure mine is g + 2 floors building. so the tank is on third floor above staircase. So logically tank is in 4th floor.

I will be connecting the hose to my kitchen [My house is in first floor road side, and there is not outlet nearer to my car parking in ground floor] so there is no worry about water pressure. I can not wait to order this.

Very good. My house is a single story and tank is on roof. The water line is divided to 4 taps so pressure is slightly reduced. However I'm gonna take rubber pipe directly from the overhead tank to my car parking so I get great pressure.

I might order it by this month end.

Ok good.

BTW, you need not to use any third party for uploading pictures, You can very well use attachments in TAI itself. It will be easy for TAIians. Main reason is the third party stored images will be lost after specific time.

Yeah but the image resolution will be reduced to 1000 and I thought to provide full resolution. I will try to attach next time.

Also I'm not able to edit my posts. Edit button will be present for some time and goes away button. No idea whether its my permission problem or site.

 

[sethumurugan]

Also I'm not able to edit my posts. Edit button will be present for some time and goes away button. No idea whether its my permission problem or site.

You will be able to edit only for 30 mints from the posted time.

 

[Vishwas]

I've become very lazy to wash my car, didn't wax my car till date, all i do is go to the wash centre and get the job done for 250 Rs.

 

[IndicaDLS2002]

I've become very lazy to wash my car, didn't wax my car till date, all i do is go to the wash centre and get the job done for 250 Rs.

wow that's cool which car btw?

Also If anyone knows a good tried & tested car wax brand which I can buy at any auto store & use myself, please recommend one for me.

 

[Vishwas]

wow that's cool which car btw?

Chevrolet Enjoy

Also If anyone knows a good tried & tested car wax brand which I can buy at any auto store & use myself, please recommend one for me.

Use formula 1 or Sonax hard wax, will give your car superb look and do not go for Carbuna wax, it's a cream and the wax lasts only for a week even if the car is parked under shade.

You can get the waxing done at Reliance Auto Shop near near you, don't know the charges though.

 

[CRACING]

You will be able to edit only for 30 mints from the posted time.

Oh ok.

Today I had sometime afternoon so I used it to wash my car with EZ Water Cannon.

It went very easy. Wash the car with the switch turned to water only, then wash with the switch turned to water + soap (I used my com-paint's shampoo), then again with clean water, Switched turned to water only. Finally wipe with clean microfiber cloth. Took less then half an hour I suppose

Of course the car wasn't very dusty, otherwise I had to use water + sponge to wipe dust partials before washing with water + shampoo.

I've become very lazy to wash my car, didn't wax my car till date, all i do is go to the wash centre and get the job done for 250 Rs.

Be careful with the wash centers. They might do careless about washing and do swirl marks. Better to watch how they wash. I have heard, some of them use hard water which is very bad.

Waxing is also very necessary. Its the now perfect time to take care of your car paint. Care when its still new.

 

[Vishwas]

Be careful with the wash centers. They might do careless about washing and do swirl marks. Better to watch how they wash. I have heard, some of them use hard water which is very bad.

Then i must really worry on this part, though he doesn't use full force.

As a result, i am going to wash my car today myself, big mission ahead

Ciao guys, catch ya'll later

 

[CRACING]

Then i must really worry on this part, though he doesn't use full force.

As a result, i am going to wash my car today myself, big mission ahead

Ciao guys, catch ya'll later

Think about this, They clean plenty of cars daily and corporation water line won't be sufficient. They cannot store much water as well. So easy way they find is bore water and that means its 90% hardwater or its not at all recommended to use bore water.

 

[Vishwas]

Think about this, They clean plenty of cars daily and corporation water line won't be sufficient. They cannot store much water as well. So easy way they find is bore water and that means its 90% hardwater or its not at all recommended to use bore water.

Bore water!!??, buddy use bore water to clean my car!, had been washing my previous car in the bore water, did not seem to affect the paint quality.

BTW what kind or brand of wax do you guys prefer to put on your car?

I saw some motomax, Sonax and got confused which one to go for also please do inform the purpose of rubbing compound please, not going for Carbuana or something, shine, doesn't long last.

What's the purpose of protectant? I bought one of formula's 1 today and cleaned the plastics,leather seats, did not give much of an effect but gave a nice citrus fragrance.

 

[CRACING]

Bore water!!??, buddy use bore water to clean my car!, had been washing my previous car in the bore water, did not seem to affect the paint quality.

Well I have just heard but I have no experience in cleaning bore water and never tried.

BTW what kind or brand of wax do you guys prefer to put on your car?

I saw some motomax, Sonax and got confused which one to go for also please do inform the purpose of rubbing compound please, not going for Carbuana or something, shine, doesn't long last.

What's the purpose of protectant? I bought one of formula's 1 today and cleaned the plastics,leather seats, did not give much of an effect but gave a nice citrus fragrance.

Here are few good info provided sites.

Car Care Detailing Guide and Tips - Compounding Your Car with Compounds
Car Care Auto Detailing Tips and Training - Polishing Your Car with Car Polish
Car Care Auto Detailing Tips and Training - Waxing Your Car with Wax

Auto Magic Car Care Detailing Training- Paint Condition Chart

And more on that site....

 

[CRACING]

these products can be ranked from lowest to highest strength in the following order
UP<scratch X <UC
The problem with UP is that it is too mild to be used by hand (in my experience).

Ok what I came to know is, Using compound is not at all necessary since my car shines like new and doesn't have dull paint finish. Same goes for polish so I will ignore or postpone both and go for better waxing. As of Scratch X I will think about it.

ONR is highly concentrated.Only 47ml is required to make 1L of QD hence it turns out cheaper.

Ok I think I will go with QD

Yup ONR can be used as a shampoo just by varying the concentration.But i prefer to use a separate shampoo as using ONR as a shampoo is expensive.Since there arent manywaterless washes available , i like to keep ONR as a QD/waterless wash only.

Thats right.


Ok got somewhat everything understood. Just a last one left I suppose.

Is it required to clay my car before waxing? I never even head of it before and used to wax without it.

And any idea where I can buy it? it seems very costly on online sales sites and they come as a kit.