Cleaning rituals & products
Discussion
UPDATE Today I trialled this on my every day car.
What did I buy?
Greased lightening gift pack. Dry wash, glass cleaner and carpet cleaner
Did it make the car shiny?
Oh yes baby very shiny
How long did it take?
40 minutes to clean the bodywork, plastic trim and do the windows
Did it scratch the paint?
Really hard to tell. I noticed many new fine scratches. I usually wash the car by hand so know scratches well and there were new ones for sure. A seed of doubt was sewn.
Were you an idiot when you washed it?
No i used 10 microfibre cloths, used 1 section per wipe and used lots of spray.
Did it clean well?
Yes when scrubbed it handled dirt and light tar marks well. But if you are scared of scratching paint you tend not to scrub with the cloth!
Is it a miracle product?
Kind of. If your car is really dirty prewash it before using and pretreat heavy tar deposits. I suspect the results will be better. That said I'm very impressed how it worked and it saved me a lot of time compared to a wash, polish and wax. Although I'll have to polish out those light scratches now!
Would you use it again?
I'd give the car a manual wash first then use this as a top up periodically or after a drive.
What did I buy?
Greased lightening gift pack. Dry wash, glass cleaner and carpet cleaner
Did it make the car shiny?
Oh yes baby very shiny
How long did it take?
40 minutes to clean the bodywork, plastic trim and do the windows
Did it scratch the paint?
Really hard to tell. I noticed many new fine scratches. I usually wash the car by hand so know scratches well and there were new ones for sure. A seed of doubt was sewn.
Were you an idiot when you washed it?
No i used 10 microfibre cloths, used 1 section per wipe and used lots of spray.
Did it clean well?
Yes when scrubbed it handled dirt and light tar marks well. But if you are scared of scratching paint you tend not to scrub with the cloth!
Is it a miracle product?
Kind of. If your car is really dirty prewash it before using and pretreat heavy tar deposits. I suspect the results will be better. That said I'm very impressed how it worked and it saved me a lot of time compared to a wash, polish and wax. Although I'll have to polish out those light scratches now!
Would you use it again?
I'd give the car a manual wash first then use this as a top up periodically or after a drive.
Adrian W said:
I use this stuff, it seams to repel water and dirt very well. http://www.armorall.eu/uk/products/item/id/206/shi...
Ditto, great product works very well and easy to apply / take off, but as everyone knows mine is a garage queen so I have no opinion about rain repellent 
AverageMPH said:
+1
Didn't realise it was so prevalent. I've been using it since day one of ownership. As my car never, ever gets wet, I either wipe off dust with a microfibre cloth or out with the Greased Lightening and agree it cleans windows, windscreen and carbon fibre brilliantly and makes it all so shiny. Have bought some other nonsense, like black boys (or something like that) and black t cut and super dooper autoglym resin but can never be arsed to get that stuck in.
Keep your car clean and have a crack with Greased Lightening as its great. Just buy lots of microfibre cloths!
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