Anti-detailing thread

[Toaster Pilot]

What stupidly cheap cleaning products that would make the £50k wax folks cringe do you find work well on your car? Currently using 19p Tesco Value floor cleaner to scrub the carpets in a seriously dirty Astra and it's working amazingly well!

[roboxm3]

Microfibre dusting mit used as a wash mit along with various crockery cleaning and paint brushes for getting in the nooks and crannies.

I draw the line at washing the car with Fairy though...although I may have done in the past...

ETA. The cleaning utensils were Wilko's finest (read: cheapeast)!

[biscione]

Not really anti detailing, but I use Tesco's screenwash (per the air and water machine).

It costs £1 vs £3+ for Halfords stuff

[Ved]

Ironically this belongs in the detailing section

[Toaster Pilot]

roboxm3 said:

I draw the line at washing the car with Fairy though...although I may have done in the past...

- just paid the local Polish car wash £3 to take care of the outside but they wanted a fair bit more to sort the minging interior!

[Kozy]

I just don't clean my cars.

[RobM77]

I use Flash kitchen wipes for the steering wheel, dashboard, doors, pedals and other interior plastics. They come up a treat! My car frequently gets mud and sand in it, but a couple of wipes and five minutes later and it looks good as new

[Kozy]

Although on topic, I use vegetable oil as tyre shine when I do the annual wash.

[skyrover]

The rain... spotless inside and out

[Toaster Pilot]

Kozy said:

Although on topic, I use vegetable oil as tyre shine when I do the annual wash.

Say whaaaaaat?

Sounds like some proper Arthur Daley stuff right there, does that actually work?

[StuntmanMike]

Turtlewax high gloss, 6 quid from halfrauds, I won't use anything else, despite it getting a best buy from Autoexpress the detailers think its cheap and nasty.

[C.A.R.]

Peanut butter on black plastic trim. Something about the oils in it that work - although I wouldn't reccommend a 'crunchy' one.

At the moment I just carry a bottle of Windolene and a rag to clear the windows, lights and numberplates...the rest is coated in black grit!

[Toaster Pilot]

StuntmanMike said:

Turtlewax high gloss, 6 quid from halfrauds, I won't use anything else, despite it getting a best buy from Autoexpress the detailers think its cheap and nasty.

This might interest you http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/triplewax-car-poli...

[anonymous-user]

I pay £5 to some Eastern European people every few months and they do a really good job.

[PanzerCommander]

I used Sainsburys own brand Cif type stuff (or is it Jif again?) to clean the stripes that were on my Mustang (years old, stained with ingrained grime), they went from an off white to bright white, oddly the paint seems to have suffered no ill effects, and a number of people asked if I'd had new stripes put on. I washed my first car with fairy liquid as there was no car shampo in the cupboard.

I am a stickler for using decent products and washing the car weekly and keeping it generally clean and shiny. I draw the line at removing things like the wheels to clean the back of the spokes (drag racing wheels excluded as they are only on the car at the track anyway), and removing things like light clusters to clean under and behind them.

[ToothbrushMan]

Symbolica said:

I pay £5 to some Eastern European people every few months and they do a really good job.

Could get a Brit then for that price

[Johnnytheboy]

I have this mad neighbour who's always trying to get me to use household cleaners on my car.

Bodywork? Mr Sheen.

Wheels? Cillit Bang.

[Kozy]

Toaster Pilot said:

Say whaaaaaat?

Sounds like some proper Arthur Daley stuff right there, does that actually work?

Well it gives the tyres that glossy black shine. Someone told me it's what the turks use at the hand wash, so I thought I'd give it a try and yea, it works! Doesn't last all that long especially if the roads are wet, but can't have it all!

[PanzerCommander]

Kozy said:

Toaster Pilot said:

Say whaaaaaat?

Sounds like some proper Arthur Daley stuff right there, does that actually work?

Well it gives the tyres that glossy black shine. Someone told me it's what the turks use at the hand wash, so I thought I'd give it a try and yea, it works! Doesn't last all that long especially if the roads are wet, but can't have it all!

I use the Meguires stuff and it is simply a thick oily clear liquid - so I guess there is no reason why cheap veg oil wouldn't do the same job.

[Ennoch]

biscione said:

Not really anti detailing, but I use Tesco's screenwash (per the air and water machine).

It costs £1 vs £3+ for Halfords stuff

Tesco's stuff is actually pretty decent and at £2.50 it's no drama to dump an entire bottle in the tank for when it's properly cold as that does down to about -20c before it sets solid.