Been visiting the pikey car wash places lately (the ones that used to be petrol stations) to get the daily drive cleaned which is a bargain for what you get done for £5.

Would anybody know what type of product they spray on the alloys and bottom of the doors about 2 minutes prior to the cleaning. It shifts just about every speck of dirt of the lower part of the car with just a quick spray from a manual pump. Would love to know what they use.

 

More than likely TFM. Traffic Film Remover.

 

Diluted old brake fluid

 

paint remover

 

Dunno, but ive been using bilberry wheel cleaner, no harsh chemicals that fuck you wheels up, but does a very very good job

 

Paint?


Cheers,
Grant

 

I would also guess at TFR.

 

Yep will be TFR fella

does a crackin job but if its a car you keep polished get it done cause it removes all the protection you have built up lol

 

I would say TFR too as its used at my work too!

 

Its TFR they use and it will strip all the polish of the car and im some cases leave it streaky.

but on the other hand its good for removing stubborn shit very easy..thats why they use it.

 

g101 i should think diluted

 

your not wrong there!!! I made the mistake on mine by using it (before i knew it was TFR in the pump bottle!) It completely stripped mine! turned it completely pink, took me a good few hours to get it back to red again

 

I wonder how many new scratches youve picked up from thier gritty sponges

saw a focus RS getting cleaned in one up here

 

I did that on a Red Zafira when I worked at Vauxhall, it looked great until I dried it with the shammy leather , had to spend the rest of that day in the bodyshop buffing the paint up

 

Would rather wash my car with rocks than use them, people that do not love their paintwork use these hand car washes.

 

The local one does an absolutely sterling job of the truck after I've been out mud plugging - for a fiver it takes them about 30 mins to blast the chassis clean and sponge down the whole truck

Even get a nice air freshener too from them

 

Bollocks to that, all their aim is, is to remove any dirt from the paintwork and make it clean, they dont care HOW they do it as long as they DO IT

 

Thanks for the comments.
Its only a company car so I couldnt care whether they used a wire brush on it.

 

See thats the thing

Lots of folk aint sad like us that like to polish cars and shine tyres

as long as the shite is washed off they are happy

 

I take the daily hack down the Kosovan car wash all the time....fucked if I'd let them anywhere near the S1 though....

 

G101

 

You can get different Types of TFR.

Some are more harsh than others, some you dilute, some you dont.

So, if you get a decent one, it wont remove the protection that a good wax provides.

 

with you on the maria. love tfr dont seem like i have cleaned it unless i use it, that and fucking good hot pressure washer Mint.

how do you lot clean all ur motors properly under the arches and under the bonnet???

 

by not letting the dirt build up keep on top of it and theres no problem.

 

That's not true in all cases. I detail my car in the summer, but no time in the winter - it's too dark. The car wash I go to is superb. They use a foam lance first, then wash off, then spray on the shampoo which is rubbed with a lambswool mitt. Then rinsed off and dried with a hot blower. There is just too much water and soap being used for the mitt to get gritty. You will struggle to do better yourself unless you have the luxury of using the two bucket method.

Any minor scratches can easily be polished out in the summer.

Rick

 

i live in the country and drive my saph 2wd daily. there is no chance in hell that i could keep it clean with out it. horse crap, mud and puddells everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!
do you lot live in towns?? or not drive very often.

 

i'll be honest my car doesnt see many country dirt roads lol

 

Ive never used a TFR on any of my customers cars,never had a problem removing dirt/grime without it
Its all about putting a decent wax/sealent on there to protect the car from everyday grime
Most car washes are are no better than monkeys
I had a call in the summer from a guy with a black range rover,he took it to the local car wash because it was covered in what he called (bumps) he didnt now it was tar from a new road surface near his house
They cleaned the car but didnt remove the tar and they sprayed some kind of wax over the tar doh!
Took me 2 hours to just to remove the tar,i now valet all of his familys cars every month
I also valet a car for the land owner of another car wash in the next town,he works next door but still calls me in to do his car so they cant be that good!
For a quick wash for a everyday shitter they are fine,if you have any decent i wouldnt go anyware near them

 

a mate of mine left a bmw with them to valet the interior(leather).
they cleaned it and when he collected it it looked really clean. a few days later the leather went all funny and looked proper fucked,they had ruined it but wouldnt say what they had used.
the kosovan owner offered to replace the interior so he left it with them-came back and they had put a set of grey cloth seats in a car that had beige leather......my mate went mad and the guy just shrugged his shoulders and began talking foreign.never got it completely sorted out and sold the car with the ruined leather back in through auction.
i would never use any of them,in fact immigration raided all the ones in warrington this week and some seem to have shut now.

 

why would you let them do it for a fiver lol

most supermarket car washes in the petrol stations do a cheapo wash for £3 lol

so thats where my work van goes, when i can be bothered

i had one goon that could barely speak english if i wanted it washed the other day, it is fucking filthy at the mo.

i said how much, he said £10

i laughed and said fuck that, ill give you £5, he said no, cars are £5, van is £10 but he will do it for £8...

i said forget it, you see that thing next to the petrol pumps... £3!

he then goes off on one telling me how crap they are and wont clean the van properly... when some chap thats just has his black 08 plate mitsi shogun washed, and said they done a shit job and to redo it.

i pissed myself and said, i know where i will be spending my £3 LOL

i still havnt washed the van

 

Is tfr as said, will also strip any wax off you have on there

 

their just starting to do that down here in Brum now. Tbh, if they took a little more care about products, tools used etc.. i think more people would use them. Then again, in saying that there's one by us that's constantly busy. Must be a little gold mine actually.

 

They use TFr to clean the floors on buses so you know it's going to shift the shit.

I want my van cleaned but they want a tenner for the van but I'm only willing to pay a fiver so, like the fudgester, mines been dirty for the past 8 months