dalmarshall

So I'm usually a car wash kinda guy but since buying a new beemer and getting mugged off with the hard wax 'seal and protect' option (yeah I know, what a sucker!) I've been cleaning it myself.
So what do you guys use, I've done a tiny bit of research and bilt hamber stuff sounds good but what else is good?
I'm talking basic stuff, shampoo, wheel cleaner, interior etc

Fil

have a look and read of reviews on www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/


I use a few poor boys products, and some maguires stuff and the odd but of autoglem stuff.

colarado red

Megs ultimate products

matts1

I love the Poors Boys stuff, so easy to apply and take off and if you have a darker car then the black hole glaze is a mist for masking swirls and stopping stone chips showing. Some natty past wax after - couple of coats in thin layers and your done.

Although my car now is white so a bucket and wash mitt and it's done. I had a few black cars before and fook me it was a day job to get it looking well.

JasonPD

So so much choice these day and it depends on what you want to achieve from each product but as a good starting point, give Dodo Juice - Born to be mild shampoo a try, lovely stuff and well worth the money as highly concentrated.

Happy to answer any specific questions on products you have as I do this car cleaning malarkey for a living and have used lots of different stuff.

dalmarshall

I just noticed the born to be mild as a potentially decent decent one

The car is a Sapphire black 3 series and as I said, it has the seal and protect hard wax.
I don't want to use anything that's gonna take it off and throughout the winter it's only gonna get a shampoo and chamois off, wheel cleaner.
BMW have supplied some products but I'm running out now (not sure which make they actually are under the BMW packaging but they're pretty good).

dalmarshall

The new daily
330d m sport plus x drive

RichieST

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Poorboys gets my vote too, I also like auto finesse, for ease and speed of use I think their tripple polish is excellent stuff.

Mark RS

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i like chemical guys stuff,but for wheel cleaner i find bilberry the best

Fudgey

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Just had another litre of carpro iron x wheel cleaner delivered, good stuff for cleaning wheels and once spotlessly clean, i use cquartz dlux to seal them. Brake dust literally cleans off with a wet sponge - excellent stuff but ambit of a faff to use as wheels need to stay dry for 24hours so wheel off job in the garage over night.

Then i just use dojo juice stuff, but ran out of wax so might try the poorboys stuff next. I recenly bought a panther black focus st estate, the paint is swirly so ill need to give it a going over with the das6 first, then seal it.. when i get a spare weekend...

Adam-M

Where do you's all buy your stuff from? I normally go to halfords but doesn't have the best of selection.

RichieST

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Make it 2 spare weekends as you can have a mondeo to do too if you like lol

Fil

link in the 2nd post

Fudgey

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typically i use www.elitecarcare.co.uk or www.cleanyourcar.co.uk

no ta, been meaning to do the wifes cmax for the last 4 years too lol

i done my old impreza a couple of years ago, 14 hours on the bodywork, about another 4 on the wheels... the paint wasnt even that bad, but i think im just slow lol

gjh

I like a bit of everything, but mainly at the minute I have a lot of auto glym and meguiars. I often use Halfords as they are quite good on offers. Or clean your car if they don't and for other products.

Glenn_

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Ive always used Auto Glym and have done for years.

studabear

I never used to wash my cars, just used to go to the £5 immigrant car washes, I then found out about all the scratches and swirls they inflict, I now do my own cars and am turning into a bit of a bufty, I really like washing my own cars now, the old 2 bucket wash method after snow foaming etc. Got a Das6pro polisher etc.

I use/have a load of different products from,

Meguires
Autobrite direct
KKD
Autoglym
Poorboys
Formula clean
Collinite
Farcella

And probably a few I can't remember.

gcfcos

I've always used autoglym and meguiars

JasonPD

Much more out there than the likes of halfords offer, not a personal fan of a lot of the meguires products either.

In addition to the sites listed above, polishedbliss.co.uk have some good stuff but there are lots of good online retailers.