Poll

How often do you (or someone else) clean your car?

Once a week
18 (36%)
Once a fortnight
11 (22%)
Once a month
5 (10%)
Mother Nature cleans it for me
1 (2%)
When it needs doing irrespective of time since last wash
15 (30%)

Total Members Voted: 49

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Offline Mutley75

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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #30 on: 15 October 2019, 09:20 »
Have a look on YouTube - Forensic detailing Channel. He does a 40 minute review of it. I’m uncomfortable using this kind of stuff on anything other than summer pollen/rain spots.
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Offline Jim_mk7.5

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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #31 on: 15 October 2019, 09:31 »
Have a look on YouTube - Forensic detailing Channel. He does a 40 minute review of it. I’m uncomfortable using this kind of stuff on anything other than summer pollen/rain spots.

Yes just been looking at the reviews/how to guides. Never seen it before and currently in between houses so at a rented property with a communal car park so no where to wash.. think this could be a great solution for me !
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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #32 on: 15 October 2019, 09:34 »
Forensic detailing is a very good channel, does some real in-depth reviews. The price of the Big Red Sponge is a bit eye-watering but its much better than messing about with loads of microfibre cloths.

I was the same as you at first Mutley but after using the 2BM for ~10 years and still getting swirl marks I thought there must be another way so I started looking into different methods on detailingworld and came across ONR. Took some balls but i finally took the plunge and I've never looked back, It's nice not having to mess about setting the pressure washer up etc, a bucket of water and a sponge, job done.

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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #33 on: 15 October 2019, 09:37 »
Have a look on YouTube - Forensic detailing Channel. He does a 40 minute review of it. I’m uncomfortable using this kind of stuff on anything other than summer pollen/rain spots.

Yes just been looking at the reviews/how to guides. Never seen it before and currently in between houses so at a rented property with a communal car park so no where to wash.. think this could be a great solution for me !

It's perfect in your situation. Try it, but make sure you take the time to research how to use the correct method.

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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #34 on: 15 October 2019, 09:47 »
What about brake dust on alloys though?
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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #35 on: 15 October 2019, 09:48 »
Have a look on YouTube - Forensic detailing Channel. He does a 40 minute review of it. I’m uncomfortable using this kind of stuff on anything other than summer pollen/rain spots.

Yes just been looking at the reviews/how to guides. Never seen it before and currently in between houses so at a rented property with a communal car park so no where to wash.. think this could be a great solution for me !

It's perfect in your situation. Try it, but make sure you take the time to research how to use the correct method.

Yes will take a proper look. Got a qualification in detailing 2 years ago so this goes against everything I’ve ever done or learnt. But it’s interesting to see the reviews and as you have a black car, swirls aren’t the sort of thing you can hide!
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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #36 on: 15 October 2019, 09:48 »
ONR - if you know, you know!

Check out reddit.com/r/autodetailing

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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #37 on: 15 October 2019, 12:08 »
So how does it work on brake dust/alloys?
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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #38 on: 15 October 2019, 13:52 »
So how does it work on brake dust/alloys?

Yeah, I think the BRS would be ruined on mine currently...

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Re: Cleaning your car
« Reply #39 on: 15 October 2019, 14:31 »


That makes me feel so much better about my own car :whistle:
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