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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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Complete car care...

Ok...changing my post. Just to make it easy and save myself from time and confusion searching, what products do you recommend for:

Interior cleaning - leather cleaner, window cleaner, etc..

Exterior cleaning - soap, towels, wax, etc...

Wheels


Also, how do you wash the exterior of your car? Do you use two buckets, one for clean, soapy water and 1 to rinse the the dirt off in? What steps do you follow? Seems this car washing business is a little more complicated that I thought!

Thanks,
Bill

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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 08:05 AM
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Interior:
- Leather Cleaner - I don't have leather, but you could try the Meguiars Leather Cleaner - I havent tried it before though
- Window Cleaner - Stoners Invisible Glass (Aerosol Can w/ Yellow cap) - OR - Meguiars NXT Glass Cleaner (I have not tried this yet but I have heard good things about it)

Exterior:
- Soap: Meguiars Gold Glass Soap or Meguiars NXT Car Wash Soap (A little more $ than Gold ClasS)
- Towels - A couple of microfiber towels -- Have at least 1 for drying, 1 for removing wax, 1 for touchups, and any more is up to you. I've used the FiberWorks Microfiber which is great.

- Wax: It all depends how much you want to spend. I have used Meguiar's Gold Class (LONG time ago), Meguiars NXT Tech Wax, TurboWax, and S100 Carnauba Wax. All great products (I would go w/ Meg's NXT or TurboWax)

- Wheels - I just use a rag and soapy water on my wheels.

You can use 2 buckets if you want but I usually use 1 bucket for the wheels and then another for the car.
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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 11:19 AM
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What about the dash?
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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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On my dash I use 303 Aerospace. You can buy it online or at a local boating supply store. It acts as sunscreen for the car (interior) but its used on boats also.
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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 11:54 AM
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Link for 303 Aerospace Here

Looks like they offer free samples on the right side of the screen also? I bought it so I dont need any samples
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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Flawless
Link for 303 Aerospace Here

Looks like they offer free samples on the right side of the screen also? I bought it so I dont need any samples
yeah. it took then a few months just to send two puny packs (theyre about the size of a condom pack :p ) that wasnt even enough for the whole dash. your better off buying it from your local parts store like struass, autozone, pepboys whatever is avaible near you.
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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 05:16 PM
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thanks for the help
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