has anybody used hair shampoo to wash their car? i asked my friend what he washed his car with and he said sometimes hair shampoo (he uses dove). is that okay or...?
i just thought that was weird. i've heard of car wash shampoos but Dove extra moisture? lol..

 

I use Pantene ProV for color treated hair. And I follow that with Pantene ProV conditioner.

 

I have no doub that shampoo gets a car clean but there is nothing in shampoo that is going to protect your finish. Don't use shampoo.

 

Use Liquid Plumr instead. It will eat away all the bug residue on your paint*






* Also, it will eat your paint, and all the skin off your hands.

 

Or just use brake fluid.


Great way to eat away the paint without the nasty side affects of skin eating acids.

 

This is what I use:

 

Simple answer, don't cheap out. Get the automotive soap. Hell, most of the time it's less cost than shampoo.

 

 

As I understand, many of the dishwashing, hair shampoo soaps may strip the wax. If that's what you want to do before applying a new coat of wax, that's good. If not, stick to the dedicated car wash soaps that specifically state that they will not strip the wax.

That's the way I deal with it.

Zoom, Zoom!

 

I second that....or maybe I can kill two birds with one stone....Wash my 8 while I wash my hair too! I have been doing this wrong the whole time! LOL!

 

It's not so much about wax protection etc. It's all about what the product is designed for.

For instance, washing up liquid is designed for removing food that is dried/baked onto pottery and pans. Usually, pots and pans etc are much tougher than the finish on your car and can stand much harsher detergents.

I know that washing your car with a Dawn will remove waxes and other sealants, but that is only intended as a one off deal. Many washing liquids use salt as a thickening agent and it's not something you want to wash your car with on a regular basis.

I'm not sure about what damage hair shampoo could do to your paint, but it is formulated to solve quite a different problem than removing automotive soiling from paint.

Car shampoo, on the other hand is designed to remove the type of contaminents that your vehicle will encounter out on the road from your delicate paintwork. Furthermore it is designed with lubricity to enable you to rinse the soap and dirt from the paintwork without scratching.

It's the right tool for the job. And as has been said earlier, you might as well because there's a lot of car shampoos out there that are cheaper than a lot of the household alternatives that people seem to be using.

 

what did i do? this is like using dish soap to wash your car. dont do it.

:AA:

 

The Jerry Baker of car washing. Put some beer and ammonia in the baby shampoo also to prevent thatch.

 

Brake fluid does a great job. Try it.

 

...followed by egg whites, right?

 

Wax with egg whites.

 

Buffed-out with a Scotchbrite pad.

 

Remove with 80 grit sandpaper.

 

I recommend Meguiars Car soap cuz it smells good.


and I'm a lil late with the smartass remark... but uh.... Try head and shoulders if your paint has orange peel

 

After a hard drive on a hot summer day....Theres nothing like fried bologna & eggs cooked atop your hood

 

You do know that Meguairs has more than one type of car shampoo, right?

 

^Yup. I use em all the time. Best stuff and its only $4 at autozone and the autozone not to far from me is open 24/7

 

sure do, but really, i think all the Meguiars stuff smells good.

Also did you guys know that Head and Shoulders makes more than one kind of shampoo

 

Nothing gets a car clean like a good trip through a media blaster.

 

I use DAWN Dishwashing soap. Gets rid of a lot of stuff before I can start waxing it.