What do you use to clean your balt..

[arman14]

all i use is meguiars and black magic for the tires

 

[cobalt123]

ive started mixing and matching, but it comes down to now that i need to repaint

 

[chevycobaltmax]

I usually take it to a local detail shop here and let them do it, but if Im feeling extra good I do it myself. I am a big fan of meguires when doing it myself. I did read recently some rave reviews on the turtle wax Ice stuff or whatever that new crap is called. I will have to get me some of that wax and give it a try next time I do my own car.

 

[SportLt]

ice is amazing, i wax mine with carnba wax every 3 months and every 2-3 weeks i use the ice.

 

[CBodnar]

i never wash clean my car. seems to be working out for me.

sike. i just wash my car with the cheapest cleaning products i can find. honestly turbowax or companies that cost more than the cheapest u can find honestly do nothing. i've tried many different waxes on my car and honestly if u look up consumer reports or consumer ratings on waxes they test out like 60+ different car waxes and the ones in k-mart or wallmart that are the cheapest usually are the best. you don't have to take my word. it's hard to show how flawless my car really is but those who have seen it in real life know. also i wash my car with a big brush and just find the cheapest car cleaning stuff and water it down then brush off all the stuff then dry it then every now and then wax it. 2 to maybe 3 times a year.

good luck and stop trying to waste your money on expensive cleaning products. i still to this day just use a normal old towel that i used to shower with an cheapest cleaning product i can find then the cheapest wax i can find usually turtle wax or something. good luck!!!

ps. people who post up pic's half the time it is how good the camera is or the angles so you can never really tell who has the cleanest car on the internet unless you got them all together. anyways my car is 3years old and has 40k+ miles on it and daily driven every day.

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yes i am a Turbowax fanatic, but i have also never used anything but turbo wax

there in lies your problem. lol

i used black magic b4 meguires

BLACK MAGIC is probably the cheapest wax you will find and it is rated #1 by consumer reports vs. all other car waxes.

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http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/living/autos/cr-rates-car-waxes-60626.shtml

black magic is prob one of the cheapest and rated the best out of 60+ other car waxes and still today the best. go think whatever you want but consume reports did a testing on all the hot name brands plus others and BLACK MAGIC still comes out up top and #1.

price isn't everything and if i was everyone in here i'd go invest and buy some of that at k-mart or wallmart and you let me know how you like it. i've personally tried a bunch of different waxes and found out that the cheap ones are usually the better ones.

 

[XxChristalSSxX]

Meguire's products for my car... she be lovin' Meguire's!! Cheap & does a perfect job. Couldn't ask for better products

 

[CarbonFiberCreations]

Oh man.. I can tell you what NOT to use to detail your ride... this cheap spray detailer that comes in the trigger plastic bottle.. (what the heck is the name of it...darn crud tarnished the anodized aluminum parts on my motorcycle and started to mess with the chrome). I stick with Meguiars Quick Detailer spray - I've tried many and theirs work the best on painted surfaces. I stay away from Mothers products... i have used two of their products that just suck ( aluminum polish, and their spray detailer).

They seriously formulate their aluminum polish to turn aluminum grey within one to two weeks, why... so people will have to buy more of it. It's a lame product. Well besides it only works on bare aluminum but it still sucks. Just my opinion.

 

[Tom]

any/all Mothers products,Meguiars,Turtle wax and some Eagleone products, But Mothers has been my favorite.
Ignore the blackmagic products, im ashamed i own them, none of there stuff work, with the ezception of there wax is OK for headlights but thats it.

Shes NEVER dirty for more then a week at most lol ocd yes but i love my car.

 

[SportLt]

i just bought and tried the swirl x, and its kinda ehh, i put it on and off before my wax, wax stayed on a week and after i took it off ( i apply and take off everything by hand, never really trusted buffers on my paint) i still have some swirls here and there...maybe the rest will come out if i use a power buffer?

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i wash my car with a big brush and just find the cheapest car cleaning stuff and water it down then brush off all the stuff then dry it then every now and then wax it. 2 to maybe 3 times a year.

im not calling you out but i just dont get how the people who dont care what they use to clean with and hardly ever clean always end up having flawless paint in the end.

i got a few friends with black cars that take their shit to auto car washes and somehow make it out without a single swirl mark...its like a jedi mind trick or something


i must learn it.

 

[Tom]

i just bought and tried the swirl x, and its kinda ehh, i put it on and off before my wax, wax stayed on a week and after i took it off ( i apply and take off everything by hand, never really trusted buffers on my paint) i still have some swirls here and there...maybe the rest will come out if i use a power buffer?
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I had to use all for of those products pictured, with a buffer to get results

 

[CBodnar]

i just bought and tried the swirl x, and its kinda ehh, i put it on and off before my wax, wax stayed on a week and after i took it off ( i apply and take off everything by hand, never really trusted buffers on my paint) i still have some swirls here and there...maybe the rest will come out if i use a power buffer?

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im not calling you out but i just dont get how the people who dont care what they use to clean with and hardly ever clean always end up having flawless paint in the end.

i got a few friends with black cars that take their shit to auto car washes and somehow make it out without a single swirl mark...its like a jedi mind trick or something


i must learn it.

beats me. i just don't get too worked up. i have friends who spend hours on there car and it almost seems the more time they spend on it your just wasting time. my dad always told me just wash ur car dry it off and it should only take u a max of 25min to wash it up and dry it. maybe 30min? then my dad uses some quick dry wax cleaner on his cars/trucks and it's pretty sweet. it's like puts a layer of wax on the car and u use it with a towel while ur drying the car. i've used it once on my car.


i personally think going all out spending big bucks to try to make it flawless is a waste. i drive my car daily and have had it for over 3 years now. to my standards and all my friends and other people i run into they all say how the hell do you keep your black car so clean. i am like just buy cheap products and stick that shit on there and ur done. then again i am a cheap person and that is why i have less than 2k into my car mod's wise. whatever works for you is all that matters. i wish certain people lived closer i'd like to get a hold of there car and clean it for them

 

[SportLt]

you can do mine. mine would have flawless paint still, but senior trip 08 my dumb ass just had to have my car recleaned as soon as i got to panama city beach

 

[Tyrone Biggins]

any/all Mothers products,Meguiars,Turtle wax and some Eagleone products, But Mothers has been my favorite.
Ignore the blackmagic products, im ashamed i own them, none of there stuff work, with the ezception of there wax is OK for headlights but thats it.

Shes NEVER dirty for more then a week at most lol ocd yes but i love my car.

BRB Ive got a better collection

 

[dunit121]

u guys reli dont wana start takin pics of ur car cleaning collections now do u?

 

[Tyrone Biggins]

 

[SportLt]

holy shit, you dont play around

 

[Tyrone Biggins]

holy shit, you dont play around

I threw about half of my other stuff away, so I could actually work on my work bench. Thats all that would fit in my cabinet.

 

[SportLt]

i prob got like 10 products in my snap on cabinet...but i only use the wax, special window cleaner, tuff stuff ( people cant keep their damn shoes on the floor mat) and quick detailer...when i had my cougar i went out and got some wheel cleaner ( idr what the name of it was it was a purple bottle) and the shit would make running spots on the rims and would not come off for weeks. after that i just use hot ass water and soap on my rims.

 

[Tyrone Biggins]

i prob got like 10 products in my snap on cabinet...but i only use the wax, special window cleaner, tuff stuff ( people cant keep their damn shoes on the floor mat) and quick detailer...when i had my cougar i went out and got some wheel cleaner ( idr what the name of it was it was a purple bottle) and the shit would make running spots on the rims and would not come off for weeks. after that i just use hot ass water and soap on my rims.

I use some stuff called surf city and there wheel cleaner is awesome! It doesnt do what you are talking about. It cleans your wheels and doesnt leave that residue you are talking about.

 

[SportLt]

i got a pic of my old car in my album...they are rims...but they are like hard plastic rims lol.



on my sport lt i have the aluminum rims...im afraid to do try anything else in fear of screwing them up.

i wash them with a pressure washer and some high grade soap....they look great, just i need a lil more shine to them.