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Old 10-14-2003, 12:31 PM
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What kind of soap would you guy recommend to use for a car wash?
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I use Eagle One.
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i use macguires sud soap or rain x!both work great and hardly leave any water spots after rain
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They sell Meguiar's at Wal-mart right? lol
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meguiars or mothers

dont use detergent it strips wax off. its only good to use it just for that but not all the time.
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also, do you guys use a sponge or what?
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whatever you do, do NOT use a SOS pad. And yes, i've seen plenty of cars after they used the SOS pad. I mean, isn't it common since that you'll scatch the shiets outta your paint?
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what's a SOS pad?
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meguiars or mothers
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 00 Hatch DX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what's a SOS pad?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Pads that you'd use to wash dishes or wipe off a stove.
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Turtle wax soap
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MOTHERS
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I use Zymol car wash and the turtle wax chenelle sponge to wash my car and it still looks like new and never had any problems with those products, peace.
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that pink meguiars soft wash
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I have been happy with the Meguiar's gold car wash. Good stuff.
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meguiars
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Default Re: What kind of soap for car wash? (00 Hatch DX)

Meguire's blue bottle, conditioner and wash, won't strip wax.
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I use the Meguiars mixed with 1 or 2 caps of Zymol.

The zymol smells like

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Default Re: What kind of soap for car wash? (00 Hatch DX)

It all depends!! do you want to towel dry your car, or just air dry? Do you have hard water? How dirty is your car: bugs, road tar, tree sap??? all these will lead you to different (intelligent) selections..
I use Blue Coral car wash solution, and I use both Synthetic/Organic wash mitts. I think wash mitts are best cuz they guard your hands from getting cut on edges..
Blue coral works good for even hard water, but you have to towel dry to get rid of chemical deposits.
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i use Dove... the white bar... non-allergenic... and dermatoligist recommended!
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i use a cotton mit
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I use this blue stuff (can't think of the name right now), and it smells like . I even tried spreading it inside my car on my vents so I could constantly smell it. But it didn't really smell the same the next day. But I highly recommend this stuff for the smell. Oh yeah, it washes pretty good too, but it's probably no Zaino!!Then after I wash my car with the smell stuff, I use the " Original California Wiper Blade" to dry off my car I love that blade as much as I love the smell of that blue stuff.
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I got sponsored by MOTHERS for motocross this year. I got mad MOTHERS ****. So... MOTHERS.
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