Washing your van

[neill]

What do you do, wash yourself, squeeze through the supermarket rollover or go to the illegal immigrant hand wash.

What do you pay? Fed up of doing mine and getting some crazy prices of mobile car wash guys like £35 , do vans really cost that much more to wash v a car?

[ned]

Buy a bucket then got to the pay and go jet wash at the supermarket, £1 for 2 1/2 minutes, fill the bucket, then take as long as I want washing the van then its another £1 for 2 1/2 minutes to rinse the van That's what I do anyway. N

[Punto443]

Recently I’ve been getting right into proper detailing gear. Once you get a decent wax on it etc, it makes it dead easy to keep it clean.

Bucket wash and jet wash rinse.

[ned]

Recently I’ve been getting right into proper detailing gear. Once you get a decent wax on it etc, it makes it dead easy to keep it clean.

Bucket wash and jet wash rinse.

Have you used a clay bar yet? The amount of dirt clay bars remove after washing is unbelievable. N

[Punto443]

Clay bar is good, then a hard wax on it and seal it.

[Mike]

then a hard wax on it and seal it.

[bulls in transit]

Used X1 two step wax to valet/detail car last week,done my van with McGuire’s compound and ultimate shine wax previously,which was happy with results,but the x1 stuff on an older car(1985) brought it up better than new(for real,owner couldn’t believe results when given keys),brilliant stuff.
Anyone tried that ‘Boora ‘ stuff?


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[loot]

Bucket with wash n wax in and a regular house pipe, wet, sponge, rinse

Will need to give it a cut and polish next year tho

[Mike]

Will need to give it a cut and polish next year tho

[ned]

Bucket with wash n wax in and a regular house pipe, wet, sponge, rinse

Will need to give it a cut and polish next year tho

Halfords sell G3 now. Don't ask for it in motorland/world they'll tell you it doesn't exist N

[bigjohnthomas]

red is a bugger for fading mines gone pinko on the west side where the sun gets it in the evening
g3 and a lidil polisher job for april
sooty van satin olive drab is a good finish and never needs washing btw
ever
black customs on the other hand

[loot]

My paint is fine but still has fine remnants of the hilti sticky stuff on, when it gets dirty it shows up but when i sponge it it goes clear again so looks ok.
It still shows the letters when the water rolls off it.

[yasser]

I use a product called showroom Shine, it was heavily sold on a shopping channel a few years ago and i thought i'd give it a go. Its sold as a waterless wash which is something that i would not do (i just don't trust it not to scratch) and i always wash my vehicle beforehand but it does work. Occasionally if the vehicle is clean and free from grit I'll sometimes get a bottle out and do the odd panel whilst i'm waiting to pick up the wife, it really is that easy. When i have used it, my vehicles have always appeared to stay cleaner for longer. It doesn,t matter if the vehicle is wet, dry or too hot, i've never had a problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEqbcnIOVyA

[bigjohnthomas]

My paint is fine but still has fine remnants of the hilti sticky stuff on, when it gets dirty it shows up but when i sponge it it goes clear again so looks ok.
It still shows the letters when the water rolls off it.

I don't think where the signwrittings been ever comes off
You think it has then a year later it pops back up again

[bambi mk 1]

My paint is fine but still has fine remnants of the hilti sticky stuff on, when it gets dirty it shows up but when i sponge it it goes clear again so looks ok.
It still shows the letters when the water rolls off it.

I don't think where the signwrittings been ever comes off
You think it has then a year later it pops back up again

You need to get the popping up problem looked at rather quickly