Conference terri::cars_uk

    �my chamois dried hard.
    
    Oo er Missus! Fnarr! and other trendy notes expressions :-)
    
    I take it you are new to the joys of motoring or I've been 'fished in'
    to wind up.
    
    Err, it is expected behaviour that a chamois leather dries hard and crisp.
    Soak it in a bucket of clean water for a few seconds and it will be
    ready to use again. You then take it out the bucket and ring it and
    then dry the car. When it is saturated with water ring it out again.
    Make sure the car is clean when doing this otherwise you will get lots
    of minute scratches on the paintwork.
    
    Re waxes. Theres a million to choose from. Just take a walk round
    Halfords or the like. You get what you pay for. Personally I use
    Turtlewax minute wax it is quick and easy to use.
    
    Car shampoo is best to use when washing as opposed to washing up liquid
    which can affect the paintwork.
    
    Re washer additive. Some say its best not to use any additive as it can
    damage the paintwork. I tend to use a small amount of screen wash which
    includes some sort of antifreeze mixture so that the washer bottle
    doesn't freeze up in winter (the nozzles do sometimes but this is
    unavoidable unless you use neat screen wash).
    
    Well theres a few things for starters.
    
    Royston
              

    I'm sure there's a topic for this already somewhere, anyway...
    
    Re the wax. I've come to the conclusion that the quality of the finish
    is normally proportional to the effort put in to it. I use various
    waxes, including the coloured ones. Autoglym do a nice wax which
    doesn't seem to leave too much residue. For a quick reasonable clean
    with minimal effort I found that the Turtle Wax Minute clean quite good
    as it leaves a clean finish on most surfaces you find outside a car
    these days, chrome, painted plastic, various hardness of plastic and
    rubber too (window seals etc).
    
    Re the Windscreen washer fluid. I find most of the comercially
    available stuff just fine, though whenever my (previous) car went in
    for a service they used to put something in that smelt much better.
    
    Armor-all on tyres, brings them up like new, I use it whenever I'm doing a
    full valet job. Not so good on incar plastics unless they're really looking
    old and faded. Good for bumbers though. Don't know about vinyl soft
    tops though.
    
    
    paul

>    Oo er Missus! Fnarr! and other trendy notes expressions :-)

Royston, behave yourself!  Obviously that Macc Lads video has left a
lasting impression... :)

Chris.

    RE: .0
    
    ##Also, I'm using a car shampoo which also applies a coat of wax on the
    ##car.  This is probably good between "real" waxing.  
    
    I've used similar stuff in the past and at times found that it held the
    dirt to the car so to speak [white paintwork]. I found that if you
    quickly washed the car first to get rid of most of the dirt and then
    gave it a second going over with this stuff it did the trick.
    
    Dave

    Stuff re: chamois leather earlier is on the money. Don't buy a cheap
    one, and make sure it's perfectly clean.
    
    I use Autoglym products on my Frogeye, they're brilliant, but not cheap.
    
    Screen-wash, I think Decosol is by far the best, but hard to find.
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    Macc Lads video, where, lend it to me!
    
    
    

    re .6
    
    Sorted off-line.
    
    M.McLad