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Re: Car shampoo

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amstel18 wrote:I've used the Sonax wash before, and was very pleasantly surprised.

Must be one of the better "off the shelf" type of products.

But I'm with lawrence. Carchem Luxury shampoo is amazeballs and smells bloody delicious.
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We all have to start somewhere bud and I can assure that before any of us detailers learnt the correct way to do things, we were all just as guilty of 1 bucket washes, chamois and silcone tyre dressings :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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lawrence wrote:We all have to start somewhere bud and I can assure that before any of us detailers learnt the correct way to do things, we were all just as guilty of 1 bucket washes, chamois and silcone tyre dressings :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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lawrence wrote:We all have to start somewhere bud and I can assure that before any of us detailers learnt the correct way to do things, we were all just as guilty of 1 bucket washes, chamois and silcone tyre dressings :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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lawrence wrote:We all have to start somewhere bud and I can assure that before any of us detailers learnt the correct way to do things, we were all just as guilty of 1 bucket washes, chamois and silcone tyre dressings :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Let me see now:
1 bucket washes - Check :thumbup:
chamois - Check :thumbup:
silcone tyre dressings - Check :thumbup:

It does however seem I was a bit ahead of you guys as I liked using some advanced detailing techniques: newspaper to dry windows... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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MaX wrote:
lawrence wrote:We all have to start somewhere bud and I can assure that before any of us detailers learnt the correct way to do things, we were all just as guilty of 1 bucket washes, chamois and silcone tyre dressings :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

There's a wealth of detailing knowledge buried in the detailing section of this forum, so plenty of opportunity to learn - and of course you are welcome to shout with any questions you may have :hug:
Let me see now:
1 bucket washes - Check :thumbup:
chamois - Check :thumbup:
silcone tyre dressings - Check :thumbup:

It does however seem I was a bit ahead of you guys as I liked using some advanced detailing techniques: newspaper to dry windows... :lol: :lol: :lol:
Bud I used to wipe my car dry with a chamois after driving in the rain :lol:
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I used to use maxi sudds but its not longer available not sure why, then used glossworx, both of them really good, tried megs gold class, doesn't really do it for me. Will be trying sonax out soon
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Different shampoos react differently to different types of paints and what lsp is on the paint. From all the Meguiars shampoos I rate the Gold Class the best in their range. I also like the CarChem Luxury shampoo and CarPro Reset. I haven't tried the Sonax one so can't comment there. Theres no one magic shampoo, as mentioned too many factors around static, dust attraction, paint type, lsp etc.
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lawrence wrote:We all have to start somewhere bud and I can assure that before any of us detailers learnt the correct way to do things, we were all just as guilty of 1 bucket washes, chamois and silcone tyre dressings :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Im embarrassed to say im still guilty but im making a collection and getting the right stuff to maintain the car, but im almost there, so ya :(
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