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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

2448.0. "Car Care Q&A" by ENQUE::MCGOWAN () Tue Sep 05 1995 22:40

    After first use, my chamois dried hard.  I presume there's something
    I do to it before using it on the car again, won't it scratch the car
    if its hard and dry?.  I tried wetting it again but that rendered it
    useless for drying the car.
    
    Also, I'm using a car shampoo which also applies a coat of wax on the
    car.  This is probably good between "real" waxing.  Whats a good wax
    to use for "real" waxing?  Whats a good wax to use if don't want to
    get a full workout in the process?
    
    Whats the best thing to add to your wash/wipe fluid, if any?
    
    Does Armor-All do any harm to your tires? or a vinyl soft-top?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2448.1		COMICS::SHELLEY	Thats all I have to say about that	`Tue Sep 05 1995 22:57`	31
2448.2	Finish ~~ Effort	OVAL::CARSON	Don't leave earth without one	`Tue Sep 05 1995 22:58`	22
	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
2448.3		CBHVAX::CBH	Lager Lout	`Wed Sep 06 1995 02:22`	6
	> Oo er Missus! Fnarr! and other trendy notes expressions :-) Royston, behave yourself! Obviously that Macc Lads video has left a lasting impression... :) Chris.
2448.4	shampoo/wax sometimes doesn't work as expected	VARDAF::CHURCH	Dave Church@VBE (DTN 828-6125)	`Wed Sep 06 1995 12:23`	11
	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
2448.5		PLAYER::BROWNL	Tyro-Delphi-hacker	`Wed Sep 06 1995 13:30`	8
	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.
2448.6		BAHTAT::HILTON	http://blyth.lzo.dec.com	`Thu Sep 07 1995 03:25`	4
	Macc Lads video, where, lend it to me!
2448.7		COMICS::SHELLEY	Thats all I have to say about that	`Thu Sep 07 1995 13:37`	5
	re .6 Sorted off-line. M.McLad