Washing My Car

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:07 am

Hi all im washing my car again and i got a present from some relatives some amorall products. Now it came with a product called "Wax It Dry Gel".I have never used wax produccts before it says after you wash the car leave it wet?then put it on a cloth and then dry the car spreading the gel into the surface until smooth and dry...So i take it you dry the car by rubbing the gel on to the wet surface off the car and the cloth is drying it?i usually just use the sun lol

And next thing is can any of these products be harmful to the vinyl i have on the exterior of my car?

Amacha

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:01 am

Armorall = shite

It's low quality, even in the retail range of car care products and awhile ago there were pretty strong links of it damaging cars (their interior detailer thingy cracked platics like the whole dashboard).

From the directions you have posted from the product, that's what i'd be doing...wash car, while it's wet, apply some of the gel to a microfibre cloth and rub it into the paint, you'll probably then need a clean microfibre cloth to buff the stuff to a shiny finish. Don't forget to continually put more gel on the cloth as you do new sections of the car.

Oh, try not to get it onto the vinyl as well

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:19 am

How did it go?

Never used it myself - my paint work is very picky. The one Armorall product I have used make it look pretty bad!

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:49 am

As Delvance already pointed out Armorall aren't the best products on the market, and one of the reason why some of their product can cause cracking on plastic is because they are petrollium base. There are still lots of products that is petrollium base out there,not just Armorall. So you have to ask the sales person and if they don't know, it is their job to find out.

The best product to use are either water or neutral base, there are some silicone base product out there, but they reflex way too many lights and also silicone attract dust like sh*t with flies.

AMACHA wrote:So i take it you dry the car by rubbing the gel on to the wet surface off the car and the cloth is drying it?i usually just use the sun lol

I'm seriously hope you are joking about leaving you car under the sun to dry. First of all, if you read the back of any car care products, it should have statement similar to either "Do no wash under direct sun" or "wash at shaded area".

In order for water to be evaporate by the sun, it need to reach around the boiling point and i'm sure most would know the boiling point for water is 100 degree, so by leaving it under the sun to dry, you actually slowly cooking your car protective coat away.

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:51 am

^ yup (Although don't agree with water having to reach 100deg to evaporate

, but that's just me being picky)

Couple of mins with a chammy to dry it brings it up a treat!

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:26 pm

looks like i will be rying it from now on with the chammy then thanks a lot for the help guys appreciate it!

SILVERFISH · Post by **SILVERFISH** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:56 pm

FTO338 wrote:In order for water to be evaporate by the sun, it need to reach around the boiling point and i'm sure most would know the boiling point for water is 100 degree, so by leaving it under the sun to dry, you actually slowly cooking your car protective coat away.

hmmm... 100 degrees to dry it?

i prefer my method of 100 kmph on the way home from the car wash to dry it