What do you wash with?
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Car Wash Soap- I'm not picky on soap, I recently switched from dawn dish soap to Meguires Deep Crystal because it doesn't strip the wax from the paint. If I plan on waxing after, then I will still use dish soap.
Tire Cleaner- Westley's Bleche White, or Simple Green sprayed on a dry tire then scrubbed down and rinsed. I usually use my leftover soap/water from washing the truck to hit them a 2nd time though.
Wheel Cleaner- Same as Carwash Soap.
Engine Cleaner- Once in a while I spray it with Simple Green or Case New Holland Cleaner/Degreaser while it is running and up to temp, wait about 60 seconds then hose it down or use a pressure washer at a far distance.
Tire Shine- Never Never Never
Plastic Cleaner- Simple Green & Windex FTW!
Carpet/Upholstery Cleaner- I own a Carpet Shampooer.
Glass Cleaner- Perfect Glass or Windex.
Wax/ Polish- Zaino's stuff is awesome and if I can't find it, i'll use anything by Meguiar's.
Trim/Molding/Bumper Care- for non textures black plastic (like on the side mirrors or on the cargo light & third brake light), I use Mr Clean's Magic Eraser. Try it and you wont be disappointed, left my plastics looking new!
Air Freshener- Keep interior as clean as possible to prevent odor in the first place.
Tire Cleaner- Westley's Bleche White, or Simple Green sprayed on a dry tire then scrubbed down and rinsed. I usually use my leftover soap/water from washing the truck to hit them a 2nd time though.
Wheel Cleaner- Same as Carwash Soap.
Engine Cleaner- Once in a while I spray it with Simple Green or Case New Holland Cleaner/Degreaser while it is running and up to temp, wait about 60 seconds then hose it down or use a pressure washer at a far distance.
Tire Shine- Never Never Never
Plastic Cleaner- Simple Green & Windex FTW!
Carpet/Upholstery Cleaner- I own a Carpet Shampooer.
Glass Cleaner- Perfect Glass or Windex.
Wax/ Polish- Zaino's stuff is awesome and if I can't find it, i'll use anything by Meguiar's.
Trim/Molding/Bumper Care- for non textures black plastic (like on the side mirrors or on the cargo light & third brake light), I use Mr Clean's Magic Eraser. Try it and you wont be disappointed, left my plastics looking new!
Air Freshener- Keep interior as clean as possible to prevent odor in the first place.
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I decided not to. I got a cleaner from black magic that's safe to use on the clear coated wheels
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AWW Crap!! Well, I'm glad I know now, better late than never. Thanks TexasGuy. BTW another thing not to do on coated rims is use a paper towel and Windex. When I first got my red truck, I used to do that all the time, to clean up the brake dust. Now they look dull because it did a number on the clear coat.
That's the same rims I have on my truck now. I'm putting the originals on when I get new tires. Gonna look nice.
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I need to spray the Rustoleum I bought on to my frame. I bought some Rain-X wiper blades yesterday. I found some Latitudes for 10 bucks each at Magic Mart. I'll probably clay bar, wax, and rustoleum the truck one day this week.
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dish soap on the exterior- say what you will, but always have on multiple cars and it always does a great job
-then turtle wax, whatever rim cleaner i picked up, whatever metal rub i have around, and windex on windows and chrome (like bumpers)
-then turtle wax, whatever rim cleaner i picked up, whatever metal rub i have around, and windex on windows and chrome (like bumpers)
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
my truck only gets "washed" when it rains.
in the 22 years i have owned it, it has never ever had any soap put to it.
if it got muddy enough that i could not see out the windows, it would take a hose to it, but it has never seen any soap or wax.
in the 22 years i have owned it, it has never ever had any soap put to it.
if it got muddy enough that i could not see out the windows, it would take a hose to it, but it has never seen any soap or wax.
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