How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

I've been driving a '91 Corolla for many years and so never cared about
cleaning it or maintaining the exterior, but I just purchased a 2000
Accord with a like-new looking shiny white finish, and now I feel like
I'm behind the curve in knowing how to care for the paint/finish. What
are some tips for maintenance and safe reliable products for (that won't
do more harm than good)?

Thanks for any suggestions,
Jeff

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

Start with the most simple thing.
Bring a car duster, available at Wal-Mart or local Pepboys /AutoZone outlet
for $10 - $15.
Dust your car regularly and before a wash.

For washing if u have hose pipe and outlet for the water near the drive way
or somewhere u park the car, u can bring car wash liquid (use it as per
instructions).
Bring Chamois or some white towels (specially for drying the car after a
wash)

Waxing the car after washing and drying a car also helps, but it bit tedious
process. But helps in maintaining the paint of the car.

check this website for some great tips.
http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/bodymain.html

hth
HN
<jeff@invalid.net> wrote in message
news:jeff-6EEA96.16591720062004@news.east.cox.net...
> I've been driving a '91 Corolla for many years and so never cared about
> cleaning it or maintaining the exterior, but I just purchased a 2000
> Accord with a like-new looking shiny white finish, and now I feel like
> I'm behind the curve in knowing how to care for the paint/finish. What
> are some tips for maintenance and safe reliable products for (that won't
> do more harm than good)?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Jeff

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

unless you live in california, a car duster is almost useless. Go get some
supplies like car wash (dont use dish liquid), good quality wash mitt, lint
free cloth's, chamois. Diffeniately wax your vechile, once a month is fine
for most people. Where the car is a 2000, id go pick up a clay bar kit and
do that before waxing it, it will get out all the fine particles of dirt
that are embedded in your paint that you can't see. Get a good quality wax,
mothers or maguiars should be fine. Follow the instructions on the boxes and
your paint should look a hell of alot better and last alot longer




"HondaNewbie" <klutulu@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> Start with the most simple thing.
> Bring a car duster, available at Wal-Mart or local Pepboys /AutoZone
outlet
> for $10 - $15.
> Dust your car regularly and before a wash.
>
> For washing if u have hose pipe and outlet for the water near the drive
way
> or somewhere u park the car, u can bring car wash liquid (use it as per
> instructions).
> Bring Chamois or some white towels (specially for drying the car after a
> wash)
>
> Waxing the car after washing and drying a car also helps, but it bit
tedious
> process. But helps in maintaining the paint of the car.
>
> check this website for some great tips.
> http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/bodymain.html
>
> hth
> HN
> <jeff@invalid.net> wrote in message
> news:jeff-6EEA96.16591720062004@news.east.cox.net...
> > I've been driving a '91 Corolla for many years and so never cared about
> > cleaning it or maintaining the exterior, but I just purchased a 2000
> > Accord with a like-new looking shiny white finish, and now I feel like
> > I'm behind the curve in knowing how to care for the paint/finish. What
> > are some tips for maintenance and safe reliable products for (that won't
> > do more harm than good)?
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions,
> > Jeff
>
>

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:18:15 -0230, "M.C. Tee"
<tedwards@LEAVEMEALONEroadrunner.nf.net> wrote:

>unless you live in california, a car duster is almost useless. Go get some
>supplies like car wash (dont use dish liquid), ...

What's wrong with dish liquid?

H.

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

Well, let me put it this way.... would you use frying oil to lube your
car engine?


Harry Cox wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:18:15 -0230, "M.C. Tee"
> <tedwards@LEAVEMEALONEroadrunner.nf.net> wrote:
>
>
>>unless you live in california, a car duster is almost useless. Go get some
>>supplies like car wash (dont use dish liquid), ...
>
>
> What's wrong with dish liquid?
>
> H.

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

"Harry Cox" <Cox@SomeDomain.com> wrote in message
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>
> What's wrong with dish liquid?

It strips the wax off the car.

--
Brian

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday,
lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:10:14 -0300, "Brian Smith"
<Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote:

>
>"Harry Cox" <Cox@SomeDomain.com> wrote in message
>news:2dmdd0p5daq6nlts067c5til7j3tcku1sb@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> What's wrong with dish liquid?
>
>It strips the wax off the car.

All detergents do that, and that's okay if you are going to re-wax it.

H.

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

Since your' starting from zero. Wash the car with liquid dish wax as it will
remove all wax and oil and some other ugly stuff. Then maybe clay bar.
Rewash car and apply a good polish like Maguire's. Then a good polymer wax
like NuFinish. From then on wash only with car wash detergent.
"Rich" <Email@goes.here> wrote in message
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> Well, let me put it this way.... would you use frying oil to lube your
> car engine?
>
>
> Harry Cox wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:18:15 -0230, "M.C. Tee"
> > <tedwards@LEAVEMEALONEroadrunner.nf.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>unless you live in california, a car duster is almost useless. Go get
some
> >>supplies like car wash (dont use dish liquid), ...
> >
> >
> > What's wrong with dish liquid?
> >
> > H.

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

"Harry Cox" <Cox@SomeDomain.com> wrote in message
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>
> All detergents do that, and that's okay if you are going to re-wax it.

No they don't. Some are manufactured to not remove the wax, just the dirt.

--
Brian

Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day,
teach that person to use the internet and they
won't bother you for weeks.

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
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>
> "Harry Cox" <Cox@SomeDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:2dmdd0p5daq6nlts067c5til7j3tcku1sb@4ax.com...
> >
> > What's wrong with dish liquid?
>
> It strips the wax off the car.
>

Nope, never try a dish liquid ....it can also damage the body paint.
Detergents definately are harmful. Never try to even experiment it.

HN

> --
> Brian
>
> Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday,
> lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
>
>

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:10:28 -0700, "The HondaNewbie"
<klutulu@softhome.net> wrote:

>
>"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
>news:rTCBc.8134$vO1.66265@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
>>
>> "Harry Cox" <Cox@SomeDomain.com> wrote in message
>> news:2dmdd0p5daq6nlts067c5til7j3tcku1sb@4ax.com...
>> >
>> > What's wrong with dish liquid?
>>
>> It strips the wax off the car.
>>
>
>Nope, never try a dish liquid ....it can also damage the body paint.
>Detergents definately are harmful. Never try to even experiment it.
>
>HN

How do you know that?

H.

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

Harry Cox wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:18:15 -0230, "M.C. Tee"
> <tedwards@LEAVEMEALONEroadrunner.nf.net> wrote:
>
>
>>unless you live in california, a car duster is almost useless. Go get some
>>supplies like car wash (dont use dish liquid), ...
>
>
> What's wrong with dish liquid?

The grease cutters strip the wax from the car.

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

In article <2dmdd0p5daq6nlts067c5til7j3tcku1sb@4ax.com>,
Cox@SomeDomain.com says...
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:18:15 -0230, "M.C. Tee"
> <tedwards@LEAVEMEALONEroadrunner.nf.net> wrote:
>
> >unless you live in california, a car duster is almost useless. Go get some
> >supplies like car wash (dont use dish liquid), ...
>
> What's wrong with dish liquid?
>
> H.
>
They often contain salt as an abrasive to remove dried food waste from
plates and bowls and pans. that salt scratches into the paint, leaving
swirls and other marks that you need to polish out.
--
The poster formerly known as Skodapilot.
http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

Re: How to clean/maintain exterior?
 

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:46:57 GMT, Harry Cox <Cox@SomeDomain.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:10:28 -0700, "The HondaNewbie"
><klutulu@softhome.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
>>news:rTCBc.8134$vO1.66265@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
>>>
>>> "Harry Cox" <Cox@SomeDomain.com> wrote in message
>>> news:2dmdd0p5daq6nlts067c5til7j3tcku1sb@4ax.com...
>>> >
>>> > What's wrong with dish liquid?
>>>
>>> It strips the wax off the car.
>>>
>>
>>Nope, never try a dish liquid ....it can also damage the body paint.
>>Detergents definately are harmful. Never try to even experiment it.
>>
>>HN
>
>How do you know that?

I can tell you that the first time I washed a car I used household
detergent and it made a mess - it stripped the wax and I don't know what
else but it left the paint finish dull (almost a powdery appearance) and
streaky. With no experience in this, I thought it was unrecoverable but 2
days of waxing and buffing, panel by panel, brought it back. I don't know
the science of paint here but it's my impression that the detergent took
more than wax off - some component of the paint complex was removed from
the surface layer of paint. This was many years ago but it's not something
I'd repeat to see if the same thing happens with more recent paints &
detergents.

I now use only car wash products, specifically Gliptone's pH neutral car
wash.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??