Glorious sunshine at last, anyone else cleaning your MG

[Bri584]

Glorious, warm, sunshine (at last). Anyone else enjoy cleaning and polishing?

 

[Rei]

I wouldn't say I enjoy it, I just want to do it as quickly and easily as possible. I've got some new stuff to try, supposed to be touchless.

 

[Rolfe]

Welcome to Bri, great to see a new face.

 

[Bri584]

I wouldn't say I enjoy it, I just want to do it as quickly and easily as possible. I've got some new stuff to try, supposed to be touchless.

I've been using this stuff, from Aldi I think. It's pretty good and economical. You will need some microfiber cloths for the best result.

 

[Bri584]

I've been using this stuff, from Aldi I think. It's pretty good and economical. You will need some microfiber cloths for the best result

Also works on MrsBrians ZS

 

[Porsche944]

I have all the kit but generally use some local guys just down the road. It saves digging things like pressure washers out of the black hole that is my workshop.

 

[Rolfe]

I don't even have all the kit. I'd far rather pay some other schmuck to do it!

That is a lovely motor, and I do envy you the sunshine. It was forecast here, but in fact it's dull.

 

[Lovemyev]

Nice and sunny in North Wales today, washed the car at the weekend, I really needed to spend some time tidying up our garden today.
Even managed to cut the grass !.
Our garden bin is full !.
Forecast does not look too bad here, until just after the weekend .

 

[Rei]

I tried the Bilt no touch stuff and was not impressed. I think I'll just pay someone to do it.

 

[Everest]

I do envy you the sunshine. It was forecast here, but in fact it's dull.

I won't mention 58kWh of solar generated so far here today, then

 

[Rolfe]

11.2 kwh here, and the solar is already not quite supporting the house. I can only exceed 50 kWh in a day in summer if it's absolutely cloudless though.

Still, can't stop me smiling today. 3.49p/unit electricity price, fixed until October.

 

[Gadget Geek]

21.1 kWh today. (The blue bits are where the house battery is being topped up, now on 81%). 11.5 kWh into the cars.

 

[Porsche944]

Bilt Hambers wheel cleaner is the best, their Wax is good as well. Although use some fruit flavoured Snow foam from Amazon. As most of the others cause an instant rash.

 

[Everest]

21.1 kWh today. (The blue bits are where the house battery is being topped up, now on 81%). 11.5 kWh into the cars.

That's a nice shape graph

 

[Ian Key]

I tried the Bilt no touch stuff and was not impressed. I think I'll just pay someone to do it.

I use Bilt Hamber in a garden sprayer to save working out the correct mixture for the pressure washer. Then I get the pressure washer out and set up by which time its had its 5 minutes of soaking. It works OK as a quick wash but it needs to be done regularly.

For a proper clean I use Autoglym Polar Blast followed by their Polar Wash and if I'm feeling really energetic a layer of Meguiar's Ultimate Liquid wax and not forgetting to blacken the tyres.

Here's a picture of when I last gave it the full works as my joints won't let me do it at the moment.

 

[Gomev]

I have all the kit but generally use some local guys just down the road. It saves digging things like pressure washers out of the black hole that is my workshop.

ditto

 

[Gomev]

I don't even have all the kit. I'd far rather pay some other schmuck to do it!

That is a lovely motor, and I do envy you the sunshine. It was forecast here, but in fact it's dull.

I presume you don't call them that to their face !

 

[Rolfe]

Hardly!

 

[salty]

Hardly!

Laurel and Hardly. May as well be them, whose cleaning ya car. I've took a few cars for relatives, to these scratch and scratch hand car washes. WOW!
Nope not for me. But each to their own.

 

[Bri584]

Laurel and Hardly. May as well be them, whose cleaning ya car. I've took a few cars for relatives, to these scratch and scratch hand car washes. WOW!
Nope not for me. But each to their own.

I don't like using 'itchy n scratchy car washes' for same reason I won't use deliveroo or just eat. After a long night at the oars with the other galley slaves trying to row HMS Great Britain along, I find it's kind of pleasurable and a little relaxing to clean the car, enjoying the sunshine, birds singing. My sister took her car to the 'itchy n scratchy' paid her £7 or £8 and to be fair they did a decent job.