Easy Waxing of Your Max

Olliesgrandad - That is some shine on your C-Max.





Personally I use autoglym or Turtlewax Wax. For polishing the C-Max I tend to use diffrent polishes, my favourite being Turtle Wax Ice polish as it is clear polish, just like water and you can apply in direct sunlight as well.





Otherwise I use Autoglym or Demon shine (Demon Shine you add to your rinsing bucket and shammy the car off.)





Hopefully I will get the car cleaned and polished maybe Sunday Evening or next week.





Cheers





Davy

Davy,Try using meguirs APC for cleaning your interior.
It costs about £13 for a large plastic container and you then dilute it down.
We use it in the house for cleaning both hard surfaces and carpets.
It is available mail order and is used by a lot of professional detailers.
I have been buying a lot of my car cleaning items from the net and have found that the professional cleaning products are much better than those sold in Halfords.
Many are American and I use Eze wheel cleaning brushes which are flexible and non scratch, Bilberry wheel cleaner is a very effective but non acid productI use all the time.
Elite Car care and motorgeek are 2 suppliersI have used.
For tar removal from paintwork there is a product called Tardis -this is excellent. It is sold by a trade supplier whose name currently escapes me.
These products papear to be expensiver, but because they are concentrated and last a long time in domestic use they no doubt work out cheaper in the long run.
Detailing World website is a great place to visit if you want tips on cleaning and would like to see what the pro's can do!
Regards Les

Hi
No need for any hose pipes, buckets wellies shampoo. I use EUREKA WATERLESS CLEANER from Ideal World (channel 22 freeview). You do not even have to wash the car at all. You spray it straight onto the dirty (or clean car) and wipe off with multi fibre cloth then buff with another one. The magic liquid contains Carnauba Wax and Kaolin clay.
The kaolin clay encapsulates the dirt and the carnauba wax does the rest, I recently did all of my nieces filthy black renault to a showroom shine, with a gloss beyond belief! You can wax your car when ever you want, just do bits at a time if your waiting somewhere or even stuck in gridlock. It forms a protective layer too, from bird poo tar etc.I have used it for 12 months now and so do some of my neighbours. Look up carnauba wax on the internet.
I would'nt say it works if it does'nt. After all, the muck comes off using water and a sponge normally so surely covering the dirt inthis kaolin clay first is safer? It does'nt leave any smears at all.Remember c-max owners your car needs the best, no hosepipe no wellies,no shampoo
just two cloths and a bottle of eureka waterless cleaner. I'm not a rep I am retired with nackered lungs and this spray allows me to clean my c-max at my own pace. It is also known as showroon shine. Absolutely no chemicals non toxic. Works on glass mirrors, anywhere.
I have 2litre auto zetec apr 10 and would never risk this if I did.nt trust it. Happy driving
hal13

Personally I am very dubious about the use of such products on my paintwork. I wonder if it would lead to microscopic scratches in the laquer coat.
The proshine video shows a guy spraying cellulose paint onto his recently cleaned car and then removing it easily with proshine! On that basis it must have some powerful chemicals to do that........
I also think that £50 for a year's supply (Proshine)to wash one car is fairly pricey.
You cannot wash the winter salt and mudoff under the wheelarches etc. which is a big minus if you wish to preserve the life of the vehicle.
For a quick spruce up between washes - whilst on holday for instance then this is probably ok.
If one is unable due to health to use traditoinal methods then I can understand people using such products , but only in conjunction with the occassional traditional wash at a handwash perhaps..