WASHING H2

[Dan]

Exactly, dish soap will strip the wax off the vehicle. Try it out, no more nice beading. Always use soap designed for car washing.

I do use it though right before applying a fresh coat of wax to give a good deep cleaning.

- Dan

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[working Hummer]

Just go to an auto wash, it's easier, who washes by hand nowdays. Leave it to the teenagers at the auto wash

[H2 GIRL]

What about SIMPLE GREEN?

[KenP]

I always use a ladder with rubber along the sides. Oh yeah, and flea killer soap.

Black Lingenfelter Lux

[alldunn]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by working Hummer:
Just go to an auto wash, it's easier, who washes by hand nowdays. Leave it to the teenagers at the auto wash </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's exactly why I don't go to those places. The teenagers that work there always seem to think it's funny to fcuk something up on your ride. They usually do a half-ass job anyway. I always wash my own vehicles. It takes longer, but it looks damn good when i'm done.

[DRTYFN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by h2co-pilot:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Efrain:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KenP:
I prefer having mine washed </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Is that who I think it is? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

No! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

So, that was before the lift and the bumper?

[OrangeCrush]

After we paint a vehicle, usually the first question is how long before waxing and what kind of wax.

Like the previous posters have mentioned, car wash soap can be used but only if you are looking to strip any wax off your vehicle. You don't have to buy expensive car wash soaps (some have wax built into it) You can go into some of these wholesale or tool places and you can buy it there.

Point is, use some sort of carwash soap.

Use a chamois to dry it off, don't grab a towel from your bathroom. The paint is basecoat/clearcoat. When clear is scratched, it leaves a white finish... using a bathroom towel will put minute scratches and swirls in the clearcoat. That's why sometimes (especially on a darker color) the paint looks "milky". It's the clearcoat that has millions of light scratches.

HTH's,

Mark

[KenP]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DRTYFN:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by h2co-pilot:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Efrain:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KenP:
I prefer having mine washed </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Is that who I think it is? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

No! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

So, that was before the lift and the bumper? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> That's a hot pic.

[KenP]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mumbo:
Will the H2 fit in a automatic car wash? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>In some they will. You just have to ask. The manager will should know.

[Adam in CO]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KenP:
I prefer having mine washed </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thank god someone is taking this thread seriously. I saw "Washing H2" and "H2 GIRL" and I assumed we would get to see that pic again. Kudos to KenP.

[MovinH2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I don't get mine muddy </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's the problem go get it Muddy. I just use an auto laser wash. They seem to do the best for me.

[KenP]

I have been told this on more than one occasion: Dish washing liquid is fine to use if you wish to strip the wax right off your truck. I have used it in the past just before a good waxing. The fellow who used to wash my H2 also told me that (I wash it myself now). Whether or not it is true, I do not know, but it is harsh and the truck does not feel "soft" or smooth after using it.

Black Lingenfelter Lux

[DRTYFN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KenP:
I prefer having mine washed </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I can just imagine you laying there in a pool of your own blood with your cranium caved in and an enraged CP standing over you while the squirrel chews on your nuts.