Hi guys

I recently purchased a ST (BLACK NO STRIPES ) and it is now my new pride and joy ! on my second week . I decided to take it to my local hand car wash. £12 inside and out. I thought I couldn't go wrong however I under estimated how touchy I would be about them hoovering my interior !!!!

to say that those guys are ruff and ready would be the understatement of the year .... NEVER AGAIN ! so i've decided from now on to nurture the st myself . however i am in limbo on what would be the best products to use i.e shampoo? wax ? etc etc...

i was just wondering what products names are you guys useing. any suggestions would be much appreciated

No idea as I generally cant be arsed to clean mine, but welcome

Hello mate welcome to the site! Theres lots of cleaning products you can get it depends how deep your pockets are! The cleaning obsessives will be along shortly! If you plan on sticking around introduce yourself on the noobs section and get some pics up of your motor on the forecourt!

Welcome

welcome, i use Meguires and wouldent use anything else as its all awsome and the result is the best ive seen, im sure im not the only one to think this aswell

Autoglym super resin polish is your best basic polish, easy to use
I have gone off meguiars as its alot more work than autoglym

welcome mate, everyone has their own favourite makes and types of cleaning materials but as Dan says it depends how much your prepared to spend! Autoglym are quite reasonably priced and Meguiars are a little more expensive, i use a mix of both of these two

i use Autoglym SRP on customers cars because like adam says it is really easy, and has a nice result, but on my own car and the focus i use Megs

haha! I can see you all have spotted i am a newbie. hence my 2nd post

thanks for the warm welcome. i will defiantly look into the meguiars section of things, ah and gotta get round to the four-court posting bit aswell

many thanks

poor boys ftw

loads of info on there to
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/

does anyone find that when they use a chamois on the car to dry it, it goes a bit swirly where the water hasnt dried properly? is it better to let the car dry naturally after i've shampooed and rinsed it or do i need a new chamois?

i dont use chamois i use microfiber towels to dry my car, might be the way forward

microfibre ftw!!!

dodo juice FTW

micro fibre FTW. GTFO chamois