What's your favourite shampoo?

[pirateprentice]

I inherited a GTechniq kit with my car to go with the ceramic coating.
But I have not used the wash it came with as the label makes it sound nasty - skin irritant, long-lasting toxic to aquatics (I have a pond next to the drive).
So I was using a bottle of Zymol which I had left over from the last time I had a car I cared about.
That's all gone now - what should I buy for the weekly wash?

 

[Madpig56]

Meguiars yellow shampoo at present but one my suppliers suggested another one which I had never heard of:

Arexon or some name like that….anybody heard of it or used it?

According to my contact it’s used on Ferraris and it’s supposed to be the bees knees?

 

[Jaguandy]

I've been using Bilt Hamber Autowash for many years. You don't need much and it works well. My car is still swirl free as I prewash with their auto foam and use the 2 bucket technique. Pure water rinse and blow dry.

 

[Andyp123]

Garage therapy v2 Or carcham 2 good shampoos

 

[Lunar]

Have you tried a superpoo?

 

[Rikochet]

I gave Hydro UK a try with their pre-wash, snow foam, and shampoo.

Really quite impressed. The paint looked like more of the colour came through and the metallic had more sparkle.

The Mrs's car is a rolling skip and it cut through a lot of the grime when I decided it was just too dirty!

Hydro do loads of discount codes, so don't look at the price on their website as the price you'll pay.

 

[Keith666]

In my coupe it’s obviously “ Head & shoulders “
But in a convertible it’s “ just shoulders “ :lol:

 

[pirateprentice]

Hi all, many thanks for the good suggestions. I'm impressed how many of you take two, even three bottles into the shower.
I ended up somewhat randomly with a bottle of Bilt Hamber Autowash as recommended by Jaguandy. It lathers up nicely and leaves a good shine.

 

[Nobbyk]

I use Labocosmetica SEMPER, smells awsome and is a pleasure to use, especially if used in conjunction with their snowfoam, NEVE.

I've tried Hydro products recently and not overimpressed. The manual spray bottles are a pian to use, lots of pumping just to do two panels and product no better than many others I've tried including Bilt and Hamber.

 

[NaCl]

... with a bottle of Bilt Hamber Autowash as recommended by Jaguandy. It lathers up nicely and leaves a good shine.

If you're into snow foam for the pre-wash, I can vouch for Bilt Hamber Auto-Foam. Purchased a 5L bottle and it's lasted me 3 years! Still got a few more washes left in it too.
Best 25 quid I've spent

 

[Andyp123]

Touch less is much better

 

[Webarno]

Snow foam with Bilter Hamber Touch-Less, then wash using CarPro Reset.

My car is ceramic coated and this works perfectly.

 

[WShudds]

None. I switched to rinseless wash years ago and never looked back. ONR or P&S Absolute are tried and true so you can't go wrong. Look up online for demonstrations. The Rag Company has very good demo videos.

 

[DOC IW]

Autoglym 3-stage Polar snowfoam system is really good. Polar blast, polar wash, polar seal. There are tutorials on YouTube on how to do it properly. My F-Type has the Autoglym Lifeshine ceramic coating.

 

[jaysjag]

I have used GTechniq for about 5 years now. Wouldn’t even consider using anything else to wash the car now. It’s really good.

 

[DOC IW]

I have always been a fan of Autoglym products. I am currently using the Autoglym “Polar” snow foam trio (‘Polar Blast’ pre-wash, ‘Polar Wash’, and then ‘Polar Seal’). It is quick and easy to use. The results in the photo took me just less than an hour from start to finish from dirty to gleaming. I also use Autoglym Advanced All Wheel Cleaner Colour Change Spray for easy cleaning of the alloys. I use a Kärcher pressure washer and have three separate foamgun attachments (one for each of the snow foams, to save time not having to thoroughly wash out between the different foams) and I use two large Autoglym drying towels, one to dry and the second to buff to a gleaming shine. The ‘Polar Seal’ leaves a really nice hydrophobic shiny finish. Easy and effective. The car does have a professionally applied Autoglym ceramic coating, which makes cleaning easier (which I will get redone every couple of years if/when that gleam finish deteriorates.