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Washing the car (lemmy.nz)
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What are people's approaches to washing cars? It seems the options are:

  • Wash at home on grass (not an option for us)
  • Wash at home on the driveway (technically allowed where I am, but pollutes the rivers, although may be OK if you can find an eco wash and wax product?)
  • Go to an auto car wash (not too expensive, but likely to scratch up your car)
  • Pay someone for a hand wash (costs hundreds)

I just washed our car on the driveway, and tried to minimise run-off going into storm water, but it didn't work that well. Have found this product, but no idea if it's any good, or greenwashing.

Any other ideas?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be honest we don't wash it that often, but are getting it ready to sell at the moment.

But there was a lot of crap that had built up, which I'm sure isn't great for the paint.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have a touchless car wash nearby?

You can sometimes also find do it yourself car washes that you basically waterblast it with soapy water.

I never wash cars so maybe you should listen to someone else.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah good point, I hadn't thought about DIY car washes..

Giving confident opinions on topics we know nothing about is what the internet was invented for!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you're using a DIY car wash - use the water blaster/rinse feature to blast any grime or grit out of the brush before you use it.