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Accumulator · 09-15-06, 06:32

I use Dawn for the initial wash of vehicles I don't really care about, it works OK and I'm not gonna waste a decent shampoo on, for example, my mechanic's 250K mile loaner or a rental.

I don't get the kind of wax-stripping that DavidB recently reported, but Dawn is cheap and effective (though lacking in lubricity).

If you want to do a super-strength wash, I'd go with AutoInt's "A" (alkaline part of ABC system) instead, it works a lot better for this than Dawn. Not as cheap or as commonly available as Dawn though.

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Accumulator Practical Perfectionist Accumulator is offline Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 21,178	I use Dawn for the initial wash of vehicles I don't really care about, it works OK and I'm not gonna waste a decent shampoo on, for example, my mechanic's 250K mile loaner or a rental. I don't get the kind of wax-stripping that DavidB recently reported, but Dawn is cheap and effective (though lacking in lubricity). If you want to do a super-strength wash, I'd go with AutoInt's "A" (alkaline part of ABC system) instead, it works a lot better for this than Dawn. Not as cheap or as commonly available as Dawn though.