I Used Dish Soap, I Used Dish Soap!!!!!!

[Beemerboy]

Today I had a 4x4 truck to do was pretty nasty on the bottom end mainly dirt...its a regular customer, that did some off roading...any who I decided that I need some max cut power on the wells, my pressure washer needs replacement, so this was a hand / brush job...

Anywho I decided to use some Dawn...got a bucket of water ready and poured in a liberal amount...talk about suds..I forgot how much that stuff suds up....my impression of dish soap on the wells and the tires was impressive...it cut the dirt and crap off like crazy...on most all cars I use SG or a citrus based cleaner...the Dawn stepped on these like no other for heavy dirt and some grease cleaning.

I don`t condone dish soap for car cleaning but for wells, I have to say that I will be rethinking this for those purposes..

That`s my .02

[audiboy]

Well, at least you didn`t use it on the paint. I wouldn`t ever suggest that anyone ever use Dawn on any part of a vehicle, but, different strokes for different folks.

[Poorboy]

how could you keep the dawn in the kitchen

[Beemerboy]

OK OK so the DS is not the best choice....but I think that like fillers if used correctly there is a place for it..this was one of them..IMO

There is one thing that I cannot contest....the results....I`ve seen both side of the fence and there was nothing wrong with what I saw today!

[Stephan]

I normally don`t but in the case of horribly dirty cars I start with dawn...plus it softens my hands


And for getting alot of suds, I agree put to much in and thats all you will get.

[rayoto]

I don`t condone dish soap for car cleaning but for wells, I have to say that I will be rethinking this for those purposes..

That`s my .02

You`ve made my day...If such a highly trained pro as yourself can use DS then so can I..You`re my hero!!

Seriously, I`ve used it to underneath a few vehicles...

[black bart]

Confession time
I use Dawn on my chrome wheels it removes the brake dust and leaves them nice and clean use a spray wax on them and they look like new.
I been doing that to them for 7 years and they still look like new.

[blk45]

Blasphemy!

[chizao]

Confession time
I use Dawn on my chrome wheels it removes the brake dust and leaves them nice and clean use a spray wax on them and they look like new.
I been doing that to them for 7 years and they still look like new.

Have you been holding out on us???

[JaredPointer]

Somewhere demons are spawning out of a portal that`s been opened to Hell. At least you didn`t use Simple Green in the same wash step, else we`d all be sucked into a black hole for all eternity.

[black bart]

Somewhere demons are spawning out of a portal that`s been opened to Hell. At least you didn`t use Simple Green in the same wash step, else we`d all be sucked into a black hole for all eternity.

I use simple green and water at about a 5-1 ratio to soak my pads in after polishing.

Leave them soak overnight and they rinse out clean

[JaredPointer]

I use simple green and water at about a 5-1 ratio to soak my pads in after polishing.

Leave them soak overnight and they rinse out clean

You mean the SG doesn`t eat through your towels, the bottom of the bucket, the concrete driveway and subsequently open a portal to Hades?!?

[Reddwarf]

If the car is that dirty I would add some PB Bug Squash to the soap. A much better choice than Dawn, IMO.

[BLACKWRX]

simple green and dawn are actually not bad for heavy cleaning, engine wheels/wells. on heavy grease and dirt simple green has the edge over dawn. For doing a multi step detail job i always use dawn on the body it cleans all the dirt, sap, old wax, and light paint stains, dawn also is really good on the wheels and engine, i find that the dawn doesnt evaporate as quickly as the sg it can really soak in and instantly extracts the dirt and oil, another good thing is the price very cheap and you can dilute dawn to the exponential degree ..... the only bad thing is it kills the wax, and for the tires, plastics and rubbers in the engine bay it lightly dries them out but in no way damages or discolors anything (to fix this use your favorite plastic rubber and or tire conditioner, everyone complains about dawn but no one ever gives any reason why ?

[Beemerboy]

simple green and dawn are actually not bad for heavy cleaning, engine wheels/wells. on heavy grease and dirt simple green has the edge over dawn. For doing a multi step detail job i always use dawn on the body it cleans all the dirt, sap, old wax, and light paint stains, dawn also is really good on the wheels and engine, i find that the dawn doesnt evaporate as quickly as the sg it can really soak in and instantly extracts the dirt and oil, another good thing is the price very cheap and you can dilute dawn to the exponential degree ..... the only bad thing is it kills the wax, and for the tires, plastics and rubbers in the engine bay it lightly dries them out but in no way damages or discolors anything (to fix this use your favorite plastic rubber and or tire conditioner, everyone complains about dawn but no one ever gives any reason why ?

The reason for not using Dawn is its a stripper of oils and for a regular car wash it, it takes off all the protection you have on the car, removes oils from the rubber, tires, seals, moldings, etc...as a once in a while wash I see no harm, but you should be re-protecting right after that..On this job I was looking at some nasty wells and since I did have a pressure washer, I needed the grease cutting abilities