BLUE CORAL WASH From walllyworld????okay to use?

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Is the blue coral car wash stuff(its blue fyi lol) okay to use? will it remove any of the wax from my car? Basically I'm looking for the cheapest possible wash that will still clean and wont remove my wax i put on my car.
 
Why cheap? Pretty much any name brand car wash is safe and cost per use is pretty low on all of them.



If you really want cheap, Optimum No Rinse at $35 a gallon will wash 128 cars.
 
well i really just want the cheapest wash and i want one preferably i can buy at walmart. My biggest concern is finding a wash that does not remoove any of the wax that i have applied
 
I've used Blue Coral before. I don't care for it. It's suds don't seem to last very long. I almost always had to make up a 2nd bucket for every car wash. I don't think it is any worse on wax than most other car wash products.
 
Aren't suds, essentially, just a visual effect? As long as there's lubrication between the mitt and the car then the soap should be doing it's job (as evident by products like ONR and the other (4-in-1?)).
 
Ceezer said:
Aren't suds, essentially, just a visual effect? As long as there's lubrication between the mitt and the car then the soap should be doing it's job (as evident by products like ONR and the other (4-in-1?)).
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There have been several discussions of that in the past. This is one I liked:



http://autopia.org/forum/professional-detailers/66373-soap-suds-myth.html?highlight=suds+important



I'm sure some products are fine without suds. But, with an inexpensive product like Blue Coral Car Wash, I'd like the visual effect of suds to give me comfort of it is still lubricating.
 
Scottwax said:
If you really want cheap, Optimum No Rinse at $35 a gallon will wash 128 cars.
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I'm not disputing the goodness of rinseless washes, but that's 128 2-gallon washes for $35...I can get 128 2-gallon washes from 2 gallons of GC at Target for a total of $22 (maybe less if you dilute it bit more). DG wash is in the range of $20-25/gal., and Autogeek says use a third of an ounce/gal., which means you could wash 192 cars for less than $25.



I'm not challenging the relative quality of any of these washes, just trying to understand the math.



Anyway, to the OP, the Meguiar's Gold Class gallon at Target seems to be one of the best OTC values at $11/gal. You can get some streaking if you let it dry on the car, next time I use it I'm going to dilute it twice as much (1/2 oz/gal) and see if the streaking is diminished--I doubt the extra dilution will diminish the suds to an unacceptable level.
 
I have never personally tried Blue Coral Wash because the price of OTC shampoos are in general very inexpensive. Meguiar's NXT, Meguiar's Gold Class, and Mother's Gold Wash are all above average shampoos that are just a few dollars higher than Blue Coral - You also might want to check the directions for "extremely low-cost" OTC car washes. I know that Meg's and Mother's say 1 oz per gallon of water...a lot of washes say you should add 2 oz per gallon of water - thus effectively doubling the cost of using them and actually exceeding the price of the high-end washes in the long run.



Most importantly, don't skimp out on quality shampoos and proper technique because you want to save a couple of pennies - Washing is where a majority of marring/spider-webs come from. In the end, you can try the Blue Coral wash - if it's horrible then send it to the "clean the wheels/tires" soap category. Otherwise, my recommendation is to stick with GC, NXT, or Mother's as they are proven products for several members here (including myself) and they only cost a couple bucks more.
 
I have used the blue coral stuff, and it is low performer. Suds last very little, and lubricity is low even in a just made solution. As others said, spend the additional $2 dollars and get a better wash. Eagle one, meguiars NXT, turtle wax platinum, mother california gold or kit carnauba wash. Any of those will be clearly better.





Alex
 
I would skip the Blue Coral. I didn't find it to be very slick/lubricating, and the soap seemed to kill off my waxes. (I was doing a little testing of a few different waxes, using #00 wash for a month, still beading up through the initial spray down before I used Blue Coral. All beading died painfully. It didn't come back either.) It is strong enough to clean the car well, though, so if you were wanting to clean the car before waxing, you may want to try it then.

Although I haven't tried it myself, I've heard that Kit shampoo is supposed to be pretty good, and there seems to be sales on it every so often at various car parts places.
 
BigLeegr said:
I used Blue Coral. All beading died painfully. It didn't come back either.
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While we're on the topic of OTC washes that kill beading, I bought some Black Magic wash on sale at Pep Boys, and it was the slickest slippery stuff, even looked like fancy hair shampoo with the glittery bits in it...and it just killed the beading on two cars, two different LSP's. I don't know if it took off the LSP or just layed some rugged sheeting polymer on there, because I couldn't revive them even with a different wash, had to reapply.
 
KIT Carnauba has a semi-decent OTC product. You get a quart for $3, IIRC. The stuff works OK.



Alernate: NXT car wash
 
Setec Astronomy said:
I'm not disputing the goodness of rinseless washes, but that's 128 2-gallon washes for $35...I can get 128 2-gallon washes from 2 gallons of GC at Target for a total of $22 (maybe less if you dilute it bit more). DG wash is in the range of $20-25/gal., and Autogeek says use a third of an ounce/gal., which means you could wash 192 cars for less than $25.



I'm not challenging the relative quality of any of these washes, just trying to understand the math.
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Add in the time savings (at least for me) and you can't beat a rinseless car wash on cost. Other than Duragloss or the reformulated Optimum Car Wash, I have yet to find a car wash that actually stays sudsy using the recommended 1 oz amount. Usually takes anywhere from 2-4 oz for the soap to make suds for an entire wash...and soap suds are the sole reason I wash a few cars conventionally. The owner likes seeing soap suds on his car.



Back to the original topic though, any name brand car wash will be fine, just get whatever is on sale if price is the main concern.
 
Scottwax said:
I have yet to find a car wash that actually stays sudsy using the recommended 1 oz amount. Usually takes anywhere from 2-4 oz for the soap to make suds for an entire wash...
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Are you saying you use 2-4 oz. of soap per gallon of wash solution? :soscared:
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Are you saying you use 2-4 oz. of soap per gallon of wash solution? :soscared:
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Yes, even using the dionized/reverse osmosis water he has. I only use 1 oz of product and the suds just don't last. He wants to see suds on his car, so I accomodate him.
 
I never actually measure car wash, I use my calibrated eye-ball when I squirt some in my wash bucket. When my WG Autobathe runs out, it's DG time!
 
We have a half used gallon jug of Blue Coral wash, had it forever. Still use it on the beater car, it suds up nice, but it doesn't feel very slick. You can pick up NXT for close to the same price and it is a nice product. I picked up a 16 oz. bottle of the Duragloss shampoo at CarQuest for around $5. Since you pretty much use car wash more than any other product, it's worth it to get a good one.
 
Scottwax said:
Add in the time savings (at least for me) and you can't beat a rinseless car wash on cost. Other than Duragloss or the reformulated Optimum Car Wash, I have yet to find a car wash that actually stays sudsy using the recommended 1 oz amount. Usually takes anywhere from 2-4 oz for the soap to make suds for an entire wash...and soap suds are the sole reason I wash a few cars conventionally. The owner likes seeing soap suds on his car.



Back to the original topic though, any name brand car wash will be fine, just get whatever is on sale if price is the main concern.
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Duragloss 901 is sooo good, it and Poorboys SSS are the best I've used, but DG is so cheap, extremely slick, suds last and last, and doesn't harm LSP. NXT and others are fairly harsh and can reduce your LSP. I used NXT like twice and don't anymore unless I'm stripping down.
 
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