J&J baby shampoo as car soap????

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Dairyman

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i have a big bottle of Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo. i was thiking that it is meant to be soft and gentle why not try to wash my car with it. i hate every time i use car soap it strips off all my layers of collinite that took me forever to put down...
 
i ve used rainx car soap and i was recently using one from target vroom line. not top of the line products. i ve been usign collinte for like 5 years now i can t get it to keep a bead for any longer than one month. is that normal i ve been using the detergent proof(forget the number) and in the insulator. i put on 4 coats of insulator drove to florida and back wheni washed my car i had no bead... normal?
 
I would give some of the other dedicated car soaps discussed here a try before going to the baby shampoo. Target usually carries at least Meg's Gold Class and Turtle Wax Platinum car soaps, which are better than decent and probably leaps and bounds better than the RainX and Vroom that you were using. :)
 
I would (and do) wash my dog (WHWT) with J & J baby shampoo.pick up some Megs NXT shamoo next time you see it at Target or Walmart,best OTC shampoo out there.
 
Nothing wrong with J&J shampoo being used on your car, in fact you could say it's an "old school" enthusiast car wash from years gone by.



I'm not sure though of its environmental impact.



Anthony
 
I don't know about cars, but my daughters dermatoligist says that J & J is one of the harshest baby shampoo's out there. She stated (her words not mine), that J & J has a contract with hospitals and it is actually a harsher soap than others. She recommended that she should never use it. If she can't use it on her skin, I wouldn't use it on a car. Just my Opinion.
 
I would switch to one of the Meguiars washes if you don't want to go the boutique route. I used Collinite 845 in the fall, and it's been 5 1/2 months and it still was beading pretty good last night when I washed it. I've used Meg's Deep Crystal soap and ONR on it.
 
I used J&J baby shampoo on #16 *way* back in the day and it seemed to work OK. But this was on a pretty clean car and there weren't as many good shampoo choices to compare it to back then. Heh heh, more recently I've gone the other way and used Griot's Car Wash to wash dogs upon occasion.



I too get many, many months out of both 476S (the "detergent proof" one) and 845, but then I'm washing with Griot's shampoo which seems especially mild on LSPs. I know people who use Gold Class shampoo on Collinite and they don't have any problems with it stripping. Watch that you don't mix your shampoo up too strong, IMO the old "one ounce per gallon of wate" is mighty potent for a regular wash.
 
this was on my 2002 red tacoma, my current truck is a silver 01 frontier. maybe i am just usign way to much soap when im washing the car. i have never seen collinite 845 last as long as 5.5 months i used to work at a detail shop to. how long are you letting it sit on the car before wiping off and how much are you using(how many coats)
 
Mr.Concours said:
I would (and do) wash my dog (WHWT) with J & J baby shampoo.pick up some Megs NXT shamoo next time you see it at Target or Walmart,best OTC shampoo out there.
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So you're recommending NXT for my dog? :think:







KIDDING :p
 
Dairyman said:
this was on my 2002 red tacoma, my current truck is a silver 01 frontier. maybe i am just usign way to much soap when im washing the car. i have never seen collinite 845 last as long as 5.5 months i used to work at a detail shop to. how long are you letting it sit on the car before wiping off and how much are you using(how many coats)
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Well, first to be fair, I first used one layer of EX-P, so that may be helping as well. I let that cure for a day, and then put on a layer of 845. I didn't have a chance to do another right away, so I think it was actually a week later before I put on a second coat. If I recall, I did it in the garage. I think I only let the EX-P sit for like an hour, but if I remember correctly I did the entire car with the 845 and then buffed it off right afterwards.
 
Dairyman said:
... i have never seen collinite 845 last as long as 5.5 months i used to work at a detail shop to. how long are you letting it sit on the car before wiping off and how much are you using(how many coats)
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I let all my LSPs set up until they're completely dry. I have three coats of 845 on the panels where I'm only using that (it's a test between pre/post VOC versions, the rest of the vehicle has 476S on it over the first coat of 845). FWIW I apply a leaves-something-behind QD after most washes and I suspect that provides added protection (it's what gets washed/etc. off every time, leaving the wax basically untouched).



I also have 845 on the black plastic trim and the pieces on the rear hatch needed redoing on 2/28 (five months), that was the first sign of LSP failure, now the plastic bump strips on the sides are starting to look a little "off" and IMO they oughta be redone soon. The side strips and the hatch take the brunt of winter abuse, so I suppose it's not surprising that they failed first.



OTOH, I used some 845 on the rear bumper cover of my wife's A8 and was pretty disappointed by how it failed so fast. Very different from what I'm experiencing on the Blazer and the only explanation I can think of is the effect of multiple layers.
 
NTS7 Auto Shampoo nails the perfect balance of cleaning punch, long-lasting suds and streak-free rinsing. It By Far the Best i Have Used !





Regards,

Col.
 
It would probably also be more expensive to wash your car with J & J than GC, for example, which you can get by the gallon for a pretty good price at Target and like stores.
 
NXT ..to me is the harshest OTC I have used...a good cleaner but a little to good...GC is a better choice...or the platinum series from turtle wax..Eagle One wash is good...Duragloss and Griot's are my 2 favorites...PH neutral and no acid or alkali cleaners...very gentle on the LSP and clean very good...



Also I find that 1oz per gallon is to much..I use 2oz per 3 gallons and find it works great..nice lube and cleans good



Al
 
I've actually read about people using J&J baby shampoo on leather wrapped steering wheels. Supposedly one formulation that you can't easily find returns glazed-over,dirty,sticky leather to its original softness.
 
2005tundra said:
If she can't use it on her skin, I wouldn't use it on a car. Just my Opinion.
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I use stuff like adhesive remover and other like products on my paint and wouldn't exactly want to rub these products on my skin. However I believe you should use products for what they are intended for and not try to use a baby shampoo when there are many auto soaps that are proven safe on paint and not expensive like GC. Mike...
 
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