SodaLuvr

I need to find a car wash soap for this Saturday's upcoming school car wash fundraiser. Budget is limited, here's what I have in mind:

Simple Green, 140oz, $8.99

2, Dawn Original Liquid Dishwashing Detergent 90oz, $6.99

If I use either one of these products, preferably the Dawn, at a 1oz to 2 gallon dosage, would this be sufficient for car washing? Budget is LIMITED.

TIA.

Hawhyen51

Costco, I believe, has Megs Gold Class Car Wash, gallon size for under $10. You might also try PepBoys online and see what they have, they're pretty inexpensive. I think the Megs DC Car Wash (64 oz) is buy one get one free till June 30th. I would ditch the Dawn unless you plan on doing the dishes also. lol! Simple Green is an APC and I don't think it was designed as car shampoo. Most of the car wash soap at the brick & mortar places should be under $10.

BEETROOT

Don't use Simple Green or Dawn to wash cars.

Go to any autozone or whatever and get a big blue jug of the cheapo carwash soap. I think its about $6 for a gallon.

SodaLuvr

Thanks. Found some.

$5.99/gal at AutoZone, Turtle Wax brand

SodaLuvr

Thanks. Found some.

$5.99/gal at AutoZone, Turtle Wax brand.

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chewi

lol..simple green or dawn will clean the cars very well and will strip off all the wax from the paint and makes their paint look dull heheheheh

LoveMyTL-S

Then they can also do wax jobs and charge more.......

Crazy Bimmer

holy crap, im never going to those car washes ever again

exceldetail

Crazy, shame on you for going in the first place!!

Crazy Bimmer

Hey those high school chicks look hot these days

Mach30SiR

They stay the same age, we keep getting older

But yeah, costco has megs gold for 7.99 a gallon - saw it last nite.

SodaLuvr

^^ Thanks.

Those washes are as dangerous as the cheapass organizers like me...:p

If I can't find anything tonight...I'll just bring my bucket of laundry detergent.

jlspeed29

hahah ooo man..... Please tell me you guy's are not gonna use a towel to dry the cars also! haha

picus

Megs Deep Crystal is $8.99/gal around here. It's pretty much my fav OTC wash.

SodaLuvr

Well, I got ahold of several bottles of cheapo car wash soap. We did wash several, quite $$$ cars last time.

We have another one this Saturday if anyone is interested in making a donation only. :p (Not a good idea to get your car washed)

chewi

lol.... poor guys/gals that donate $$$ to get their cars punished ehhehe

LoveMyTL-S

Yea, this time of year you see all kinds of car washes from high schools, churches, clubs etc. With what I learned in this forum, I may never have them wash my car again.

waTSX

^
The fact that they wash them in the blazing sunshine is enough to steer me clear.

afici0nad0

^

we just did a hand car wash a couple of weeks ago to raise money for our dragonboat team.

fyi - i wouldn't want my teammates washing my car. right under the blistering sun, using the same sponge for both the rims and the body, etc...

we bought all our products from costco though (car soap, sponges, microfibre towels).

we weren't as cheap as SodaLuvr. haha, j/k

SodaLuvr

I won't even bring my 10+ yr-old beaters to car washes. I just don't know what's wrong with these dorks who bring their $50K Lexuses and BMWs to these washes. We had a 1-yr old S430 once.

Doom878

Cool I have a Costco membership. I guess everyone likes the Meg's Car Wash bang for the buck.

Sun Diego CL-S

yep, same reason i use it. i've had the same one for almost a year and a half!