Keeping clean!??!

chester Casual Dubber

40 posts · joined Nov 2003 · 13 Feb 2007, 1:02 pm

#572267

Not sure if this question has been asked before but....
In the wake of massive water restrictions anyone got any suggestions on best way to clean and keep clean my kombi?
Have resorted to washing her in the rain - get really funny looks from neighbours! They really dont get it!

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Hertz www.melburgluft.com

1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 13 Feb 2007, 1:05 pm

#572268

You could rig up something using a tank, pump and your grey water from the shower. I reckon you could wash it every week no probs and if you do it on the grass then its getting 3 uses and its legal.

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jnr356 Wolfsburg Wizard

603 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 13 Feb 2007, 3:53 pm

#572315

buy a rat/hoodride ,no need to wash

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Feb 2007, 5:03 pm

#572339

yep, grey waters the go, even a bucket form your washing machine's rinse cycle. inbetween washes or when she's not overly dirty those microfibre waterless cloths are great, bring the car up nice and shiny and wipe all minor dirt off real well whilst dry or slightly damp.

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sinecure Want another... :(

1,031 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 13 Feb 2007, 5:06 pm

#572340

Waterless cleaning products like "Bowdens Own". Works brilliantly but a bit pricey. $15 odd a bottle, probably 2 to 3 good cleans.

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shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 13 Feb 2007, 6:16 pm

#572366

I now wipe my Baja down with a damp cloth using a half bucket of water and a little detergent, every week or so. I start on the glass, then the interior and the outside and finish with the wheels. I then wipe it down with a damp Chamois which leaves it streak free. If I feel a need to I will polish it, but I almost never polish a car anyway.

Here in WA we can still use a hose on the lawn, so it gets a pre-wash squirt to wet it, the hose is turned off, the wash happens and it gets another quick squirt before being Chamoised.

remm340912 Officially Full-On Dubber

204 posts · joined Jan 2007 · 13 Feb 2007, 6:28 pm

#572372

when you turn on the shower and wait for the water to get hot put a bucket to catch the water. There should be plenty there to wash the beast with.

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 · 13 Feb 2007, 8:07 pm

#572410

get up early and wipe down with one of those microfibre cloths using the dew and a small bucket of water to rinse cloth. works for me.

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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 13 Feb 2007, 9:17 pm

#572433

One of those $2 car wash sprayers at the local servo works for me...

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Hertz www.melburgluft.com

1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 13 Feb 2007, 9:19 pm

#572434

VWCOOL wrote:One of those $2 car wash sprayers at the local servo works for me...

Good point

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