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Keeping clean!??!
chester - February 13th, 2007 at 01:02 PM

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!

Cheers


Hertz - February 13th, 2007 at 01:05 PM

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.


jnr356 - February 13th, 2007 at 03:53 PM

buy a rat/hoodride ,no need to wash


baybuscamperkid - February 13th, 2007 at 05:03 PM

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.


sinecure - February 13th, 2007 at 05:06 PM

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


shaihulud - February 13th, 2007 at 06:16 PM

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 - February 13th, 2007 at 06:28 PM

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 - February 13th, 2007 at 08:07 PM

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.


VWCOOL - February 13th, 2007 at 09:17 PM

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


Hertz - February 13th, 2007 at 09:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by VWCOOL
One of those $2 car wash sprayers at the local servo works for me...
Good point