| How important is the soap you use to wash your | | | | from the bottle. |
| car? Some people will swear by their favorite brands, | | | | The other is to see how much dirt the soap cuts |
| but if so many love their own, they must all be doing | | | | through on your car. Some do a better job than |
| a pretty decent job. Does it really matter? | | | | others. Most people don't really know since they |
| The only thing you should not take lightly is | | | | have only used one or two poor soaps or shampoos |
| dishwashing soap. It is very important to not have | | | | and assume that's just how all soaps will perform. |
| this in your car wash arsenal. This type of soap is | | | | Some popular brands of car soap available are |
| supposed to be pretty bad for your car. | | | | Mothers, Meguiar's, Mr. Clean, and Turtle Wax. Mr. |
| I have heard it from many different sources over | | | | Clean actually has a whole car wash system to use |
| and over again. I have not actually tested it myself, | | | | their soap with that attaches to your garden hose. |
| but I will take everyone's word for it. | | | | In essence, it is the same thing except you get a |
| Some attributes you want to look out for is how the | | | | plastic gun attachment for the hose and the final |
| soap suds up when added to water. Some soaps do | | | | phase of the cleaning uses filtered water for a |
| not hold the suds up well, so by the time you are | | | | spot-free finish. However, the popularity of this |
| halfway into washing your car, your bucket is filled | | | | system has died out recently. The standard car wash |
| with flat water. This is something you can't really tell | | | | soap and technique is still the most popular. |