What do you use to wash your MG3? ☀️⛈️🌧️🌦️

[Italy]

It's all in the title.

Now that your MG3 is facing the autumn rains and mud, what product do you use to keep its bodywork as spotless as on day one?

 

[Aitch1]

It's all in the title.

Now that your MG3 is facing the autumn rains and mud, what product do you use to keep its bodywork as spotless as on day one?

Hi Italy. I foolishly took out the 'protective treatment' when we bought the car and received a complimentary package of cleaning materials. I said foolishly, but it's actually quite good. Even the shitty weather over the past few weeks has not really affected the finish, so I've yet to try out the goody bag, although their bird droppings remover worked ok after a large dollop greeted me one morning.

 

[Italy]

Oh yes, Aitch1 ? I didn't know about this kind of gift on delivery.
Here in France it's more of a carpet game beforehand.

Getting back to the protective products for your MG3. Is this a specific MG product or is there a particular brand?
I'm looking for a wash product that is suitable for our car's new bodywork.

Thank you for your feedback.

 

[dsimpkins]

Hi Italy. I foolishly took out the 'protective treatment' when we bought the car and received a complimentary package of cleaning materials. I said foolishly, but it's actually quite good. Even the shitty weather over the past few weeks has not really affected the finish, so I've yet to try out the goody bag, although their bird droppings remover worked ok after a large dollop greeted me one morning.

Did the same, got the bag of Supagard claning products with my MG4. They are good, used Autoglym products before, but found these to be better (and saved time on washes), so have continued to use them, and bought more as I've used them up.

 

[KeithS]

I'm an amateur/hobbyist detailer (undoubtedly fed by my OCD!), and for me washing a car is an all day or even TWO days (to clean off drips and water spots)
The process...
Wheel shampoo such as the Auto Finesse product mixed in bucket with water.
Spray wheels tyres wheel arch liners with jet washer
Spray wheels with brake dust remover - a P&S Product
Leave to dwell, and then using the wheel shampoo solution clean the wheel drums with appropriate wheel brush product - Gyeon wheel brush, and a finer brush for the area between the drum and brake calliper. In the case of the MG clean behind the alloy wheel spokes with mit.
Clean inside wheel nut appatures with fine detailing brush.
Clean the face of alloy wheel with mit.
Using a wheel arch liner brush, clean wheel arches, and then clean again with mit in order not to miss any of tye wheel arch.
Clean the tyres.
The wheel and liner process probably takes about 45 minutes.
Moving onto the bodywork, Spray tye car with a snowfoam product - Autoglym Polar snow foam. Leave to dwell.
Rines whole car with pressure washer.
Using the two bucket method with grit guard and lambswool mit, shampoo the whole car (for the MG I use an Angelwax product which is PH neutral - this means the ceramic coating will not be effected)
Rinse whole car again with pressure washer.
Apply drying aid - Gyeon Wet Coat
Rinse whole car again with pressure washer.
Dry exterior with suitably soft drying towels, although I plan on investing in an air dryer (rechargeable) to help with the drying process drips etc.
Apply quick detailer product- for the MG another Angelwax product.
Then start on the interior...!!!
For me when finished, as far as is humanly possible for something that is being driven around, the car should always look like a brand new car just driven out the showroom!
This was a picture of my Maserati just before being sold at seven years old.

In fact forgive my vanity, a few pictures of the car that replaced the Maserati, which I’ve now had for two years…
As you can see a truly obsessive!!!

 

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I'd agree with KeithS and add that I have had great results with products from Mitchell and King, such as Guard (sealant) and Endurance. These can be applied with little fuss and are easy to buff off. Every once in a while, I will do a full day-long detail and the rest of the time, I will look for a quick maintenance wash, having said that. it usually takes an hour or two.

I dip in and out of products and have also used Soft 99 Fusso and Mirror Shine with great success. A tin of either will last for years. Garage Therapy also makes some useful products for stripping old waxes etc.
Carpro Hydro2 is a useful product that works a bit like Gyeon Wet Coat.
Martin on the Obssevive car detailing YouTube channel is worth watching as he gives unbiased no nonsense reviews of the products that he has tested.

 

[Aitch1]

In fact forgive my vanity, a few pictures of the car that replaced the Maserati, which I’ve now had for two years…
As you can see a truly obsessive!!!

Keith I'm impressed. You obviously love your cars. In my case as long as she looks ok I leave well alone.