Dawn only washes
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tom p.
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Oil said:
Oil said:
You have the most curious posts of anybody here...and I'm being polite. You never acknowledge other folks when they take the time to reply. :down
Are you preparing for a shilling attack?
jswift2000
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DO you mean only washing with Dawn? If so, then dont bother unless you're going to seal the car after. If you're not to seal the car after the dawn wash, well, ...
azenthusiast
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^^^Agreed.
I'm not sure why you would want to do that anyways. Autozone sells car wash that is probably cheaper than Dawn.
I'm not sure why you would want to do that anyways. Autozone sells car wash that is probably cheaper than Dawn.
aboveclean
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I would suggest calling the Customer Care Line of the company that makes Dawn. They should be able to help you.
Setec Astronomy
Well-known member
Oil said:
Washing your car is better than not washing it. Dawn is not evil.
Invigor said:
Dish soap = ok for hands? Madge used to soak her manicure client's hands in Palmolive. Is dish soap more likely to strip wax than car wash soap? Maybe, but the question from the OP is whether a Dawn wash is better than no wash at all, to which I would have to say emphatically yes.
As far as Dawn destroying rubber, etc., I cleaned my tires with Hi-Temp tire cleaner and half destroyed them, while Dawn did basically nothing to them (including not cleaning them very well).
As we do in every Dawn thread, let's go through the "Dawn is a degreaser, they use it to clean up crude oil from ducklings!" Well, they use Dawn BECAUSE IT'S SAFE FOR THE DUCKLINGS. I'm quite sure that a chlorinated, HCFC, or ketone-based solvent would be more effective at removing crude oil from a duckling, but it would also be more effective at removing the duckling's vital signs. P&G doesn't want you to wash your car with Dawn because the customer service people there at the 800-number don't have time to answer your car cleaning questions because they are too busy telling people how to degrease their ducks.
Junebug
JAFO
Right on Setec - I agree, my doctor told my teenage daughter that Dawn was safe enough for her face (she got her old man's oily skin) and guess what - it was. I don't know why so many people get their panties in a wad over Dawn. If you're happy with it and it works, screw what the "experts" say, it ain't their car. I don't think there's anyone here that lets too much time slip without applying the current flavor of the month wax or sealer. I take that back, I do know at least one...
FlatFourRS
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Lol. It may be better than nothing but like someone said there is carwash soaps out there that you can get for like 8 bucks a gallon or something along those lines... and its concentrated so it will last you a good amount of time. Check pep boys or autozone out. Good luck!
Accumulator
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[sarcasm]Gee, now *why* would a manufacturer in our litigious society nay-say some outside-the-box use for their product? [/sarcasm] In case the rhetorical nature of that isn't obvious, the answer in this case is that it's cheaper to say "don't do it" and lose the minuscule carwashing-use sales than it is to fight *one* lawsuit from some weirdo. I bet they only condone the duck-washing because of all the warm/fuzzy PR it brings them (and, well, wildlife usually doesn't sue ya, especially if you save its life).
Heh heh, this topic just keep coming back huh? Anybody who's ever used something like AutoInt's "A" is gonna
about the supposed harshness of Dawn. Not surprised you daughter could wash her face with it, it sure doesn't dry out *my* skin as badly as many "normal" soaps do.
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Heh heh, that's the part that *realy* got me to post on this thread (wasn't gonna touch another Dawn thread..); as they say, "I resemble that remark" :chuckle:
JuneBug said:
Heh heh, this topic just keep coming back huh? Anybody who's ever used something like AutoInt's "A" is gonna
about the supposed harshness of Dawn. Not surprised you daughter could wash her face with it, it sure doesn't dry out *my* skin as badly as many "normal" soaps do...
Heh heh, that's the part that *realy* got me to post on this thread (wasn't gonna touch another Dawn thread..); as they say, "I resemble that remark" :chuckle:
Junebug
JAFO
Gosh, you were the last person I would think let a month go by without something, little detail spray after a wash maybe? or some AW?
My dad has always used dawn, once a week in the summer and maybe once a month in the winter. His car is polished and waxed once or twice a year. I used to wash my truck with dawn from '88 to '94 and have never seen any sign of damage ever. I polish my dads van at least once a year and haven't seen anything out of the ordinary due to his dawn washes and I bet if I lined it up next to another vehicle washed with car soap nobody else could either.
Accumulator
Well-known member
JuneBug said:
Gee, you *weren't* referring to me?!?
Well, yeah... I *do* use a leaves-stuff-behind QD after the wash :think: But I don't LSP our vehicles very often; I go months on end without doing it.
Invigor said:
Your guess is wrong, I have heard that many many many times and I have used the practice on my own vehicles, and I still haven't seen any damage so what's wrong with a dawn wash again. Yeah I know my dad is stripping the wax on his car off but he don't care, I usually polish and wax his car for him on fathers day and he's happy, and that's what makes me happy. Do I care that in a month he's completely washed it all off, NO!
RTexasF
Pay Attention Boy...
This I would deem a pointless thread.
KnuckleBuckett
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Admin. Please close this nightmare.