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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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Default soaps for washing the quad

What does everyone use, and what works the best? (dish soap, car wash soap, ect.....)
 
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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We usually just take ours to the car wash, but i have found that the Mr. Clean deally works well,but not as good as the car wash of course.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Your supposed to wash these things? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] I usually just wait till it rains. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
 
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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I use either S100 or Simple Green (depending on the mood). Works great on the Rancher and dirt bike after knocking the really thick mud off with a hose.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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I usually wash it with some kind of cleaner then after its all dried wipe it down with something like Son of a Gun, Armorall etc....shines up the plastic nicely.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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I use regular car wash soap, with tire cleaner for the tires, the car soap is real bubblely and makes it look good.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 04:21 PM
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I wait until its time for a service and then my dealer does it. I'll check with those guys and see what they use cuz they really do a nice job of it.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 08:53 AM
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I wouldn't use dish soap. Ivory liquid and Dawn and Joy and those are actually pretty harsh detergents. You NEVER use those kinds of soaps on your car so I can't think they'd be good on your quad either. I use the same stuff I use on my vehicles. I'd have to look at the specific brand but it is a car type of soap that doesn't strip wax or anything. I think the last stuff was rain dance or something. I'd be even more careful about what I washed it with if I had a camo finish. Definitely a quality mild car soap in that case and no pressure washer. I'd hate to see a big ten inch wide 18 inch long slice of my brand new ATVs wicked cool camo finish go sailing off into 4 winds because I'd softened it up with dish soap and then scraped it off with a pressure washer. That's just the kind of dumb *** trick I'm renowned for.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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Hell the only time I clean mine is when I plan on cranking some wrenches (nobdy like working on a dirty machine [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] I am with tencubed let it rain or be drove through a river and call it good.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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i'm on board with rancher i usually launch it in a ditch full of water and call it good. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] but then i have to clean the axles sometimes which isn't so bad.
 
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