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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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washing undercoating off

Anybody from the northen part of US or Canada will know that the cars get pretty grimy in the winter. Im looking for a good soap to get the oil off from the bottom of my car from the undercoating. I dont realy want to use palmolive, and simple green seems to just smear it. Any ideas?
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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1. Coat with diluted simple green or another type of degreaser (don't wipe off).
2. Bring out a hose with one of these kinds of sprinklers on the end:

3. Leave it running for an hour or so.
4. ???
5. Enjoy your shiny, clean undercarriage.

It works wonders for getting just about anything out from under the Jeep which is an absolute grease and mud fest in the undercarriage.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 11:55 AM
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i used simple green to clean my pool cover. those things get soo grimy you can even stand on them.

Apply
Aggitate (we used a soft indoor push broom)
Rinse
rinse
rinse
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 01:28 PM
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Oh, and don't get that **** in your eyes, it'll burn for days. No joke.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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Simple Green, FTW! Douse under your car, let sit, rinse, and enjoy the show from all the **** that comes off. I just did this 15 minutes ago.

CLEANNNNN!

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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 03:04 PM
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You spent all that time cleaning and the weather is supposed to be absolute **** for the rest of the week!?!?!?

Just playing with you. Clean black FTMFW. I cannot wait until this weekend when I can dig into my cobalt and scrub it down.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Yeah but shitty weather wont put oil back on the side of my car lol
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 06:43 PM
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Some car washes do have an undercarrage spray. Just don't go through one of those touch ones.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 06:48 PM
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I pondered putting my summer rims on today, it hit 51 in Albany. I'm going to wait another few weeks though, I have a feeling were going to get one more major snow dump before the season officially comes to an end.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by chris88z24
I pondered putting my summer rims on today, it hit 51 in Albany. I'm going to wait another few weeks though, I have a feeling were going to get one more major snow dump before the season officially comes to an end.
I find it best to wait until mid April. Thats usually when all the crazy weather dies down.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Illini_06SS
You spent all that time cleaning and the weather is supposed to be absolute **** for the rest of the week!?!?!?

Just playing with you. Clean black FTMFW. I cannot wait until this weekend when I can dig into my cobalt and scrub it down.
HELL YEAH!!!

All I did was wash it twice, real quick. I'm going to clay, polish, wax.. When it gets a little nicer. I just wanted to get all of the salt residue off of it.
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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ive gone throught 2 mitts now that turned competely black and tarry
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Nighthawk243
Some car washes do have an undercarrage spray. Just don't go through one of those touch ones.
yea, most of those touchfree laser tech washes do a good job @7-$10's
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 03:28 PM
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yea, most of those touchfree laser tech washes do a good job @7-$10's
YOUCH! Our lasertech wash is $4.50 here in town I <3 Small Town, USA.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 07:51 AM
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yep....i use meguiars super degreaser(obviously diluted) let it sit. all the components that matter and the undercoated parts that are hard to keep clean aggitate with various brushes and a cloth and then with my pressure washer rinse it down.
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