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Smikey
05-09-2003, 05:48 PM
Hey lads and lassies. Talked to my neighbour about car washing etc. and... to my surprise he adds a cupful of kerosene to his wash mix. Now he explained the logic, to me
1. bird guano is acidic enough to go through normal car waxing stuff
2. kerosene leaves a fine layer of oily film on ur paint which repels even water
3. kerosene is cheap

So the concept is that you just wet the car down and pretty much just wipe stuff off it, most of it comes off just washing it...

My major concern is whether kerosene will damage the paint at all, anybody heard of doingi this or know whether kerosene (other than giving you lung cancer) damages/eats through paint or not?

dfvadr
05-09-2003, 10:01 PM
bye using kero you will never have any polish on ur car the oily film u spoke off attracts dust so un less you do it every second day to keep it shiny an dust free not wat i would do ab taxi's have been doing this for so many years i cant remember hasn't hurt there paint