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Washing Car with Kerosene?

Started by hanra , Oct 20 2011 03:06 PM

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#1 hanra

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Posted 20 October 2011 - 03:06 PM

Im hoping to get my car back on its wheels very soon, and have to clean it down to remove all the excess fishoil/wax.... Will it be a good idea to wash the car with straight kerosene? Or Prepsol?

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#2 wot179

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Posted 20 October 2011 - 04:44 PM

I wash my car all the time with a warm water/mcquires car wash/kerosene mix.
1 bucket of water to a splash of kero and a splash of mcquires.

It works great.Removes tar spots and other shit easily,with the added bonus of keeping the rubbers supple (mmmmmmm.....supple.....)

and it also helps prevent rust.

I often use kero neat to remove heavy tar spots,I cant see a problem using it over the whole car.

I wouldnt prepsol it,it could soften the paint if its acrylic.
Should be ok on 2pac,though..

Bear in mind my car is acrylic.

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#3 _Woodsy_

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Posted 20 October 2011 - 05:52 PM

a little bit of kero is fine, its good for cleaning windows too as long as you buff it off but i would not use it on tinted windows.

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Posted 20 October 2011 - 06:17 PM

Doesn't the tint go on the inside?

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#5 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 21 October 2011 - 01:11 PM

just don't dry the car with a match.

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#6 _rob350hatch_

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Posted 21 October 2011 - 03:27 PM

the old blokes up the nursing home where i used to work said in the war they used to wash everything with water/kero mainly for the anti corrosion side of it.
and one of them was still washing his wb tonner with half half in 1998

Edited by rob350hatch, 21 October 2011 - 03:28 PM.

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#7 _threeblindmice_

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Posted 21 October 2011 - 03:49 PM

The old painter at work would always use kero when he washed his car , we have been using it a lot lately as a good cleaner , all around the car and under it , it's great stuff .

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#8 Mort

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Posted 22 October 2011 - 01:17 PM

Ok, are we talking something like 2 capfulls of Kero too a bucket of water or straight from the bottle on a rag/washcloth then wash the car after wards with car wash.

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#9 _Woodsy_

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Posted 22 October 2011 - 07:21 PM

into the bucket

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#10 _threeblindmice_

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Posted 22 October 2011 - 07:55 PM

Mort I use it with my car wash , two caps for old cars , new plastic cars probably don't need it .

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Posted 23 October 2011 - 12:37 AM

Thanks TBM and Woodsy, had to clean all the tar off my Prado after the Council had resealed the roads around my area and the car was covered all over, wasn't sure if Kero was ok so i got the Bowdens Own stuff instead, but it's good to know for the future.

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#12 _Quagmire_

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Posted 23 October 2011 - 09:49 AM

we used to use it to remove rust proofing over spray neat...on a rag new or old cars....but mainly newish
i wouldn't use it on windows but....tends to leave a film of oil over them...windex/metho/thinners works best for them