Dexter
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Just gave my tintent the spring clean, ready for the season - I saw on another forum a recommendation for a product called Greased Lightning, a waterless car cleaning product so gave it a try although I did wash the tintent first as I had my doubts about scratches.
Wow ............... this stuff really works well, takes off the black streaks and all other grime with a single wipe and leaves a waxed finish that beads water very well.
Hope this is useful for others, I got mine from Amazon.
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 4th Mar 2013 12:24 pm |
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Madrunner
Member Since: 23 Oct 2011
Location: Dorset
Posts: 391
  
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Hi Dexter
When we had our van in storage I'd give it a wash over a couple of times a year but otherwise used an equivalent waterless cleaner called care-a-van. Approved by bailey it was nothing short of superb.cut straight through black streaks in one wipe and left a real deep shine with its carnuba content.
The only area I never used it on we're the polyplastic windows - always washed them first.
Loads of tintenters on the forums swear by GL.
Top tip mate 2013 Evoque
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| 4th Mar 2013 2:31 pm |
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therso
Member Since: 01 Dec 2010
Location: Here!
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Ordered 
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| 4th Mar 2013 3:07 pm |
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Curly
Member Since: 30 Sep 2011
Location: suffolk
Posts: 687
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Fenwicks for me, 
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| 4th Mar 2013 4:07 pm |
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Matty 2332
Member Since: 02 Dec 2008
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 670
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Fenwicks for me too
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| 4th Mar 2013 4:28 pm |
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Dexter
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 1394
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Yup, I was a Fenwicks fan and used it very successfully for many years on several different tintents. But for some reason the black streaks on my new van, a Sterling Eccles Sport 636 were not that easy to shift with the old tried and trusted Fenwicks. Took a bit of elbow grease tbh.
Greased Lightning just takes them all away in one light wipe, and also contains carnauba to leave a waxed finish
Dex
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| 4th Mar 2013 4:39 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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How do you clean the roof? I'm quite tall, well if I was alive in the bronze age I would have been  and I need a long brush to clean the roof, just wondering what you do with this stuff on the roof? DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 4th Mar 2013 4:49 pm |
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Curly
Member Since: 30 Sep 2011
Location: suffolk
Posts: 687
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Pelyma wrote:How do you clean the roof? I'm quite tall, well if I was alive in the bronze age I would have been and I need a long brush to clean the roof, just wondering what you do with this stuff on the roof?
I used the brush with cotton rag on the end, then change for clean rag and buff off.
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| 4th Mar 2013 5:01 pm |
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Curly
Member Since: 30 Sep 2011
Location: suffolk
Posts: 687
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Curly wrote:Pelyma wrote:How do you clean the roof? I'm quite tall, well if I was alive in the bronze age I would have been and I need a long brush to clean the roof, just wondering what you do with this stuff on the roof?
I used the brush with cotton rag on the end, then change for clean rag and buff off.
thats after I have cleaned roof with extending brush
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| 4th Mar 2013 5:02 pm |
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Richie63
Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 494
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I've used the greased lightning, it's good stuff and cleans better than Fenwicks IMHO and adds a wax protection
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| 4th Mar 2013 5:11 pm |
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Dexter
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 1394
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I can't see the roof 
But knowing full well that  runs downhill I do clean the roof now and again, use an extended pole with a cloot on the end.
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| 4th Mar 2013 5:26 pm |
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wvlenthe
Member Since: 07 Jan 2009
Location: Arnhem
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Pelyma wrote:How do you clean the roof?
I crawl on roof on all fours. Aren't you supposed to then?
The handbook says maximum weight on the roof is something like 80 kgs. I'm not that heavy although accompanied by a bucket of water it will be a bit more than 80 kgs.
Wiljo D3 V8 HSE Auto in Zermatt silver - driveway version gone but not forgotten, only the living room cupboard version remains
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| 4th Mar 2013 7:11 pm |
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subaru60
Member Since: 05 Oct 2012
Location: crawley
Posts: 277
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a guy i met at billing used greased lighting and he swore by it so i got some and it is suberb
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| 4th Mar 2013 7:12 pm |
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8243
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I bought a bottle of caravan cleaner off a market stall 2 years ago, marvellous stuff, best I've ever used, next day I woke up with sore hands and have suffered with sores on my hands ever since even though I have specialist treatment. The manufacturer is untraceable. Moral is don't ignore protective clothes as the majority of this cleaner is acid based. It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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| 4th Mar 2013 9:03 pm |
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subaru60
Member Since: 05 Oct 2012
Location: crawley
Posts: 277
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what was it called that done this
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| 4th Mar 2013 9:54 pm |
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