#62 and #00 wash solutions

[mongo]

why doesn't # 62 and # 00 hi-tech car wash get more pub here i used the hi-tech car wash several years ago and liked it alot.
The 62 wash used it over 21 and cleaned well but is more gentle than Gold clas and will extend the life of the 21 the 62 rinses of so easy and leaves brighter shine.
The # 00 hi-tech car wash has no detergents is it strong enough if you wash every weak or two to clean of.

mongo

[Mike Phillips]

Re: #62 and #00 wash solutions

The #00 and the #62 are both excellent washes, just to point out all Meguiar's washes are non-detergent. #00 is a low sudsing wash for use for wet-sanding but is also a great premium wash for both fresh paint and cured paint.

[supercharged]

Re: #62 and #00 wash solutions

#62 and # 00 are the best washes IMO. I use them on my own car (out of #00, need to order some more), and NXT for other cars (NXt has more cleaning power).

[mongo]

Re: #62 and #00 wash solutions

Sorry to imply that the other washes had detergent in them Mike.



mongo

[black240sx]

Re: #62 and #00 wash solutions

The #00 and the #62 are both excellent washes, just to point out all Meguiar's washes are non-detergent.

What do you mean by "non-detergent"?

The category of "detergent" is quite broad and I'm sure all car washes fall in it.

[GearHead_1]

Re: #62 and #00 wash solutions

Had to go look this one up as I didn't have an answer in mind. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it.

Sometimes the word "detergent" is used in distinction to "soap". For a while during the infancy of other surfactants as commercial detergent products, the term "syndet", short for "synthetic detergent" was promoted to indicate this, but never caught on very well, and is incorrect in any event because soap is itself synthesized via saponification of glycerides. The term "soapless soap" also saw a brief vogue. Unfortunately there is no accurate term for detergents not made of soap other than "soapless detergent" or "non-soap detergent".

Also, the term "detergent" is sometimes used for surfactants in general, even when they are not used for cleaning. As can be seen above, this too is terminology that should be avoided as long as the term "surfactant" itself is available.

Technically plain water, if used for cleaning, is a detergent. Probably the most widely used detergents other than water are soaps or mixtures composed chiefly of soaps. However, not all soaps have significant detergency. Often the word "soap" is used to indicate any detergent, especially those that have characteristics similar to those of soap. It contains a glycrine molecule.

Having read this it's as clear as mud in my mind. Now I'll have to go find some detergent, I mean soap uhhh.... something.

[kellyinkc]

Re: #62 and #00 wash solutions

I just tried 62 and I love it!! Also like GC wash.

[the other pc]

Re: #62 and #00 wash solutions

Unfortunately that Wikipedia page is isn’t one of the community’s more comprehensive efforts. It appears to be copied almost entirely from a site aimed at consumers (it says so at the bottom) and talks about the term detergent from a marketing and end-consumer use perspective rather than a technical one.

I had always heard that there are defined differences between soaps and detergents based on chemistry. But, not being a chemist, I can’t confirm that. Here’s what about.com had to say:

Definition: a cleaning agent. A detergent is similar to a soap, but with a general structure R-SO4-, Na+, where R is a long-chain alkyl group.

There's a bunch more stuff there but it keeps repeating the theme “detergent is similar to soap in that yada, yada, yada…” but doesn't actually say how they're different.

Maybe we can get a real chemist to weigh in on it?


PC.