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Subject:excellent cleaner
From:Jonce Fancher
Date:Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:00:17 -0400

Hi all
ive been playing around for many years washing and waxing and buffing
my cars to look good and im not known for washing my cars all that
often.
i washed my 71 bus in the beginning of last year and my 66 squareback
was washed in 2001. the 66 bug last year. so im not a fan of washing
cars. but my 71 bus was way over due since ive been driving the crap
out of it for some time and i painted the upper side white but left the
very faded yellow paint on the bottom alone. so everytime you touch it
with oily or greasy fingers it is on there forever and i couldnt find
anything to pull the finger prints off of the front bumper, engine lid,
and rear corners. untill i noticed my wife cleaning the sink( soapstone
type) that nothing cleans with a product called clorox clean up. just
spray on rub around let it sit and hose it off. my kind of work. so i
tried at 1st the door to the garage and the front door that is that off
white primer that doent clean for beans. so i sprayed it on and wiped
it off. magic it was like new. so off to the garage for a test of the
vanagons breakdust hubcaps that ive tried all sorts of brake dust
cleaners with no luck. well clean up and a brush and letting it sit
makes them look like fresh paint. now for the 71 bus with greasy finger
marks. just spray it on and wipe it off. gone. the finger marks have
been there for 4 years and with swipe of the rag it was gone. now if
your concerned about what it may do to your paint then dont use it. my
paint is dead and looks like crap. so off i went and washed the
complete bus and used clean up on the tires and hub caps ( vanagon caps
on my 71 bus). works well and can get your nuts out of a ringer if you
get a grease smudge on the door that just wont come off. spray and wipe
and go about your business. i also use it on the stupid plastic stuff
that always gets that yellowish dirty finger oil mess on it. like
sunvisor clips, seat belt hooks, coat hook hangers, dash knobs, etc.
c-ya Jonce

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