Two box cleaning questions

[TriGem2k]

@ Grizz

HAHAHAHAh thats when you know its bad. When PL doesn't respond to a cleaning question.

[Ronzi]

I used to use dish soap for washing my cars, and felt that the horror expressed by the car cleaning products people over this practice was a lot of self-serving BS. My cynical side still tends to look with a good deal of suspicion at a lot their claims, but I no longer think this is one of them.
I have had several cars washed only with dish soap and I can say without exception the paint looked like crap after about seven or eight years. Dull, and almost impossible to bring back with cleaning and waxing. At the time I put it down to just age and sitting outside, but experience with car washing soaps has convinced me that a good deal of the problem was probably the dish soap.

[AUDIOGUY]

Please do youself a favor and buy a bottle of car shampoo from Finish Kare.
It is no more expensive than a gallon of dish soap and 100% better for your finish!

Dont use a brillo pad if that was going to be your next question!

[djomlas]

that will strip all the protection off the car, including wax and polish that was ever done, and will leave your car prone to just about anything, if you keep that up you will notice quite fast some discoloration and fading of paint.