cleaning advice for a real dirty 4 B

This won't be the sole solution. Lucky for me my carlovers is right beside a pub, so I pressure wash the thick muck off, then coat it with a CT18 mix (I dont know what %, I just tip some in and fill the bottle with water), go in the pub and have a meal and a few beers, come back out and foam brush it then pressure wash it. Job done!

Hey Batts,
I've owned the 4B for 12 years and it has done its fair share of holiday and week end 4x4 driving we travelled around oz for the whole of 2012 on and off road with and without the van in tow, I don't know about you but I like to pop the hood and jump under the vehicle and have a good look around so if everything is clean I can spot any leaks or damage, let me guess champ do you go out on a Sunday find the dirtiest holes then come home and drive around with your car covered in Mud all week so your mates think your hardcore?

Oh and I have a 1966 GT Mustang that's a show car, not a 4B

" Sorry couldn't help it " ;)

Everyone likes a clean car batts. Shows you actually value your possessions by taking care of them.

Sorry Johny but your way off track with your guise. Also I do wash my car and use the gerni underneath but I'm not pedantic about it having a showroom shine underneath because it a 4WD if you really want to clean underneath go for a drive on the beach. Basically if you can't see through to what I was originally getting at which you haven't was as 4Wdrives have change over the years from the rough and rugged vehicles that served a purpose lets say 4WDriving and getting dirty then giving them a wash till next time and had limited buyers because they were suppose to be considered ugly. To the now soft looking pretty vehicles that lets say serve the purpose of trying to impress the neighbours with my ever spotless so called 4WD which I panic about if it gets scratched or dirty and I need to wash it as soon as I possibly can when it gets dirty or the world will end and I am wasting most of my life meticulously cleaning it so it will look good in the street so when I re sell it a couple of yrs later and get half of what I paid for it and stupidly go away happy with a new one to do it all again. Try not to look at this as a personal attack just a view of how things have turned around in the 4WD sales side of things.

Not personal at all, glad you explained it as I did interpret it differently. Not sure how much cleaning driving on the beach will do but I'll stick with the CT18. If (and when) I buy a new 4wd I will want to keep it as sparkly as I can for as long as I can. I realise it will get bumped and scraped as I like to use it properly. I don't want to be able to eat off my diffs but I do like to keep them as clean as I can without going to too much effort.
I hope you see where I am coming from also.

Guys I had a read of the post again and still see no sense in a non constructive post, this forum is here to help people and share knowledge/experience, I don't often respond to these post but it just seems that we see it on here more and more often, Batts you might have meant something else but once again it wasn't helpful advice nor did it help me with my question, sorry about the sarcasm in my return post and to be honest I sort of know where your coming from but my tough dog 9 ways look like they have been sand blasted as well as the springs and rust is forming so as always I mean to just tidy up and end up getting a little carried away, I have dents and scrapes on the car and you know I don't really mind but Id still prefer them not to be there, this is also my work truck so appearance and reliability is an issue, I hope you understand where I'm coming from mate.

Regards John.

Hey John,

Smeaton Grange is 5 mins from my place, drop the truck off, i'll pick you up and come back to my place for a coffee while its getting professionally cleaned.

CT-18 is good for general dirt and grime but yes you need to leave in on to work best. If you have any oil stains or leaks i found diesel in a spray bottle the best. I once changed the oil in my 60 series cruiser and knock the bucket over on my stencil driveway, thankfully i had a servo across the road and was able to get some diesel onto it immediately and it cleaned off almost unmarked.

Some people are just Batty!!!! LOL

Cheers Rob

Hey Rob,
Sorry mate as I was busy signing off after the game today and didn't say bye and yes if we time it right I may take you up on that as I would like it cleaned up before going in for the big service with J.C.D, see you on Tuesday :)

Regards John.

How much did it cost Frank?

$130. Sounds steep but 2 guys for 40 minutes and when you see the amount of junk coming out its reasonable, IMO.
Cheers