DarioManfretti

[QUOTE]Originally posted by iwantmys2k
[B]I followed the Honda directions, and it worked great!

DarioManfretti

I bought my car at Motorcars Honda in Cleveland Hts. In the year I had my car, I drove it every month. I even drove with the top down in December, January, and (I think) February. My plan was not to store it because I've seen many winters and know there are plenty of dry days that I can drive it. It has never seen, nor will ever see snow, so I don't know how it handles in the snow. I'd be afraid to try it out any ways.

MarkS2K

Just FYI,

The fantastik cleaner that you're suppose to use is NOT the same as the stuff you buy in the grocery store. You're suppose to use a cleaner that costs about $14.00/bottle and are only suppose to use 2 capfuls, like wanabe said.

Here's a link to the fantastick stuff that you're suppose to use on the cover.

http://www.pointshop.com/Mall/Catalog/Prod...1000015744.html

iwantmys2k

Hmmm. I checked out the site, MarkS2K. Looks like the same stuff as the supermarket, just a bigger bottle.

As for the two capfuls vs. two cups, I think Dario was quoting from the Honda instructions.

IMHO, two capfuls seems an awfully small amount for such a large cover. Even if you spot-sprayed it on the cover instead of doing a full-blown wash, you'd probably use more than that.

In any case, I used two cups and it seemed to work okay.

Dario, if you can provide clarification for others (and for my next wash), that would be great!

iwantmys2k

Hmmm. I checked out the site, MarkS2K. Looks like the same stuff as the supermarket, just a bigger bottle.

As for the two capfuls vs. two cups, I think Dario was quoting from the Honda instructions.

IMHO, two capfuls seems an awfully small amount for such a large cover. Even if you spot-sprayed it on the cover instead of doing a full-blown wash, you'd probably use more than that.

In any case, I used two cups and it seemed to work okay.

Dario, if you can provide clarification for others (and for my next wash), that would be great!

DarioManfretti

I copied the text right from the instruction sheet that came with the cover. You'll notice on my instructions I enclosed it with quotations.

wanabe

i know that we discussed this in a long thread in late 2000... and also remember that we concluded that some folks were buying the wrong fantastic- the concentrated one is very expensive, as marks2k indicated, and 2 cups would be way too much- i thought that someone contacted the company to get the answer- this thread was lost long ago, unfortunately.

i have used 2 caps, not 2 cups, for the past couple of years and my cover always gets clean as new... as i also posted above, i also use 1 to 2 caps to clean the rags that i use to detail and they are clean as new afterwards too- seems to me that if it should be 2 cups and i used 2 caps the rags would not have been cleaned.