Car wash with Dishsoap, will it mess up my paint? Options

[acenova]

My roomate told me using dishsoap for car wash messes up the paint and leaves spots on it. I haven't seen this happen to my car (or at least I dont think), but do you know if there is any truth to this?

[Uppitycracker]

DONT USE DISH SOAP, its alot harsher then car soap! I used it on my mx3 and it killed the clear coat. Thats the reason they make special soap for washing cars. But hey its your money to waste. Look it up on google and I bet you'll find alot of people saying not to do it! Besides its like 5 bucks for a jug of car soap, people spend hundreds of dollars on rims and hoods they dont need but can never spend money on the little things that matter....

And ya if I dont have car soap I have some hyper sensitive handsoap I use, a few squirts of that does the trick.

EDIT: Just looked it up for the **** of it, and found page after page saying "Do not use dishsoap on your car!". Like people already said, its formulated for washing dishes and is way to harsh for wax and glazes, so it strips down to the clear coat leaving it unprotected, and then who knows what its doing to the actual finish.

I would recommend dishsoap for the interior though, to get all that caked on protectent off and start fresh. Or if your painting and want to strip the wax off of parts, or the car itself.

This post has been edited by Uppitycracker: May 25, 2004 - 9:11 PM