Nut Juice Car Wash!

That's right! I washed my car with soap nut juice!

Before I get to that, let me tell you about another trick I learned. Because these things grow on trees you can throw them in a compost pile. So I also line my compost bucket with nut juice before I start piling in the peelings. This keeps things from sticking and from stinking (and the fruit flies don't bother it). Done and DONE!

Now for the real fun! Cleaning the car really does work. GET THIS! After the snowy season is over my car is caked with salty dirt and grime that sticks to my fingers every time I open and close the trunk. I just happen to always collect quarters in my ashtray (just quarters) for just this reason. Yes, I am a micromanager. So, as this spring approached I picked a warmish day and diligently counted my quarters into the wash bay control panel and selected "rinse," "foam brush" and "rinse" again. There was a minimum of $4.00 required before I could make my first selection. When did they start that? So, $4.00 and a dry car later I still had grime! Boo hoo! I could be $4 richer today. (Does this sound like a commercial? Hey Scouts, I can write a good damn commercial, can't I?) This time I wanted a free approach. Break out the scrubballs!! Hey! If they don't scratch teflon, surely my car is safe. I covered the bottom of my bucket in NUT JUICE and filled it half way with water(the other half was suds). Boy my car is sparkling now! I did find out that you need to actually touch every inch with the soapy scrubball or else when it dries you see little shapes where you missed, but that's easy enough (and cheap enough) to go back over. I couldn't even tell where I had washed with the foam brush at the carwash. I don't know what your standards are for shine, but when I see my car, I get jealous of it.