How to clean under the car?

[Spooled]

How do you guys go about cleaning the under carriage? I'm not looking for a show-quality job, but just to keep it from building up from everyday driving. I know there are some drive-through car washes that have underbody cleaning options, but I don't want to take my car through one of those.

Thanks!

 

[brandon2k]

Whats wrong with the undercarrige cleaning at the car wash? Anyways, i would say put it up on a lift and clean by hand then.

 

[Protege5Gurly]

Car washes in general are just a bad idea.

Put the front end up on jackstands, spray everything down with simple green and pressure wash it off.

Pe@ce

 

[Spooled]

Car washes in general are just a bad idea.

Put the front end up on jackstands, spray everything down with simple green and pressure wash it off.

Pe@ce

Simple Green, eh? Haven't heard of that. guess I'll have to check it out. Thanks!

 

[Stormtrooper77]

Some of the self-serve wand wash bays have a little trolly thing that washes the undercarriage. It's totally self-controlled and does a pretty good job.

 

[Spooled]

Some of the self-serve wand wash bays have a little trolly thing that washes the undercarriage. It's totally self-controlled and does a pretty good job.

I need to find one of those! I bet I could make my own... hmmm

 

[jersey_emt]

Simple Green, eh? Haven't heard of that. guess I'll have to check it out. Thanks!

Simple Green works wonders on the engine bay as well.

 

[Spooled]

Wait a minute.. Simple Green is PEOPLE! IT'S PEOPLE!!!

 

[Stormtrooper77]

Wait a minute.. Simple Green is PEOPLE! IT'S PEOPLE!!!

Huh?

Simple Green = environmentally friendly cleaning products that you could use to clean things

 

[Spooled]

Huh?

Simple Green = environmentally friendly cleaning products that you could use to clean things

Not a Charlton Heston fan , I take it...

 

[Stormtrooper77]

No, not really. But I'm taking it involves guns.

 

[jersey_emt]

Wait a minute.. Simple Green is PEOPLE! IT'S PEOPLE!!!

It's not Soylent Green

 

[mooS mooS]

mmmmmmm soylent greens...

 

[Spooled]

No, not really. But I'm taking it involves guns.

Umm, no. Soylent Green was a movie in the 60's about an over-populated future where a company, Soylent Green, produces food-like-stuff that turns out to be made out of people.

Sorry, movie buff...

 

[JBEE]

If your car is really gunky with oil etc., There are special car cleaning places which do pressure steam cleaning of the undercarriage. Not cheap, but very thorough...