How do you wash your car?

[CarCareProducts]

So we're curious..

How do you wash your car? What techniques do you use, and what products to do use?

[aurnob88]

Basically the two bucket method with a off the shelf wash and wax (Some crappy brand). Then dry with a synthetic chamois.

Been to lazy to do any correction!

[infurNOS]

I was my car with this:

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and apply with this:

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And chamois it down dry.

I then wax the car with:

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Once over with a microfiber cloth, and they over the car again until the wax is dry with another micrfiber cloth.

[hkc]

I wet the car with a hose. Wash roof, boot, and hood with a sponge and auto glym car shampoo. Rinse off. Wash sides of car to the moldings next then rinse. Wash from moldings to side skirts next. Last of all the rims. This way you don't pick up road grime and scratch any upper surfaces.. Rinse again, then chamois dry. Hit it with Auto Glym high resin polish, finally Meguires Carruba wax twice job done

[ctx]

I wait for it to rain then quickly park the car outside

[aurnob88]

I wait for it to rain then quickly park the car outside

sounds legit

[unl3a5h]

my cousins fiance owns zoom carwash on canterbury rd so i just take it down there and do it myself using his equipment takes about 5-10 minutes then the workers dry it and clean inside.

[sensei_]

two bucket method.

rinse section to be washed with hose; soap up with car shampoo; rinse and repeat for all panels. starting from roof > bottom. after all sections done, i use a chamois to dry it.

i do my alloys first, and wheel arches first.

i have been thinking of using a water blade as it seems like a lot faster way to dry the car.

[CarCareProducts]

two bucket method.

rinse section to be washed with hose; soap up with car shampoo; rinse and repeat for all panels. starting from roof > bottom. after all sections done, i use a chamois to dry it.

i do my alloys first, and wheel arches first.

i have been thinking of using a water blade as it seems like a lot faster way to dry the car.

You should offload that chamois of yours as every other technique you have is 100%.

Think of a water blade, think of rubber dragging along your paint and unfortunately will mar your paint very quickly Waffle Weave Drying Towel or Microfibre Chamois!

[sensei_]

thanks for the heads up. was thinking of opening a car detailing yard (operate from home) to supplement my income. since shifts at work are slow, and my personal project is slowing down.

[CarCareProducts]

thanks for the heads up. was thinking of opening a car detailing yard (operate from home) to supplement my income. since shifts at work are slow, and my personal project is slowing down.

consider attending a clinic for a bit more information and know how on the whole detailing thing. Great for the experienced or even inexperienced

[sensei_]

consider attending a clinic for a bit more information and know how on the whole detailing thing. Great for the experienced or even inexperienced

will do once i have some free time.

for now, autopia.org is an awesome site for car detailing fanatics.

edit: also want to hear tips on detailing the insides.

for me its as follows:
a) clean dash with nice microfibre cloth
b) use a fine brush (rabbit fur) to get into all the nooks and crannies
c) strip off all seat covers, and get in the seams to get rid of dust/sand/crap
d) pull all floor mats out and do a through vacuum
e) brush the seat rails, and apply some grease to the chair tracks/bolts
f) brush the door gaps and anywhere else i may have missed