Car washing utilities

Dragonair

Hi,

Just went to machine wash after snowing and the car is so dirty in rainy days again. Now start to think to wash myself.

Any utilility do you recommend for basic car washing? What's the normal steps? Thanks.

I have the high pressure water provided at apartment.

shutterbug

no replies?

well, you can type in "how to wash car" in google...there'll be tons of ideas

pkphilip

I guess I detail my cars every 3 months or so regardless of weather... you need these:

Basic
- Wool or micro-fibre based towel or wash mitt (just wipe your face on it, if it feels good, then it's probably soft enough. If it's scratches your face, find another one)
- Car soap, Turtle or Maguire's are good enoough
- Bucket
- Hose
- Micro-Fibre towels (at least 3 of them, 1 to clean wheel, 1 or 2 to dry)

Medium (in addition to basic)
- California Dry-blade (love it so much once you have it)
- Absorber towel
- Wheel/Rim/tire cleaners

Advanced
- Wax

Direction:
Soak car first, mix soap in bucket with water, start washing from the roof to bottom, rinse wash mitt once in a while to clear off dirt. Rinse and repeat, then dry.

Philip

somewhereintime

原帖由 pkphilip 於 2009-1-29 23:38 發表
I guess I detail my cars every 3 months or so regardless of weather... you need these:

Basic
- Wool or micro-fibre based towel or wash mitt (just wipe your face on it, if it feels good, then it's pro ...

Wow, remind me of my old neighbour in Hong Kong when he got his first BMW

Dragonair

Thx Philip for the details.. will do it after this week's raining.

Catpiano

Wait till spring la..  

BarF1

IMO, stay away from dry-blade.

BiscottiGelato

There's no touchless. I want to know what those high pressure water stream is going to do when it washes those crap away from the paint. Would the pressure be enough to press the crap and scratch the clear coat?

pkphilip

I replace my dry blade once a year and keep them in good shape.

The touchless uses very strong chemical, they literally wash off the wax on the car. I go to Touchless or use dish detergent to strip the wax in the beginning of summer.

Philip

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