Any car washing tips?
 

First time washer

Any do's and dont's

Use 2 buckets. One for the clean soap water, one for the dirty water.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43574

It really depends on your resources though. For some, the one bucket ONR method is best. For others, a foam gun with mitts and the two bucket method is best.

yes this is called getting the ball rolling

Never go through a machine car wash and never let the dealer "Wash" your car! theyll leave a ton of swirl marks, you have to tell them not to do it. :p

Perhaps consider the subforum? http://www.ft86club.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=42

Use a car washing soap; rinse with clear water and dry off ..... all in the shade ....

humfrz

Just remember a little common sense goes a long way. You have a large investment in your ride. Don't scrimp when purchasing products to clean and maintain it. :)

Don't lean on the car. Belt buckle or jean rivets will make scratches.

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Your welcome. :)

Take it to a touchless carwash. You'll be fine!

It's best if you use sand paper to wash the car, followed by drying it with steel wool.

I seriously hope nobody took this post serious.

That reminds me of a post on some Mustang forums where someone suggested flushing out old oil with water and running the engine.

It was not perceived as a joke.


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Yikes!

I better be careful in case someone decides to wash their car with sand paper and dry it with steel wool and tries to blame it on me. lol

I just wash mine at a specific wand wash in the city that has great pressure, soap and wax. It costs me about $3 a pop to do the whole car, $2 for soap wash and $1 on wax setting to rinse. Then I wipe it down with microfiber shammy, I use two of these, one for most of the body and the other for the "knee down" portions like side skirts and wheels which tend to be dirtier.

Everything from washing it to wiping it down is from the top down, windows first then roof down.

I know this isn't the best way to wash the car but I have had no issues with swirl marks or anything and my previous car was red and it was still shiny with no fade using this method consistently after 5 years. It's fast and efficient, relatively cost effective as well.

PS: Also doing a good wax job once a year or every 2 years helps a lot.

Adam's Polishes has a great video series. Everyone's got their own experience with the products they like or don't like, so that's entirely up to you. However, the techniques that AP's demonstrates are an excellent blueprint to follow.

http://www.adamspolishes.com/t-videos.aspx