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Originally Posted by Tectoniic
This is definitely a question for the cosmetic maintenance section but I don't feel getting crap for not spending 10+ hours meticulously cleaning my car.....and I know a few of the people in OT have a lot of cleaning/detailing experience
I'm trying to keep my car cleaner between the times that I get it detailed. Am I going to do any real damage to the paint if I just take it to one of the those $5 touchless washes and then pull into one of their bays to towel it down with microfiber towels?
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I've strongly considered this. I'm no expert but here's my opinion... Assuming you do a good job with the touchless there should only a tiny "residue" of grime left. When you dry it you would rub this into your paint BUT what little there is shouldn't do much. I would expect an increase in swirl marks over hand washing but I doubt it would "destroy" your paint. Worse case scenario you have to get your paint corrected slightly more often(but save time have washing).
Tldr: probably not a big deal unless you have to have 100% paint all the time.
Might do something different for your wheels though, mine are really hard to get clean all over even hand washing.