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How often do you wash your truck?

I usually wash my truck every other sunday, actually I just got done washing it! I've had my truck now for a little over a year (baught new) and it still looks immaculate! How often do you wash yours?
 
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once on friday, again on saturday

each time i apply 3-4 coats of wax, or polish or clay bar as needed....
 
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usually once or week or so
 
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sundays
 
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Not near as often as I should.
 
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Originally Posted by Gearhead61
Not near as often as I should.

 
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every Saturday..normally takes me bout 3 hrs..or more..

i wash then shammi (Sp?)

then wax..but i was every other week
 
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once a week..on sunday's...except today cuz i went wheelin
 
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Once a month. Sometimes once every two months.
 
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When at home (where it's free) I wash it whenever it's dirty or about every week. When up at school (where I have to pay for the quarter wash) probably once every 3 or 4 weeks, if I have the quarters! Unless I get it really dirty from wheelin, then I'll usually try to take care of it right after. But not as often as I should when I'm away from home.
 
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Not To Often
 
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sunday morning at about 4am....thats when I finish my route and I usually drive the jeep home and take the truck to the car wash...no lines!!
 
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sundays somtimes including: vacumming, Interior armorall, Exterior trim, and wax
In about 30 mins. I'm gonna be washin mine :) I start school tomarrow so it's gotta be clean.
 
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i get made fun of cuz im always washing it...

"i hear your gunna wax the clear coat right off"
 
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Every two three days.
 
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It varies. It really depends on how dirty it gets. Sometimes when I do a lot of driving on unpaved or rough roads, it could be twice in a week. Other times once every two weeks.
 
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1-2 times a week. Basically whenever I have the time on the weekend, sometimes during the week if I got the time.
 
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Once a month in the summer/spring. During the fall I give it one very good cleaning and put a nice coat of wax on and that's all I can do over the winter. Once it hits November there is no way I can even get my truck wet without something shattering. Guess that's the price I pay in Wisconsin...
 
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whenever i have time...
 
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Every one to two weeks, or more depending on how dirty it is or if I went wheeling.. Wax it about 6 times a year, clay bar about twice or as needed...
 
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it never goes a week without a wash, then there are those days i wash it in the morning and then in the middle of the day. when winter rolls around sometimes its everyday
 
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When it's dirty; I wash it.

When the water stops beading; I wax it.
 
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last summer i used to every sunday.. followed by either wax, or a coat of that wet shine stuff.. this summer i've really neglected it.. i just washed my truck on my own for the first time all summer/spring last weekend. before last weekend.. it had probably been run through the car wash like 4 times since winter.. i feel so ashamed of the abuse i put it through, lol.
 
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I wash mine once a week. Some times Mcdonalds let me wash it in there paking lot. If Pizza Hut is closed.
 
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I try once a week if not every other week. To keep it in tip top shape.
 


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