hand washing
#7
dish soap should never be used on a car for this exact reason. Get yourself some legitimate car wash soap and stop being so cheap, resulting in ruining your body
#9
#11
Wow are you kidding me. Dish soap is only to be used a few times a year to remove wax, constant use will ruin trim and break down your clear coat.
I use Megs Gold Class with 2 buckets with grit guards in each with 2 chenielle mitts and a firehouse nozzle. Most efficient way I've found out, can wash my truck in about 15 minutes with this method and have no swirls afterwards.
I use Megs Gold Class with 2 buckets with grit guards in each with 2 chenielle mitts and a firehouse nozzle. Most efficient way I've found out, can wash my truck in about 15 minutes with this method and have no swirls afterwards.
#12
Car wash soap. The only time dish soap touches my cars is when there's something stuck to the paint or trim that I can't otherwise get off and I'm prepared to rewax/retreat the area.
Like Trent, I also use 2 buckets, a lambs wool and a microfibre mitt. Grit guards are a great investment. With sudsy mitt in one hand and hose in the other, washing takes only 15 - 20 minutes.
Like Trent, I also use 2 buckets, a lambs wool and a microfibre mitt. Grit guards are a great investment. With sudsy mitt in one hand and hose in the other, washing takes only 15 - 20 minutes.
Last edited by wildswing; 08-02-2009 at 08:15 PM.
#14
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Its amazing the amount of dirt those things trap down there, helps so much to get the dirt of the wash mitt too if your wheel wells get super dirty like mine do.
Its amazing the amount of dirt those things trap down there, helps so much to get the dirt of the wash mitt too if your wheel wells get super dirty like mine do.
#19
i use turtle wax ice wash. its not expensive like the guy above said. its 7 bux at walmart for a jug. i use one bucket but i do the wheels/tires first w/ a seperate mit and brush the tires and fenderwells if dirty. then i dump it out and spray out the bucket. refill then bugscrub the windshield/front end/mirrors. then start w/ the roof and go down. depends on where the sun is on which side i start on first. after im done i pull it under the carport really quick and chamois it off. learned alot of cool stuff when i detailed at the carlot i used to work at. i wish i had a shop w/ a drain cuz id use this soap thats 70 bux for 5 gallons. its a wash and wax and you can see the wax swirling in the soap. you cant use in sunlight like other wash and waxes bc the paint swirls real bad.
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#23
Yeah thats what I do, and I keep spraying the truck with the hose still to make sure it has even less chance to dry.
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