Cleaning Your Car
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Ok, here's my routine:
a) Rinse off all surface dirt on the body of the car and rinse the wheel wells out.
b) I start on the left side by cleaning the wheels and tires. For the wheels, I use Espree's Wheel Magic formulated for clearcoat wheels (green). For tires, I use Westley's Bleche White. I spray the tires and rims and let it sit for a minute. Then I scrub the tire with a wire tire brush so that I can get rid of all the deep down dirt on the tires. After scrubbing the tires, I take a wash mitt and clean the rim along with the edge of the fenderwell and the splashguards. Then I rinse.
c) I use Meguiar's Car Wash Soap and a wash mitt to clean the body of the car. If I'm in the sun, I will do the car a quarter at a time to prevent the soap from drying on it. I tend to start from the front and work my way back. Then I rinse.
d) I repeat steps a-c on the right side of the car.
e) I use a chamois to dry my car. I prefer to get the 5 1/4 square foot chamois so that I can cover more area. Also, I will use a can of air to blow out water from the gas tank door. I also dry the door jambs as well as the trunk jambs. I will also wipe the sunroof track to get rid of any moisture.
f) After drying, I clean the inside of the car. The first thing I do is get rid of all the dust and crud with a damp terrycloth towel. Then, I use a can of compressed air to get the crud and dust out of small crevices. For the dash and other vinyl surfaces, I will use Meguiar's #40 Vinyl cleaner and conditioner. I spray that on a wax applicator pad so I don't get any on the windshield or other windows. For the glass (including my sunroof), I use Trak Auto's Window Cleaner and newspaper. After cleaning the glass, I apply Rain-X to the exterior glass surfaces. Sometimes, I will polish my rims with metal polish in order to get rid of any oxidation.
g) Usually, I will wax my car with Meguiar's once a month.
Once I am finished, my car is cleaner than most pros can make it.
a) Rinse off all surface dirt on the body of the car and rinse the wheel wells out.
b) I start on the left side by cleaning the wheels and tires. For the wheels, I use Espree's Wheel Magic formulated for clearcoat wheels (green). For tires, I use Westley's Bleche White. I spray the tires and rims and let it sit for a minute. Then I scrub the tire with a wire tire brush so that I can get rid of all the deep down dirt on the tires. After scrubbing the tires, I take a wash mitt and clean the rim along with the edge of the fenderwell and the splashguards. Then I rinse.
c) I use Meguiar's Car Wash Soap and a wash mitt to clean the body of the car. If I'm in the sun, I will do the car a quarter at a time to prevent the soap from drying on it. I tend to start from the front and work my way back. Then I rinse.
d) I repeat steps a-c on the right side of the car.
e) I use a chamois to dry my car. I prefer to get the 5 1/4 square foot chamois so that I can cover more area. Also, I will use a can of air to blow out water from the gas tank door. I also dry the door jambs as well as the trunk jambs. I will also wipe the sunroof track to get rid of any moisture.
f) After drying, I clean the inside of the car. The first thing I do is get rid of all the dust and crud with a damp terrycloth towel. Then, I use a can of compressed air to get the crud and dust out of small crevices. For the dash and other vinyl surfaces, I will use Meguiar's #40 Vinyl cleaner and conditioner. I spray that on a wax applicator pad so I don't get any on the windshield or other windows. For the glass (including my sunroof), I use Trak Auto's Window Cleaner and newspaper. After cleaning the glass, I apply Rain-X to the exterior glass surfaces. Sometimes, I will polish my rims with metal polish in order to get rid of any oxidation.
g) Usually, I will wax my car with Meguiar's once a month.
Once I am finished, my car is cleaner than most pros can make it.
every week i wash my car at least once. rinse, soap, rinse, then use a detailer to keep hat shine. for rims i use Eagle One Rims Cleaner, then dry it, and use Meguiar's NXT insane tire shine (this stuff works really good really shiny tires). Inside I use meguiar's leather cleaner.
Every 3 months i was the car as normal, clay it, and put 2 coats of wax on it.
Gotta ride clean
Every 3 months i was the car as normal, clay it, and put 2 coats of wax on it.
Gotta ride clean
Friend of mine, young lad, has got an E36 M3 in my street, and he cleans it every day, i kid you not. On freezing cold mornings in winter he'll be there detailing the alloys and there's an old bag that lives in the same street and every time she shouts at him "that car is a torment to you, why do you wake up every morning (he works evenings) in this freezing weather to clean your car". Dumb woman, how an a convertible M3, estoril blue be torment.