How do you wash?

[txz4]

curious what the numbers looked like for how people wash their cars.

personally i go to a coin wash and work in the bays hand washing.

[CJW2OO4]

Originally Posted by txz4

curious what the numbers looked like for how people wash their cars.

personally i go to a coin wash and work in the bays hand washing.

thats what I do. The bay by my house is awesome I can swipe my cc even just for a minute perfect for initial soak and rinsing. So I rinse and usually do 2 washes with my hot water and soap buckets that i bring.

[jumpthewire]

Handwash in my driveway

[gatorfast]

Im probably 50/50 handwash myself or go to full service car wash place and pay them to do it.

[Huz-Z]

Originally Posted by jumpthewire

Handwash in my driveway

Ditto.

Also, I buy cheap $2.00 wash mitts at the local dollar store and use them for one wash only and throw them out when I am done. That way, there's no worry of residue from a previous wash being in the mitt and scratching the paint.

[kcdedric]

If I'm back at home I usually do the 2 bucket method every 2 weeks or so and use the car cover. If I'm at school, I take it to a coin wash once a week (using my own towels, and washcloths) and then keep it in my garage. She's never dirty! At least until the rainy season comes...

The amount of bug splats I get on this car is annoying though.

[ANUSTART]

Just started the two bucket method. Wish I'd started doing that long ago. During the winter I take it every 3-4 weeks to a hand wash place and then to a coin op to get the salt off in between.

[M_Six]

The Z4 gets washed by hand in the driveway. The X5 goes through the car wash every now and then and occasionally gets a hand washing. There's a place near the office that does a super nice (near detail quality) exterior and interior wash for $25. Can't beat it. The X5 comes out looking awesome inside and out.

[txz4]

my regimen:

-rinse car with water.
-use the pre-soak soap by section ie roof and hatch first-then wash. repeat for other panels
-soap and use microfiber rags (two to three rags)to clean
-rinse.
-dry with wave/microfiber
-either spray wax or paste. just depends.
-hit the trim with back to black if needed
-windows

[Finnegan]

Rinse, Poop Off soak for bugs (stuff is great as a spot remover on clothing too), foam gun, two bucket wash with small sections (rinse sponge), high pressure rinse, cascade from open hose rinse, microfiber dry.

I like Huz-Z's idea about single use wash mitts, as long as I can find soft ones that won't scratch. I'll have to check into that...

[beta]

I do an ultima waterless wash every week. Spray it on, wipe it off with a clean microfiber cloth. So far no swirling or any problems looks great.

If the car is really dirty then I'll do a two bucket wash using the BMW products.

The top I only wash every 6 months, I use 303 and re-seal it by carefully masking off the windows with blue tape and butcher paper, pics here.

[Loogey Clapp]

Two buckets and a good hand job using Griot's.

[krusty]

I lick mine clean.

[jophish17]

I only drive it at the end of the week/weekend right now, so I hand-wash in the driveway every Sunday before putting the cover on her for the week. I like to drive my MC more, but I don't have a garage, so the falling leaves would be driving me nuts and I'd be washing it every day. Ah, the disadvantages of small city homes.

[SHEEDI]

This is how i wash my car

[krusty]

And then you lick it dry?

[jdl1pt]

Rinse via pressure washer
Foam gun
2 bucket/2 mit
Rinse again
Microfiber dry (might start using an air wand in the near future)
Dress

I'm Anal about my wash, and I hate swirls!!!!!

[Boulder z4m]

[RADRACR]

I just use one bucket

[WAMz4]

I got thrown out of the local hand wash shop for asking the girl at the counter - "How much for a hand job?"

[txz4]

Originally Posted by WAMz4

I got thrown out of the local hand wash shop for asking the girl at the counter - "How much for a hand job?"

sense of humor FTW

[mfanatic325]

You misspelled the first poll option. Fixed.

Hoes at the house.