Best way to wash your car??

[Lenie]

Have the wife do it!

[HAULNSS]

2 buckets
Grit Guards
Multiple wash mitts (one for good paint, one for rockers, one for wheels only, etc.)

Multiple, high quality drying towels

and

The Foam Cannon!





Randy

[Spiffav8]

Originally Posted by Lenie

Have the wife do it!

Before or after she mows the lawn?

That's a good woman right there.

[Lenie]

Hmmm...mow the lawn to, great idea. After I mention this to her, let's see how long she allows me to keep the hot rod! But Curtis said.........

[CoffeeTalkJoe]

Foam Cannon...................Wow you don't see that everyday!!

[tones2SS]

Don't forget the higher quality the detail products, the more you save your paint from swirls and scratches.
Microfiber towels and drying towels from Sonus work great!

[V8TV]

I use a hose foamer as well, love it. Save the quick detail spray that comes with the clay kit for the quick detail, use the hose foamer for the clay bar process, too. Goes fast. Here's a vid from a few years ago.

http://v8tvshow.com/content/view/106/223/

[Spiffav8]

Originally Posted by Lenie

Hmmm...mow the lawn to, great idea. After I mention this to her, let's see how long she allows me to keep the hot rod! But Curtis said.........

My wife punched me for making that post.

I told her to take her shoes off and get back in the kitchen.

Yeah...that didn't go over so well.

[AMSOILGUY]

Joe thanks for posting this its a great topic!

Originally Posted by markss28

I really like mothers products but I dont dig Maguirs. Its a little too thick to apply and take off. Mothers is very smooth and much easier to use. I use to use this stuff called BC2. Worked great. I cant remember who makes it tho.

Which products do you use of the Mothers?

Originally Posted by syborg tt

I also like Mothers Product and my last name is McGuire

Which products of the Mothers line do you use?

Originally Posted by Sieg

I've been using some of Adam's products lately and have experienced favorable results.

As for actually washing cars I switched to using good brushes vs. a wash mitt 10+ years ago and won't go back.

Sieg these brushes you mentioned do you have a certain one you can recommend. This is new to me and willing to try it. I've always just used a mitt.

Originally Posted by barrrf

Sieg knows. I love Adams products but have started using Chemical Guys stuff as well.

One thing I agree with him on is the use of brushes as opposed to mitts. The reasoning being rinse-ability. The mitts tend to hold the junk in them - especially in the fine wool type.

One thing you didnt mention in your post that I really believe everyone should do is use the 2 bucket method. You'll have one bucket with soap water and another for rinse water. So hose the car down, wash a section, rinse in the rinse bucket, dip in wash bucket, repeat.......

Also I highly recommend grit guards in the bottom of the buckets to keep from dipping your brush back into the sand you just rinsed off it. Buckets and the guards are cheap - no reason to not have 2 of them.

To go one step further - purchase yourself a foam cannon. You put a bit of soap in the cannon, attach cannon to power washer, blast a thick foam over the whole car. This will rinse away most of the contaminants and leave your car foamy and make it that much easy to wash with your brush.

Its very easy to get carried away with blowing your wad on detailing junk
But if you have a zillion dollar paint job then you should by all means have a nice selection of protectants to get your paint nice.

The Mothers product line is available through AMSOIL how much are you guys paying i'll see if the pricing is better if interested.

[CoffeeTalkJoe]

No problem................Hey, we are all car guys and yes, washing our cars is a rush for us!!!