Video Tutorial - How To Do a Maintenance Wash

[Wills.WindowsAndWheels]

Whats up everyone. Hope you're all having a good weekend so far.

This past week at the Windows and Wheels Detailing Shop we decided to get together and shoot a "How To" video of how we go about doing our maintenance washes...with a little extra. This was definitely a team effort. I did most of the talking/demonstrating while Daniela and Henry helped out giving me a hand with certain parts and of course our newest member Isaiah did all the filming. If you're just getting into detailing I'm sure this will help you shorten the learning curve - and even if you've been around the block a few times I think you'll still enjoy it .

A few things I think you'll also like:

* Our super cool wash cart set up
* Some special eye candy in the back of the shop (you'll see towards the middle/end of the video)
* Foam Cannon usage (lets face it, no matter how many times you see it or use it - it's still cool)
* A full break down in the description of the video of all products used along with the dilution ratios and tools used

Add that in with my usual sarcastic humor and some great step by step instructions and I'm sure you'll all enjoy (hopefully) your overall viewing experience!

Feedback, questions, comments and suggestions are welcome as always (for the record I'm aware of a couple of editing glitches but we're working on that!)

As always thank you and hope you enjoy!

[atgonzales]

Nicely done

[PaulMys]

Very cool video as always, Will.

[ChrisT]

I can’t believe I watched a twenty-something minute video on car washing. I’m such an auto geek.

[PaulMys]

I can’t believe I watched a twenty-something minute video on car washing. I’m such an auto geek.

Lol. That's why we are on this forum!

[Wills.WindowsAndWheels]

Nicely done

Thank you

Very cool video as always, Will.

Thanks for checking it out!

I can’t believe I watched a twenty-something minute video on car washing. I’m such an auto geek.

Lol. That's why we are on this forum!

Lmao, amen to that. We were really debating on whether to go for a more consolidated video - or just lay it all out on the line and decided to stick with keeping it longer since I tried to put in as much info as possible. I looked around and discovered I had been watching a lot of 20-30 minute videos on very basic things as well (or what seemed basic to us) and as long as the person in the video kept it engaging - the time didnt matter too much to me!

[ChrisT]

Lmao, amen to that. We were really debating on whether to go for a more consolidated video - or just lay it all out on the line and decided to stick with keeping it longer since I tried to put in as much info as possible. I looked around and discovered I had been watching a lot of 20-30 minute videos on very basic things as well (or what seemed basic to us) and as long as the person in the video kept it engaging - the time didnt matter too much to me!

Your presentation is well done. It only seemed like 15 minutes.

[Calendyr]

Great work. I too love to watch videos on stuff I know in and out. Sometimes I pick up a trick or a better way to do an aspect of the job. And you are right, if the presentation is well done, time is almost irrelevant.

I do have a question for you. I noticed you use a gun without a wand on your power washer. Have you noticed any advantages to that setup? What about large trucks, doesn't it make it more diffifcult to hit the roof on them?

[Wills.WindowsAndWheels]

Your presentation is well done. It only seemed like 15 minutes.

Hahaha, well thats pretty good! Hopefully they were an enjoyable "15 minutes"

Great work. I too love to watch videos on stuff I know in and out. Sometimes I pick up a trick or a better way to do an aspect of the job. And you are right, if the presentation is well done, time is almost irrelevant.

I do have a question for you. I noticed you use a gun without a wand on your power washer. Have you noticed any advantages to that setup? What about large trucks, doesn't it make it more diffifcult to hit the roof on them?

Thank you . We've been using the shorter gun for quite a few years. I'd say the advantages are it has more power (which may not matter if you're running a big gas powered PW, but we only have a small 1900 PSI Electric, so a little extra boost is nice).
It's also easier to get into tight areas such as fender wells. Lastly, we have better control - while ive never accidentally swung around with a larger PW wand and hit a car, the paranoia has ALWAYS been there lol - with the shorter gun thats not a concern.

For something like an RV it definitely would be better to use a longer wand....but for the SUV's and larger trucks we've done - we have to either stand on a work platform or on running boards to wash the top anyway, so as long as we're up at eye level with the roof to wash its just as easy to rinse with the shorter gun. I'm pretty tall too so that also is a big help (6'3), but my sister and one of my employees are both around 5'8 and they're able to get the roofs of SUV's and Trucks just fine as well as long as they have a work platform.

[Paul A.]

Great video, Will. Thanks for putting that up.