Car washing mistakes

[mckobe]

Washing in the full hot sun

Another option?

[luckydawg]

Great point Mike

What I do now is a non-traditional 2 bucket wash

One bucket is empty & the other bucket has my soap solution with about 10 high quality MF towels. I use one MF saturated towel on a regular sized panel & then it gets squeezed out & tossed in the empty bucket-- NEVER going back into the clean wash solution.

When I am done, I take that bucket of wringed dry MF towels and fill the bucket up with clean water, slosh them up and down a bit, wring them out and immediatly put them in the wash. The leftover soap in the towels is enough to " clean " them

Guess there is a first time for everything- Hard to believe someone would dis- like this post.

[Mike Phillips]

Hard to believe someone would dis- like this post.

Could have >clicked< on it by accident?

[DetailZeus]

One of the biggest early lessons for me was taking the time to thoroughly rinse off the car. Less dirt = less opportunities for scratching. Simple. My later addition of a cheap pressure washer improved this even more.

I know those that do rinseless don't always have this luxury, but in that case you can take the time to pre-soak the panel with a spray bottle. Wetting the dirt is important for cleaning.

[luckydawg]

Could have >clicked< on it by accident?

Yeah-- I guess he probably did

[Billy Baldone]

Cheerleaders...... Fundraising car washes by cheerleaders..... So much bad there

[hooked]

Cheerleaders...... Fundraising car washes by cheerleaders..... So much bad there

Back in college, I drove by my old high school and saw a car wash fund raiser going on and thought “what the hell. Let me support my alma mater.” Well, they did a crappy job and even managed to bend my antenna. Never again. It wasn’t even cheerleaders.

I volunteered to help out with a car wash and it was too much stress and trauma seeing all the crimes against detailing being committed.

[AllanS]

Carwash fundraiser for a non-profit that I help out. I gave 'em a donation, "you don't have to wash my car. GL with your fundraiser."

Win-win-win. They get the donation, you car ISN'T damaged & they can do another one in that time frame. (Plus less water & chemical waste.) And they think you're a great person for a no obligation donation! Living smarter!

[PaulMys]

Carwash fundraiser for a non-profit that I help out. I gave 'em a donation, "you don't have to wash my car. GL with your fundraiser."

Win-win-win. They get the donation, you car ISN'T damaged & they can do another one in that time frame. (Plus less water & chemical waste.) And they think you're a great person for a no obligation donation! Living smarter!

Agreed. When my Godson was in HS, he mentioned they were doing a fundraiser car wash.

I laughed, and said "No way in hell, son. But here's 20 bucks..."

[animescreen]

I’ve seen people using dangerous wash media such as non Boars hair brushes to clean their car. They are just asking for marring with something like that.

I’ve seen people wash from bottom to top. Not a good idea unless you want to spread dirt from the dirtiest part of the car all over.

If using buckets, I’ve seen car dealer wash people never once change out their water. That’s from going from washing the wheels all the way to the rest of the car. The water was absolutely filthy.

I’ve seen people dangerously use pressure washers. Using the wrong tip and getting too close can lead to a disaster!

What kind of tip do you need for rinsing? I have a kind of middle of laser point spray and wide spray .. is that fine? And what is the length i should be doing this... in terms of feet i guess

I do wave it back and forth so doesn't pinpoint areas (unless under wheels or wheels etc)