what happened to using a bucket and a sponge?
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Chris32345 said:
Chainsaw Rebuild said:
With a single bucket, when you clean the mitt in the bucket the water gets dirty; as evidenced by the water going brown. This dirty water has bits suspended in it, so you will get bits on the mitt from the dirty water.
These bits are abrasive, so when you rub the car its a bit like sandpaper and marks the paint.
Where as if you clean the mitt in a bucket of plain water to get the dirt off, then go to the soapy bucket, you prevent this.
How dirty are you letting your car get if the water I'd brown after washing?These bits are abrasive, so when you rub the car its a bit like sandpaper and marks the paint.
Where as if you clean the mitt in a bucket of plain water to get the dirt off, then go to the soapy bucket, you prevent this.
While mine gets discoloured you can still see the bottom of the bucket afterwards
Chris32345 said:
Chainsaw Rebuild said:
With a single bucket, when you clean the mitt in the bucket the water gets dirty; as evidenced by the water going brown. This dirty water has bits suspended in it, so you will get bits on the mitt from the dirty water.
These bits are abrasive, so when you rub the car its a bit like sandpaper and marks the paint.
Where as if you clean the mitt in a bucket of plain water to get the dirt off, then go to the soapy bucket, you prevent this.
How dirty are you letting your car get if the water I'd brown after washing?These bits are abrasive, so when you rub the car its a bit like sandpaper and marks the paint.
Where as if you clean the mitt in a bucket of plain water to get the dirt off, then go to the soapy bucket, you prevent this.
While mine gets discoloured you can still see the bottom of the bucket afterwards
it seem to be personal preference on who washes their car, and how often they can or will do this.
My daily driver stays out in all weathers, and gets washed about 2 or 3 times a month depending on what weather prevails, and how dirty it gets, But when I start getting dirt, on my hands, or clothes every time I use it, it is generally time to wash it.
I hose it down first to wash as much dirt off as possible, followed by a sponge wash using a wash/wax car shampoo, which I then hose off. I tend not to dry it with a leather, but in hot weather I will use a leather to dry it off.
For my high day, and holiday car, it gets washed about 2-3 times a year. But with this I start with a snow foam, followed by hosing it off, then washing it with a mitt and wash wax. and then hosed down. The car is then dried using microfibre towels laid onto the body work, and finished with a hot air car drier, which blasts all the water out from the body seams, under the rubber seals, and the light / mirror fittings etc.
I then tend to go straight out in it, and get it dirty again, because it looked so nice when it was clean.
My daily driver stays out in all weathers, and gets washed about 2 or 3 times a month depending on what weather prevails, and how dirty it gets, But when I start getting dirt, on my hands, or clothes every time I use it, it is generally time to wash it.
I hose it down first to wash as much dirt off as possible, followed by a sponge wash using a wash/wax car shampoo, which I then hose off. I tend not to dry it with a leather, but in hot weather I will use a leather to dry it off.
For my high day, and holiday car, it gets washed about 2-3 times a year. But with this I start with a snow foam, followed by hosing it off, then washing it with a mitt and wash wax. and then hosed down. The car is then dried using microfibre towels laid onto the body work, and finished with a hot air car drier, which blasts all the water out from the body seams, under the rubber seals, and the light / mirror fittings etc.
I then tend to go straight out in it, and get it dirty again, because it looked so nice when it was clean.
bad company said:
320d is all you need said:
I'd use Gyeon Cancoat myself.
Please help me out. What do these products do, why do I need them as well as wax/polish?Let's get down to basics here:
(1) Automatic car wash/garage jetwash/Eastern European car wash - fine for any car on PCP/Lease for c.3 years that you will never see again
(2) Decent car/keeper - 2 buckets, decent shampoo, wax/sealant. Look at something like this: Beginners Detailing Setup : Everything you need on a budget and even half that stuff is overkill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7q5E8Kz-CY
Like many, I spent far too long and too much money on detailing jn the past... but at the same time, I'd you have the time and enjoy it then good for you.
We've a 6 year old now. We go through the automatic brush wash ag the petrol Station or IMO car wash every now and again, just because its fun for kids (and I'm lazy).
We've a 6 year old now. We go through the automatic brush wash ag the petrol Station or IMO car wash every now and again, just because its fun for kids (and I'm lazy).
I met someone in Hong Kong once who drove a dented car. This was apparently not the done thing amongst the locals, and I don’t remember seeing any, so maybe that was true. Anyway, he discovered that people would give the obvious maniac a wide berth and let him out in traffic, so he didn’t fix it...
otolith said:
I met someone in Hong Kong once who drove a dented car. This was apparently not the done thing amongst the locals, and I don’t remember seeing any, so maybe that was true. Anyway, he discovered that people would give the obvious maniac a wide berth and let him out in traffic, so he didn’t fix it...
Dents and scrapes always bring you a guaranteed win when confronted with entitled junction blockers as well as the merge in turn or two cars but only one parking space challenge or when some Cockwhisk intentionally undertakes a long queue to barge in at the front of it... Jaguar steve said:
Dents and scrapes always bring you a guaranteed win when confronted with entitled junction blockers as well as the merge in turn or two cars but only one parking space challenge or when some Cockwhisk intentionally undertakes a long queue to barge in at the front of it...
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