How do YOU detail / and or wash your car?

[3AM]

I hose down with a trigger nozzle...
use armor all shampoo crap and microfiber mitt to dislodge the dirt..
hose it down with the trigger nozzle.
dry with an Aion chamois
followed by an application of a good hard carnauba wax

[CarCareProducts]

just applied 1 coat of DJ Supernatural followed by DJ Red Mist on my silver bmw last week. looks quite nice and I'm pretty happy with the results.

I'll apply 2 coats of Supernatural and red mist on the M3 and see how it goes. I bought it from Mike last year and only got a chance to use it now haha

1 year?!$#

[phillb]

I wait till the car is in the shade and then I:

Car:
Rinse with a hose on low pressure
Wash with sponge using either Mothers or Chemtech Wash & Wax (Free from Superlap)
Rinse off using medium to high pressure
Use Generic or hot4's Chamois depending on whats closest
I then use window cleaner + newspaper for all glass area's on car.
Then go over black OEM with Mothers Blackout to restore colour.
I also use Autosol to de-fog headlight mist (common with Skylines) and polish muffler tips etc..

Wheels:
Fresh bucket of car wash and do each wheel individually getting in all the small areas
Rinse with medium pressure
Chamois and polish with Mothers carnauba cleaner wax
Use generic tyre shine as it always comes off...

Interior gets done with a vacuum and Armoral..

I try and do this once a week, but three cars is alot to maintain...

[blackthunder]

Mine is pretty standard:

1. Rinse whole car with standard garden hose.
2. Get bucket of:

3. Use microfibre sponge with above.
4. One more rinse to get rid of suds
5. Chamois
6. If any marks stick out that I can't get rid of with washing, pull out the Claybar or ScratchX.


(Also following only if I have wheels I want to take care of)
a. Apply Sonax Wheel Cleaner.
b. Wait then rinse wheels
c. Use rag to clean off remaining dirt/dust on wheels.

this ! although i use the two bucket method

[SIR-VRX]

Weekly or fortnightly:

1. Pre-rinse
2. Wash with Autoglym Bodywork Shampoo in warm water with microfibre hand mit, in sections with a rinsing after each section.
3. Final thorough rinse and do the wheels with Autoglym Custom Wheel Cleaner with a wheel brush and crappy sponge.
4. Chamois dry with Autoglym AquaDry Chamois
5. Treat plastics/rubbers with Autoglym Bumper Black and/or Vinyl and Rubber Care

Every 4-6 months:

1. As above
2. Claybar with Autoglym Claybar kit
3. Prep for wax with Autoglym HD Cleanser
4. Wax with Autoglym HD Wax. Once a year Autoglym Super Resin Polish before the wax.

If you can't guess I have a massive Autoglym collection

Sexy beading:

[alvino]

CAR LOVERS!

2 DOLLAR WASH!

WIN!

[(Locky)]

when cared about paint

lambswool wash mit
2 buckets
leather chamois dry
wet look cleaner/wax
off with microfiber cloths
damp micofiber cloth to get drit of interior
303 protectant after it had dried


when i got the lexus i decided to give it a proper wax to protect it, was oly going to do it once. Pretty much did as above, but instead of wet look, went over it once with ultimate compound, then again with meguires tech wax




s14 it is colour matched pressure pack paint lol

[87seca]

1) Drive to work
2) Park and hand keys to detailing
3) Announce that I need it back by 2pm
4) Return at 2pm to pick detailed car.

[saad]

Two bucket method. Will polish the car with rotary/RO as needed, and apply synthetic sealant. Top off with Carnuba wax, and top up the wax every few weeks. Use 303 and Zaino products on the interior.

[CarCareProducts]

CAR LOVERS!

2 DOLLAR WASH!

WIN!

The poor car