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View Poll Results: How frequent do you wash your car?
Doesn't it just get clean when it rains?
14
8.48%
When some kid writes "wash me" on it.
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1.21%
3-4 times a year
12
7.27%
Once a month
31
18.79%
Every chance I get
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64.24%
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How often do you wash your car?

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Old 03-29-2008, 06:09 PM
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Wash my vehicles at least one a week which includes undercarriage gotta keep her clean down there.
 
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Old 03-29-2008, 08:39 PM
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By hand, I wash it weekly. If its really dusty I run it through a touch free.
So Id guess about 2 times a week.
 
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Old 03-30-2008, 12:51 PM
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i try to wash my car once a week and wax whenever i feel like it.
 
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Old 03-30-2008, 01:03 PM
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I needa wax my car again. I've only waxed it once and there hasn't been any decent weather to wax it :-( Black = swirls. I...must...wax...*holds Meguiar's wax bottle*
 
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Old 03-30-2008, 03:03 PM
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I wash my Jazz at least once a week and polish it once a month with auto glym super resin polish and then a second coat of super gloss protection to seal in the shine and it certaintly does shine awesomely .
 
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Old 04-02-2008, 10:03 PM
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i wash the jazz at least twice a week with microfiber towels and turtle wax ice car shampoo
 
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Old 04-02-2008, 10:14 PM
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Im a big fan of a good old hand washing once a week but if im busy which i usually am i run it throught the automatic just to keep it from getting to nasty. I do like to wax it once a month as well but of course only if time permits. If i do it the way i like to a full wash, strip, claybar, and wax job takes about 4 hours not including the engine bay and the interior but im pretty anal otherwise i could prob nock it out in 2 and a half.
 
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Old 04-02-2008, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by yeamans17
Is that the drying squeegee thing? One of my friends has one of those and it works wonders
Thats called a California Water Blade. Ive been using one of those since they first came out with the plastic handle. If you slipped and hit the car with the handle it would leave a nasty gash in the paint that would not remove.

They redesigned it with a gelly type handle. So much better.
Id suggest cleaning it everytime before use. If sand gets caught on the silicone blade itll leave scratches all over the paint. Found that out on a friends car. Hehh

If I wash my car else wear, I MUST have my water blade and Absorber.
 
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Old 04-02-2008, 11:10 PM
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I wash it every week, So far I have only been running it threw a touchless car was thats across the street, but im real looking forward to when I can do my fist hand wash on my baby I think im also going to have to go out and pick up some microfiber towels to clean it off to look less durty between washes.
 
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Old 07-19-2008, 06:40 PM
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i was my car every time there is bird doo doo on my car so mainly like 3 times a week dam birds!!
 
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Old 07-20-2008, 06:41 PM
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once a week, maybe bit of wax or polish once a month, major clean, clay, polish, wax etc once a yr mayb...
 
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Old 07-20-2008, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Squirrely
Why is there no option for once a week? 'Every chance I get' is not even a consideration (since I'm not working much right now I could be doing it almost everyday, but no way I'm doing that). I aim for 1x/wk.
Ditto!

I usually do mine bi-weekly... although in the summer months when I do highway travel a bit more I try to wash it once a week to keep the bugs off!
 
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Old 07-20-2008, 06:50 PM
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do you polish before the wax? or wax before the polish
 
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Old 07-20-2008, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Evan_2k
do you polish before the wax? or wax before the polish
always polish before wax. polish is a cleaner/detergent and wax is a uv/oxidation protectant.
 
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Old 08-09-2008, 10:26 PM
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I've had my Fit for a week or so now. I live in an apartment, so mine gets a trip to the car wash about 2x per week. Don't really like to, because nothing looks better than a hand wash.

Sucks when I had to wash it on the second day I owned it. Took it to my parents house down a gravel road

Hopefully I'll get it hand washed in about a week or two, then a nice wax...
 
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Old 08-10-2008, 12:34 AM
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I wash once a week...wax once or twice a month...and i'm planning on clay barring twice a year.
 
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Old 08-11-2008, 08:21 PM
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Yeah I wash it about once a month or maybe less.

So Cal weather hardly ever rains so its not dirty, like with grime and waterspots and such,theres just dust. I just use my California Duster. Unless theres grime, birdpoo, or treesap, then I take it to wash.

It sucks washing, cuz theres so many waterspots in this HOT weather.

Just wax and dust.
 
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Old 08-11-2008, 08:37 PM
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Three times a year weather it needs it or not.
 
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Old 08-11-2008, 09:17 PM
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Once a week, if I don't wash it once a week I get sad
 
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Old 08-25-2008, 08:59 PM
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I wash by hand and wax weekly using Meguiars NXT Paste
 


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