View Poll Results: Which Carwash is better?
Touchless Jet Carwash
11
12.22%
Cloth Touch Carwash?
6
6.67%
Or By Hand?
73
81.11%
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#41
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OK, I just washed the car...I got the Gold wash, another bucket (but didn't use it) and I had a mitt. Also bought The Absorber cloth, I hope that is the one y'all were talking about. It's kind of rubbery but it does seem to soak up the water.
I rinsed it with the hose first (not much dirt came off). Then put the soap in a bucket and started with the roof and right rear panel. Rinsed off washed section with hose, rinsed glove. Moved to next section, washed, rinsed, rinsed glove. And so on, around the car. I just "flooded" the whole thing to rinse it off, since the kids left the hose in the driveway and the head got smushed, I can't put a sprayer on it any more.
Then I got out The Absorber and started to dry. I hope that it's OK to mop this cloth and not just lay it carefully on the car until all the water is up. IOW, blotting the car instead of rubbing it. Now I have to go back and use the Invisible Glass.
I am very nervous to scratch the paint or leave swirly permanent marks...I hope I was careful enough. I didn't wash any of the bottom surfaces until I'd washed off the entire top part of the car, because those are usually the dirtiest parts (next to the road and the wheels). I did those last and rinsed again after that.
I'm glad the Fit is as small as it is or I'd have been there all day! Whew! Did I do OK?
Now for photos!!
:wavey:
I rinsed it with the hose first (not much dirt came off). Then put the soap in a bucket and started with the roof and right rear panel. Rinsed off washed section with hose, rinsed glove. Moved to next section, washed, rinsed, rinsed glove. And so on, around the car. I just "flooded" the whole thing to rinse it off, since the kids left the hose in the driveway and the head got smushed, I can't put a sprayer on it any more.
Then I got out The Absorber and started to dry. I hope that it's OK to mop this cloth and not just lay it carefully on the car until all the water is up. IOW, blotting the car instead of rubbing it. Now I have to go back and use the Invisible Glass.
I am very nervous to scratch the paint or leave swirly permanent marks...I hope I was careful enough. I didn't wash any of the bottom surfaces until I'd washed off the entire top part of the car, because those are usually the dirtiest parts (next to the road and the wheels). I did those last and rinsed again after that.
I'm glad the Fit is as small as it is or I'd have been there all day! Whew! Did I do OK?
Now for photos!!
:wavey:
#42
always by hand, here. Ages ago, my first new car was black and I powerwashed it three times a week. I took it back to the dealer asking why the paint was coming off. (duh)
No power-washing, and nothing that might retain grit, for me. And I have always used warm water for washing. Lots of buckets of warm water and a big buckets of soapy water. CONSTANT rinsing of wash glove or any wipey things.
Washing it right is hot, hard work but it's worth it.
No power-washing, and nothing that might retain grit, for me. And I have always used warm water for washing. Lots of buckets of warm water and a big buckets of soapy water. CONSTANT rinsing of wash glove or any wipey things.
Washing it right is hot, hard work but it's worth it.
Last edited by TexFit; 08-29-2008 at 12:48 PM.
#44
Hey Juliane
Juliane, you did great. Sorry, I have been away for a few days.
Ask anyone to show you your alternator and intake.
Ask your husband or a friend who knows a little bit about mechanical stuff. They will point at these things for you.
Basically, if it has wires, you don't want to shoot a lot of water on it. Most engine cleaners recommend that you cover these things with plastic before you start spraying the cleaner in there.
Ask anyone to show you your alternator and intake.
Ask your husband or a friend who knows a little bit about mechanical stuff. They will point at these things for you.
Basically, if it has wires, you don't want to shoot a lot of water on it. Most engine cleaners recommend that you cover these things with plastic before you start spraying the cleaner in there.
#45
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Juliane, you did great. Sorry, I have been away for a few days.
Ask anyone to show you your alternator and intake.
Ask your husband or a friend who knows a little bit about mechanical stuff. They will point at these things for you.
Basically, if it has wires, you don't want to shoot a lot of water on it. Most engine cleaners recommend that you cover these things with plastic before you start spraying the cleaner in there.
Ask anyone to show you your alternator and intake.
Ask your husband or a friend who knows a little bit about mechanical stuff. They will point at these things for you.
Basically, if it has wires, you don't want to shoot a lot of water on it. Most engine cleaners recommend that you cover these things with plastic before you start spraying the cleaner in there.
I have always done my own minor stuff - oil changes, air filter, minor tune-ups but that was before all the computers and hands-off parts...When you could see the ground underneath the engine...KWIM? I was watching tha muscle car auction over the weekend and just drooling...those 440s are what I recognize as an engine.
Anyway, thanks for the advice about wires, that makes total sense! I'll get a schematic of the engine and teach myself how to clean it.
#46
DIY engine wash?
Why doesn't someone point out the things that need to be covered and their techniques on a "perfect" engine wash. Everything else is covered in such detail, why not?
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