Rahulio1989300E
04-23-2005, 12:25 AM
My method of washing a car:
Materials:
1 large bucket
1 smaller bucket
1 channile wash mitt
1 leather squegee chamois
1 wheel and tire brush
1 garden hose without a sprayer
Method:
Make sure car is in the shade, cool (especially on hood area or where ever you enigne is located...)
Fill large bucket with water
Make you car wash solution according to the car wash ratios in the smaller bucket
Starting from top down, wet entire car using only the "natural flow of water" then use thumb to build pressure to clean inbetween wheel spokes to clean brakes of dirt and dust... use same method to clean wheel wells and underside of car, clean bottom of oil pan, but stay away from alternator (on my car, the alternator is mounted a bit low..)
Dip mitt in wash solution, start with roof and work your way down, do not clean the glass of the car yet, do that stuff after all painted areas are done..
then do the wheels and tires with the wheel and tire brush, wheels first then tire sidewalls.
Keep an eye on the wash mitts level of dirt, when you can visably see a layer of dirt on the mitt, dip mitt in the large water only bucket and use your other hand to rub the dirt out of it.... then redip into car wash bucket.... continue...
Use wheel and tire brush to clean wheel wells....
Rinse the same way you used to wet the car, (don't use a sprayer, let the water "sheet" off the car...)
Then use water from hose and wet you leather chamois, squeeze out and start wiping car dry, same order as you cleaned....
Apply you favorite waxes and polishes, tire dressings and Rain-X the windscreen... if you have unpainted door handles like my car, use olive oil to make them black again, (works until next wash), or spread peanut butter on them and wait 2 hours, then wipe off excess, this lasts 1 to 2 years....
Materials:
1 large bucket
1 smaller bucket
1 channile wash mitt
1 leather squegee chamois
1 wheel and tire brush
1 garden hose without a sprayer
Method:
Make sure car is in the shade, cool (especially on hood area or where ever you enigne is located...)
Fill large bucket with water
Make you car wash solution according to the car wash ratios in the smaller bucket
Starting from top down, wet entire car using only the "natural flow of water" then use thumb to build pressure to clean inbetween wheel spokes to clean brakes of dirt and dust... use same method to clean wheel wells and underside of car, clean bottom of oil pan, but stay away from alternator (on my car, the alternator is mounted a bit low..)
Dip mitt in wash solution, start with roof and work your way down, do not clean the glass of the car yet, do that stuff after all painted areas are done..
then do the wheels and tires with the wheel and tire brush, wheels first then tire sidewalls.
Keep an eye on the wash mitts level of dirt, when you can visably see a layer of dirt on the mitt, dip mitt in the large water only bucket and use your other hand to rub the dirt out of it.... then redip into car wash bucket.... continue...
Use wheel and tire brush to clean wheel wells....
Rinse the same way you used to wet the car, (don't use a sprayer, let the water "sheet" off the car...)
Then use water from hose and wet you leather chamois, squeeze out and start wiping car dry, same order as you cleaned....
Apply you favorite waxes and polishes, tire dressings and Rain-X the windscreen... if you have unpainted door handles like my car, use olive oil to make them black again, (works until next wash), or spread peanut butter on them and wait 2 hours, then wipe off excess, this lasts 1 to 2 years....