I saw this on another forum I am on and thought it could be some good information for everyone here to have. This would be better if it could be a sticky please.
--1 Only use sheepskin wash mitt - the softest, plushest and longest haired one (or 2) you can find.
--2 Use a "good" purpose made car washing soap, never a cheapie. Bubbles doesn't mean it is good; high lubricity does mean it is good. Lots of surficants is good as well. Blue Dawn is designed to clean heavy cooked on grease on dishes, pots and pans, not for automobile paint, so use the appropriate product for the job.
LUBRICITY means the soap and water solution is very slippery and this helps in the washing process to remove the loosened dirt off the paint.
SURFICANTS help to decouple the dirt from the paint.
--3 Use the "2 bucket wash" - every time wash mitt comes off the vehicle, rinse like in a washing machine in a bucket of clear water, then back into the car wash solution, then back on the paint.
--4 Wash from cleanest to dirtiest (usually top down). Try to wash a panel or two, then rinse the whole car. This will stop the soap from drying and help stop water spots from forming. Keep the whole vehicle wet all the time while washing. When you are done washing panels and rinsing, then take your nozzle off the hose, turn the pressure down a little and give the entire vehicle a "flooding rinse", starting a the top and working down the sides. Try to avoid letting the hose water hit the paint hard as this splashes water all over the place. Rather, let the water coming out of the hose be almost parallel to the paint.
You will be amazed just how much more water can be removed by the flooding rinse as the surface tension of the big sheet of water will help to pull the entire wather sheet off the paint.
--5 Wash wheels with something other than your paint mitt - brake dust can be fatal to your paint. It should be soft, as well as terry towel and t-shirt material can stratch. Most wheel are clearcoated and some are chrome or bard metal. Just about anything will scratch 'em too.
--6 NEVER PUT TERRY TOWEL ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR PAINT - IT WILL SCRATCH.
--7 Buy some (2) waffle weave microfiber drying towels 24" x 36" or there abouts. Walmart ones are OK, but there are better ones on the internet.
--8 Buy at minimum 12 microfiber towels for applying and removing product. Walmart ones are OK, but there are better ones on the internet.
Just a reminder - NOTHING will stop your paint from getting marred - except perhaps keeping your ride in a plastic bubble and never taking it out. Using the proper wash method and MF towels, will help to minimize marring only.
Then you want to be able to drive it on the street, right? So now it is exposed to all manner of contaminants and damage. Do what YOU can to stop marring your paint as there is enough OUT THERE to trash it out.
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Originally Posted by Blown01snake
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