[foxracermenace]

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.

[BigJnSA]

good post. if you ever feel like you need extra practice to perfect this system, please feel free to try it on my car!!! :jeff:

[stang04GT]

what up dave

[311-420]

Originally Posted by BigJnSA

good post. if you ever feel like you need extra practice to perfect this system, please feel free to try it on my car!!! :jeff:

[03mach1]

do you think if I try this it won't rain the next day?

[MoonShine]

Yeah, everytime I wash my truck it rains 2 days later...

[timpryor]

true christine but since you never drvie your truck it doesn't really matter does it? JK

[MoonShine]

Originally Posted by timpryor

true christine but since you never drvie your truck it doesn't really matter does it? JK

true - BUT the only time I really have to wash it is when I have to loan out my beater and then I'm driving a dirty truck.

[King Justice]

Wow this is a very informative post; glad I registered here.
Just in time too as my GT is really dirty now and I am going to be washing it within the next two weeks.

This gives me a nice little shopping list before I wash it.