twlai

but if you dont go thru those washing machine, how do to Undercarriage Wash?

82_930

SO... I chose to solve my car washing dilemma by taking my car to a car wash that offered hand washing as well. I dropped off my car for it's "hand wash". I returned later to pick it up, but being winter with these short days, it was dark when I picked up the car so I paid the guy his $25 and drove home.

This morning I pulled the car out of the garage and stepped out to take a look and it seems as if the c*ck sucker put my car through the car wash (thinking that I would never know the difference) as it it totally loaded with swirl marks and my right rear wheel clearly has marks all around the lip of the wheel.

SEEMS LIKE YOU CAN'T TRUST ANYONE!

Looks like I will be buying that No-Rinse stuff mentioned earlier and just doing it in the garage with a couple buckets from now on.

Edgy01

I know! (I used to live out there in the world of eternal darkness (once November arrives).

hakaida702

The waterblade can scratch the surface. Please get a few large mf towels and blot dry the car unless you have access to a leaf blower.

USMC_DS1

+1 for the leaf blower

hakaida702

optimum no rinse is popular. I like chemical guys eco wash. I live in a strict master planned community that doesn't allow car washing so I use the two bucket method in the garage. i do sometimes use a hose to rinse off wheel cleaner or iron x, but that takes less than a minute so I haven't been caught yet by the master plan police.

PHX 911

I met Adam from Adam's Polishes at a seminar he gave at a local car shop.

He said the best two things for his business are automatic car washes and California dusters.

hakaida702

You can use any no rinse style of product, but this vid shows how to do it. It shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes.

hakaida702

Skip it til when it gets warmer or find a buddy with a lift.

hakaida702

Handwashing can still put a ton of scratches and swirls into your car by using the same dirty water over and over and not using grit guards in their buckets. I bet that most hand wash guys never clean their mitts after using it on every panel. Never let your car get handwashed by the local high school cheerleading squad no matter how tempting the bait might be.

Mumbles

I appreciate the green approach to cleaning your car, but if your car is dirty, grit and sand stuck to the body, the only reasonable way to remove the debrie is to power wash or hose off. Other wise you end up rubbing these fine stone particles into your clear coat. Only then can you wash as per video when the car is relatively clean....surely ?

Neil

CAA

I run the family hauler through the car wash once a week. The 997 won't come within a mile of one. Beyond what's already been said, this new water based paint seems really susceptible to swirls, scratches, etc. and I have the flat Guards Red.

You guys will laugh at me but when it gets real cold (for Northern VA), I throw on a pair of Rubbermaid dish washing gloves and have at it. They'll keep your hands from going numb for a good 45 minutes. : )

Gerg

The best part of the video? The warbird flyover at 6:40.

hakaida702

A foam cannon would be much better than just blasting the car with plain water if the car is that dirty. The junk would get suspended in the suds then can be rinsed off safely.

I don't let my car get that dirty. Most times a weekly quick detail spray all over the car is enough.

boolala

I've taken my 997 dozens of times through an automatic car wash without any problem.