Buteo

So how about it?

Waterless wash? Power wash? Hand wash? Or....the old mechanical car wash!?

991 and GT4 get hand washed.

VW (ceramic coated) and FRS tend to get automated touch less washes.

KingSize.Hamster

I hand wash all my cars. Use lots of foam to wash the car. Then rinse it with a normal garden hose water. Not a believer of power wash stuff.

mooty

u really want to know?
put car on jack stands
wheels off
pressure wash wheel, soap, scrup, pressure wash, blow dry
light pressuer wash wheel well, scrub, blow dry (i have a dryer that's 3x more power than leave blower, i dried my daugher's hiar is 15 seconds, she did have a major head ache after that)

lie on a creeper pressure wash belly, soap , scrub, pressure wash, blow dry.

wash, soap, dry car.
clay if necessry
polish and color correct as needed
p21 cleanse
p21 wax
cleans wax all door jamb and edges (trunk and hatch too)

vac int
feed leather
feed rubber/vinyl

Crazy Eddie

Damn you could be my twin
but why do I think your joking

Spyerx

He's not joking. (Really)

My cars get washed wheels off too.

Crazy Eddie

So do I ... I also clean the wheels
I just didn't think there was more than one crazy guy out there
Obliviously I was wrong as there seems to be at least three

Accel Junky

For normal routine washes I use the two bucket method with grit guards. I use a brand new wash mitt each time to reduce the risk of contamination. I use Chemical Guys citrus wash or Meguiars Deep Crystal wash and work from the top down saving the side skirts for last followed by the wheels. I then dry with an absorber I have marked for each of my cars and then use my electric leaf blower to get the remaining water out of the crevices after. I take my wedding band and belt off before starting. If I drop something on the ground it goes in the trash immediately.

For paint correction or full detail I will: dawn wash, clay, dawn wash, blow dry, air dry, painters tape the trim, using a Porter Cable 7424XP polish with the least aggressive Meguiars # necessary to correct, finish with Meguiars ultimate polish, and apply Collinite 845 wax with overnight curing finishing with isopropyl alcohol on cotton swabs to clean up excess dried polish and wax on seals and panel seams. If I'm between waxing a I will sometimes use Opti-Seal as quick protection. The garage, which I will have previously swept and leaf blown hours before, stays closed while I'm doing all of this until the job is done, clean room.

IMOA

I leave my spare keys with a mate who is as obsessive as some of the people in this thread so when I go overseas I send him a message that I'm off for a month and the car is really dirty. When I get back it's got a few more miles on it and looks fantastic. Its a cleaning system that works well for me.

rk-d

I use a California car duster, then waterless car wash spray (Meguiar's usually, sometimes Optimum), ultra plush microfiber towels. Sonax for the wheels.

I don't daily the car and I don't drive in the rain. No need for deep clean. Doing the above regimen weekly has kept the car meticulously clean.

Joemat

Thinking of getting a water de-ionizer.

inactiveuser726

This is a key piece of a proper clean. I am the concours chair for my PCA region and this is one of the first things I will recommend to someone.

extanker

po people beezzz strange....and some really need to get out a find a hobby instead of polishing their kn0bs. my car is ........a car........it goes to a car wash.....with GASP brushes that ......oh em gee......touch it. get over yourselves dudes.

inactiveuser726

Maybe you are the strange one? Nothing wrong with wanting to take good care of a car you spent good money on.

PhillyGT4

Trade the car in for a clean one?

Jimmy-D

I open my wallet every few weeks for my Detailer guy to come to my house and clean my car. Cost $80 and use once per month