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@6102Perf here is how I do it :
I hide the car by putting the work van in front and putting tall pieces of cardboard in other spots. I've had too many kids and teens walking all the way back in my driveway, and vehicles park in front. One time while washing the car one one guy walked up my driveway put his cigarette down near the car to take closer look. No Focks given it was a private property then proceeded with "I know a guy with bla bla bla..."
I put towels over the engine to prevent water from reaching the engine and pooling in cavities.
I rinse the car with a hose then I use a garden hose foam gun. I no longer use a pressure washer, too time consuming to put it all together and it ripped off the paint off the aero kit of the Corvette. By the way very rarely mentioned you don't need a ton of soap, the soap is for lubrification, lubrification means less resistance by the dirt being dragged across when you use mitts.
I use the one bucket method, a 2-3 cap full of soap with 5-6 mitts, I like to use Meguiar's gold class soap. I use one mitt to wash one section, flip the mitt for another section then discard it, I use all 5-6 mitts. I wash the top sections first, I never put the mitts back in the bucket. That way the water is always clean. Those videos where you put the mitt back in the bucket means you are inserting dirt into your water and transfering it back onto the car. I always wash gently in straight lines I never swirl, I do not put pressure on the mitt. I then rinse the car off.
I use a few microfiber rags to clean the frunk, door sills, door trims, under the engine hood.
I use a Griot's Garage super absorber towel to dry and compressed air for the wheels, grills, gas cap, mirrors.
The mitts are washed in the washing machine with the rest of the clean water and soap from the bucket. Don't forget to clean the bucket as dirt clings to it.
I also like to use Meguiar's tire shine.
I hide the car by putting the work van in front and putting tall pieces of cardboard in other spots. I've had too many kids and teens walking all the way back in my driveway, and vehicles park in front. One time while washing the car one one guy walked up my driveway put his cigarette down near the car to take closer look. No Focks given it was a private property then proceeded with "I know a guy with bla bla bla..."
I put towels over the engine to prevent water from reaching the engine and pooling in cavities.
I rinse the car with a hose then I use a garden hose foam gun. I no longer use a pressure washer, too time consuming to put it all together and it ripped off the paint off the aero kit of the Corvette. By the way very rarely mentioned you don't need a ton of soap, the soap is for lubrification, lubrification means less resistance by the dirt being dragged across when you use mitts.
I use the one bucket method, a 2-3 cap full of soap with 5-6 mitts, I like to use Meguiar's gold class soap. I use one mitt to wash one section, flip the mitt for another section then discard it, I use all 5-6 mitts. I wash the top sections first, I never put the mitts back in the bucket. That way the water is always clean. Those videos where you put the mitt back in the bucket means you are inserting dirt into your water and transfering it back onto the car. I always wash gently in straight lines I never swirl, I do not put pressure on the mitt. I then rinse the car off.
I use a few microfiber rags to clean the frunk, door sills, door trims, under the engine hood.
I use a Griot's Garage super absorber towel to dry and compressed air for the wheels, grills, gas cap, mirrors.
The mitts are washed in the washing machine with the rest of the clean water and soap from the bucket. Don't forget to clean the bucket as dirt clings to it.
I also like to use Meguiar's tire shine.
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. I wash my car in the garage. The fewer people know I have these cars the better for me. An acquaintance of mine who is a police officer finally got to see my cars and felt my approach was good. I use about 1/2 a gallon of water. I start by using a duster. I bought a 1 gallon sprayer from Home Depot. I spray water mist on the car. I next use microfiber towel to remove the water off the car. I then soap the car using a mitt and use the 2 bucket method to wash the car. I then repeat the rinse process. Next I dry the car using microfiber towels. Waxing follows.
