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    how do you wash yrs.

    after a full corretion im becoming very cautous about how i was my car. i now jet wash it twice, then use the two bucket method using a meguires lambs wool mitt. i do a 3rd of a panel at a time befor rinsing 3 times in clean water. then on to the next 3rd. i plan to but a snow foam lance very soon. think im starting to get ocd. how do you wash yours and keep it swirl free

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    Two bucket method, lambs wool wash mit then a seperate bucket and wash mit for the wheels. Start by rinsing the car down with a hose then wash the roof and glass then the bonnet and boot then the side panels down to the trims then the lower half of the car, sills under bonnet boot and door shuts.


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    Quote Originally Posted by AndysR View Post
    Two bucket method, lambs wool wash mit then a seperate bucket and wash mit for the wheels. Start by rinsing the car down with a hose then wash the roof and glass then the bonnet and boot then the side panels down to the trims then the lower half of the car, sills under bonnet boot and door shuts.
    As above but u have to seal it wiv a good wax anyway `c`os just buy that methd of wash I don`t think u`ll avoid swirls for long.

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    Power wash, snow foam, power wash, snow foam, 2 bucket method for top half using mit, more snow foam, 2 bucket method lower half using different mit then rinse with open hose then spray with QD and pat dry with a waffle towel
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    Quote Originally Posted by volvokid View Post
    Power wash, snow foam, power wash, snow foam, 2 bucket method for top half using mit, more snow foam, 2 bucket method using different mit then rinse with open hose then spray with QD and pat dry with a waffle towel
    no wonder we got that hose ban,looks like acredit to u lot lol

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    Scotland never gets it haha we have a never ending supply of the stuff
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    Quote Originally Posted by volvokid View Post
    Power wash, snow foam, power wash, snow foam, 2 bucket method for top half using mit, more snow foam, 2 bucket method lower half using different mit then rinse with open hose then spray with QD and pat dry with a waffle towel
    Jesus!
    Fairy liquid and cold water won't work then

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    Quote Originally Posted by robsv40 View Post
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    Fairy liquid and cold water won't work then
    Nah, need a bit of cif and a sugar soup lol

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    Nah, need a bit of cif and a sugar soup lol
    Bit of washing up liquid on the roof and bonnet then let this drought wash it off lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by graemewelch View Post
    after a full corretion im becoming very cautous about how i was my car. i now jet wash it twice, then use the two bucket method using a meguires lambs wool mitt. i do a 3rd of a panel at a time befor rinsing 3 times in clean water. then on to the next 3rd. i plan to but a snow foam lance very soon. think im starting to get ocd. how do you wash yours and keep it swirl free
    SHOWROOM SHINE "yes as seen on tv" would never use anything else & it only takes 20 mins....

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    A bucket of water with shampoo and then one of them hand thingys and one rinsed down a shamy leather

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    Quote Originally Posted by t5 pete View Post
    A bucket of water with shampoo and then one of them hand thingys and one rinsed down a shamy leather
    He wants to know how to stop swirls not put them back
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    Quote Originally Posted by volvokid View Post
    He wants to know how to stop swirls not put them back
    Up to now i dont get any swirls i suppose its because i wax the car quite often

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    Quote Originally Posted by t5 pete View Post
    Up to now i dont get any swirls i suppose its because i wax the car quite often
    My R is full of them, and it stands out like a sore thumb to me under certain lights, I cant wait to detail it.
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    lol i ant got a clue about detailing etc all i do is wash it then wax it job done i would take it to the imigrants but i dont like the pressure washers

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    Be carefull with pressure washer's has it's very easy to lift the laquar from the paint work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by t5 pete View Post
    lol i ant got a clue about detailing etc all i do is wash it then wax it job done i would take it to the imigrants but i dont like the pressure washers
    Dont take offence to this Pete but saffys dont show up swirls that badly but your car will be covered in swirls, you just havn't focused your eye to see them, if you did it would probably really bug you if you didn't know how to get rid of them, and its not a simple buff with some polish on a old terry towel, it takes a couple days, Wax fill the swirls a tad but not much. Tip don't go looking for them lol. And dont take it to the foreigners, do you think if they dropped there "sponge" they would go get a new one?
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    Quote Originally Posted by t5 pete View Post
    Up to now i dont get any swirls i suppose its because i wax the car quite often
    Once u got rid of them thats what u do.I have to say my saffy got them but she is still shiny.


 

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