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Black9:
So here's a few steps I take when washing my car. Let me know if I'm making any mistakes or any improvements could be made...

1) drive down to tesco jet wash and snow foam the whole car, leave for a few mins then drive to my house and rinse foam off with karcher washer.

2) wash panel by panel with meaguiars car shampoo and lambs wool mitt. Using 2 bucket method. I don't rinse after each panel but wait till the whole cars been washed then rinse as one?

3) wash wheels with sponge and wheel shampoo, rinse off with washer

4) dry car panel by panel with drying specific cloth

5) apply meguiars liquid wax panel by panel with application pad and leave for a few mins then buff off with micro fibre cloth.

6) apply meguiars dressing, apply wheel protector. That's it, minus the interior clean :happy2:

B3n:
Looks more or less bang on! But what I would change

Shampoo a few panels then rinse :happy2: Don't do the full car then rinse your risking having the shampoo drying onto the paint.

I would personally Clean the wheels before you clean the car.

Ben

andrewparker:

--- Quote from: B3n on September 25, 2011, 01:10:54 pm ---
I would personally Clean the wheels before you clean the car.


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And not with a sponge, buy an additional mitt.

B3n:

--- Quote from: andrewparker on September 25, 2011, 01:21:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: B3n on September 25, 2011, 01:10:54 pm ---
I would personally Clean the wheels before you clean the car.


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And not with a sponge, buy an additional mitt.

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Ofcourse :happy2:

Black9:
Forgot to add, I clean the exhaust tips with shampoo and a wash mitt. Need to buy some autosol ASAP.

From now on I'll use a mitt for the wheels, I thought a sponge was ok due to the wheels being alloy :fighting:

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