touringsedan
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- Sep 24, 2008
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I recently bought a new car in a deep red. After washing, claying, polishing, sealing waxing etc. A few days latter I noticed the infamous spider web scratches. Not sure if I put them there or not or if the dealer did. There are not a lot of them but I can see them. I have been washing my wifes new car, which is silver in color and havent noticed any induced swirls etc since we have bought it. I am concerned I am putting these swirls in the paint so please critic my washing process and let me know where I may be going wrong so I can correct this earlier rather than latter. I also live at an apartment complex so I do not have my own filtered hose water so that may be an issue as well. I dont know, I am just so frustrated right now lets just start with the wash process.
1. Wash out buckets and grit guards ( even after doing it from previous use) and insert grit guards.
2. Fill rinse bucket with water
3. fill wash bucket half way, add soap and fill rest of way
4. insert microfiber mitt into wash bucket and let soak
5. mix soap and water mixture for foam gun and spray down vehicle twice.
6. wash vehicle with mitt
a. wash no more than one large body panel at a time, turning mitt over half way through panel.
b. start at top of vehicle and move to bottom. ( right now I currently work my way from the top down. Once I complete the hood, trunk and roof would it be possible to do a complete door at a time or is it still best to work from the top down all the way around?) Should I also get another mitt for the bottom half of the car or is one okay for the whole vehicle?
c. rinse mitt off after each panel in rinse bucket.
d. Repeat until finished
e. clean windows last.
7. rinse vehicle until all soap residue is gone.
8. Dry using microfiber towels or one of those silicone blade sguiggies people like.
9. buff to a glorious finish
10. wash and dry glorious microfiber and tools
please let me know where i may be going wrong.
1. Wash out buckets and grit guards ( even after doing it from previous use) and insert grit guards.
2. Fill rinse bucket with water
3. fill wash bucket half way, add soap and fill rest of way
4. insert microfiber mitt into wash bucket and let soak
5. mix soap and water mixture for foam gun and spray down vehicle twice.
6. wash vehicle with mitt
a. wash no more than one large body panel at a time, turning mitt over half way through panel.
b. start at top of vehicle and move to bottom. ( right now I currently work my way from the top down. Once I complete the hood, trunk and roof would it be possible to do a complete door at a time or is it still best to work from the top down all the way around?) Should I also get another mitt for the bottom half of the car or is one okay for the whole vehicle?
c. rinse mitt off after each panel in rinse bucket.
d. Repeat until finished
e. clean windows last.
7. rinse vehicle until all soap residue is gone.
8. Dry using microfiber towels or one of those silicone blade sguiggies people like.
9. buff to a glorious finish
10. wash and dry glorious microfiber and tools
please let me know where i may be going wrong.