What's your wash method?

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As the title states, what's your wash method?
I feel like I personally care more about my paint than I do life itself haha! (maybe not until i joined this forum.. haha)

All joking aside, I try to do everything I possibly can to protect and prolong the look of my car. The wash process in my opinion, is step 1.

Chris
 
1. Rinse with pressure washer including wheels/tires/wheel wells
2. Gyeon Foam at 1:10 dilution including wheels/tires/wheel wells with Foam Cannon
3. Rinse wirh pressure washer including wheels/tires/wheel wells
4. 1 bucket wash of body w Gyeon Bathe and Gyeon Smoothie mitt
5. Leftover wash/water in bucket, quick wipe of wheels/tires with mitt
6. Flood rinse of entire vehicle
7. Dry with (2) 20x40 plush waffle-ish weave drying towels using SiO2 booster as drying aid.

Paint, wheels, tires, trim and glass are all coated so about 30 minutes start to finish.
 
Depends on the level of dirty.

Anywhere from a pre-soak 2 bucket to a quick waterless.
 
BudgetPlan1 said:
1. Rinse with pressure washer including wheels/tires/wheel wells
2. Gyeon Foam at 1:10 dilution including wheels/tires/wheel wells with MTM PF22 Foam Cannon
3. Rinse wirh pressure washer including wheels/tires/wheel wells
4. 1 bucket wash of body w Gyeon Bathe and Gyeon Smoothie mitt
5. Leftover wash/water in bucket, quick wipe of wheels/tires with mitt
6. Flood rinse of entire vehicle
7. Dry with (2) 20x40 Platinum Pluffles using SiO2 booster as drying aid.

Paint, wheels, tires, trim and glass are all coated so about 30 minutes start to finish.
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Can you elaborate on the Silicon dioxide booster?

thanks!

Chris
 
Traditional washing: 3 buckets (one each for tires, washing and rinsing). Soap bucket filled 3/4 of the way with water then I add soap (Optimum fan) then a little more water. I want soapy water. Tire bucket filled with water then soap and a little diluted APC. Rinse bucket with clean water. Grit guard in wash and rinse buckets. Start with tires, then car (top down) then side panels to about 6-8 inches from the bottom, then that area last. Rinse top down then dry. Follow with blower to get hidden water off. Dry again.

Waterless/rinseless: I use both. I put a small amount of the solution in a bucket to keep the towels moist/wet. I spray my panels then use the wet towels (folded to create cushion and to use alternative sides when one side gets soiled). I rinse the towels in the bucket, then I wring out the towel to lightly dry, then follow up with a drying towel.
 
262wisc said:
Can you elaborate on the Silicon dioxide booster?

thanks!

Chris
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It's a complimentary product for ceramic/quartz/glass coated paint. Non Autogeek product but in the same vein as Gyeon Cure, Gtechniq Liquid Crystal C2V3 and Car Pro Reload.

It's a little bit of overkill using it after each wash but it makes drying so much easier and quicker...although sometimes cars can go a two or more weeks between washes so maybe it's not too bad to use at each wash.

Haven't seen any negatives using that often and it does offer a nice, subtle but definitely noticeable improvement in looks, reinforces water behavior/sheeting and provides likely a touch more protection.
 
Oh the ways.

Main way, I have a "wash rig" so I presoak the panel with D114 or the soap of the month. And then Gary Dean the panel, spray with Xpress wax and dry

Presoak, Meg's wash plus, flip to rinse, Xpress spray and dry.

Rarely..rarely and normally after I read hundreds of threads of people foaming, then I feel like I'm missing something I'll foam, wash mitt/Gary Dean, rinse and Xpress spray and dry. Then realize nope I still don't like to foam.

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Cruzscarwash said:
Oh the ways.

Main way, I have a "wash rig" so I presoak the panel with D114 or the soap of the month. And then Gary Dean the panel, spray with Xpress wax and dry

Presoak, Meg's wash plus, flip to rinse, Xpress spray and dry.

Rarely..rarely and normally after I read hundreds of threads of people foaming, then I feel like I'm missing something I'll foam, wash mitt/Gary Dean, rinse and Xpress spray and dry. Then realize nope I still don't like to foam.

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Awesome! haha
 
262wisc said:
Awesome! haha
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I've changed the 5 gallon bottle out to a square container and then I'm looking at putting a shelf to cover the battery and getting a square or rectangular bucket for my spent wash rags and maybe a crate that holds 2 5 gallon buckets, one with soap and one with DI water

https://youtu.be/qwdwTCb9q28

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Cruzscarwash said:
I've changed the 5 gallon bottle out to a square container and then I'm looking at putting a shelf to cover the battery and getting a square or rectangular bucket for my spent wash rags and maybe a crate that holds 2 5 gallon buckets, one with soap and one with DI water

https://youtu.be/qwdwTCb9q28

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working on perfecting my wash!

Chris
 
Cruzscarwash said:
...Then realize nope I still don't like to foam.

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Likely 80% of why I do it is 'entertainment value'...what the heck, it's quick and it can't hurt.

I do think that regardless of the foam bit, the pressure washer pre rinse is pretty useful as opposed to just hose/nozzle. Especially for coated wheels/calipers...pressure pretty much cleans them up nicely.
 
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