How long does it take to wash/dry your car?

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Assuming You've already waxed or coated your car and you regularly maintain your vehicle, how long does it take you to wash and dry your car? If you finish with a Spray Wax at the end you can include that time also.
 
1.5 hrs. That wheels first, two bucket, leaf blower, then partial wipe down with quick detailer. I feel like I'm slow. I also have three kids that harass me and want me to spray them and fill buckets for them and stuff.


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About 40 minutes to wash & dry the exterior of my sedan, about an hour for my wife's mid-sized suv, and about an 1.25 hours for my big crew cab truck.
 
For my personal vehicle I spend about an hour on the wheels and maybe an hour on the exterior. The interior takes about an hour too if I vacuum. When I work on my own car I am normally not in a hurry. If I am in a hurry, like when I have to be at a car show right after work, I'll spend an hour on the wheels and the exterior using a rinseless wash.
 
About 45 min to wash paint and glass only, leaf blower dry, QD spray wax MF wipe.


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Rinse, foam, rinse, bucket wash (including wheels last), flood rinse, dry with SiO2 drying aid...about 45 minutes.
 
jdgamble said:
1.5 hrs. That wheels first, two bucket, leaf blower, then partial wipe down with quick detailer. I feel like I'm slow. I also have three kids that harass me and want me to spray them and fill buckets for them and stuff.


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Good that they get involved in their own way


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willowcat11 said:
Assuming You've already waxed or coated your car and you regularly maintain your vehicle, how long does it take you to wash and dry your car? If you finish with a Spray Wax at the end you can include that time also.
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Anywhere between 30min and 4 hours depending on how much I want to do
 
Wash including wheels inside and out, wheel wells, mufflers, tires, drying and spray wax at the end= Around 2hrs.

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I only two-bucket wash my cars. All of them are coated. Typically I'll wash, dry, and then do a walk around with some QD spray to knock out any leftover water spots followed up by dressing the tires. These times are assuming the car has been driven normally and I don't have any post-road trip de-bugging work needed.

My hatchback VW takes 30~45 minutes. The wife's mid-size SUV is roughly 50min~1hr 15 minutes.
 
1.5-2 per vehicle. 2bm on a full size suv and eclb 1 ton truck. That does include engine bay and wheels/wells and the bed of the truck.

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I try and keep all 3 fairly clean usually wash at least once a week and maybe a waterless wash in the middle of the week. All 3 are coated, paint,glass, & wheels, it takes about 30 minutes each to do a 2 bucket wash and dry with leaf blower. And about 30 minutes each to do the interiors


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I have a 2001 Honda CR-V, and currently it is taking me 45mins to 1hr to wash, dry, then finish with a spray wax on a weekly basis.

For the interior, I do a simple wipe down of dashboard and instrument panels, and vacuum. Since the interior doesn't get that dirty, it only takes about 15 minutes to do that on a weekly basis.
 
Just finished washing a few minutes ago---It took me an hour and 35 min to do.

Wash, deep clean wheel barrels, tuf shine the tires, dry, spray wax and tire dressing...

Not to shabby...I thought it'll take me longer.

Tom
 
45 mins to 1hr maybe 1:15 if I am slow or if the vehicle is really dirty. About the same for car or van.
 
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