Your Weekly Paint Maintenance Regimen

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willowcat11

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Just wanted to see what everyone does to maintain their paint weekly in regards to:

WASHING

Two Bucket Car Wash Soap, Waterless Wash, or Rinseless Wash.

If you use any Spray Waxes or Detailers


Like what combos of products do you predominately use to maintain the gloss, cleaness, and beauty of you paint on a weekly basis.

Ok to include names of products also.

Thanks all!


Ray
 
I alternate between rinseless and 2 bucket wash depending on how dirty my car is

Rinseless
D114 with the Big Red Sponge dry with 1 damp MF towel followed by TRC Pluffle towel

2 bucket wash (sometimes + pressure washer/foam cannon)
Megs Hyper wash
Dub Wheel Cleaner
LATA (tires and wheel wells)
dry with gas leaf blower or TRC Pluffle towel

Optimum tire gel on tires and CG V07 on wheels after washing as a gloss enhancerv(using up my gallon)
 
If you have a good LSP on your paint, and you perform weekly or bi weekly washes, imo a rinseless wash is all you need. No fuss, no mess, it's quick and very safe. I prefer rinseless products that put added protection back on the paint. I like building layers of protection whenever I touch the paint. I usually put a spray wax on the wheels after I wash and hit the interior with a brief waterless wash product that has protection in it as well.
 
I do my best to wash weekly, but sometimes that can't happen. I wash mine with a foam cannon and 2 bucket method every time. I tried rinseless and I wasn't a fan at the time plus I live on a gravel drive so naturally my truck gets pretty dirty despite my best effort. Time depending, I try to apply Wolfgang Liquid Seal after every wash. I also use Wolfgang Uber Rinseless diluting it to detail spray ratio and that stuff is amazing! It is very slick and glossy. The surface after using the detail spray is nice and smooth too! This works pretty well for me.
 
Not so much weekly, it all depends on the weather.
I do the Gerry Dean rinseless wash, followed by drying with D156. If my car isn't too dirty, I'll do a waterless wash.
 
I do two bucket washes on an as-needed basis. This time of year between the rain and the pollen, it can almost be a weekly event.

I've used several different car shampoo's from here and never been disappointed. Since my wash area has no shade, I'll often resort to using a spray wax like Meguiars Ultimate Quik wax or a waterless wash like the Pinnacle Waterless Wash with Carnauba as a drying aid to help deal with water spotting.
 
I have always done a 2-bucket wash on an as needed basis. I also have a dedicated bucket for my wheels-wheel wells so I don't introduce those contaminents into my paint wash bucket

Rinseless
I just ordered Wolfgang Uber and plan on trying it next week.

Paint
- 2 bucket wash - sometimes use my pressure washer+foam cannon. Depends on the time of year as I live in ND.
- Optimum car wash
- Microfiber Madness wash pad
- Metro Master Blaster + Uber Super Drying Towel or CG Wooly Mammoth to dry

Wheels-Tires-Wheel Wells
- Meg's Wheel Brightener + wheel wollies + boars hair brush
- Meg's Super Degreaser and APC for the tires and wheel wells
- Metro Master Blaster to dry

I always follow up with a detail spray - Kenotek Showroom Shine or CG V07. I've been using Poorboys Bold & Bright on the tires and recently ordered CarPro Perl which I plan on trying soon.
 
Can rinse less or water less be used on a black vehicle? This scares me..also how do you clean the wheel wells if they are dirty when doing a rinse less or waterless?
 
@ lane5515:

you're one of the few that uses Kenotek detail spray. I've had my eye on it for a while. Not many places carry it. Its marketed as an anti-static spray. What do you like about the product?
 
Mr willowcat11,

On average maintenance wash bi-weekly dependent upon weather activity.

2BM + occasional foam gun
(3) natural sea sponge
plenty microfiber towels

Optimum Car Wash + 1 pump DoDo Supernatural as a 'booster'
303 Aerospace Protectant ( 1 week minimum refresh )
Optimum Car Wax ( used as QD )

Current LSP Gtech C2v3 ( until supply depletes )


Steve
 
jmsc said:
@ lane5515:

you're one of the few that uses Kenotek detail spray. I've had my eye on it for a while. Not many places carry it. Its marketed as an anti-static spray. What do you like about the product?
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Kenotek is great - I got my first bottle about a month ago and used it on my wife's black Honda. It is super easy to use with no streaking and it made the black paint glow and metallic pop. It is tough to tell if the anti static claim will help against dust as the weather in ND now is rough (wet roads from rain and snow making tough to keep a DD clean). I've tried several QD's in the past and Kenotek and CG V07 are my favorites.
 
Since my car is coated, i do weekly waterless or rinseless washes. I always use either UWW+ or Pinnacle Rinseless. I'll then either us V7, Backfire Poly Spray some sort of little booster to amp up some shine/gloss.

I'll probably take the coating off soon and go back to waxing, then my routine will switch a bit. :)
 
cleanfreak3 said:
Can rinse less or water less be used on a black vehicle? This scares me..also how do you clean the wheel wells if they are dirty when doing a rinse less or waterless?
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I've been asking myself the same question. I always wash my wheel wells, tires and wheels before washing the rest of my truck. I find it funny when I see clean (paint) cars with dirty wheel wells and undressed tires.

For those of you that do rinseless washes, how do you handle the wheels, tires and wheel wells?
 
lane5515 said:
I've been asking myself the same question. I always wash my wheel wells, tires and wheels before washing the rest of my truck. I find it funny when I see clean (paint) cars with dirty wheel wells and undressed tires.

For those of you that do rinseless washes, how do you handle the wheels, tires and wheel wells?
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I use Mothers Back to Black tire renew, its a rinseless tire wash, Backfire Trim and Tire AIO is good too. I'll also just rinseless and waterless wash the wheel and rims too, cleans just as good most times.
 
Awesome and very helpful answers guys! It seems like there are a lot of different ways to go about this.

For right now, I just bought WG Auto Bathe, Uber Rinseless, and Spritz Sealant.

I just want to test and see over time, what is my most preferred method for maintenance. And what better way than try them all out and see.

I know this is an expensive endeavor using all the WG products, but since I am loving other WG products, I wanted to try these out as well. I want to try out what is considered to be a top product line, and then having a comparison for the Megs products I had been using.

It seems that Uber, like some have noted, actually comes out as a better value up against Meg's similar product. But as in the Spritz Sealant, it looks to be quite expensive versus Ultimate Quick Wax.

It was my Bday yesterday anyways, so I had a few bucks to toss at some AG Store products.

I am very excited to try these new WG products. My family has been loving the WCTS on my interior and WETS on my exterior.

Thank you all of these great posts everyone, and have a Great Weekend!


Ray
 
Rinseless:
D114, ONR, Uber
300 gsm MF

Waterless:
D115
Edgeless TRC towels

Traditional 2BM:
Duragloss 901, Sonax Gloss Shampoo
Griots Wash Pad

Drying Aids:
Leaf Blower
D156
Sonax Brilliant Shine Detailer
Waffle weave towel

Tires & Wheels:
Super Degreaser 4:1 on tires with Tuf Shine brush
Duragloss 901 and Speedmaster brush, boars hair wheel brush
EcoTouch Tire Shine

Other products used on occasion:
Eco Touch Wheel cleaner for WW or RW washes
Meguiar's M62 Car Wash
Meguiar's Mirror Bright Shampoo
Mother's Professional Car Wash
AMMO Mud Tire Gel
AMMO Brute Wheel Soap
AMMO Wheel Cleaner
Duragloss Aquawax
CAR Products Shake n Shine
Meguiar's Mirror Bright Wheel cleaner
Meguiar's Endurance Tire Gel
P21s Auto Wash For Pre-Treatment
CG Citrus Wash Red for ultra dirty or wax stripping
 
My black BMW is currently wearing BFWD sealant and semi annually Collonite 845. I wash weekly with my foam gun and 2 rinse buckets. Thorough dry and blow dry then Pinnacle Crystal Mist. Driven hard all week too!
 
For maintaining I usually go 2 bucket.
Optimum Car Wash
Optimum Power Clean on wheels/tires, have some Meg's Mirror Bright coming in to try out
3D Express Wax, just started using
Royal Detail Club Xipp on trim, happened to like what it did to my trim when I was using as a spray wax
ONR at ext detailer concentration for door jambs
Royal Detail Club Nero on tires, I want to try McKee's Tire Coating soon

Royal Detail Club Fresh on interior plastics/vinyl
3D 50-1 Window Cleaner for interior glass
Pinnacle Leather Cleaner and Conditioner on leather, got it in my mystery box

Speed Master wheel brush
lug brush
Mother's wheel brush
TRC Edgeless Avalanche for drying
TRC Eagle Edgeless for paint
TRC Premium Window for glass, duh
Royal Detail Club waffle weave for glass final buff
TRC 12x12 365 GSM for jambs
TRC Mini Minor for trim
TRC 300 GSM for interior
2 Griot's Chenille wash mitts, 1 for top, 1 for bottom
TRC Chenille Dog Bone for front bumper
Compressor with 100ft hose and blow gun
 
UnsatisfactoryResult,

I have been looking at the TRC Avalanches. I've got some Pluffles, and was wondering how the Avalanches compare to them. Have you ever tried the Pluffles to know how they compare?

VERY NICE detailed post in the forum!
 
willowcat11 said:
Awesome and very helpful answers guys! It seems like there are a lot of different ways to go about this.

For right now, I just bought WG Auto Bathe, Uber Rinseless, and Spritz Sealant.

I just want to test and see over time, what is my most preferred method for maintenance. And what better way than try them all out and see.

I know this is an expensive endeavor using all the WG products, but since I am loving other WG products, I wanted to try these out as well. I want to try out what is considered to be a top product line, and then having a comparison for the Megs products I had been using.

It seems that Uber, like some have noted, actually comes out as a better value up against Meg's similar product. But as in the Spritz Sealant, it looks to be quite expensive versus Ultimate Quick Wax.

It was my Bday yesterday anyways, so I had a few bucks to toss at some AG Store products.

I am very excited to try these new WG products. My family has been loving the WCTS on my interior and WETS on my exterior.

Thank you all of these great posts everyone, and have a Great Weekend!


Ray
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I have to agree with you on this! I started out with the Deep Gloss Paint Sealant and Fuzion. I'm now starting to switch all my products to Wolfgang as I absolutely love the results and it's easy to work with. I do have some other products that Wolfgang does not offer, but the majority of my products will be Wolfgang.
 
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