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Procedure for washing your car Posted by Jon [Email]  (#11)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Jon) on Sat, 26 Apr 2003 14:46:49
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How do you wash your car?
This is how I wash mine. Two buckets, one with rinse water, the other with car wash soap and two "sponges". My sponges are from a 2" x 4' x 8' piece of foam rubber that I bought about 20 years ago. I cut them into 5" x 8" pieces. I have tried mitts, brushes, natural sponges and synthetic sponges, but I still prefer the foam rubber sponges, natural sponges are a close second.
First thing I do is rinse the car from the top down using a garden hose with a brass twist spray nozzle. I wet down the entire car and rinse of any accumulated dirt or dust. I start on one side of the car and do the roof, windshield, side windows and back window.
(I never return the sponge to the wash bucket without rinsing out the sponge and squeezing out most of the water first. Following this routine, the wash water is as clean when you finish as when you started. However, the rinse water is pretty dirty.)
I immeadiately rinse off all of the soap. I then do the same thing on the other side of the car, followed by another rinse. Next I do the front fender, door and rear quarter panel, down to the SPG trim. Rinse again. SPG trim next, rinse again. Same procedure on the other side of the car. Next I do the rear hatch, tail lights, license plate and bumper, followed with a rinse. Headlights, grille, cornering lights, front bumper, license plate, fog lights, spoiler, and another rinse.
Next I wash the wheels, two at a time, followed by a rinse, with the same wash bucket using the older of the two sponges. I always spray the hose into the wheel wells, thoroughly rinsing out any accumulated dirt. I rinse under the doors to remove dirt from the rubber door seal and rinse under the SPG rear bumper extention panels and under the rear bumper.
I dump out the dirty rinse water, rinse out the bucket and refill with water. I wet my chamois in the rinse bucket, squeeze it out, then start drying the car in the same sequence that I use to wash it. I usually rinse and squeeze out the chamois 5 or 6 times at this point. After drying the wheels, I open the doors, hatch and hood. I dry around the hatch and hatch opening completely. Next around the doors and the door jambs. On to the hood, I dry off the underside of the hood where it meets the from fenders and the grille. I dry off the top edge of the fenders, the groove under the wipers and then the radiator cross member.
I can usually wash the car in about 10 to 15 minutes, but it takes me about an hour to wash and dry. I always dry the car. I have four cars on the road, and they don't stay dirty for more than a couple of days at a time. I would probably get more mechanical and performance work done on my cars, if I wasn't so obsessed with them being clean. Oh well.
Jon
jon1@adelphia.net
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