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Originally Posted by shad2009
mailing isnt a problem, especially if im gettin the best quality...so there answers the quality question lol...i'll devote as much time as it takes to keep her lookin beautiful...how often do ppl usually wash their cars? i wanna do EVERYTHING right with her, since i'm spendin alotta cash ya kno lol
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imo, there's no such thing as "best". There is definitely "better" but not a best. Products that are typically available online are, for the most part, better than what you can pick up locally in stores. Not to say that whats available in stores is bad, but you're very limited w/ availability usually.
What you're going to notice is that detailing your ride is going to be totally up to you. Try a few products, see what you like and what appeals to you in terms of application, removal and appearance on the car. How often you wash is up to you as well. This will partly depend on how often you drive the vehicle and under what conditions. Is it garaged often or never? I have customers who garage their show cars and never wash them and I also have guys who wash 3x a week!
Regardless of how often you decide to do it, washing will be your most important step. Not only for keeping it clean, but this is also the time to keep the swirls and spiderwebbing down to a minimum. The key to this is going to be by using a 2 bucket method to wash the vehicle.
Its pretty straight forward. One bucket is for your dirty rinse water and one is for your clean wash water. I recommend at least one
grit guard in your bucket. This helps to separate the dirt (which settles at the bottom) from being reintroduced to the mitt and ultimately the paint. Make sure you use a quality wash shampoo that wont strip your wax or dry out moldings. We have quite a few to choose from here if you're interested:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/exshbure.html
And to dry, the 2 options would be a
microfiber waffle weave drying towel or the
p21s drying towel Both are very safe to use.
And thats your basics for washing. You can always add in some toys to your wash routine, such as a
foam gun or a
water softener and
cartridge Both are definitely worth having, but certainly not requirements to maintaining the car. Same w/ the wheels, an
ez detail brush is one of the best wheel brushes I've ever used in order to reach the inner barrels of the wheel, but you could forgo this for now if you wanted.
and heres a few wash kits that are already bundled up if you're interested.
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/carwabuandpa.html
Let me know if you have any other questions that I can help out w/
