I'll do touchless on a very RARE occasion,but only with a good coat of Wax protecting the paint. Most touchless car washes use acid based soaps in order to do a thorough job at removing dirt. Too much exposure to the touchless eats up at the clearcoat.
Meguiars gold class soap or turtle wax ice and a bucket works excellent. A high quality non abrasive microfiber sponge, a nice shade, lukewarm filtered water, high end detail drying cloths, quik detailer, clay, polish, wax and buff the car off with a detailers buffing cloth. Every evening after the wash I dust off the car. Every 5 days, give or take a day or 2, I quik detail and quik wax. After the quik wax, I buff the car out with a detailiers, buffing cloth, done
If regular maintenence keeps the car clean for a long period of time? I may only water wash every 5 weeks give or take 1 week. If I notice I'm getting build-up from having to quik detail or quik wax too often? I will wash sooner.
The interior I vaccuum weekly. I use cleaners on the plastics about every 3-4 weeks. The leather area I use a leather clean cond. Every 6wks.
My car almost always looks showroom or better than showroom. It costs about $180 for the supplies. And I get about thousands of $$$$ in in detailings and washing done when I do it myself.
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