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Originally Posted by mishuko
Here's the real question... what's your washing technique? You can relatively easily remove swirls BUT if you have crap washing technique you will re-swirl your car.
I used to use only 1 bucket and managed to leave a few minor scratches here and there... I changed to the 2 bucket method and no noticeable new scratched appear. (disclosure I wash my car once a week).
Watch Junkman's videos... they will be super informative. The point stresses Technique > Product.
Also after you drive in the rain I would NOT dab it dry... you are potentially rubbing grit into your baby. Wax will help bead the water but it won't stop the grit from drying onto your car. In the rain my baby looks sweet with the beading, then you see the dirt dry after.
If you're worried about appearance don't drive in the rain so you don't have to wash as frequently =)
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its my daily drive, and i hate this stupid cities weather, rains atleast once or so on a fri/sat/sun and those are the days i drive, i hardly take it out during the week.
i wash it once a week, takes over 2 hours, i start with the wheels and tires, than exhaust tips, i have a separate sponge for the tires, rims, and exhaust that i use to clean, and another handy tool that reaches in the dish of the rims, than i use my hose gun attachment to wet the car all around, and try to get most loose debry off, than i use the foam gun, let it soak in and fall off the car and loosen debry, than i soak the car off with water, than i refoam the car with the foam gun a 2nd time and i use a mf sponge to clean, than a final rinse, than i take off the attachment and only use the garden hose to do that ( not sure what you call it, i forgot ) sheathing thing to get most of the water off, than i dry it with my meguiars mf waffle towel, i use it lightly with almost no pressure on teh towel. oh ya... when i use the mf sponge, i clean it off perfectly after each panel i clean
but i just hate seeing my 2-3 hours go to waste when it rains, the wax would help me out alot right now, as its close to winter and cold enough not to be able to wash my car outside, let alone to the whole detail thing right now in the cold outdoor.
thanks all for the helpful info, ive seen junkmans vids a while back, super helpful, i was looking him up after i posted this thread