Wash

I was wondering how often does everyone wash there subie's? I wash mine every sunday if it's not raining, and sometimes once during the week too, if it rains. Does anybody wash more than that, cuz i feel alittle O.C.D. sometimes.:biggrin:

 

When I had access to a wash bay at a dealership, I used to wash twice a week. Now I'm down to just once a week. You're not that OCD.

 

I'm just like you. I did mine today. Washed it really well and put on the spring coat of Klasse All-In-One and one coat of Super Sealant Glaze.


Want some detailing tips?

 

usually once a week, but sometimes 3 times a week.

 

Yeah tip's are good. I just washed again this afternoon.

 

As soon as I started getting blemishes, dinks, and scratches, I kinda just stopped caring lol So I think it's been a month since I got a wash...

 

whats WASHING your car???

 

i havent wash my car since Jan of 08. So far so good.

 

twice a week...........

 

what's a carwash?

 

i used to wash my car ALL the time... now, meh, its gone anyways

 

This is almost exactly what I do. 1st coat of SG is on. I clay in the fall (only once a year) and AIO every spring and fall. Later this week I'll throw on another coat of Sealant and then it's P21S time.

I wish I had a PC.

 

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talking the svx or the wagon?

 

personal computer???

please explain.

 

wagon, this winter absolutely killed my paint, clear coat is even shot in places and now i have rust all over.

 

You need to give my car a wax job
I'll buy you a 12pk or a pack of smokes :biggrin:

 

Porter Cable. AKA sex toy of choice for the home detailer.

 

This year I dropped the huge baller dollars and bought Zaino. http://www.zainostore.com/ Now that it's near 70 degree's, This weekend is claybar and wax. I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

Yeah, I want the DL on how that turns out. I'd like to buy some of their stuff..

 

There is good Zaino (stuff you find on their website) and bad Zaino (stuff you find at Target/Checker/Wal-Mart/etc.) Personally I do almost all my detailing shopping at autogeek.net and stick to Klasse, Menzerna, and P21S.

 

free carwashes, so every time i drive it pretty much...

 

You're thinking of zymol. Zaino only sells their stuff online.

For everyone else. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm not going to lie, if it's not just as good or better then shibbs professional job i'm gonna be pissed. I dropped way to much cash on wax.

 

You are correct, sir. I am corrected.

My car now has two coats of sealant on it. Tomorrow the P21S goes on. I'll take some pics when it's done.

 

Oh, I need a porter cable.
But first I need a hose and a driveway.

Currently I use DIY washes, but do a bucket wash.

I use einszett in the winter, it holds up much longer.
In the summer, I try to uses P21S Paintwork Cleanser with 1 grand blitz wax and sometimes a clay bar. This is the first summer I can't do it outside of my house, and as its somewhat labor intensive, I don't know how often I'll be doing that.

 

When I first bought the car I washed her every week...now that I have some swirls and some dings and such, I knocked her down a notch..so I just daydream about motorcycles all day.

But once I get it detailed it will motivate me to take good care of her...So if anybody knows a good place...

 

I just had mine done here at Lexus of Wayzata. Wow. It looks new again. BUT, its all dirty since the rain. haha

The list I have in front of me for complete exterior detail (Clay, polish, wax, shine) says $140.


I'll probably still wash maybe 2-3 times a month. I don't do much driving anymore.

 

haha omg etchy is that the same car? It looks really nice and RED.

I always thought it was darker

 

That was only with the All In One. It now has two coats of sealant on it and it's ****ing liquid.

 

So after around 6 hours of work, here's my $.02

I like how smooth it is, but the application is a bit different. They advise to use less then 1oz for a full car. I'm used to using a bunch of wax so I can see where I put it all. Because of that, I think I didn't cover everywhere. I ended up giving it two coats of wax, but I might go out there today and give it a 3rd. Some areas such as my doors are increably smooth. Other areas like my roof are not so much. Here was my process (per the directions on the bottles)

1. wash car with dawn dish soap. That cleans off all the old crap on there
2. claybar
3. wash car with car wash
4. wax with Z2 Pro + ZFX Flash Cure Accelerator Additive
5. Wait 45 minutes, then with a polishing towel wipe off
6. Detail car with Z-6 Ultra Clean Gloss Enhancer Spray
7. wax again with Z2 pro + ZFX Flash Cure Accelerator Additive
8. Waited a full hour this time
9. Another round of detailing with the Z-6

The wax did pass my "place a terry towel on the car and see if it will slide off" test. I think my biggest issue is I don't have enough light in the garage. If i had 2 more 24inch hangin lights I think i'd be able to see all the areas I did not cover as well.

If your going to buy this product, at minimum buy the Z2 pro and the ZFX Flash Cure. I bought their clay bar, Z6 gloss spray, and car wash.

I'd also recommend trying to buddy up with some people if you're going to make an order because their shipping it $8.95 flat rate, which kinda sucks if you're just buying wax.

Overall: My car does have the super wet look. Would I buy it again? Right now I'm a bit on the fence. I dropped a bunch of cash on this (granted i'm detailing a coworkers truck so that about paid for all the stuff I bought) and I'll be interested to see if the amount I spent really does last as long as the non-company reviews I've read. I will say this much, the applying and removing of this is WAY easier then anything else i've ever used.