Forgive me, Father. I'm very lazy too.
Esso Touchless Car wash for me. Drive in, drive out in 5 minutes.
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Esso Touchless Car wash for me. Drive in, drive out in 5 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq0PsrKO0LUWith a little white top and plenty of soapy water...
Erik: That a Discovery 1? Think it is, 'cause the 2 has different handles. Nice car, especially for a 1st car. Beautiful cars, LR's. Love to drive one, but, knowing England, there be some "Chelsea Tractor Tax" involved.
Full-service brushless car wash + undercarriage + wax where they also vacuum interior, wipe all interior surfaces, clean interior windows, and then hand-polish the outside of the car after the brushless wash, plus condition the tires... all for $8.95.
Lozano's Brushless Car Wash in Mountain View, CA.
Free popcorn, free lemonade and coffee, free rides for the kids to keep them busy... perfect place.
I go once a week; it's such a fun place, and my car always looks sparkling.
Lozano's Brushless Car Wash in Mountain View, CA.
Free popcorn, free lemonade and coffee, free rides for the kids to keep them busy... perfect place.
I go once a week; it's such a fun place, and my car always looks sparkling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq0PsrKO0LU
Erik: That a Discovery 1? Think it is, 'cause the 2 has different handles. Nice car, especially for a 1st car. Beautiful cars, LR's. Love to drive one, but, knowing England, there be some "Chelsea Tractor Tax" involved.
Yes that is a Discovery 1- its a 1998 LSE edition. Everyone has trouble with the door handles hahah. Its a really fun car to drive, even though its incredibly underpowered and slow. I love it to death.
ZAINO IS the car wash and polish system of GODS!!!!!!!
I use only Zaino products and can not see a point in any other brand.
Zaino products are the bomb. Nothing else comes close.
To wash your car correctly:
With 2 gallons or more of properly prepared Zaino Z7 car wash soap wash your rims lightly and get the sidewalls of your tires. Use a 100% Made in the USA white cotton hand towel. Rinse well in between tires.
Next, spray your car down with water until the surfaces are cool to the touch. Prepare 4 gallons of Z7 car wash soap. Use a 100% Made in the USA white cotton hand towel to wash, or a very fine wool sheep skin that is rinsed thoroughly between uses to remove dirt.
Beginning with your roof wash with stokes that go front to back. Move to the hood and then to the trunk lid.
Then wash all the glass.
Wash off all the soapy water and spray the sides of your car until cool to the touch. Wash the top half of each side, followed by the rear- only down to the bumper line.
Next wash the front grill.
Now the bottom of the sides, thoroughly rinsing the towel in between 2 square foot sections. Finally the rear bumper. This is last due to the grime that is expelled from the exhaust.
To dry your car:
Use a $50 electric leaf blower that is new- as in not dirty at all.
To get water runs use a 100% made in the USA white cotton towel.
Now to really wash those rims.
Use Zaino clay bar and a spray bottle of somewhat concentrated Z7 (one capful of soap). Spray the Z7 as needed for smoothness of clay strokes. This will remove all dirt, tar, brake dust and particles from your wheels. If you drop a clay bar, either get another or learn to be skilled at shaving off the contaminated areas with a pocket knife. Clay bar is not required for rubber.
Rinse and wipe with a 100% made in the USA white cotton towel.
Dry them with your handy leaf blower.
Next, polish your car with Z2 combined with ZFX accelerator. The ZFX literally make polishing your car a wipe on/ wipe off process. NO rubbing or buffing required. It should dry very fast, so do this in sections. About 30 min for the entire car to be polished. Use only Zaino applicators. It's ok, they're cheap.
From here you can either add more Z2, or some Z5 but it will take a lot longer since Z5 is not accelerated by ZFX. You can also use Z9 on leather and Z12 on glass. Z14 is great for all the plastic trim on trucks.
I say 100% Made in the USA white cotton towels for two reasons:
One- no dyes in white.
Two- other 100% cotton towels have shown to actually contain some nylon and other impurities. The USA ones don't.
I once saw a corvette with 25 coats of Z2 and it looked like glass. Sweet.
Alright, I'm spent.
To wash your car correctly:
With 2 gallons or more of properly prepared Zaino Z7 car wash soap wash your rims lightly and get the sidewalls of your tires. Use a 100% Made in the USA white cotton hand towel. Rinse well in between tires.
Next, spray your car down with water until the surfaces are cool to the touch. Prepare 4 gallons of Z7 car wash soap. Use a 100% Made in the USA white cotton hand towel to wash, or a very fine wool sheep skin that is rinsed thoroughly between uses to remove dirt.
Beginning with your roof wash with stokes that go front to back. Move to the hood and then to the trunk lid.
Then wash all the glass.
Wash off all the soapy water and spray the sides of your car until cool to the touch. Wash the top half of each side, followed by the rear- only down to the bumper line.
Next wash the front grill.
Now the bottom of the sides, thoroughly rinsing the towel in between 2 square foot sections. Finally the rear bumper. This is last due to the grime that is expelled from the exhaust.
To dry your car:
Use a $50 electric leaf blower that is new- as in not dirty at all.
To get water runs use a 100% made in the USA white cotton towel.
Now to really wash those rims.
Use Zaino clay bar and a spray bottle of somewhat concentrated Z7 (one capful of soap). Spray the Z7 as needed for smoothness of clay strokes. This will remove all dirt, tar, brake dust and particles from your wheels. If you drop a clay bar, either get another or learn to be skilled at shaving off the contaminated areas with a pocket knife. Clay bar is not required for rubber.
Rinse and wipe with a 100% made in the USA white cotton towel.
Dry them with your handy leaf blower.
Next, polish your car with Z2 combined with ZFX accelerator. The ZFX literally make polishing your car a wipe on/ wipe off process. NO rubbing or buffing required. It should dry very fast, so do this in sections. About 30 min for the entire car to be polished. Use only Zaino applicators. It's ok, they're cheap.
From here you can either add more Z2, or some Z5 but it will take a lot longer since Z5 is not accelerated by ZFX. You can also use Z9 on leather and Z12 on glass. Z14 is great for all the plastic trim on trucks.
I say 100% Made in the USA white cotton towels for two reasons:
One- no dyes in white.
Two- other 100% cotton towels have shown to actually contain some nylon and other impurities. The USA ones don't.
I once saw a corvette with 25 coats of Z2 and it looked like glass. Sweet.
Alright, I'm spent.
I use the $6 regular gas station car washes in the fall/winter/spring, since up here, it's never actually good weather. In the summer, I wash and wax by hand.
But I'm ridiculous. I wash and vacuum my car every three days regardless.
But I'm ridiculous. I wash and vacuum my car every three days regardless.
I bought a rim cleaning tool from Autozone. Basically, it's an array of giant pipe cleaner-looking things. I use dish soap and then apply a coat of wax.
I wash the car about every two weeks by hand. I never use an auto-wash for a few different reasons:
1. The brushes might be contaminated with something that could scratch
2. Brushless auto-washes aren't very effective
2. It's not a good idea to spray wax over the entire vehicle. It could cause problems with the windshield wipers -- wipers skip across the glass, dried wax wiped into neat little piles on the sides of the windshield, etc...
Dish soap is not the best detergent to use on your paint. It strips all the oils out of the paint, and can actually increase the rate of deterioration. However, it will strip the previous coat of wax off, if that's what you're getting at. I plan on using dish soap to start out the season, followed by a clay bar and plenty of Zaino. If it's any indication, the last time I used dish soap was 4 years ago, prior to my first application of Zaino.
There's a guy who comes by my office every other week (I think he can sense when we get paid) who's got a trailer with a tank of water, vacuum, etc.
He cleans my truck for $20 inside and out. Does a great job too, and it doesn't take any time away from my life ever. Of course I only do it about once a month instead of every two weeks.
Talk about lazy... I'm like a rug on Valium when it comes to car washing. And I really need to take both our cars in for a real detailing one of these days.
He cleans my truck for $20 inside and out. Does a great job too, and it doesn't take any time away from my life ever. Of course I only do it about once a month instead of every two weeks.
Talk about lazy... I'm like a rug on Valium when it comes to car washing. And I really need to take both our cars in for a real detailing one of these days.
I used to spend 2 hours washing my first car (2000 Toyota Celica) when I really cared (wash everything and then wax it). Now I have a Subaru that i like but I don't care for cars like I used to so I just do a quick wash (no more the 45 min) and never wax.
Well, I own an automotive detailing company so that might give you some indication of how often I wash my car... And yes I still do it myself.
Cool. I love the Disco 3. Beautiful, and practical. A Range Rover Sport is still nice though, and built on a Disco 3 anyway, so good for offroading.