What is the longest time period that you did not wash you car?
mine was 3 weeks.



When you wash your car what do you wash in order?

for me it is
1st. Drivers Side
2nd. rear
3rd. passenger side
4th. front
5th. top
6th. wheels and tires

 

rinse the car off.
break up the dirt with a sponge, rinse car again.
start on the hood,
goto the roof,
trunk,
backside,
rinse off,
hood again/front windshield,
sides/windows,
frontend,
rinse off,
and finally rims.

 

Why not start on the roof? That way when the dirt runs down to the rest of the body you'll be able to take it off since that will be the next part on the list.

 

Always top to bottom. Roof- windows, hood and trunk, lower, wheels last.

 

1. roof
2. sides
3. front
4. trunk
5. rims
6. dry
7. windows with glass cleaner

no longer than 6 days

 

Longest w/out wash....just over a month
First, clean rims & tires then rest of the car
start at top working my way down.

 

do you guys go to the store and buy those car wash soaps and stuff? i usually just wash my car with water. i rinse it a lot with water. what about waxing and buffing the car? what would i need and how would i do it? i know... i'm stupid. haha

 

i went 4 months w/o washing my car but its garage kept

 

First thing and foremost, I wash the rims FIRST! This way, if I wash the car first, and the rims last, the water will start to dry up and cause "water spots". The wheels (rims) take time from all the brake dust, so you want to wash this first. When washing the car, I start with the roof first, down to the trunk, and rear bumper. Then I wash the sides along with half the hood from whichever side I started first. Then I wash the front bumper. This order is what I prefer, because all the dirt runs down the car so that you don't have to overwork yourself going over the same sections at a time. For drying purposes, I start with the roof first, the trunk second, and the hood third. I learned from having a dark colored car to dry the "top" surfaces first to avoid water spots. You don't want them to settle in the paint, because they are very noticeable and nearly impossible to remove!

 

Yes, that's correct, it's best to wash the rims first.

Then I would personally go:

roof
rear windshield/trunk lid top
front windshield/hood
passenger side
front
driver side
rear

Applying waxes and glazes is much different though

 

Wow, 6 days? That's too much imho, even in winter. Plus the water that you have to use, that's like 5 times a month! I just washed/waxed mine yesterday and I figure I'm good until September at least!

 

i start from the roof, i never cleaned my rims, cause no matter how hard i cleaned they still looked dirty..........i used meguires car wash soap - works great

 

Rims first, then I wash the right side, rinse then left side, rinse entire car.

I also use Meguires gold class wash, 3M Imperial Hand glaze, and One Grand Blitz Wax (or P21S) and the car shines like mad.

 

2 weeks is average. i dont see my maxima every other weekend because of a divorce so thats how it works. sometimes i wash it alot.

i start with hood then goto roof and work my way down. i do rewash the hood just because but normally the roof water doesnt get on it.
i dry it with a shimmy and then a very fine woven cloth to get it really dry.

as for the soap, i use turtle wash(or wax, forgot the name, but turtle is forsure) gold soap, at first i though soap is soap, but then i tried this and its sooo nice. i did a test. this stuff seems to add a wax as you wash. maybe not but when you soap it up and rinse it off, it comes off really smoothly and leaves it looking good. then i wax with meguires gold and apply tire protectants and wheels cleaners, but not in that order.

also i never make the water into a jet or anything, i just let it flow from the hose and put a litte on/off valve on it to save water, i point the hose away when i first release it so the jet doesnt hit the car and just wave the water over the car. some people think the jet cleans better but i think that it doesnt move as much water and just makes an uneven clean. the way i do it evens out the cleaning, as in all the soap flows off evenly and makes it balanced.

MrGone