bathing your beauty

Im not talking about chicks

how often do you wash your car your baby
or pamper it and such waxing and what not

if you want to say how often you wash your car and what your car is great

i wash my car about every month if that in the summer and a bit more in the winter cause of all the salt on the road

an i drive a kia rio 04 *cause im amazing*

WELL...i used to wash it about once every 3 days or so..but now work has gotten nice and i hang out with the gurl alot so it has been probably 2 weeks since the last was...she is getting clean tomarro at work and a nice coat of wax...(on the clock woot lol)

Lol, Nice Korn...

Mine gets it anywhere between once a week and once every other weekend, depending on work/school.

She also gets a full detail about every 6 months, that includes a hand wash, wax, and clay bar. Also with the detail she gets a steam-cleaned engine bay, all the interior fabric vaccumed and shampooed, leather treatment, etc...

Only runs me around a $100 at the local detail shop.

On average I wash it at least 3 times a month. Sometimes more if I have time. I need to take it in for a full detail sometime soon.

I run mine through the automatic cycle every few months or so.

Since my car is black, it needs a good wash every now and then. so i just spray it down with the hose.

I usually get a car wash like once a week or once every two weeks. depending how dirty it is.

well, with work, school, and a g/f mine gets washed about every 6 months.

My car typically gets washed at least twice a week in the summer. Full detail usually every month......

Would get done more if I had time, I am usually too busy detailing everyone else's cars.....


When you detail cars every day, you lack motivation to do your own :-P

every 2 days..or after it rains.BTW i work and go to school FT

blktbon20s wrote:

every 2 days..or after it rains.BTW i work and go to school FT

Yeah same.

EVERY two days I wash the Mustang and the s-10, and after it rains. The salt in the water here rusts everything to hell. So you gotta keep dat **** cleeeeean.

knox nice pick up i saw a pick up lowerd like that some where in central usa some time this year and it was cruzing down the high way with the back as close to the ground as yours looks but the front was up high i just thought it looked rediculous an what if there was some thing in the middle of the road you would lose your back fender
anyhew

i feel bad for your car jol lmao

golfer i know how it is when you lose motivation for something your actualy doing all the time but for others
you just gotta pick yourself up an think how awsome your car will look when she's spanking new an shiny looking

ooh and what is detailing? and clay is that like a wax of some kind

i bought some once a year car polish cause i think that much of my car lol

and some other stuff like finnishing cloths and stuff mainly for another car i have. A 1951 MG TD
heres a link to one practicly the same except the grill on my one is green like the rest of the car and the soft top is a tan colour like the car next to it
http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/MG_TD_50_Green.jpg
cant wait to take it out next year

but anyhew like i said i bought some stuff for keeping it spick an span but
well ive never been all that highly motivated to put in the hard labour and polish by hand or anything so any tips or hints for anything car cleaning related would be cool

That's one big sentence.

I just wash the car and wax with McGuires(Sp?)

my vehicle hasn't been vacuumed in probably a year and a half. Before that it got washed and vacuumed regularly.

Usually every weekend, but hectic weeks = no love for the car, I think it's been 2 weeks+ since she has gotten hosed down, She's really dirty, sept for the wheels, I usually "clean" them every other day and then REALLY clean/polish them on the weekends, since I don't want dirt/grime/brake dust/other crap to build up on those shiny puppies

Tdawgthegreatest wrote:

blktbon20s wrote: every 2 days..or after it rains.BTW i work and go to school FT Yeah same. EVERY two days I wash the Mustang and the s-10, and after it rains. The salt in the water here rusts everything to hell. So you gotta keep dat **** cleeeeean.

yup i just can't c my truck dirty
Forgot to say..i wax it every other week and clay it once a month

usually every friday or 2 times a week sometimes

hand wash
hand dry
spray on and wipe off cleaner

wax it 2-3 times a year.


oh and it never see's rain....

Just gave her a quick bath at work(on the clock woot) lol. Im gunna give it a nice coat of wax and a sealant this friday after work. Gunna polish up my wheels and wax my hood tho tomarro.

She looks perty.

I wash it pretty much every Saturday.....

04yellowf150 wrote:

usually every friday or 2 times a week sometimes hand wash hand dry spray on and wipe off cleaner wax it 2-3 times a year. oh and it never see's rain....

LAIR!!!!!!
Snow is water..and u have posted pics of ur truck on snow

blktbon20s wrote:

04yellowf150 wrote: usually every friday or 2 times a week sometimes hand wash hand dry spray on and wipe off cleaner wax it 2-3 times a year. oh and it never see's rain.... LAIR!!!!!! Snow is water..and u have posted pics of ur truck on snow

true lol, and when i do drive it in the snow i wash it every 2 days to wash teh salt off

lunasea wrote:

golfer i know how it is when you lose motivation for something your actualy doing all the time but for others you just gotta pick yourself up an think how awsome your car will look when she's spanking new an shiny looking ooh and what is detailing? and clay is that like a wax of some kind

Yeah, but my car is soo destroyed from 2 years of college, not to mention being hit parked multiple times, I have completely given up.... Too many lazy inconsiderate assholes, one I get a new car I will treat it like a baby again.


As far as what is a detail, It is basically just a really good cleaning. A detail where I work consists of:

Exterior: Wash (which consists of removing all bugs, tar, anything else stuck on the paint), Wax, Buff minor scratches, wheels, Tire Shine, Windows

Interior: Vacuum, Shampoo Carpets, Wipe down/clean all surfaces (dash, center console, doors, seats, trim, everything), Shampoo Cloth Seats, Windows, Door Jambs



Some additional things that can be included in a detail:

Clay bar - A clay bar is used to remove anything rough on top of your paint. It is used with some type of lubricant and leaves your car super smooth. Will take off bugs, tar, over spray, etc.


Buff entire car (Either for scratch removal, fix swirls, try to brighten dull pain, etc)
Clean Engine Bay
Clean/Protect Leather
Dye Floor Mats/Carpet (When your carpet gets so faded destroyed, have dyes that match to the original color of the carpet)
Polish Chrome (wheels, grills, anywhere else), hell, polish any metals....
Vinyl Dress (Door Panels, Exterior Trim, Center Consoles, etc Leaves it with a nice shine)
Can Wax Painted Door Jambs





I think that pretty much covers most stuff, feel free to add anything I missed.

Turtle wax for me

Wow so like the full monty.

whenever i shower, it showers...we're close like that. it loves it when i blow on its mirrors....

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during the summer, it's usually once a week..maybe once every two weeks depending if i go out and who is with me (gotta give the ladies something clean to ..."ride" in lmao.../nerd)
during the winter/college days, it rarely gets washed. if i go through salt, i'll spray it off at a carwash ASAP....

what are door jambs

lunasea wrote:

what are door jambs

the painted surfaces you see when you open the door.