JHZR2
Staff member
I was talking with my barber, and he just uses a soft brush on a long pole. Done in no time flat.
It took me nearly 2 hours to wash the van this afternoon.
Of course I do the following:
- rinse sponges and rag
- rinse bucket
- fill bucket with soap from foam gun
- rinse car with plain water
- soap roof
- wash roof, rinse
- soap hood, wash hood, rinse
- soap a panel at a time
- wash upper 3/4 with one sponge, lower 1/4 with another sponge
- rinse, repeat for each panel
- clean door jambs, inner painted metal on doors, kick plates, etc. with rags/brush/etc
- clean wheels with brush and wheel woolies, using meguiars waterless wash and wax
- rinse car again
- apply HydrO2 to each panel and spray each off well
- spray car again
- blow car dry with electric blower
- dry as needed
Granted the van is huge, it's just so slow of a process.
I can say that Ive done the same process for years and have no marring to speak of, even on dark cars. I'm very careful.
But I can't afford the time, I'd rather play with my kids on the weekends. Naps are getting shorter.
Not to mention this doesn't include iron-x, if applied another product, etc.
How long does it take you, and have you found any shortcuts to speed things up?
I tried foaming the whole vehicle but even in shade and beautiful cool conditions it just drips and dries too fast. So I do a panel at a time...
Thanks!
