[forcephotography]

I certainly would not spend 5 hours on my car if I wasn't atleast applying one coat of some type of wax. My favorite is Liquid Souveran http://www.autogeek.net/pinliqsouvwa.html. Even with a coat of wax it only takes me 2 hours or less to ENTIRELY wash an wax the car. The only time I will spend 5 hours on it is if I break out the PC7424 and polish the entire car followed by AIO followed by a coat LSW. I have 0 marring / swirl marks on my paint so I am not sure why it is taking you 5 hours to do the same job, I get everywhere as well, dooor jams, trunk jam, getting wax on and off all the plastic and emblems etc..

[BigDog]

hr to wash and wax every other week...


some of u guys are obsessive to an extreme...

[JOYRIIDE1113]

Join a detail forum like DC or Autopia, and see how much more you have to learn. You're technique and product choice shows you are a beginner. Atleast in my book. But what do I know...

[Brunotheboxer]

Originally Posted by JOYRIIDE1113

Join a detail forum like DC or Autopia, and see how much more you have to learn. You're technique and product choice shows you are a beginner. Atleast in my book. But what do I know...

i went to that forum and they recomend clorox and sos pads so i stopped reading right then.

[JOYRIIDE1113]

Originally Posted by Brunotheboxer

i went to that forum and they recomend clorox and sos pads so i stopped reading right then.

I can't say much about Autopia as its soo congested, a lot of bad info gets through, but I have a high post count over at DC which I can say were well invested.

What are SOS pads?

[Brunotheboxer]

Originally Posted by JOYRIIDE1113

What are SOS pads?

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...oogle&ct=title

[JOYRIIDE1113]

Originally Posted by Brunotheboxer

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...oogle&ct=title

Unless you needed help removing somehting on metal, who ever posted that advise should have gotten banned...

But yea, I understand how something like that could have steered you away... But some of the advise here sounds like its coming right from the vendor or manufactuer.

[Miami Bimmer06]

what is z-6?

[Josh49]

Originally Posted by Miami Bimmer06

what is z-6?

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/...ory_Code=Zaino

[Miami Bimmer06]

Originally Posted by Josh49

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/...ory_Code=Zaino

Thanks

[NFS]

Originally Posted by Josh49

500W???

Use a 750 Terrawatt light, and then the electron microscope. It's incredible what's on the car... Of course none of this is visible to the naked eye, but it's still extremely important to be cleaned off and removed. Any particle over 10 microns must be removed. Having these particles really effects the looks and performace of the car.

I used to rig up 200 - 500watt floods and surround the car with them. The resultant glare was dangerous enough to require protective clothing to avoid third degree burns and the last time I did it the rest of the city blacked out.

However, I did notice a thumb print so it was worth it.

Now I take my car down to the particle accelerator at the atomic research establishment. They use ultra high energy x rays to illuminate the space between the sub atomic particles that make up the surface of the paint.

By bombarding these with exactly the right quantity of Higgs Bosun particles I will hopefully either:

1. End up with a really clean car
2. Create a black hole beneath the earth which will suck up the entire galaxy.


Seriously though (sorry bmw executive we should be ashamed of ourselves) when I do was my car myself (every couple of weeks or so) I probably spend about 30 mins shampooing, rinsing and cleaning the alloys with a wheel brush, then a further 30 mins waxing it with a turtle wax 'wax it wet' spray which you just wipe of with a clean chamois.

My car does 30,000 miles a year, so I have to be realistic about the condition it will get into - with stone chips, door dings and all the other horrible things that happen to cars in daily use.

[MeTaL]

I just washed my car and took me about 40 minutes... I did notice some marks (dried up waterspots I think) on the chrome grill. How do you guys clean the grill ? Just washing didn't really do the job.

[Josh49]

Originally Posted by MeTaL

...How do you guys clean the grill? Just washing didn't really do the job.

Pretty effective. Follow it with some PAM to keep the food from sticking to the surface (make sure to spray pam before grill is ignited)...

[MeTaL]

Damnit, should have seen that one coming

[bmwexecutive]

Originally Posted by MeTaL

I just washed my car and took me about 40 minutes... I did notice some marks (dried up waterspots I think) on the chrome grill. How do you guys clean the grill ? Just washing didn't really do the job.

You obviously didn't use a good shampoo as if you did it would have easily removed the water spots. Pick up some Zaino Z7 Wash. It works really well.

[Brunotheboxer]

Originally Posted by bmwexecutive

.

where on the east coast are you located? just me being nosey.

[bmwexecutive]

Originally Posted by Brunotheboxer

where on the east coast are you located? just me being nosey.

Florida.

[Brunotheboxer]

Originally Posted by bmwexecutive

Florida.

i was hoping you lived closer to me so that you could give me some hands on pointers. oh well.

[SCOTT748]

Josh49,

Keep the hits coming, ya killin me!!!
5 hours for some of you though, damn I got more important shit to do on Sat & Sundays!!!

Scott

[pander5]

BMWExec: I would suggest you use either Z6 or Z8, not both after a cleaning. That will save some time. I personally like Z8 better than Z6 and now only use Z6 in between layers of Z polish.

I admire your attention to detail and think of the next owner of your car when the M3 is delivered! Lucky bastage.

[325Driver]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

I used to rig up 200 - 500watt floods and surround the car with them. The resultant glare was dangerous enough to require protective clothing to avoid third degree burns and the last time I did it the rest of the city blacked out.

However, I did notice a thumb print so it was worth it.

Now I take my car down to the particle accelerator at the atomic research establishment. They use ultra high energy x rays to illuminate the space between the sub atomic particles that make up the surface of the paint.

By bombarding these with exactly the right quantity of Higgs Bosun particles I will hopefully either:

1. End up with a really clean car
2. Create a black hole beneath the earth which will suck up the entire galaxy.

You guys are freaking killing me here. This thread needs a sticky attached to it.

[Mark Chen]

basically one hour for washing and drying
plan to wax my car when next time I wash it.
don't have garage.