How does everybody usually wash and wax there car. I usually start by washing it at the power wash then taking it home and giving it a nice sponge bath,with turtle wax soap,drying it off and using turtle wax to wax it. then do the interior with armorall. is there a better way to do this and better products to do it with. and how long should you usually leave the wax on before rubbing it off</P>

 

nope you got it abought right.

you just need to leave the wax on untill it dries, it will usually turn white.

a good car wash is made when you dry it off correctly.

my car is black so i have found that if i wash it in the shade and keep the car wet the whole time i am washing it and then dry it off with a towl before it has a chance to air dry i get a nice watter spottless surface.

 

Mothers Reflection soap and wax are awsome stuff for the money. Zymol, not the stuff at the auto parts store, is the best wax I have ever used. It costs a butt load, 50 or 60 bucks. But it left the best and smoothest finish I have ever felt.</P>


Get a couple of absober chamies. They work reall good. Use one for the body of the car and the other for inside the door seams, under the trunk lid and the wheels. Open close open close, push, squeeze every door crack and seam to get all the water out when you dry. Minimizes some of the headaches of water mixing with the wax when you are waxing.</P>


Always keep the car wet wash the side with the shade first and the side with the sun last. Rims first! If you read the directions it want cool and dry wheels not wet and soapy!<IMG src=smileys/smiley1.gif border="0">Roof, hood, sides, trunk and back. Rinse and rinse. Then dry until you are satisfied. Wash in small sections. Fender, door, rear quarter. You get the picture. Takes some time to get used to doing but will ensure you hit every spot. Don't waste yout money on powerwashing if you are going to sponge wash it after. Keep the car wet before you start and you won't have any problems.</P>

 

https://mustangforums.com/forum_post...tal&PN=0&TPN=1

I believe it's the 3rd post down........and 4th, 5th....

 

Jeez JEEp quite the info. I'll definately be using your method next time I do my car. One thing though. I've never used a buffer on a vehicle and don't want to take a chance of messing anything up. It's a really light blue and the owner before me obviously had some hack buff it because it has swirl marks up the *** when I bought. that's one thing that annoys the hell out of me. Any way of getting those out?

 

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Refer to Jeep's link.</P>


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ok must have missed that part, thanks again

 

I have my wife wash my car. She does a reat job last car show fords in the park I took second place. She has a nack for fine details. I love it that is into mustangs as much as i am. I am incharge of the up keep oil changes and repairs and she keeps them shinning. Life is good and my wife is awasome.

 

67 I'll trade mine for yours and throw in some boot$$<img border="0" src=smileys/smiley16.gif border="0">

 

talking about his car or his wife? J/K.