How do you wash your car and what do you use?

[stage3]

we have hard water So i use distilled water in a sprayer with no spotting windshield fluid as soap on a brush..No spots, dont even have to dry it.

 

[Billccm]

I used nothing but waterless car wash on my cars since the early 1990s. I have people ask me where I got my car painted with 15 year old factory paint. No swirling, no feather scratches, no fading, no clear coat delamination. Yes if you have caked mud on the finish a quick rinse is useful, but not mandatory. This car is 16 years old, 60,000 miles, and the only time water has touched it is when it rains. I get asked all the time where I got this car painted.

Water and muscle cars don't mix.

 

[Don Frelier]

I don't understand the dudes that claim to never use water on their cars. They must not drive on the freeway for 900 mile road trips like some people that I know.

Mine get driven, I probably put 2,500 miles on this one last year:

Watkins Glen

On the way to the Packard Museum in Warren Ohio

Carlisle PA

 

[71RRHI]

I switched to using chemical guys products. If the cars are dirty from driving them, I hose it down, use the foam gun thing, then a wash mit, hose it off and dry it. Goes alot faster then the old bucket of soapy water and sponge.
If just dusty from sitting in the garage, California duster and wipe down with quick detailer.

 

[Budnicks]

Some car wash/with liquid wax stuff in it
'don't remember the name' from Tractor Supply,
works just fine, don't need the expensive overpriced designer crap
I use it on both trucks & the boat, & my RR

(RR rarely ever gets washed, it has a good coat of Turtle wax,
so it doesn't need to, I'll use the air nozzle to get the major stuff blown off
& I use a Calif. Duster usually, on the RR (both the Dakota) it's usually garaged
to get the light dust/pollen from sitting in the garage most it's pampered life,
the Jeep Limited Rubicon Gladiator is outside exposed on 3 sides one of my car ports
It gets far more exposure & the Dakota SLT 4wd both are driven 'in extreme weather a lot'
a lot worse weather conditions, than just occasional rain on a sunny road-trip or down in the valley...
The RR isn't or rarely driven in bad weather 'ever', if I can help it by my choice)

After the wash, & I use an aggressive spray nozzle under all of them
& around the chassis too religiously
I also have a small pressure washer, I use under them
& I always use a separate brush & separate sponges for wheels & body
I blow-dry it off with the blower side of my shop vac,
works pretty good to get 99% of the water out
& an old shammy gets 99.9% of the water out/off the nooks & cranies
then I usually use an old big container (20+ (?) y/o) of Turtle wax

It's not rocket science
It hasn't failed me yet

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

I don't understand the dudes that claim to never use water on their cars. They must not drive on the freeway for 900 mile road trips like some people that I know. The cars are not made of paper. You can wash them, dry them and they will be fine.
Of course I wash my cars with water, soap too. It is some type of "car wash" soap, not Dawn detergent or Borax.
Wax? Sometimes but not that often.

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The paint was done May of 2003. It still looks pretty good to me.

That is a bad *** Charger

 

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[Dennis H]

Adams 30% off June. Use Code THIRTY. Still expensive. Shipping too. I needed Car shampoo car wash for the foamer.

 

[halfafish]

I park mine in the rain for a day or two then take it for a spin. I'm a once-a-decade kind of guy.

 

[Dennis H]

A friend lives near Seattle. Says it rarely rains. It’s a myth…