how do you keep your car clean ?

daheechang · 08-23-2006, 03:19 PM

I wash car every week, use Quick Detailer every night. Seems to be working fine during the summer so far. Dont know about when rain starts coming though

. especially since i'm in Seattle. But for now, detail/dust my car everynight seems to be working fine.

b00tsie · 08-23-2006, 06:02 PM

I am trying to do this every other week by hand, the weather sucks in Holland, lot of rain :-(

Chesmu · 08-23-2006, 06:53 PM

i hand wash and wax every two weeks, but ise the no-touch rapid car wash at the gas station in between.

aztec · 08-24-2006, 02:11 AM

the moblie detailer comes to the office every friday soo its nice and clean for the weekend

Asiann · 08-24-2006, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by aztec

the moblie detailer comes to the office every friday soo its nice and clean for the weekend

You sure about that? How many other cars did he clean with the same rags?

Just messing with you! I might ask though

Dev330 · 08-24-2006, 02:53 AM

It gets washed at my office when ever i use it, had the car since April 2005 and only got 5300miles on it so you do the math, otherwise she's in the garage with the cover on

medrep · 08-24-2006, 06:35 AM

Ive ordered a titanium silver so i'll never need to wash it, .....ever

My current Sapphire Black E46, gave up washing that bout 18 months ago, it was like groundhog day in dusty hell!!

Seriously though, i'll probably wash it at home or a petrol station due to the amount of miles that I do, and silver is unliklely to show any potential swirl marks caused by crap brushes.

I hope?

krazykanuck · 08-25-2006, 11:27 PM

I used to wash my car every weekend, but now I don't have a place to wash it so I plan to run it through a wand wash this weekend and then park it in a garage. Repeat when dirty.

Mark Chen · 08-26-2006, 01:08 AM

I wash my car almost once a week
but never wax it.
I think it is time to wax it by myself
anybody use waxing machine???
or everybody just wax car by hand??

krazykanuck · 08-26-2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Chen

I think it is time to wax it by myself
anybody use waxing machine???
or everybody just wax car by hand??

I wax my car by hand. It really doesn't take a long time. Once you get good at it, you can do it in a half hour, 45 minutes. It takes a couple times to figure out which part of the car to do when so you can take off a section while another part is hazing. Makes it take less time.

dzenno · 08-26-2006, 09:33 PM

I spit on it and then a good clean paper towel

View Poll Results: how do you keep your car clean
I hand wash/wax my car	114	81.43%
fast car wash on a gas station	9	6.43%
call a automotive detailing services	8	5.71%
what is a car wash??	9	6.43%
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08-23-2006, 03:19 PM	#23
daheechang Colonel 131 Rep 2,424 Posts Drives: E30 m3 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Shoreline iTrader: (14)	I wash car every week, use Quick Detailer every night. Seems to be working fine during the summer so far. Dont know about when rain starts coming though . especially since i'm in Seattle. But for now, detail/dust my car everynight seems to be working fine.
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08-23-2006, 06:02 PM	#24
b00tsie Enlisted Member 3 Rep 36 Posts Drives: BMW 318i Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Netherlands iTrader: (0)	I am trying to do this every other week by hand, the weather sucks in Holland, lot of rain :-( __________________ Ronald Bootsman BMW 318i \| jetblack \| black grille and eyelids \| 18 inch BMW Motorsport rims \| black lines
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08-23-2006, 06:53 PM	#25
Chesmu Brigadier General 96 Rep 3,011 Posts Drives: 2013 X6 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Phoenix,AZ iTrader: (2) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00] 2006 330i [0.00]	i hand wash and wax every two weeks, but ise the no-touch rapid car wash at the gas station in between. __________________ "Teach the ignorant. Ignore the stupid."
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08-24-2006, 02:11 AM	#26
aztec Bean2GO 20 Rep 330 Posts Drives: 2017 BMW X4 M40i Join Date: May 2006 Location: Orange County iTrader: (0)	the moblie detailer comes to the office every friday soo its nice and clean for the weekend __________________
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08-24-2006, 02:53 AM	#28
Dev330 Second Lieutenant 5 Rep 215 Posts Drives: 330i E90 Black,Alum Blk int Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: JHB South Africa iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 330i E90 [0.00] 2003 Merc C230 K (R ... [0.00]	It gets washed at my office when ever i use it, had the car since April 2005 and only got 5300miles on it so you do the math, otherwise she's in the garage with the cover on __________________
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08-24-2006, 06:35 AM	#29
medrep Private First Class 9 Rep 196 Posts Drives: E90 320D Carbon Black Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wales iTrader: (0)	Ive ordered a titanium silver so i'll never need to wash it, .....ever My current Sapphire Black E46, gave up washing that bout 18 months ago, it was like groundhog day in dusty hell!! Seriously though, i'll probably wash it at home or a petrol station due to the amount of miles that I do, and silver is unliklely to show any potential swirl marks caused by crap brushes. I hope?
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08-25-2006, 11:27 PM	#30
krazykanuck Second Lieutenant 6 Rep 275 Posts Drives: 2004 IS300 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida iTrader: (0) Garage List 2004 IS300 [0.00] 2004 IS300 [0.00]	I used to wash my car every weekend, but now I don't have a place to wash it so I plan to run it through a wand wash this weekend and then park it in a garage. Repeat when dirty.
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08-26-2006, 01:08 AM	#31
Mark Chen Colonel 122 Rep 2,889 Posts Drives: 11' E93 M3 LMB Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Taipei iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 BMW E93 M3 [0.00]	I wash my car almost once a week but never wax it. I think it is time to wax it by myself anybody use waxing machine??? or everybody just wax car by hand?? __________________ 11' LMB E93///M3 KW V3 / 19" BBS LM DB-SLD 20th limited edition / AP Racing Pro 5000+ BBK / Akrapovic Evolution Line Exhaust / Arkym Rear Diffuser /Dinan Stage 2 Engine Transmission software
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08-26-2006, 09:33 PM	#33
dzenno Banned 296 Rep 5,876 Posts Drives: Join Date: Feb 2006 iTrader: (1)	I spit on it and then a good clean paper towel
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