what's your car cleaning routine? >how often >what

>>17435304
>falling for the cleaning jew
good goy

>>17435304
>when it gets dirty enough
>wash body and wheels, polish headlights, clean wiper blades, check fluids under hood
>meguiars ultimate wash and wax, meguiars all wheel cleaner, meguiars plast-x, Rain-X 2 in 1
>Microfiber towels
>silver

>>17435304

>how often
Weekly.

>what you do with it
Two bucket method with grit guards on the bottom, two mitts, hose water, foam bath, waffle weave towels, wheel brushes.

>what supplements
Chemical Guys Mr Pink, Rag Company cloths and towels and mitts. CG wheel cleaner and Diablo wheel gel. All purpose for underneath, interior cleaner for inside.

>how do you apply it
Very carefully. Wet car. Apply foam bath. Two buckets, wash/rinse. Mitt in wash, panel by panel. Rinse off. Dry. Dry door jambs/trunk. Clean windows b y hand.

>what color is your car
Officially "Deep Crystal Blue," so a very dark metallic blue paint.

>>17435304
>what's your car cleaning routine?
clean when dirty, put no effort into $200 car
>how often
2 or 3 times a year, usually before and after winter
>what you do with it
wash the turds off it, use turtle wax, rinse
>>what supplements do you use
that bullshit wash from dollar store, turtle wax
>>how do you apply it
add to bucket and suds it on with microfiber towels or old sponges, wait 5 min, then rinse for both
>>what color is your car
burgundy with minimal clearcoat

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>>17435304
>how often
Summer; when its visibly dirty
Winter; same, or when I've been on salted roads
>what you do with it
Light clean; powerwash, warm water and soap with sponge, then powerwash again
Decent clean; degreaser all over, wheel cleaner on the wheels, powerwash, degreaser again, powerwash, warm water & soap, powerwash
>what supplements do you use
Degreaser, wheel clean, standard shampoo, wheel cleaning brush, microfiber towel to dry it off
>how do you apply it
Liberally
>what color is your car
Rrrrrrrred

I let the rain clean it

If my cats leave muddy pawprints on it i go to a carwash

>>17435304
>>how often
depends on the weather. if its going to rain the next day or the day after, i wont bother
>>what you do with it
i occasionally use the spray at coin washes if its really dirty (just the water spray, nothing else) but most of the time i use ONR with three buckets and grit guards
>>what supplements do you use
ONR, grout sponges, waffle weave towels, qd spray, and zaino z5 every once in a while. i have other products but unless im doing more than just a wash and wax, thats it.
>>how do you apply it
lovingly
>>what color is your car
red

I'm a car detailer so I clean it whenever it's a slow day

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>run through car was
>chamois windows
>chamois body, top to bottom
>get throw away rag and wipe rocker panels and wheel arch inside edges
>dry wheels
>use compressed air to blow water out of tail light cavities and dry
>vacuum interior
>wipe down dash
>clean dust from suede interior parts with compressed air
>apply leather conditioner to dash and sests
>don't roll down windows for at least 2 hours or they will get wet

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>>17435304
>how often
every other week or so, or whenever it gets really dirty
>what you do with it
in order
>wheels
>body
>windows
using the 3 bucket system
>what supplements do you use
Depends, I'm transitioning from CG to AMMO at the moment but some products that I like from both would be
>AMMO Plum
>AMMO Creme
>AMMO Shag
>AMMO Lather
>AMMO Spit
>CG jet seal
>CG butter wet wax
>CG Mr. Pink
>CG Hybrid V7
>CG VRP
>how do you apply it
by hand on my nice car with good microfiber towels or microfiber applicator sponges, if it's my shitbox and I'm feeling lazy I'll throw it on using my DA with a soft wax pad then wipe it off with a microfiber cloth
>what color is your car
nice car is white, shitbox is blue

>>17435304
Dish soap
Water Hose
Mixing canister
Clay bar
Wax

I use kfc hand wipes exclusively for the interior.