"both vehicles got a good clean this morning".
That is amazing. It takes me all morning to thoroughly wash and dry our Beach. Mind you, I don't wash it every week or even month. It gets a thorough clean roughly every three to four months or so whether it needs it or not. If it gets very mucky in between then I'll take it down the jet wash to knock the worst off. I never go near it with the brush and always remove bird lime asap. I work on the principal that every time you clean a vehicle you will cause a certain amount of micro damage. So far this policy seems to have paid off as when I do clean it the paint comes up as good as new. It's now four years old and due a clay and polish.
I also like a clean van if going on a long trip.
Agree with this to an extent but it very much depends upon how you wash. I tend to be particularly anally retentive about my pre-wash regime. I don't go anywhere near a vehicle until it's been as decontaminated as possible. As an example, yesterday both vehicles got:
- Sprayed with Citrus Power wax-safe degreaser on the paintwork and left to dwell;
- Arches sprayed with a All Purpose Cleaner to loosen the grit & road salt;
- Jetwash rinse;
- Snowfoam left to dwell;
- Jetwash rinse;
- Wheels sprayed with Reactive (wheel cleaner & iron particle remover) before being jetwashed & cleaned by hand with a shampoo;
- Vehicle body cleaned with shampoo using the two-bucket method (i.e. one with shampoo and one for rinsing the mitt);
- Jetwash rinse;
- Application of a Hydrophobic treatment on all surfaces;
- Jetwash rinse;
- Application of Detailing Fluid and dried with a detailing towel.
I tend to wash the vehicles every month and then do a major detail once or twice a year where they get clayed, polished, waxed and sealed. I find with that sort of routine, the bodywork tends to shrug off a lot of contamination which in turn helps to wash it and minimise swirl marks or other damage.
It took me 3.5hrs in total to do both. However, when I do the full detail, it can be 12hrs per vehicle.
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