Washing your car.

First things first, please don’t do any of the following.

Go to an automatic carwash
Use a manual car wash with a brush.
Just take a bucket full of soapy water and sponge the car of your car.

Right, now I’ve got that out of the way, there are two ways you need to know about washing a car (well, 3 if you include calling me!).

Method one - Standard basic home wash

What you will need.

Hose (connected to a water supply) - or a pressure washer
Car wash shampoo or wash’n’wax (not dish washing detergent)
Two buckets or bowls, one filled with water, one with the correctr mixture of car cleaning detergent (follow instructions on bottle)
A wash mitt
A chamois or drying cloth
A dirty car

Ensure you are not washing in direct sunlight or on a hot day!

Hose down the car, using the most poweful setting on your hose, or standard setting on a pressure washer. - Blast the wheels first of all, and underneath the arches.

Now blast the car from top to bottom to remove loose dirt, dust and grit

Generally when cleaning it is best to work form top to bottom, keeping in mind that the dirtier the area, the later in the clean you should do it - this prevents the dirtiest of the water going on the cleanest parts of the car.

Clean the roof and windows of the car first, once these areas are done, wring out your mitt, dip it in the clean water and swirl it around, take it out, and wring out again (make sure non of the water goes back in either bucket). If the water you are wring out is really dirty, repeat.  and from this point onwards, every time you need to wet your mitt, always do this.

Now do the bonnet, upper half of all panels of the car (inc boot lid if you have a boot)

 

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