maddie
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I’ve never cleaned cars and haven’t owned one for a decade, since I moved to NYC. So I feel I have a lot of anxiety regarding it - more than ev charging! So sorry for the barrage of Q’s but I see a lot of enthusiasts here who go the extra miles to maintain their cars. The people i know either go through drive through - auto wash or just don’t mind water spots.
White carrera white with mission e : It has full PPF & Ceramic coating (Xpel Fusion)
1- My car has a bit of dirt on it, since I brought it back form the PPF service. There’s snow here - so you can imagine. Ceramic was done on friday and I brought the car on Tuesday. Do I hand wash (full wash on sunday), or should I try to atleast rinse to get the mud off ?
I was told it’s better to leave it dirty and do a full hand wash than just rinse as it would leave water spots.
2- Pressure washer or 2 buckets ? what does everyone suggest. what is better for the car ? for rinse and for shampoo ?
3- I won’t take it to an automatic car wash. My choices, hand wash myself at a friend’s place using the 2 bucket system or pressure washer, sonax soap and mitt and drying cloth from (chemical guys). then put the xpel spray over. Or get it hand washed from one of the detailing places ? Ask them to use my supplies ?
4- The company that did the PPF suggested not to use the rinseless stuff, which many on this forum suggested, if living in urban areas.
Many thanks !
this is the current state :
White carrera white with mission e : It has full PPF & Ceramic coating (Xpel Fusion)
1- My car has a bit of dirt on it, since I brought it back form the PPF service. There’s snow here - so you can imagine. Ceramic was done on friday and I brought the car on Tuesday. Do I hand wash (full wash on sunday), or should I try to atleast rinse to get the mud off ?
I was told it’s better to leave it dirty and do a full hand wash than just rinse as it would leave water spots.
2- Pressure washer or 2 buckets ? what does everyone suggest. what is better for the car ? for rinse and for shampoo ?
3- I won’t take it to an automatic car wash. My choices, hand wash myself at a friend’s place using the 2 bucket system or pressure washer, sonax soap and mitt and drying cloth from (chemical guys). then put the xpel spray over. Or get it hand washed from one of the detailing places ? Ask them to use my supplies ?
4- The company that did the PPF suggested not to use the rinseless stuff, which many on this forum suggested, if living in urban areas.
Many thanks !
this is the current state :
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