Proper Washing/Cleaning Technique Guide by mun

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good day again everyone! just yesterday i was having a simple proper car wash technique/cleaning lesson for one of my friend who send her car precious to roadside car wash once she got her car. i saw the picture caption at facebook she wrote "and then spilled milk tea all over it right after the car wash" can guess what kinda milk tea?

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tadaa!!! detergent milk tea anyone?

how can this be? well, i set a date with her and gather few of my friends come over to learn, just a very quick lesson for them.

after arrived at her place, and i saw this charming white A4 parked inside nicely. so i went and inspect it and found..

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how it caused after park inside the porch? take a look of another picture at this angle..

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the birds are just love to hang around there, maybe is their favorite place to rest after flying around.

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another one.

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the bug also decided end his life here.

now lets take a look of the wheel 1st..

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all wheels caked with alot of break dust.

now to the paint..

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rear trunk

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skirting

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passenger door

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emblem

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water stains

look at the amount of dirt stick to the paint after a wash out there. alright, have enough of the ugly pictures. lets start the work now before it gets bored.

wheel cleaning

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rinse off the wheel

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dilute Power Clean on soft bristle brush.

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and then brush to agitate the brake dust.

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and finally rinse it off.

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and then wipe it dry.

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a clean wheel :D

then i decided to ask the owner try to clean herself at the emblem..

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not bad..

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just dilute Power Clean and a soft bristle brush to clean, so easy and effortless and its a clear coated safe product!

after cleaning the emblems, my turn to wash the car by using Optimum No Rinse 1 ounce with 2 gallon of water. i show them the proper method of washing a car while washing, always start from the hood, roof, trunk, door panel and finally use the existing solution to clean the skirting/bumper which have a lot of dirt/sand/tar etc etc.

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they are gonna try their own while i was drying the car.

here is the finishing picture after a good wash..

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thanks for viewing my another story. cheers!
 
Aisay.. why censor the fellas face like that.. not sui liao lor.. :biggrin:

Nicely done btw. Just two products to clean the car so easily! Does it work with baked in tar?
 
thank you guys for your kind words :biggrin:

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Aisay.. why censor the fellas face like that.. not sui liao lor.. :biggrin:

Nicely done btw. Just two products to clean the car so easily! Does it work with baked in tar?

yes it works. just dilute power clean 1:5 and is safe for clear coat. the most best APC you ever need
 
thank you guys for your kind words :biggrin:

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yes it works. just dilute power clean 1:5 and is safe for clear coat. the most best APC you ever need

yupp must agree

Aisay.. why censor the fellas face like that.. not sui liao lor.. :biggrin:

Nicely done btw. Just two products to clean the car so easily! Does it work with baked in tar?


if dont cencored the face u will sell the pics le.....
 
For me washing is not an issue.. cuz I got confident on wash and waxing the car. But Can you advise on my problem? After washing, the dry up/ wiping dry always cause some water mark, especially wind screen.
But the most I feel irritating is after wax the car, dry and wipe off, there is the wax mark on top. :( I don't know how to solve this. Especially my car is black. My new car silver colour not cause that much problem, maybe is the colour not so reflec type.
 
For me washing is not an issue.. cuz I got confident on wash and waxing the car. But Can you advise on my problem? After washing, the dry up/ wiping dry always cause some water mark, especially wind screen.
But the most I feel irritating is after wax the car, dry and wipe off, there is the wax mark on top. :( I don't know how to solve this. Especially my car is black. My new car silver colour not cause that much problem, maybe is the colour not so reflec type.

hi khellvinne, no worries. maybe the wax stuck in between the rubber i assume? or the wax residue had dried up when you going to buff? power clean is all you ever need to clean those residue, dont worry.. is not a big issue. about the water stains, did you wash your car while its still hot? please do not let the water baked into your paint/windscreen or else it will etched after the water evaporated. always remember wipe it dry by not leaving any water spots on it. if you're still suffering about this, please do not hesitate to look for me, we can solve this together.
 
Thanks for the fast reply. I think is my drying cloth problem. Is it only micro fiber won't leave mark?

the key to not leaving any water marks is dry your car completely without any single drops. microfiber is the cloth you ever needed to wipe your car exterior/interior cause it will not scratch your paint. i will not recommend you use any cloth beside microfiber. purchase a quality microfiber, you can feel/see the difference.

microfiber: after dry is still plushy which will not scratch your paint

xxx cloth: after dry it will be a little hard which will cause swirl marks on your paint
 

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