My son is starting a car wash. What should he do first?
Apr 22, 2010 | 12:53 AM
#11
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 235
From: South Florida
Whoaaaaa
Thats a big no-no, you NEVER wash car from the bottom up. The lower half has more grime than any other part of the car.
You wash from the top to the bottom, start with the cleanest part of the car using a fresh mitt and let the suds run down the paint, further emulsifying the grime below.
Continuously clean the mitt with a grit guard bucket insert in your rinse dedicated bucket before moving onto another panel.
Starting at the bottom will only contaminate your wash mitt more, and as you proceed to clean the less grime ridden parts of the car like the roof and hood you will be carrying over some of that lower panel dirt!
This is how you properly wash a car, and how your son should learn to do it. Its called the 2 bucket method, Mike Phillips demonstrates the process perfectly here, have your son watch it and master it as it will be the most important thing for his business.
How to Wash Your Car (ShowCar style!)
Thats a big no-no, you NEVER wash car from the bottom up. The lower half has more grime than any other part of the car.
You wash from the top to the bottom, start with the cleanest part of the car using a fresh mitt and let the suds run down the paint, further emulsifying the grime below.
Continuously clean the mitt with a grit guard bucket insert in your rinse dedicated bucket before moving onto another panel.
Starting at the bottom will only contaminate your wash mitt more, and as you proceed to clean the less grime ridden parts of the car like the roof and hood you will be carrying over some of that lower panel dirt!
This is how you properly wash a car, and how your son should learn to do it. Its called the 2 bucket method, Mike Phillips demonstrates the process perfectly here, have your son watch it and master it as it will be the most important thing for his business.
How to Wash Your Car (ShowCar style!)
Mike
Apr 22, 2010 | 03:22 PM
#18
Teamspeed Senior Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 526
From: New Jersey
Detailing forums for sure, big help. But if hes just doing washes again have him study that video I posted earlier.
Apr 22, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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