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My son is starting a car wash. What should he do first?

Old Apr 22, 2010 | 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Smoke
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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!)
Do you recommend the chamois or absorber?? I use just the waffle weave as I read somewhere that the absorber if you do get dirt in while drying doesnt really come out and scratches as it dries.. appreciate your opinion..

Mike
 
Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by myTT
He seems to get the basic ideas, like wash from the bottom up, and dry from the top down.
Please tell us that was sarcasm???
 
Old Apr 22, 2010 | 10:27 AM
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^^OH NO!! I have been giving him bad advice! I feel like an idiot right now! What do I do to fix this madness?
 
Old Apr 22, 2010 | 10:59 AM
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I few hours in detailing forums and he will be pretty clued up. The guys there are normally very helpful.
 
Old Apr 22, 2010 | 11:02 AM
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^Thanks, now I feel a little better.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by myTT
^^OH NO!! I have been giving him bad advice! I feel like an idiot right now! What do I do to fix this madness?
One of the most honest things I have ever heard on any forum. Most people, when they make even a simple honest mistake and are corrected by someone, immediately go on the defensive but instead you admitted you were confused and now want to learn the right way to help your boy out.

Detailing forums for sure, big help. But if hes just doing washes again have him study that video I posted earlier.
 
Old Apr 22, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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Thanks guys, my bad advice will soon be a thing of the past.
 

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