Yakuza Racer wrote:lawrence wrote:To wash and dry an average sized car, doing it the right way, with a pre-wash, foam, 2BM etc should not take any longer than 45 min...
#just saying
but we dont know how to do it properly man lol
Extract from here:
http://www.vwclub.co.za/forum/viewtopic ... 0&t=166322 <----- read it pappa!
Washing the vehicle
Get the bucket containing your wash solution and your rinse bucket, along with your 3 wash mitts. Begin by rinsing the vehicle. I will assume we are working on an average family hatch back. You want to be in the shade and the paint cool. During the washing process it is important not to let the wash solution dry on the car, so keep re-wetting as is needed.
In order not to flush dirty water over a section you have already cleaned, washing will always be done from the top down. This also ensures that the dirtiest (bottom) section of the car is washed last. This means that the amount of dirt being added to the rinse bucket progressively increases as you move through the process of washing the car in the order I will describe below – no point adding a whole lot of dirt to the rinse bucket right in the beginning and having dirtier rinse water from the outset. If need be (on a very dirty car) you can refill your rinse bucket with fresh water at any point.
What you are doing when you wash a car: Removing the stuff on your paint (that will come off and is not bonded TO your paint or embedded IN your paint) such as bird droppings, dust/dirt and road grime.
1. Dip your ‘top’ wash mitt into the wash solution and wash half of the driver’s side of the roof, flip the mitt over and wash the remaining half of the driver’s side of the roof. Remember to wash in straight lines. This will ensure that any swirls that you do inflict all run in one direction making them only visible in when you line up and look in that one direction. If you wash in multiple directions, the swirls run in multiple directions, meaning no matter which angle you look at the car from, you will see them. Do not use a lot of pressure as this increases the chance of inflicting swirls.
2. Now go to your rinse bucket, dip the mitt in there are actively try and work off as much of the dirt as you can.
3. With your mitt now freed from most of the dirt that came off your roof, you can now go and dip you mitt into the wash solution and repeat steps 2 and 3 on the passenger side of the roof.
4. Now you will wash from where the side windows meet the doors back up to the roof and. Start on the driver’s side and wash from the back of the car (which will probably include a bit of the rear quarter panel) to the B pillar, flip the mitt and wash the front window and mirror.
5. The rinse your mitt in the rinse bucket.
6. Dip your mitt in the wash solution and repeat on the passenger side of the vehicle.
7. The rinse your mitt in the rinse bucket.
8. Dip your mitt in the wash solution and do the bonnet, first the driver’s side (flipping your mitt halfway), rinse the mitt, then do the passenger side.
9. Put your ‘top’ mitt once side and get your ‘bottom’ mitt
Do you see the pattern developing…. Wash a small section (so that the mitt doesn’t become too contaminated), flip it over to the clean side, wash next section, rinse, repeat…
You will now use the same technique to wash from the line where the side windows meet the door, down to the bottom of the doors, from the front to the back of the car. Wash a small section, flip it over to the clean side, wash next section, rinse, repeat…
10. Do the driver’s side of the car first, but from the back of the car to the front, and only go half way down the doors – it is the lower half of the doors that gather the most dirt, predominantly sprayed up by the wheels.
11. Then do the passenger side
12. Then come back to the driver’s side and do the lower half from back to front
13. Then do the passenger side
14. Then do the front end
15. Then the back end, working from the top down.