How long do you spend cleaning your baby?
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I spent 12 hours.... yes 12 hours on my mach 1 before a show one day full clean/polish/wax, I was totally anal and was going OCD over my paint there was not a swirl mark left in the paint when I was done. I do detailing in the CT Area on the side if anyone's interested, here is an eagle talon I did over the summer... worst car I've ever done
Before
After
if you look at the trunk lid carefully you can see where I hadn't done yet- there is no wax on that panel yet either
Before
After
if you look at the trunk lid carefully you can see where I hadn't done yet- there is no wax on that panel yet either
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as for the time limit .. i spend between 4-10 hours depending on whether or not i am using zaino. WOW nice ... what did you use on that ?!?!
That was using the Porter Cable 7424, Meguiars Red Cutting Pad, Meguiars #83 Dual Action Cleaner/Polish, then Followed up with Meguiars #80 Speed Glaze on Meguiars Yellow Polishing pad... this combo produces beautiful results on cars with paint like that, But most cars with just some swirls and a few little scratches will be fine just #80 Speed Glaze on the yellow polishing pad from meguiars
I'm gonna post one more really good one I did a while back, this was my friends fathers bullitt.... I thought that talon was the worst then I remembered this car
Here was the paint before
After a couple passes with meguiars #83, you can achieve the same results by using SSR 2.5.... the SS 2.5 is actually easier to use and you can use it in direct sunlight!
Final Outcome with Meguiars Color-X topped with Meguiars NXT
Here was the paint before
After a couple passes with meguiars #83, you can achieve the same results by using SSR 2.5.... the SS 2.5 is actually easier to use and you can use it in direct sunlight!
Final Outcome with Meguiars Color-X topped with Meguiars NXT
GD...good job. I suck a waxing, Seems like the shit comes out worse after I get done.
Back to the question at hand. In the summer, or when it's warm I spend maybe 2- 2 1/2 hrs on a normal cleaning. If I'm gonna be somewhere my car is gonna be looked over, like a cruise-in or something. Probably spend around 5-6hrs. lately tho, with it being cold I just clean the wheels off and take it to the local touchless wash.
Back to the question at hand. In the summer, or when it's warm I spend maybe 2- 2 1/2 hrs on a normal cleaning. If I'm gonna be somewhere my car is gonna be looked over, like a cruise-in or something. Probably spend around 5-6hrs. lately tho, with it being cold I just clean the wheels off and take it to the local touchless wash.
The shortest I have ever taken was about 30 min of just a wipe down but when I go over everything I can take up to 6 hours. My gf called me crazy I washed the car for 4 hours the day after we got it from the dealer... oh ya and they washed it before we drove it home lets just say they did a pretty sucky job :nonono: Or maybe my standards are to high 
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i don't quit until it looks like it came from the factory paint booth(or better). I see my cars as self reflection, i'm not dented and scratched up... lol They all have to stay in top condition.
HISSMAN said:
3-4 if its just a wash/dry, DAYS if i break out the orbital. leather conditioner sits on the seats overnight. my family says im crazy.
Too much time, also depends on if I'm cleaning just the outside or the inside. Sometimes you dont need both, but usually a minimum of 1 hour and a max of 3.
hmm with me it depends.. sometimes I'll just do a quick wash and other times I'll spend the whole afternoon doing it. I'd say probably the longest was about 4 hrs our so. And that is doing everything, wash, wax, interior, windows, polish tail pipes, shine the tires all that good stuff. I'd say doing the works it takes about 4 hrs and a usual wash and interior clean is about 2. waxing is so time consuming.. but I only will do it by hand
I normaly spend as much time as I need to make it look its best.
SALEENGTROUSH said:
Bullshit
Wash and dry you gotta figure on 10 minutes
Wax will take atleast 30 by itself
Interior cleaning(when done shitty)takes atleast 30 minutes
There is no way you have your car looking showroom in 30 minutes. Dude I can spend 4 hours cleaning my beat up ass Maxima with a crushed in front fender. Not to mention the Cobra.
Maybe you can but Im sorry I just dont see how.
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:lol: :rolling: :lol:Svets96 said:
it's my daily driver so i wash it every other day. i wax it once every 2 months. i use a LOT of black magic tire wet (the stuff that makes your tires look really black), i go through that stuff so fast lol. i don't spend an awful lot of time on the interior, i vacuum it once a week and clean off the dust with this meguiars interior cleaner stuff, takes about 15 minutes or so to do all that. every other day i spend a total of about 45 minutes washing the car (my gf hates it, f*ck her tho). and i use a 230 MPH black & decker leaf blower to try her off, that takes about 10 minutes and it leaves the nicest shine and that fresh wax look, i highly recommend using a leaf blower to dry off your car, honestly.
I spend at least 2 hours and a max of 5 or 6. I usually just go through the gears to dry her off. The leaf blower is a great idea, gonna start doing that.
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