It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green
- troyguitar
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Just counted as I threw them in the washer, I used 27 microfiber cloths attempting to clean the car in a lazy man's 3 hour version of the "right" way.
I drove the car through the touchless automatic first to get most of the bird shit, pollen, etc. off.
Second wiped it down with regular detail spray.
Third used a big clay bar with the detail spray.
Fourth cleaned it with the Adam's CS3 "all-in-one" cleaner, ceramic coat, finishing crap.
Fifth still had to buff every panel quite a bit.
In theory in the future I can start at step 4 but I'm that this is any better than the $27/gallon all-in-one stuff I was using in KY. I'll probably buy a gallon of it anyway and see how it goes for the summer.
Still need to clean the interior and door jambs... Will probably end up at 5 hours by the time I'm done. No idea how people clean a car in 30 mins.
I drove the car through the touchless automatic first to get most of the bird shit, pollen, etc. off.
Second wiped it down with regular detail spray.
Third used a big clay bar with the detail spray.
Fourth cleaned it with the Adam's CS3 "all-in-one" cleaner, ceramic coat, finishing crap.
Fifth still had to buff every panel quite a bit.
In theory in the future I can start at step 4 but I'm that this is any better than the $27/gallon all-in-one stuff I was using in KY. I'll probably buy a gallon of it anyway and see how it goes for the summer.
Still need to clean the interior and door jambs... Will probably end up at 5 hours by the time I'm done. No idea how people clean a car in 30 mins.
- troyguitar
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Underhood?[user not found] wrote:Takes me at least an hour to an hour and a half on average. Exterior, interior, jamb and underhood wipe down.troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 9:57 pm Just counted as I threw them in the washer, I used 27 microfiber cloths attempting to clean the car in a lazy man's 3 hour version of the "right" way.
I drove the car through the touchless automatic first to get most of the bird shit, pollen, etc. off.
Second wiped it down with regular detail spray.
Third used a big clay bar with the detail spray.
Fourth cleaned it with the Adam's CS3 "all-in-one" cleaner, ceramic coat, finishing crap.
Fifth still had to buff every panel quite a bit.
In theory in the future I can start at step 4 but I'm that this is any better than the $27/gallon all-in-one stuff I was using in KY. I'll probably buy a gallon of it anyway and see how it goes for the summer.
Still need to clean the interior and door jambs... Will probably end up at 5 hours by the time I'm done. No idea how people clean a car in 30 mins.
30 mins?
Fun fact: I have never seen under the hood on this car. Maybe I'll look one of these days.
I did take off the snow tires and change the spark plugs in the wife's car today. When we went to move it the other day the battery was dead and the brakes were all rusted stuck. It hadn't been driven in over 2 months. After jump starting it there was a CEL for misfires. Plugs were overdue anyway, seems to have solved it. It's ridiculous just how much that car has rusted in the past year. Inside still looks mint but it'll likely rust to death before it hits 10 years old.
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If you believe the internet, underneath my hood I'll find that my car is powered by a small field mouse called Gerald.
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Yea my buddy in Washington (state) sent me a pic of his Mazda 3... rusted af let me see if I can find a pictroyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 10:39 pmUnderhood?[user not found] wrote:
Takes me at least an hour to an hour and a half on average. Exterior, interior, jamb and underhood wipe down.
30 mins?
Fun fact: I have never seen under the hood on this car. Maybe I'll look one of these days.
I did take off the snow tires and change the spark plugs in the wife's car today. When we went to move it the other day the battery was dead and the brakes were all rusted stuck. It hadn't been driven in over 2 months. After jump starting it there was a CEL for misfires. Plugs were overdue anyway, seems to have solved it. It's ridiculous just how much that car has rusted in the past year. Inside still looks mint but it'll likely rust to death before it hits 10 years old.
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This is why I do touchless car washes and paid my friend $100 for the exterior detail. It would have taken me a day and a half to do what he did and it still would've been shit. It takes me 45 min to spray the car with a hose, rub soap on it, then spray the soap off. Fuck that noise.troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 9:57 pm Just counted as I threw them in the washer, I used 27 microfiber cloths attempting to clean the car in a lazy man's 3 hour version of the "right" way.
I drove the car through the touchless automatic first to get most of the bird shit, pollen, etc. off.
Second wiped it down with regular detail spray.
Third used a big clay bar with the detail spray.
Fourth cleaned it with the Adam's CS3 "all-in-one" cleaner, ceramic coat, finishing crap.
Fifth still had to buff every panel quite a bit.
In theory in the future I can start at step 4 but I'm that this is any better than the $27/gallon all-in-one stuff I was using in KY. I'll probably buy a gallon of it anyway and see how it goes for the summer.
Still need to clean the interior and door jambs... Will probably end up at 5 hours by the time I'm done. No idea how people clean a car in 30 mins.
I'm clearly doing it all but
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It is the worst brand for rust, VW holds up ok-ish and Toyota is the best. Something about Mazdas man,max225 wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 1:58 amYea my buddy in Washington (state) sent me a pic of his Mazda 3... rusted af let me see if I can find a pictroyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 10:39 pm Underhood?
Fun fact: I have never seen under the hood on this car. Maybe I'll look one of these days.
I did take off the snow tires and change the spark plugs in the wife's car today. When we went to move it the other day the battery was dead and the brakes were all rusted stuck. It hadn't been driven in over 2 months. After jump starting it there was a CEL for misfires. Plugs were overdue anyway, seems to have solved it. It's ridiculous just how much that car has rusted in the past year. Inside still looks mint but it'll likely rust to death before it hits 10 years old.
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Dunno. The car was fine until we moved up here. It spent its first year up here too and survived that fine. I'm wondering if the lack of garage has something to do with it because my 1300 mile new Toyota looks pretty shitty underneath already too. Oh well... nothing to do but spend more money.
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Watching all brands in this weather over my lifetime I can see that Mazdas cannot take the rust very well. Toyotas look shitty underneath but none of their painted panels rust, their issue is degradation of *clearcoat* on their bumpers and eventually everywhere. The bumpers get painted in a different part of the plant so it is definitely process related.troyguitar wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 10:26 amDunno. The car was fine until we moved up here. It spent its first year up here too and survived that fine. I'm wondering if the lack of garage has something to do with it because my 1300 mile new Toyota looks pretty shitty underneath already too. Oh well... nothing to do but spend more money.Tarspin wrote:
It is the worst brand for rust, VW holds up ok-ish and Toyota is the best. Something about Mazdas man,
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You gotta keep spraying the things that can rust with oil in the late fall if you want them to stay shiny. I do an undercoat spray some years, it slows things down enough that the nuts and bolts can come off if they need to.
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Bumpers tend not to have different paint due to “flex” additives.Tarspin wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 11:54 amWatching all brands in this weather over my lifetime I can see that Mazdas cannot take the rust very well. Toyotas look shitty underneath but none of their painted panels rust, their issue is degradation of *clearcoat* on their bumpers and eventually everywhere. The bumpers get painted in a different part of the plant so it is definitely process related.troyguitar wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 10:26 am Dunno. The car was fine until we moved up here. It spent its first year up here too and survived that fine. I'm wondering if the lack of garage has something to do with it because my 1300 mile new Toyota looks pretty shitty underneath already too. Oh well... nothing to do but spend more money.
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Wait you guys actually wash your cars?
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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helps.razr390 wrote:Wait you guys actually wash your cars?
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That really is a fabulous color.troyguitar wrote:helps.razr390 wrote:Wait you guys actually wash your cars?
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I actually do that, too. Probably the ONLY way that your and my car washing processes overlap.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 11:45 pm I always give the underhood of any car a quick wipe down with a damp towel (usually whatever one I just cleaned and dried the door jambs with) after washing it.
Good time to inspect and keep dirt from building up.
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I enjoy this too, but never have the time. I just powerwashed the JT with my POS HF electric power washer after it got rather dirty from our camping adventure, and it turned out WAY better than I expected. Will probably be the strategy from here on out...took like 20 minutes.
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I've been meaning to wash the H for the past several weekends as it is also filthy but never seemed to find the time or the weather blew.Wocka Wocka wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 1:32 pmCleaning the cars is on my weekend agency. Crosstour is filthy.
On a related note, I'm finding that cornhole does a decent job of hiding dirt as from 5-ish feet away it always seems to look clean, despite how it looks up close.
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Welcome to the world of bright colors!wap wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 5:37 pmI've been meaning to wash the H for the past several weekends as it is also filthy but never seemed to find the time or the weather blew.Wocka Wocka wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 1:32 pm
Cleaning the cars is on my weekend agency. Crosstour is filthy.
On a related note, I'm finding that cornhole does a decent job of hiding dirt as from 5-ish feet away it always seems to look clean, despite how it looks up close.