Was a nice day today, but not too high in temperature, so thought I’d test washing the mustang in the sun. Far from a good idea for a black car (any dark cars for that matter) but my yard is straight in the sun the whole day, the entire summer. The best time for me is really early mornings 6am or at dusk (9-10pm or so). Early, well, it’s early ? and late, mosquito galore in the summer (joys of living next to the marsh in dieppe).
conclusion? I’ll have to stick with a early or late wash schedule once summer temperatures are there as the car dries too fast at the washing and drying stages. Nonetheless it came out allright all things considered!
typical wash routine for me:
- wheels first using p&s brake buster diluted 5:1 in an IK Foamer
- rinse down the car really good (now it helps i just bough myself a little karcher k1700 cube pressure washer, perfect for car washing)
- snow foam the whole car using MJJC foam canon and Adam’s Car Shampoo
- two buckets wash using Adam’s car shampoo and a Microfiber Madness Incredipad XL.
- rinse off with the pressure washer and dry down with a The Rag Company Pluffle Hybrid Weave microfiber drying towel. Will eventually add a leaf blower to my arsenal to make drying the car even quicker and more touchless.
the paint really needs a good polishing right now as it is full of love marks from the last few seasons. Hopefully a good polish will remove all that’s on it now. Ordered a new one to try this time, stay tuned!
here are some pictures of today’s process and tools
I believe they even have their interior scent as well smelling beer lol!! They (chemical guys) have very good products, but they seem to try to have to many available in their lineup. They have not under 10-15 different kinds of soaps, same for the waxes, same for a lot of other products, where other companies are making way with one to 4 products of the same category with the odd special edition issue. Hard to know which products to use when there'S too much choice lol
