warsh'n and wax'n it

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  1. darren

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    Drive mine a lot. It gets the California duster and/or Norton detail spray as soon as it gets dusty. The detail spray stops the dirt from sticking and scratching. I use it on the whole car. Stripes,windows and all.
     
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    Hmm... glad I haven't fixed my body and painted yet.. as I would be going through piles of micro fiber towels or buckets of soap and water.
    *Looks at his dirty rust bucket* :cry:
     
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    Yep. You likely would. I keep mine like I do just cause I love the look of that Grabber Blue all shined up. I dont do it for others. Just cause I love nice shiny paint. :)
     
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    well that settles it. Detail spray and micro fiber for 6 months. Then a wax and detail spray there on out. Glad I asked. I am lucky cuz I can buy micro fiber by the case thru work. We use them to clean all our LCD displays.
     
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    I know I would be ... as Yes its my daily driver. But once its that nice,
    I will want it to look its best for sure.
    I still polish my guitar I built 20 years ago once a week. More if I play it.
     
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    worst thing you can do to these old cars is soak them down and get water down inside the doors ,behind all the trim,behind the head lights,water down the cowl vent and so on. Then put in the garage and cover it up. Havn't washed mine in 6 yrs. Dry clean or mist and whip only. California duster micro fibers and good carnauba wax job every year. And when you mist it with spray bottle and dry it with soft cotton t shirt you get a realy good spit shine with the carnauba on it. 41 yr old paint and still getting good reviews
     
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    I agree on the brush, I never use it! Just the pressure spray. I only do that when I'm too lazy to do a real wash on it. :D The brush at the cars wash is usually full of grit and oil and grease, so you are asking for trouble using it. I use an old terrycloth towel to wash with at home, then dry it off with "The Adsorber", a artificial shammy. I got a real shammy as a door prize at a cruise in, but it doesn't work near as good as The Adsorber does.
    They use so many chemicals in our city water, if you don't dry it off, it'll leave water spots.
    And I use good old Turtle Wax. Been using it for years, haven't found anything that I like better. I waited a year after I painted it before it got it's first wax job.
     

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