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It all depends on the amount of time I have. When I have time, I take the truck down to the shop and use the pressure washer and detail it. When I don't have the time, or when washing it would be futile (mid-spring here) I take it down to a buddy at a local gas station and get a free touchless car wash with employee settings (extra soap, wash cycles, longer drying time)
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Personally, I like to get her wet myself then soap her up, caressing every curve, getting into every little nook and crevice. Then I like to hose her down getting all the nasty off of her. Then with a nice soft terry towel ever so gently dry her off. Then after that if I have time I wash the truck.
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While my wife and I were at our Ford dealer on 4/11, ordering our new F150, they had an "Owners Seminar" going on that is put on by the dealership for all the people who have recently purchased vehicles.
They cover a cariety of topics and I couldnt help but to overhear what was being said. I am pretty sure its the service manager who runs the program. One part that caught my ear was about taking your new vehicle to the car wash. Basically they reccomended not to use an automatic carwash but if you have no other choice but to use it, do not be an "early bird". Wait till later in the day to go.
The reasons given were that in the winter time, the brushes are ussually coated with ice first thing in the morning and that ice will wipe out your paint job. In the summertime, when the car wash first starts operation in the morning, the brushes will have a thick accumulation of dirt and grime caked into the brushes that takes time to get off of there. It made sense!!!
So, the bottom line was to avoid the carwash altogether but if thats not possible do not go first thing in the morning. I thought that was good sound advice!!
They cover a cariety of topics and I couldnt help but to overhear what was being said. I am pretty sure its the service manager who runs the program. One part that caught my ear was about taking your new vehicle to the car wash. Basically they reccomended not to use an automatic carwash but if you have no other choice but to use it, do not be an "early bird". Wait till later in the day to go.
The reasons given were that in the winter time, the brushes are ussually coated with ice first thing in the morning and that ice will wipe out your paint job. In the summertime, when the car wash first starts operation in the morning, the brushes will have a thick accumulation of dirt and grime caked into the brushes that takes time to get off of there. It made sense!!!
So, the bottom line was to avoid the carwash altogether but if thats not possible do not go first thing in the morning. I thought that was good sound advice!!
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Hand wash and wax. I just finished using the clay bar on my truck and even though it is 4 months old, the clay still smoothed out the paint. The one time this winter that I took it to the automatic car wash, I left and the car in front of me kicked up a rock and cracked my windshield. I took that as a sign to not go to the auto wash or bad things can happen.
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Originally posted by max mitchell
I hand wash and hand wax. I don't want some unknown soap degrading my wax.
I hand wash and hand wax. I don't want some unknown soap degrading my wax.