Car Wash Supplies
Had my MYLR7 for a week and went on a cross-state road trip. Got home with lots of bugs and tree gunk on it. Tried a touchless car wash and for the price (and people saying don’t do it) it didn’t do a great job.
So I’m buying into the hype and going self wash. What are some tools/supplies you have purchased that work well? Brushes, scrubbers, sprayers, cleaners?
Rinseless only here. ONR is tried and true for me.
Koche Chemie I bought pretty much all their cleaning solutions and I use a solo 1 liter battery sprayer. Carpro for the ceramic coatings. P and s cleaners also.
Don’t forget a gentle claybar. I also picked up gtechniqs bug cleaner since u mention bugs
Don’t forget a gentle claybar. I also picked up gtechniqs bug cleaner since u mention bugs
u can go spend thousabd if you want to go deep. but i just use garry deans method. Take a home depot bucket pour some soap. dunk about 15 MF TOWELS and wash 1 section per towel. then rinse and dry using a simple wax/ceramic spray. enjoy.
Bucket. Grit guard. Garden sprayer. Big red sponge. Optimum no rinse. Dark fury. Tec582. Microfiber towels from rag company.
Use the power washer at the local self service station when there is more significant grime.
First go watch some videos. DIY detail seems to have a good system going and make great videos. I’m already too invested in other stuff right now but if I was starting up would go their route
Costco has an all-in-one bundle that works okay.
Marketing. Their stuff isn’t bad, but you see it a lot because of marketing. It’s not the best (but still good).
Marketing. Their stuff isn’t bad, but you see it a lot because of marketing. It’s not the best (but still good).
Hijacking to ask for a request for a foam cannon
Good foamy soap, a bucket, microfiber towels as wash cloths and to dry.
You can go very simple and do a great job. Watch YouTube videos of car detailing.
Foam cannon
Also try to search there are lots of posts on this. r/detailing is also a good bet.
Any foam cannon recs?
Generally, you will find some people that are brand loyal but the truth is no one brand makes the best everything.
Why did they say not to use a touchless car wash? I'm pretty sure it says in the manual that you should only use a touchless car wash.
I’ve seen where a touchless wash would break ppl’s charge port covers off. I would only hand wash.
That's interesting. If you put the car in car wash mode I'm not sure how it could break the port. Is this somehow worse than a regular carwash?
Regular as in touch wash? I’d definitely not do that. But yeah, guy said he was in car wash mode and guessing the high pressure hit it and broke it.
Any inexpensive household glass cleaner should do. Ammonia free kind is adequate. Let it soak for a few min and bugs come right off. Using the sponge end of a glass squeegee or a simple microfiber towel helps. Then rinse off by washing the car via your fav method
I use a battery foam sprayer from amaZon it’s orange
Before you buy a bunch of stuff.
Get a big towel, like a beach towel
Fold it over (in half)
Cover the buggy area (as much as you can)
Soak the towel with water
Let it sit
Go back every 10-20 min and re-soak the towel.
When you remove the towel, almost all the bugs will wipe away with it.
If you didn’t cover the whole buggy area, repeat.