Bathing Your Car 101

By Lee Sue Ann 2 days ago

It must be embarrassing for you if someone were to tell you that your car needs a bath. Washing the car is indeed an easy task that we would have done it ourselves at some point or other, but there are ‘right’ methods that you might not have been doing all along.

Step 1: Prepare wash items.
You can’t wash as car just with your bare hands. You’ll need a sponge, brushes, hose, soap, buckets, some towels and water. Fill a bucket of water with car wash soap. Please follow the instructions of the bottle or box. In another bucket, fill up with just water.
Step 2: Park your car outside your house.
Make sure it is directly under the sun to prevent premature drying that will leave splotches on your car. Drying prematurely will make your car looks dirty.
Step 3: Wash time!
Prepare to get wet yourself. There is no way that you won’t get wet unless you hire somebody else to do the job. Here is what you should do:

• Spray water using the hose onto your car. This is to loosen any dirt that your car has. Never use a strong jet because strong water will remove grit over the paint and scratches the car.
• Soak a big sponge in soapy water and rub your car. Never use brush because it will scratch the car body. Use the sponge to remove dirt. Start from the top section first. Then move towards down. Make sure you rub your car in soapy circles a few times.
• Rinse every section with the hose before continuing. By doing so, there won’t be traces of soap left drying on the paint. Stained soap will make your car looks dirty too.
• Frequently rinse the sponge in the bucket of just water. This is to remove the dirt that the sponge has. Otherwise you will apply the dirt onto the car again.
• Keep the car wet all the time. This is to avoid any drying droplets on the paint.
• Scrub the lower body and the wheels too! They are the grittiest and dirtiest parts of a car. Suggestion is to use a different sponge for these areas.
• Use a wheel-brush to clean the wheels’ openings. Preferable a long and skinny one. If the wheels are too glossy, use a sponge instead. Sometimes a little scrub will remove more dirt.
• Use a plastic brush to clean tire sidewalls. Tires need cleaning too because dirt stick to them.
• Rinse the bottom of your car with a spray nozzle. Every angle of your car needs cleaning.
• Dry your car with clean towels. Wipe whole car dry and let it fully sun dried. That’s the reason why you should park your car under the sun.