My new Hybrid washing system

[BlackjackMulligan]

So I've gotten my washing process down to less than an hour,
and that includes a full wash, dry, spray wax, wheel cleaning,
tire dressing, exterior window cleaning, and all jams/shuts wiped down.
I call it "hybrid" because I use Optimum No Rinse but I use the hose prior to wash the car down.

What I'm doing is using ONR after doing a pre-soak with the hose.
So I spray the wheels with cleaner, then soak down the entire car
with the hose, paying particular attention to the wheels and inside
the arches. After soaking the car, I pull it into the garage and wash
the entire car with a cotton wash pad dipped in the ONR. I don't do
a panel at a time, I do the whole car at once, takes about 5 minutes. Then I get 2 Waffle Weave towels and my bottle of spray wax.
I use one WW to wipe down the entire front clip (hood and both fenders) until it's damp, spray the wax on and finish up with my
second clean WW. I then do the door, rear fender,
trunk and bumper, back down the other side, and
finish with the front bumper. When I'm done, the first
WW towel is pretty damp but not sopping wet by any means-
the second WW towel is only slightly damp to the touch.

At this point, I grab a dedicated wheel mitt and do each
wheel individually with what's left of the ONR solution
and then dry them. I open the doors and trunk and wipe
down the shuts. I take a seperate cotton towel and dry the roof.
Finally, I dress the tires and clean the windows on the outside.
I will also shake off the mats and take the 2nd WW towel and quickly wipe down the inside.


I've found this process to be relatively quick and easy,
and the water doesn't seem to have the time to dry before
I can get it with the towel. I do believe that I'm introducing
slight micro marring to the surface but it's nothing major and
I've learned to live with it. Here's a quick pic after a nice
Friday night after work wash. Hope this method can help
someone else!

[ennislaw]

Originally Posted by BlackjackMulligan

So I've gotten my washing process down to less than an hour, ... I call it "hybrid" because I use Optimum No Rinse but I use the hose prior to wash the car down. ...

Sounds very similar to the procedure I use; I have to say that NOR works great. I like the idea of spraying the wax after NOR (haven't tried that), what brand of spray wax are you using?

pge

[BlackjackMulligan]

Originally Posted by ennislaw

Sounds very similar to the procedure I use; I have to say that NOR works great. I like the idea of spraying the wax after NOR (haven't tried that), what brand of spray wax are you using?

pge

Do you mean ONR?

I use Griots Garage brand spray wax. I wipe the cleaned panel once with a waffle weave towel, then lightly mist it with spray wax, and wipe the residue off with another waffle weave. Comes out nice.

[ennislaw]

Originally Posted by BlackjackMulligan

Do you mean ONR?

I use Griots Garage brand spray wax. I wipe the cleaned panel once with a waffle weave towel, then lightly mist it with spray wax, and wipe the residue off with another waffle weave. Comes out nice.

Sorry, I did mean ONR. Thanks for the reply!

pge