How do you wash your pony?
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How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 2:38:02 PM
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noir
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So, I just got though washing my car.... It took me a grand total of two hours to do the only. I thought this would be a good time for everyone to list the step they take and maybe add in some tips they have for washing their cars. I'll start you off
1. Wash the car with a sponge. Divide it into 4 sections, wash top to bottom, and dry with a squeegy.
2. Clean tires with sponge and soap (making sure to clean that nice pretty metal ring on the wheel).
3. Tire black (Armoral)
4. Apply Mothers brand car show shine with a micro fiber towel. Dry with a clean white T-shirt.
5. Use a clean t-shirt to apply windex to windows.
For interior I use a mini-vac to vacuum it out and apply armoral to the dashboard and all plastic components.
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 2:52:23 PM
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Trill Gear Head
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I dry with a towel, but i should probably stop doing that. next pay check i'm gonna try and get the auto wash kit.
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 2:55:39 PM
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newfer23
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I went out yesterday and bought this thing called "The Absorber". Cost $20 canadian but it's great. It's almost a rubber feeling to it. I've never had it so easy to dry my car. I also picked up some Meguiar's NXT car wax, great stuff, and a cordless buffer, another great buy. Makes taking the wax off so much easier.
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 2:59:17 PM
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I run it through the car-wash at the local Shell. It gets a vacuum every 3,000 miles when I go get the oil changed - LOL
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 3:01:53 PM
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chrisc
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my way is pretty simple...
1. drive it to a place called Ramone's
2. give them $15 and keys
3. walk to 7-11 and get Shock Tarts (or some other sour candy) along with a car magazine
4. come back in 30 minutes and drive away
you may think that i take it to a place because i am lazy...but actually it is illegal to wash your car at home in my zip code because of the salmon spawning streams....darn environmentalists
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 3:28:21 PM
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Ken Rogers
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I like to do a pre-rinse, and leave the car for a few minutes. This softens up the dirt, so you don't end up massaging it into the clearcoat. I use a separate sponge for the wheels and wells, to avoid contaminating the "good" sponge.
I need help...
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 3:32:30 PM
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LisaJ429
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Where did you buy yours?
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ORIGINAL: Wicked Pony
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ORIGINAL: newfer23
I went out yesterday and bought this thing called "The Absorber". Cost $20 canadian but it's great. It's almost a rubber feeling to it. I've never had it so easy to dry my car. I also picked up some Meguiar's NXT car wax, great stuff, and a cordless buffer, another great buy. Makes taking the wax off so much easier.
That Absorber is awsome, I have one in every car. That thing works great to dry the car!
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 3:46:14 PM
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Jimp
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I use Mr. Clean Auto Dry. Works great.
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 4:21:45 PM
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KiLLeR_WoMBaT
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Well, here was today's routine:
1. Spray car with clean water
2. Scrub tires and clean wheels
3. Rinse tires and wheels
4. Spray car again
5. Prepare soapy water with Dawn (to remove old wax this time, not every time)
6. Wash/rinse front
7. Wash/rinse windshield and top
8. Wash/rinse driver's side
9. Wash/rinse back
10. Wash/rinse passenger's side
11. Rinse entire car with slow running water (no spray nozzle) for the sheeting action
12. Dry car with two microfiber towels (one to get most water, the other to remove streaks)
13. Tape off black plastic molding with blue painter's tape
14. Wax entire car with Meguire's NXT Tech Wax
15. Let wax dry for 20-30 minutes
16. Remove wax residue with microfiber towel, turning often
17. Clean all glass with Windex and glass microfiber towel
18. Vacuum interior
19. Put Raggtop protectant on convertible top
Long...but looks OUTSTANDING!!! The wife is convinced I am OCD about the damn thing.
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 5:57:14 PM
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Ken Rogers
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11. Rinse entire car with slow running water (no spray nozzle) for the sheeting action
Great idea! I'll incorporate that into my cleaning ceremony.
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 6:02:02 PM
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noir
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11. Rinse entire car with slow running water (no spray nozzle) for the sheeting action
Does that make a big differece in comparason to a spray nossile? My biggest complaint about washing my car is that when i just wash it, hense no going back over and polishing the water spots out, I leave water spots all over my car.
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 6:29:44 PM
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onefastv6
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first i get out the micro fiber towels,chrome cleaner, meguiars wax,back to black(it gets all the wax residue off of the black window guard and gives a nice shiney look) back to black also works good on grill and side skirts. tire wet. and meguiars cleaner. and i fill up a bucket of hot water and put the meguiars cleaner in it and put my washing mit in it.
then i walk around it with hose and spay the wheels fender wells,rear, front and grill, lights,hood front bumpers,roof,spoiler,windows underneath by the mufflers(the whole car) again and again for about twenty minutes. then i scrub the car and wheels down with the bucket of hot meguiars cleaner shampoo and conditioner.
then i rinse the whole car down and quickly pull it into the garage and shut garage door half way to keeep the sun from leaving sun streaks. and i squeegee the roof hood and spoiler so i dont have to use so many cloths. then i dry it down with the micro fiber towels. and then i wax the car and the chrome exaust tips with meguiars next gen wax. then remove wax twenty minutes later. while i wait for wax to dry i open hood and clean all the black with back to black. and then i get the window guards and side skirts with the back to black. then i remove wax. and then wax it again then i get the wheels with the chrome cleaner and then the tires with tire wet then i look over car for smears and spray them with meguiars spray cleaner and then dry then i get the windows with windex and dry with news paper.
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 8:50:44 PM
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Just washed mine today too! I use the Mr. Clean Auto Dry system -- here's my routine:
1. Make sure the windows are all the way up and the trunk is closed 
2. Rinse the whole car.
3. Soap, scrub, and rinse the car in sections, using a wash mitt.
- roof and windshields
- hood and front fascia
- trunk and rear fascia
- driver's side
- passenger side
4. Soap, scrub, and rinse the wheels and tires, using a scrubbing brush.
5. Rinse everything one final time
6. Turn on the top-secret Mr. Clean Auto Dry filter and rinse the whole car from top to bottom with the filtered water.
7. Wait for it to dry!
8. Open the door and promise myself that NEXT time I'll definitely have to vacuum the interior where the gravel has built up, windex the windows where my 4-year-old foster brother has drawn finger pictures, shampoo the floor mats where my baseball players ("Coach, can I have a ride? Pleeeeease?") have tromped with their cleats, etc.
9. Hurry and hide in the garage from the approaching rain clouds.
On a side note, I actually use pretty hot water throughout. It wasn't by design -- just so happens that the spigot I tap into dispenses only hot -- but I find it actually makes the drying off period quite brief. Might be worth a try if you have the option...
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RE: How do you wash your pony? - 4/14/2006 9:13:25 PM
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jet22
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It happends with black cars... make sure you're in the shade and you use two towels.
1) for realy wet
2) the other to get rid of streaks
and get a new dry towel for each section of your car. and use microfiber
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