dmccarty
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I just leave the truck in the rain......
Later,
Dan
Later,
Dan
Kleening your car and truck the fast and easy way
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JDgreen227
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I just leave the truck in the rain......
Later,
Dan
I am pretty sure the term for that is "Lazy Man's Wash".....
schoolsout
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These tips would be useful if I actually washed my car
clemsonfor
Super Member
Not When they clean everything down to the vents interrior glass, armoral the dash and tires etc. You must have never washed a vehicle at a pay place? You can pay $14 but you dont get the protectant and some other fany stuff that i dont know if it really does anything on the car.
Bigfoot62
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I just leave the truck in the rain......
Later,
Dan
That would be fine, if we had any rain!
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JDgreen227
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Have NEVER been to a car wash/detail place in my life, never will go to one either.
Protectant sold by detail shops is watered down Armorall, and is hands down the worst crap you can use to protect any surface, put it on tires and it makes dirt stick to them. So they shine? BFD. In laws took their car to a detail place one time, cretins who did the interior spilled a whole bottle of "protectant" on their leather seats...
clemsonfor
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I use to be the same way i would never go to a carwash and pay. It was hard for me to go to the self serve ones with the corded brsh with soap n all. I then realized taht i never cleaned the interrior cause i hated to do it. So with my wife highlander our first nice vehicle we take it several times a year to get washed. Its not bad if you take it every 2-3 months and get it washed. I do agree i want a wand brush to wash trucks with as its way faster and better.
The saturn i drive i think i wash it about twice to 3x a year and interrior maybe once so i pay, ;like i said it just takes me to long and i hate cleaning anything.
The protectant they put on the tires whatever it is stays cleaner and blacker longer than some expensive tire wet looking stuff i got at walmart! Not saying its not watered down Armorall i just am saying how it looks. Looks good for 2 weeks at least! This is the Premo car wash i go to in Greenville. The same place you see Escalades, Mercedes converts, you name it they clean it. There are 2 brothers that own it and they walk around and inspect each vehicle that is in to make sure there happy with it before it leaves, well 80% of them. You see them out there the whole time walking around, inspecting interrior, roof, wheels. If they see something they dont like they get a rag out there self or either get one of the guys/gals over to clean it if really backed up.
We all spend our money different ways, i choose to pay for this service. On the other hand i can not understand those who dont change their own oil, buy a new tractor or truck. But i do understand in certain cases new makes sense. But there are so many guys on here that go out and buy a brand new JD tractor and they dont put 25 hours a year on it, and they had to have 40 HP? They want to spend there money that way and nothing i say can show them how crazy it is to me?
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JDgreen227
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I have tried many protectants in the last 30 years and the hands-down best goes by the name of Protect-All. As a cleaner and preservative it has no equal, I use it on tires, vinyl, rubber door seals, etc. The stuff will actually dissolve and remove caked on disc brake dust better than any special wheel cleaning product I have found.
Larry Caldwell
Super Member
DuPont Teflon Tire Shine on the tires. No grease, and won't sling.
Turtle Wax Trim Restorer on the vinyl and plastic.
Nu Finish on the paint.
I'm driving a 2003 pickup that still looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor. I have a '97 Grand Cherokee that still looks pretty good, but some of the painted plastic isn't holding up as good as the metal. The vinyl rockers still look great, thanks to the Trim Restorer.
No salt on the roads in my state, so you can keep a car as long as it will run. It's worth taking care of them.
Turtle Wax Trim Restorer on the vinyl and plastic.
Nu Finish on the paint.
I'm driving a 2003 pickup that still looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor. I have a '97 Grand Cherokee that still looks pretty good, but some of the painted plastic isn't holding up as good as the metal. The vinyl rockers still look great, thanks to the Trim Restorer.
No salt on the roads in my state, so you can keep a car as long as it will run. It's worth taking care of them.