How to wash a metallic car?

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Iv had crap luck washing my car, It doesnt come out well. I went to attended car wash at a Esso station and the car was dreadful when i got home.

What is the best method to wash these kind of cars? Its a 142 so I want to keep car looking good.

Curran

How you wash various types of paintwork is aleays the same. And do it yourself if you want it done right!!

Wash it with a good eash mitt, using two buckets, preferably with grit guards. Using a pH neutral shampoo. Yhe method is called the Two Bucket Method, surprisingly!

One bucket is your wash bucket. Water and shampoo.
The other is your rinse bucket. Just watet.
Wash mitt dunked into the wash bucket to get water and shampoo. Starting at the top, wash a panel. Then rinse out the mitt in your rinse bucket. The into your wash bucket and do another panel...until the whole car is done.
The dry the car with a quality microfibre drying towel...no chamois, no water blades etc.

Hopefully your paintwork hasnt had too much damage inflicted, in terms of swirls, due to poor wash techniques used already.

vectra

Maybe a good time to put a group buy together, a starter kit for washing?