I guess people out there are busy caring for their cars
Anyway, here are my detailing habits:
I deliver the car for Ditec paint protection a couple of months after new car delivery. After that it only needs an easy treatment once a year in the same detailing shop.
Between the yearly treatments I wash the car myself, mostly once a week, or after 2 weeks if the weather has been nice. This is the way I do it:
1) Luke warm high pressure spray with shampoo. (If the wheels are very dirty I spray them separately with a suitable product first). The high pressure spraying takes 30 minutes, half of it is spent on the wheels, either they are precleaned or not.
I don't forget to spray the rubber floor mats, hanging on the wall.
2) Handwashing the car with a quality microfibre mitt. I use around 15 litres lukewarm water in a bucket, with a good shampoo. The wheels, wheel arcs and exhaust pipes are cleaned separately with a sponge inserted with shampoo. Here goes another 10 litres of lukewarm water.
3) Spraying with high pressure clean and cold water, to get rid of any soap leftovers (I actually do that in two steps - first after washing the body, second after washing the wheels).
4) Spraying the engine compartment with high pressure clean and cold water
5) Drying the car with a microfibre towel, being careful not letting the towel touch the ground or the wheels.
6) Wiping off door and trunk openings with a microfibre cloth
Every second time or at least when needed I extend the washing by:
7) Wiping off the engine and engine compartment with a microfibre cloth (people think I'm insane when the see me doing this)
8) Vacuuming the interior
9) Wiping off all interior surfaces, including windows
Step 1-6 normally takes 1 1/2 - 2 hours, the complete process about 3 hours.
Preferably done Sunday morning on a nearby petrol station
