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"Find your own way" The hell man. It's a consideration if it was your own wife and kids. Friends? Take a second car and get on the road. Unless none of your friends have cars... But even then how's that your problem

I'd say you got close to MSRP as one can around here.

Whoa, so that's what @burn813 looks like standing up

That's called a foam gun vs foam cannon used with pressure washers. It's better than nothing if you don't want to use a pressure washer, but a pressure washer is so crucial to help safely take care of your paint. Also, these electric pressure washers can hurt the paint if you get too close with...

This entire thread is the G.o.a.t 😂

Last thing left then is the line for the spigot youre using is probably undersized for the length and usage. Depending on the length, might have had to run a 3/4" or 1" line all the way closer to where the spigot actually is before it's Tee'd/reduced to 1/2" or 3/4". Really confused though...

Is the plumbing newer? Like you said, it's possible the source is very far away, but that's fixed with larger water piping. For example If you've got just a 1/2" water line from the front all the way to the back, there's not enough capacity in that pipe to supply a steady flow of water if the...

I do love his content, but some of the stuff he sells is just... Insane. I mean if you literally want the absolute last % of comfort and convenience and I mean last %'s, sure get his stuff. But God damn his stuff is like a 50 cal to your wallet.

Hm, that's weird. The only place there would be air, is within your pressure washer. You're supposed to basically prime it by leaving it off, hooking up your garden hose to it, turning on the water until you see a steady stream of water coming out of the pressure gun, which takes about 20 secs...

Could you elaborate on what you mean by your water caught up? Most $100 electric washers do fine, just do the trick I mentioned earlier to get great foam out of them using a decent aftermarket foam cannon from Amazon.

Yea, I was assuming the best conditions. Car paint is cool and not caked in road salt/mud, washing under shade or early morning/late evening sun. If I had to cool a car down with water, it would have to be with DI water as to reduce the risk of water spots as the water might quickly boil off...

Check out this eye opener from Forensic detailing. I also rinsed the car off first for many years until he came out with this vid a couple weeks ago: Car detailing is one of my favorite genres to watch on YouTube, as I try to be up to date on the latest and greatest

You're right, I forgot to add dedicated bucket and wash stuff for wheels. I use the HD orange bucket for that, and white buckets for car paint. The standard is the MTM foam cannon. Autogeek is also having a fantastic sale, 25% off + FS after $95. Sometimes you get a lower discount + FS, or 25%...

Unfortunately yes, a high speed run will really get the last %'s out. I always carry a quick detailer + microfiber towels to wipe off the "tears" after I arrive at my destination. I've personally sold the metro air blaster(which needs a 20amp circuit for the full 8hp and heating) for a high...

You don't have to get so serious with it if your car is completely PPF'd, as no matter what you do, you won't harm your actual paint. However to keep your car looking 100%, it at least needs a contact wash. With ceramic coated cars, itll stay cleaner for longer. What that basically means is...

Detailing subforum is dead, so hope you guys won't mind this post here. I'd like this to be a place where we can discuss best car wash practices. Some tips and what I personally do: This assumes you have a shaded area to wash your car. Pressure washer is recommended. For black car owners, and...

When rift was my original choice, bronze wheels were the choice. When I switched to orange, I went with black wheels, as bronze would've been too much going on. I do grab bronze wheels when it makes sense for me personally.

Touch-less will only get so much off. If there's any residual dust/dirt, when you go to dry with microfiber towels, you're going to drag all that across your paint.

I'll admit I spent a lot of time on Google maps scoping out self car washes in case the dealership wouldn't let me use their wash station. I've already scoped a great one, and have a list of car care items I would pack in it's own suitcase that I would fly down with.

Usually involves some BS like a "ceramic coating" that's really like the $15 ceramic spray wax you can get at Walmart that they just throw on the paint and charge you $1000 for. You take that $1000 to a professional detailer and you would get full paint decontamination, 1 or 2 stage polishing...