Comments on: State of Nine car cleaning guide (part 2) http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/state-of-nine-car-cleaning-guide-part-2.html Saab 9-1, 9-3, 9-4x, 9-5, 9-7x News Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brooks B http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/state-of-nine-car-cleaning-guide-part-2.html#comment-55331 Brooks B Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:23:19 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=9658#comment-55331 If you wash in the sun the drops of water act like magnifying lenses and can discolor your paint. Use two buckets of water. Dip in the soapy one, wash, then dip in the return one to rinse out the dirt. Then back to the soapy one to start the cycle again. A special squeegie you can find at auto parts stores is useful for drying flat surfaces. Make a first pass with that to get off the bulk of the water then go with the microfiber towel. This will keep the towel from getting soaked as fast. I've been using wheel wax on the rims. Works great - break dust just wipes off. Have to reapply it every month but it is easy. The most important thing is keeping the car out of the sun as much as possible. If not garaged a car cover is the best thing to preserving a car. If you wash in the sun the drops of water act like magnifying lenses and can discolor your paint. Use two buckets of water. Dip in the soapy one, wash, then dip in the return one to rinse out the dirt. Then back to the soapy one to start the cycle again.

A special squeegie you can find at auto parts stores is useful for drying flat surfaces. Make a first pass with that to get off the bulk of the water then go with the microfiber towel. This will keep the towel from getting soaked as fast.

I’ve been using wheel wax on the rims. Works great – break dust just wipes off. Have to reapply it every month but it is easy.

The most important thing is keeping the car out of the sun as much as possible. If not garaged a car cover is the best thing to preserving a car.

]]> By: Dan S. http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/state-of-nine-car-cleaning-guide-part-2.html#comment-55326 Dan S. Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:58:14 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=9658#comment-55326 You're right Swade - never wash a car in direct sun. It'll dry too fast causing water spots that are a pain to remove (big problem here in South Texas, what with our hard, high mineral content water). There's another reason why you shouldn't wash you car in the sun, but it escapes me now... You’re right Swade – never wash a car in direct sun. It’ll dry too fast causing water spots that are a pain to remove (big problem here in South Texas, what with our hard, high mineral content water).

There’s another reason why you shouldn’t wash you car in the sun, but it escapes me now…

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