do you wash your car?

• reddressman

  14 Aug 07, 10:26

  Hello Friends,
  
  I just like to find out how people generally wash their cars.
  
  I seldom see people washing their cars. Prolly they go to drive-in for washing at petrol kiosks etc.
  
  Or does it mean, they simply seldom wash their cars?
  
  So, how often should the car be washed?
  
  Everytime after a rain since there is acid in the rain ?
  
  After car is waxed, how soon to wax again?
  
  Should it be rewaxed after a heavy rain?
  
  How much protection can waxing provide car surface?
  
  What happens if you dun wash the car (like just spraying plain water) after a rain?
  
  Thanks in advance!
  
  regards
  R.
  
  
• Naughtius Maximus

  14 Aug 07, 11:58

  Generally, ppl here do take care of their rides except for a few slobs here & there. Usually for myself, I wash about once a week or once in two weeks. It is recommended in car mags that after a downpour, cars should be given a wash. It's just that sometimes it always seems to rain ater u wash..., happens a lot.. But u should not allow things like bird droppings to sit and bake on ur paint in the sun. This is because bird droppings can contain an acidity level that can damage ur paint job permanently... Waxing is recommended but not too often, maybe once a month depending. Car wax is meant to provide a layer of protection for ur car & also provide an even shine. So when it rains, water rolls off rather than stay on & eventually leave a watermark. Personally I use liquid wash & wax, applied after washing the car while the car is still wet. Try not to use solid waxes unless u hv experience or u hv a car buffing machine. Too much wax will lead to a build-up on the paint & will result in lack lustre (i.e the color will seem dulled)... Spraying water on the car will just leave watermarks...
• Inzaghi

  14 Aug 07, 12:07

  i hardly go car wash..i rem i only did it once for my current car of 2.5yrs..i will wash it on every sunday unless it rains, den next day aft work wash..
  
  as for waxing..maybe do it once every half yr
• reddressman

  14 Aug 07, 14:05

  Thanks for your info.
  
  I also wash about once a week sometimes fortnightly. And I dun think need to use soap. I just splash water since after soaping and drying, dust and car exhaust will settle on surface again. make sense???
  
  I use liquid wax also but the type used on dry surface.
  
  I was told that I should rewax after 3 washes.
  
  Not sure how true.
  
  I have a small patch like 'shadow' of jiao sai. It is such that the paint surface is still smooth but somehow the paint color becomes darker like grey with a patch like jiao sai. I not sure is it I kenna sabo by someone putting some kind of paint-damaging solution on the car surface or was it due to jiao sai.
  
  any clues what this is caused by?
  
  Thanks!!
• Naughtius Maximus

  16 Aug 07, 00:03

  Originally posted by reddressman:

  Thanks for your info.
  
  I also wash about once a week sometimes fortnightly. And I dun think need to use soap. I just splash water since after soaping and drying, dust and car exhaust will settle on surface again. make sense???
  
  I use liquid wax also but the type used on dry surface.
  
  I was told that I should rewax after 3 washes.
  
  Not sure how true.
  
  I have a small patch like 'shadow' of jiao sai. It is such that the paint surface is still smooth but somehow the paint color becomes darker like grey with a patch like jiao sai. I not sure is it I kenna sabo by someone putting some kind of paint-damaging solution on the car surface or was it due to jiao sai.
  
  any clues what this is caused by?
  
  Thanks!!

  The marks probably bird droppings left to bake in the sun or just watermark that was left unchecked..., acid rain so do the math. But i've heard ppl send their car to Sin Ming Ave to get their car detailed..., they will polish it right off..
• coolmax88

  18 Aug 07, 12:10

  Originally posted by reddressman:

  Hello Friends,
  
  I just like to find out how people generally wash their cars.
  
  I seldom see people washing their cars. Prolly they go to drive-in for washing at petrol kiosks etc.
  
  Or does it mean, they simply seldom wash their cars?
  
  So, how often should the car be washed?
  
  Everytime after a rain since there is acid in the rain ?
  
  After car is waxed, how soon to wax again?
  
  Should it be rewaxed after a heavy rain?
  
  How much protection can waxing provide car surface?
  
  What happens if you dun wash the car (like just spraying plain water) after a rain?
  
  Thanks in advance!
  
  regards
  R.
  
  

  I wash my car or van once or twice a week.
  
  Wax every 2 weeks. Waxes will only last for 2 weeks.
  
  Try to wax your car at least twice a month, to protect the paint job.
  
  Those driving white or red coloured cars sholud wash & wax more often.
  
  White coloured cars will leave stain marks after rain, red coloured cars will fade off after too much sunshine.
  
  Tip, to save some $, Usually I will go to Shing Song to buy a 5L KIT Wash & Glow to wash my car, van & bike. Cost $10.20 cheap and good.
  Please wash your car from top to bottom (the way how you bath yrself), dun wash the rims then wash the windows.
  I hate those car washers at Petrol stations when they wash the rims then wash the top of some cars that went ther to hav their cars washed.