Hey Mukul. So I did my first wash and turned out to be quite back breaking cos I have a basement parking and had to lug buckets of water around. But was quite a good workout. I clicked pics but on a really old S2 (can you tell I was really trying to save for the gti). Just a few thoughts though..
1. I need something better than just soap and water to clean the tyres. Any suggestions.
2. Holy crap does the windscreen look clean as clean can be after a good wash!
3. Holy crap have I understood the need to literally wipe down the whole car with a microfiber. I missed out part of the rear bumper and well, you can guess the rest.
4. This might seem like a silly question, but how do you clean the 'exterior' parts of the car that are only exposed after opening the doors. You know like the door sill and the door frame, etc.
5. What do you do to keep the interior clean?
Hahahah first times the hardest mate! It takes a while to get used to it.
Stretch a bit before you start. When drying or doing anything below waist level,
DO NOT bend down. Instead, crouch down and bring yourself to the level you want to work at. This is a life saver tip haha (TM). By this I mean, bend your knees and act like your gonna sit down, no problems at all then
1. Alright for wheels and tires, you will need a tire brush and a wheel brush first of all. I have a generic tire brush, but for wheels I have the meguairs spoke brush (AED 69 at ace). Then you can purchase Sonax extreme wheel cleaner from Emarat/Enoc. Its bloody awesome, it changes colors when it reacts with brake dust. Make sure to only work one wheel at a time (and then wash), you dont want it to dry up. I know that was for wheels but what the hell haha.
For tyres its really tough cuz the product I use is from the Meguairs Professional Line, not available in stores. Its called All purpose cleaner. My only other suggestion is to use the soap a little more concentrated and agitate your tires with the tire brush. Once again work one tire at a time. Work maybe a small area like half the tyre at a time, this way the soap is wet and the tire brush will make it nice and foamy for it to work
2. Looks even better if you don't use a cloth and use just a glass wiper, no streaks no mess
or use dedicated glass microfibers. I love me a clean windscreen
3. Been there haha.
4.For the door sills and jambs get a cheap microfibre like zwipes which i suggested, but allocate it just for those areas. Make sure to open the hatch and clean those areas as well as it trickles down and creates a mess later.
What I do is, once i've watered the car down and the soap is off, I open all the doors, this way the water that is between the Doors in which goes into the window area (between the metal if it makes sense), that trickles down, but thats just me being OCD. Start with the hatch door and clean it up properly so that no water leaks down and pools under the hatch door.
As I keep all the doors open, majority of the water trickles down/dries up. So I do a final wipe with the cheap microfibre in the end once I've dried the car properly.
5. For the Interior I have Meguiars Interior Detailer which I picked up at Ace Hardware along with Meguiars LEather cleaner and conditioner. I use the interior detailer everywhere even the seats for a light clean. If the seats havent been cleaned before I use Leather Cleaner and Conditioner, you will be bloody surprised how dirty black seats actually are
Get a bunch of cheapo microfibers from ace and allocate them to interior duties. I vaccuum the car once in two weeks too.
****Remember though, Microfibers cannot be cleaned with regular laundry detergent. I seriusly suggest you visit Xtreme Motors in the Al quoz and pick up 3D Towel Kleen. Its 128oz and you only use 2oz per FULL LOAD! Cost me AED 90.****
P.S. If you wash in the basement, do you have access to a hose? Or do you only use buckets. Please tell me you can access a hose