this is the tesla model x now the reason i've chosen this car is because it's got black paint
and tesla paints not always the best to deal with it can be really
cheap and nasty compared to your european stuff
so today we're going to be going for the two bucket method as this is a brand new car that
he's just got a couple of weeks ago so we want to make it as clean as possible without causing
any damage to the paintwork so we've got my wash bucket here and we've got my rinse bucket as well
now make sure that you never put chemicals on hot wheels if they are too hot then spray them
with water until they have cooled down don't just spray them for a few seconds and presume
that they're cool because the heat coming off the brakes will still cause the chemical water
to convert to vapor and if you're breathing chemicals you will see long-term side effects
later down the line which will damage your health always start with the wheels and focus on one
wheel at a time because if you start spraying all the other wheels you'll find the chemical will dry
whilst you're walking around spraying the others making it ineffective if you have
to wait for the chemical to do its magic then simply focus on other things such as the tyres
or the wheel arches just while you're waiting so for me it's always best to do one wheel at a time
if it's a nice car and you love it then avoid acid wheel cleaners at all costs now i do occasionally
use them myself but not if the client is paying for a top class service if you use wheel woolies
or ease their brushes and start top down because what will happen is the water will carry down a
good portion of dirt to the bottom of the wheel further reducing the risk of causing any scratches
then give the wheel a rinse and follow the same steps for every wheel and then
move that bucket out the way so it doesn't become a trip hazard laying
about
as this is a thorough wash we will be giving the car a rinse starting from top to bottom
and what we're going to do is just blast off some of the loose dirt so
it's not going to take off all the dirt but it's just going to blast off some of the loose bits
that are lightly sitting on the surface of the paint with the car all rinsed you can now start
the pre-wash stage and what you're going to need to do for this is either snow foam the vehicle
chemical soak it or use a ph neutral traffic film remover and the idea behind this is that
it's going to break down the dirt on the body work so the foaming and the
chemicals as well will actually lift the dirt out of some of the nooks and crannies
when it comes to washing your car you need to make sure that you have a cool
cloudy dry day to reduce the risk of any water drying too quickly on the paintwork
because this is a tesla it doesn't actually have exhaust pipes or an engine bay so
what i'm going to be doing is covering two different videos and we're also going to
cover multiple ways of cleaning and protecting them so make sure you hit
the subscribe button and turn on your bell notifications so you don't miss those videos
make sure you get yourself some super soft brushes for getting around the windows and
the grilles and it does pay to have decent quality ones as well
if you want to keep your car looking as perfect as possible for longer
so i mentioned earlier in the video that i'm using the two bucket method for this car
and this is because it's a more expensive wash so the client has agreed to pay more so it allows me
more time to spend working on this car as he wants it looking its best all the time
so if you're cleaning your own car and you care about the appearance of it that much
then the two bucket method is going to be perfect for you however if you're not too bothered about
it then the one bucket method is absolutely fine so it's your call it's your car it's your choice
for me personally i only use one bucket on my own car because it's not really a nice car
it gets used and abused on the farm so we don't really care about it that much
but let me know in the comments section below are you a one bucket person or a two bucket person
now these buckets have very deep grit guards to catch in all the loose bits and the good thing
about the white buckets is the fact you can see how much dirt you've actually collected
during the wash stage and that's something you can't always see with black buckets
once you've used a clean wash mitt on one pass on the car you need to put it straight in the rinse
bucket and wring it out so this is probably one of my favorite cars to work on because of
just the shapes of it i mean everything's super smooth and look at this for a windscreen you get
one crack in that that's going to cost you a bomb the direction you should be washing in is straight
lines but even if you have the best intentions in your mind of going in straight lines you always
end up going in circles eventually and don't say you don't because i know you do everybody does it
when i clean a car i only like to do one side at a time and i like to go about two thirds
down so i save the bottom until very last so i actually make my way around the whole car
through the top section and then i go around again just to focus solely on the bottom
some people say to me dave i'm using the two bucket method but i'm seeing
horrible swells and i say to them are you supporting the mitt on the paintwork or are
you really holding it on there are you really pushing to keep it on there and the majority
of people say look i'm actually using quite a bit of force and that's where it's going wrong
even if you've got a wash mitt if you apply too much pressure what you're going to find is you are
going to cause like these cobwebby effects into the paint and especially on black cars you will
see those smears and things as soon as that direct sunlight comes out
if you want to get a perfect finish when drying your car i always recommend that you use
fresh clean microfiber towels now one of the things that you actually face
with microfiber towels is they don't actually absorb much water when they're completely dry
i tend to recommend spraying a little water onto the towel before drying the car because what
actually happens is it helps absorb the water now i know that sounds confusing but microfiber
towels don't easily absorb water when they're dry so by doing that what it will actually do
is cling the dirt onto the towel and pull it off the paint so it's a really good technique to use
so when it comes to drying the paintwork make sure you leave the lower section to last because
what you could find is you could pick up a bit of rotar because that's something you normally
take off after the drying process so you don't want to go picking a bit up and then you wipe the
cloth over to the top and then all of a sudden you get a nasty scratch especially on paint like this
so the reason i'm doing this video is because i did a basic valid at the same location for
the same client and this time he wanted to go for something a little more detailed
because it's a brand new car and he wanted to keep it looking its best and i want to
show you guys that customers can choose both options of a basic cleanup for a car
that doesn't mean much to them compared to a brand new car that means everything to them
normally at this point i'd say it's time to bring out the quick detailer spray however this video is
being left on a cliffhanger ladies and gentlemen and that is because it's actually part of another
video and in that video i give an honest in-depth review of a ceramic spray ceiling that has had
many people left furious including myself in the past with streaking on black cars so it's going
to be a really interesting video so for that part of it i'm going to be giving the car a clay bar
and a machine polish and i want to prove once and for all if this mystery ceramic spray is any good
so if you want to know what ceramic spray sealant i'm talking about make sure you hit the
subscribe button turn on your bell notifications because that video will be coming next week
so let me know in the comment section below what do you prefer do you prefer the one bucket method
or the two bucket method i really want to get your feedback on this i want you guys to get involved
and i want to let everybody know in a couple of weeks time what the results are and i'm just so
fascinated to see what percentage of you actually go to that extreme of using the two bucket method
so i'm gonna love you and leave it and stay tuned because i've got another video coming next week