in today's video i'm going to take you on a quick and easy guide to cleaning your door
shuts but i'll be taking you through the basics and we're not going to go majorly in depth today
but we're just going to cover what i normally do when i carry out an exterior valid
normally when you valid a car it's best to get everything out including the mats but because
it is a quick demo we won't be touching anything inside the car and i tend to recommend cleaning
the door shuts before you do the body work because there is a little bit of splashing involved so the
door shut cleaning process comes in between the wheels and the body work before you get started
make sure you have the following a bucket of shampoo with some soft pre-soaked brushes
some citrus pre-wash a pressure washer and some drying towels step one open the doors and turn
down the pressure washer and give them a rinse to shift off any loose dirt now if you can't
turn the pressure washer down make sure you got a steady hand so you don't get loads of water inside
the car it looks like you make a mess but as long as you keep a controlled hand you should be fine
once you're happy that enough has been removed you can then use several different products but
for today we're going to be sticking with a citrus pre-wash which has been diluted down to four parts
water and one part citrus and i'm going to spray the door shut slightly and allow a minute or two
just for the chemical to do its magic step three use a brush and start agitating gently now some
people tend not to use brushes but instead go for wash mitts in a separate bucket to the wash bucket
so you can do it how you feel is best and i'll list everything in the description below
plus i'll put some really good recommendations below as well step four once you've given the door
jams a good scrub it's time to give them a rinse and a top tip for anybody doing this is to make
sure that you keep old towels inside where the mats may go and what this is going to basically do
is catch any water that might occur from splashing and instead of getting the carpets wet it's going
to go straight into the mats so it can save you in the long run and it does help especially during
the winter time okay so we've now tackled the door shuts let's move on to the boot shut and
it is really important and i cannot stress this enough you need to turn off your pressure washer
and that's because you don't really want to be splashing getting the headlining all wet it's the
worst possible thing you can do so make sure the pressure washer is off but keep the hose running
whether you decide to turn off the pressure washer is completely up to you personally if you
feel confident enough with the pressure washer on then keep it turned down just to reduce the
amount of water and i'm just spraying more citrus on the shuts and also you can clean the rubber
seals while you're at it and keep those brushes lubricated at all times so either dip it into a
spare bucket or spray the brushes and don't forget to rinse the brushes as you go in case you pick up
any trapped grit so i'm at a point where i'm happy with the cleaning process so i'm now going to try
and protect them with a product that i feature on instagram all the time because of its insane gloss
and that's yum ceramic and not many people go for polishing the door shuts because you always find
those odd little bits of water that drip down so that's why i use ceramic detailers instead
because you get no powder and definitely no mess so this is the best way that you can protect
your door shuts it will give you a fair few months protection and the great thing about it is you can
spray it on while the door shuts wet so this is going to be a real simple process we're actually
going to use this like a drying aid normally once two squirts will be enough for each door jam and
you simply wipe it dry and you're left with some epic results and if you're just joining us for the
first time you can go back and watch my previous two videos in this mini series where we tackle
the engine bay and wheels of this audi q7 one of the things that i like to do when i'm doing this
is keep dedicated towels that you just use for your wheels and your arches because the last
thing you want to do is use your really nice fancy towels that you're going to use on the body work
and then use them on the arches because then you could i mean it does happen to everybody
you can get the odd bit of grit that you do miss you are a human being it's not going to be
100 perfect so just make sure that you've got spare dedicated towels if you want to do it right
perfect well that about wraps it up for today's episode join us for the next one as i'm going
to be showing you guys how to successfully pre-wash your car i'll see you later bye