Today I'll be showing you some tips and tricks on your maintenance wash.
What is a maintenance wash?
It's washing your vehicle after a proper detail.
Once you've had a proper detail, all you have to do is a maintenance wash once a week
to "maintain" that look.
That's cleaning the wheels, cleaning the paintwork,
cleaning the windows, and applying a quick detailer spray or spray sealant.
Today I took out my E39,
it hasn't been washed in 3 weeks!
It's been almost a month, and I need to clean all the dirt off it.
We're gonna start with the wheels, work up to the paintwork,
clean the windows, and dress the tires.
I usually like to do this on a weekly basis,
but it's been raining a lot in California and we haven't had time.
But now it's time to get the maintenance wash done!
Let's get our Diablo out and get to work on the wheels!
I like to start my maintenance wash on the wheels.
I've got my fireman hose nozzle and I'll start by wetting the wheel down.
I rinse all the heavy dirt and debris off the wheel to start.
You can see my tires are beading, I used VRP on there which is a waterproof dressing.
It's actually lasted a good amount of time, but now it's time to take it off.
I'll start out with Diablo Wheel Gel,
brand new formula it's formulated with oxygen-infused cleaners,
and it's safe on any type of wheel.
It's diluted 3:1.
I'll take this gel and spray the entire wheel.
I'm spraying the gel in all the areas where I want to remove brake dust...
I'll spray around the edge, and the center parts...
I've got the gel all over the wheel, now to start with the scrubbing.
I'll start scrubbing the inside of the spokes on the wheel with the Gerbil brush.
The Gerbil Wheel Brush will let me clean deep inside the wheels.
I picked Diablo Wheel Gel for this job because it clings right on to the wheel.
It sticks right on and doesn't move off.
Remember, this is a maintenance wash and should be done every week or so.
Look how fast I'm able to clean the wheels with the Gerbil Brush and Diablo.. Great way
to clean your wheels!
Now that the wheel is clean, I'll spray the tire as well.
If my wheels were dirtier, I could use a wheel degreaser,
but Diablo will do great for a weekly wash.
I'll scrub the lip as well.
Diablo does a great job pulling off the brake dust, and my short handle brush gets right in there.
Now that the whole wheel is cleaned, I'll take my fireman hose nozzle and rinse everything off.
I like the fireman hose nozzle because I can control exactly how much of a stream I want,
and lets me get right in there to rinse everything off.
Diablo Gel rinses very clean.
Diablo Gel is non-acidic, and will not hurt my wheels.
These are authentic BBS wheels, and I do not want to harm them.
Diablo works on powder coated, chrome, and painted wheels.
These are painted with a machined lip so they look real great.
Now we've got a nice clean wheel, we removed the dirt quickly and easily,
and my hands aren't even that dirty!
I've got three more wheels to go, I'm gonna do all three wheels,
then get started on the wash.
See ya in a moment!
Now on to the next step:
washing the body.
We've cleaned the wheels, so now it's time to clean the paintwork and glass.
This car actually has a coating of Second Skin 6 on there,
so it's protected, and you see the water slides off very easy.
We're gonna maintain that coating using Glossworkz.
Glossworkz is our gloss booster and paintwork cleanser.
It's gonna clean the paint and maintain the Second Skin 6 coating.
I like Second Skin 6 because it protects this vehicle since it sits outside 24/7.
I don't have a garage to park in,
it's always exposed to UV solar rays and heavy weather.
To do the method I'll be using two buckets,
one of our chenille dreadlock style microfiber wash mitts,
and a foam gun.
I like to use a foam cannon if I have a pressure washer,
but we've only got a hose today, so I'll be using a foam gun.
The foam gun is really cool and easy to use.
We're gonna use Glossworkz today,
it's pH neutral and it's gonna give me a great shine on my vehicle.
First I'll add it to my wash bucket, I'll add 1-2 ounces to get started,
and I'll fill the foam gun.
To use the foam gun you first fill the tank with water,
then add two ounces off Glossworkz...
...we'll add a little more.
If you want extra suds like I do you can add just a little bit more.
And now we're ready to start it up.
I'll go ahead and close my gun,
shake it up,
and we're ready to rock and roll.
You'll notice it turned a nice bluish color,
it means we're ready to start working.
I've rinsed off the car first and now I'm gonna attach my foam gun to my hose.
Now I'll start washing the vehicle.
Here's how I like to start washing the vehicle.
First I like to suds up the wash bucket.
Hook up the gun...
I'm gonna do what's called
"priming the vehicle" and washing.
It's a special technique I like to use to reduce scratches.
I like to first take my wash mitt full of shampoo on my left hand,
then I'll start washing the vehicle with the foam gun.
I'll saturate with the foam gun,
then wash using the foam gun and mitt.
I'm putting the maximum amount of shampoo into my wash mitt.
I'll spray the foam gun right into the paintwork,
and I'll be washing right off the vehicle.
As you see I'm washing from top to bottom
to make sure I don't scratch the vehicle.
I'm gonna go back to my clean water bucket,
rinse off my wash mitt, get all the dirt off it,
wring it out on the ground,
then go back to the soapy wash bucket.
Let's do the bumper up front...
Sometimes you gotta take off the wash mitt to get down into the grill...
the kidneys...
You want to be careful around areas like license plates,
you can slice your finger open,
I've done it, it's NOT good!
You don't want a trip to the emergency room when you're washing your car.
Get the headlights too,
there we go.
As you see I'm using a special wash method:
The Two-Bucket Method.
I have the "dirty" bucket where I rinse the dirt from the mitt
so the water turns dirty.
Then I have the "clean" bucket here full of soapy water,
which helps lubricate the mitt over the paint.
I'll go back to my gun and do the rest of the car.
This works on both hands,
sometimes you can do it on your left or right hand.
I'll change up to get the "right" hand on there.
Notice I'm putting the wash solution right into the mitt.
And I'm leaving the bottom of the car for last.
The bottom of the car is always the dirtiest,
so leave that until the end,
and re-rinse your wash mitt as you go.
You notice what I'm doing is a great way to reduce swirl marks and scratches.
The whole point of a maintenance wash is to reduce swirl marks and scratches.
That's the BIGGEST part of a maintenance wash--you don't want to induce more swirl marks,
and that's why we're using a black car for this:
black cars are the hardest to keep clean.
And if we do this method where we spray the wash solution directly into the mitt,
we reduce swirl marks and scratches to the highest level.
No we've washed the entire car using our Glossworkz shampoo, two bucket method, and our foam gun.
It really made a big difference,
but as you can see the car still has suds on it.
Now we're gonna go ahead and rinse it off.
Glossworkz rinses off very easily because it's pH neutral,
and it enhances your wax or sealant coat.
Plus this car has Second Skin 6 on it, so it'll rinse off even easier.
Let's go ahead and rinse it off!
Now it's time to dry it off.
We've rinse off the whole car, it's looking clean, now it's time to dry.
Drying should be a quick experience,
and to make it even quicker we're gonna use Hybrid V7.
Hybrid V7 is a quick detailer and optical-grade spray sealant.
It's gonna push off any of the water,
help it dry a little bit faster,
and it'll enhance my Second Skin 6 coat
(it'll give a little extra shine to it!)
I'll spray the car while it's wet...
fender too...
I'll do the other side of the hood as well.
Then I'll take a waffle weave drying towel,
and dry the Hybrid V7 off the car.
It should be a quick experience, pushing all the water off the car quickly.
Once I've dried the area, you'll see these light streaks:
these are streaks from the spray sealant--I want that!
I'll take a dry towel and buff off the streaks.
Look at the streaks just go away!
Very very easily. There we go. Do the fender.
This goes across the entire car, it should take me 5-10 minutes max
to get the whole car dry using two drying towels and Hybrid V7.
So we've got the black paint looking rich again with the coat of Hybrid V7.
Now for the last touch: dressing the tires.
Tires are really easy to do.
I'll be using VRP dressing today.
VRP is a super-shine dressing.
I love the way it looks. It's a little higher shine than our Natural Shine,
but it still gives a dry to the touch feel.
Look how natural and amazing that looks.
VRP is my favorite dressing.
It looks great on tires, and it really lasts.
It's waterproof, and that's what I only use on this car.
You saw in the beginning my tires had a nice bead from the last coat of VRP on the tires.
It works on all vinyl, rubber, and plastic surfaces.
So if you have bumpers with vinyl or rubber on them, this works great.
Now we've got a beautiful tire, I'll do the other three, then show you the results!
Now for the last part of the day: the windows!
If your windows are dirty, clean them up. If not, you can use the wash water.
Two sprays will do it.
First towels cleans the window...
This is called the two-towel method. We go over it on some of our other videos.
In case you didn't know we have over 400 videos on our channel
ready for viewing on how to do all the all the cool tricks we're teaching today.
I'll take my second towel--if you have tag go ahead and rip that off--
then I'll buff off any streaks with the towel.
To do this today I'm using our Signature Series Glass Cleaner:
Signature Series Glass Cleaner is great for windows, plexiglass, and clear vinyl windows as well.
It also works on LCD TVs, navigation screens, and mirrors.
It's the perfect product to get streak-free windows,
and your car looking good.
So now we got this Jet Black BMW all cleaned up!
It was easy to do using the two bucket method with Glossworkz and our foam gun,
we cleaned the wheels using Diablo Wheel Gel,
we cleaned the windows with our Signature Series Glass Cleaner,
and dressed the tires with VRP.
This is my personal method for washing my car every week to keep it looking great all the time.
I like to do this every Sunday before my week starts
so my car looks great on my way to work,
when I'm taking out friends,
and when I'm just cruising around town.
We used a black car because black cars show everything.
If you have a black car, truck, motorcycle, or RV, this is a great way to keep it looking
clean every week.
It's easy to do, we did it quickly, and we barely got our hands dirty.
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But remember:
Have fun,
stay clean,
and keep on detailing!