Too much cleaning?

[Poorboy_racer]

Was sitting in the car at the weekend cleaning the inside glass and thought the seatbelt clips have never been cleaned, thought while I have the metal polish out.......then thought that really is going too far, so didnt do it. I do polish the underside of the bonnet and boot lid. Is this too much? How far do other people go with cleaning and polishing?

[satria]

never too far mate, i like your style...

i've polished my car 3 times after i had a professional buff around 2 months ago and it's only been driven once for maybe half an hour. I just love seeing it so clean and smooth in the garage

[da_ilks]

I hate cleaning my car, the most mundane task ever. I'd rather be at work then wash my car. Honestly

[Fev]

hate it, do it only when im embarassed to drive it, its that dirty

[Ruger]

Thats not too far at all. A good pro detail will do all that and will clean the dust from the felt window seals, detail all the rubber seals and things like that. Its never too clean. My favorite being a nicely detailed race spec interior/boot with no trim and the paint on the floor and inside the boot nicely polished

[sgt_doofey]

Is the fact that I have bits of hay throughout the back seat and boot reflect badly on me?
It needs a clean badly, but is there any point in winter for the daily driver?

[GORDZ]

i hate cleaning it, but I do it anyway. Don't think i've ever polished or waxed it sober.

[satria]

i'm suprised at how many people hate cleaning their car... i love the feeling after spending a heap of time on it just standing back and just see it sitting there in all its glory

[sgt_doofey]

Originally Posted by satria

i'm suprised at how many people hate cleaning their car... i love the feeling after spending a heap of time on it just standing back and just see it sitting there in all its glory

And then I drive it down the country roads with trucks barreling past at 90km/h, spraying the car with mud and road grime from the wet roads... Not worth the effort.
I must vacuum out the hay though, before sheep take up residence in my car.

[Creampuff]

I agree with satria, I thought most car fanatics(as on this site), would be always cleaning their car! I clean mine weekly, inside and out, windows daily,etc.

[Sam_Boss260]

Originally Posted by Creampuff

I agree with satria, I thought most car fanatics(as on this site), would be always cleaning their car! I clean mine weekly, inside and out, windows daily,etc.

Yeah but you never drive your car.......

[chippa]

Love cleaning my ride,inside and out on a weekly basis...love seeing all the corse metallics in the ego paint work.
When shes all clean i tell her how good she looks and that she will always be looked after!! lol Yes i have problems...

[Sam_Boss260]

Originally Posted by chippa

When shes all clean i tell her how good she looks and that she will always be looked after!! lol Yes i have problems...

I do the same, but I have to whisper it... in case the wife can hear me....

[chippa]

Originally Posted by Sam_Boss260

I do the same, but I have to whisper it... in case the wife can hear me....

HeHe stuff it the wife already knows that the cars my baby,if she scratches it to run far far away...run Forrest run

[XR6_190]

Clean your car too much? sorry that phrase is foreign to me, now what was i going to do today? oh thats right polish my wheels

[gz1]

I used to do that. Even cleaned and polished inside the engine bay, brake calipers etc.
Then I got married and had kids.
Now I haven't even washed it for over 6 months ;-(

[Creampuff]

Sam!! never drive my car??? only daily.....weirdo....haha

[satria]

i named my car by my girlfriends name so i can still say "i love you jenni" and she doesn't really know i'm talking to the xw heeheehee

[Plugg3r]

Well I spray my car with hose every night after work due to the fact that my dad roars in the driveway which is dirt so sand on silver paint shows up.

Washed a few times, haven't polished yet love to wash but hate doing inside.
But gets annoying when you doing every night.

[GreenMachine]

Wash? Car? The concept is unfamiliar to me... I've owned cars for years and NEVER washed them. The FBT used to get done once a fortnight, the current XR6 has been done once. Since January.

[deesun]

Cant be too bad here, no ones said theyve shampood the towball. Yet.

[vanman_75]

Originally Posted by deesun

Cant be too bad here, no ones said theyve shampood the towball. Yet.

i mr sheened my towbar yesterday after coming back from fishing trip, : then polished bike going to wash cars after lunch then might do some polishing on bike again

[prydey]

i wonder if those people who don't bother cleaning their cars because 'they'll only get dirty again', bother to clean themselves seeing as how they'll only get dirty again.

[da_ilks]

Originally Posted by prydey

i wonder if those people who don't bother cleaning their cars because 'they'll only get dirty again', bother to clean themselves seeing as how they'll only get dirty again.

If washing my car only took 15mins I'd be more then happy to do it every weekend. However, wash + polish + wax + vacuum is not a 15min job, more like half a day job... If it took me half a day to wash myself there's a fairly good chance I'd only do that every few weeks as well :

[prydey]

Originally Posted by da_ilks

If washing my car only took 15mins I'd be more then happy to do it every weekend. However, wash + polish + wax + vacuum is not a 15min job, more like half a day job... If it took me half a day to wash myself there's a fairly good chance I'd only do that every few weeks as well :

its not necessary to polish and/or wax every time you wash the car. in fact it can do more harm than good.

i find its much easier to keep a car clean through regular washing than let it get so dirty it needs a cut 'n polish just to bring it back close to the colour it should be.

[XR6_661]

Originally Posted by vanman_75

i mr sheened my towbar yesterday after coming back from fishing trip, : then polished bike going to wash cars after lunch then might do some polishing on bike again

Haha I was wondering who'd be the first!

Good to see the majority of us are like minded individuals. My girlfriend calls it "sad".... :

[BIGJB]

This is where I am lucky.
We have huge water tanks at work for
washing the cars. So my car is
always spotlessly clean.
I use my own products though
as the ones at work are total s...

[vanman_75]

Originally Posted by XR6_661

Haha I was wondering who'd be the first!

Good to see the majority of us are like minded individuals. My girlfriend calls it "sad".... :

i might be a little over the top but ,after doing big ks and a couple years in all my cars they still look new .which makes me feel better .and they are all dark three are black so i have me work cut out with the swirl thing. i live in mining town thats dusty as well ,they really need doing every day but i restrain myself to once a week ,eccept for the bike which is before every ride

[TZENU]

Love washing the XY , hate washing the AU..... I would rather spend 8 hours detailing my XY then 8 hours at work thats for sure!!!

[XR6_661]

Every friday after midday when I'm supposed to be inside studying for my degree.

The XR cops:

Wash
Chamois
Turtle wax ice water spray.
engine bay dusted down
Windows inside and out
interior fully vacuumed and dash/facias/etc cleaned.
Boot vacuumed (if I've used it)
Wheels polished and then tyres shined
Exhaust tip polished with metal polish
Clean inside the wheel arches.
use tyre shine on all the rubbers.
Sometimes I even get a toothbrush and hit the cavitys where the wheel nuts are

Anddd that's about it!

Something special about seeing you reflection in nicely washed and detailed white car!

Ohh did I add I also have about 8 Miller's Chill during the course of this?