Fifth Gear: How To Properly Wash Your Car

Jonny visits a detailer who gives us tips and trick on how to properly wash your car.

[scottwarner]

Having a gravel drive at your shop, wow

[Finesse]

You guys needed Car Cleaning Guru on the show with his trusty Guru Volvo V30 Polestar mobile

[rivolinho]

So you're telling me brillo pads and a bucket of floor cleaner is the wrong way to go!?

[samiulrobin]

I washed my honda civic last weekend after four years and it looks brand new. I also saved $5k.

[Whiteboythst]

Why he needs the car for two days:
1st day - Dog tf outta the car
2nd day- wash it, give it back like nothing happened

[maskito]

And he is wearing a wedding ring that can scratch the paint....hmm

[russrh]

washing up liquid is great for removing wax, which is what you want to do when you're adding a ceramic coating or sealant

[AnonYmous-tyim]

The most time consuming part in detailing a car is the polishing, I know from experience. A half decent 3 stage polish will take 1 to 2 days depending how bad the paintwork is and how intricate the body panels are. Then you will have a day cleaning and decontaminating first and half a day to a day on the wheels. So for a very good detail you could be looking at 4 days. To clean, decontaminate and one stage polish my old Astra vxr and the. Protect with polish or sealant would take me a full day.

A lot of money is spent on products, some waxes can cost in excess of £1, 000. Yes, you could say what the point but what’s the point in buying anything expensive, why buy a white t-shirt from Ralph Lauren for £80 when you could get the same for a tenner? You pay for the name and product. A car will always get dirty but proper protection will help protect the paintwork and keep it looking its best and ultimately help in resale value

[whatthefrack]

Looks like I am going to be doing a bit of shopping :)
Definitely getting the microfibre towel! Not sure about the lambs thingy!
Ooh, the bucket is a yes :D

You should list in the description area, what was used in the cleaning of the car :)

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[realfacthunt]

First rule of cleaning a car is do the wheels first.

[Zorak]

And 10 minutes later, it starts to rain.

[Warmsunset]

Nice one. Heads up. As my Mazda 3 2018 has an ceramic coating applied to it. It does it no harm to wax it. Did not know about the STRAIGHT lines and just SUCKING up the moisture to dry it out. NICE ONE.

[JundaComputersGmbH]

When he said 5, 000 pounds he meant the weight of the car! The Rolls Royce Ghost weighs about 5, 000 pounds

[raptorfast]

Such an old episode!!, But it's nice to watch it again!!

[YA-eezf]

Lots of hobbiest detailers do the same job for a fraction of the price all he does is a wash and polish. Even cheap shops know the basics of that and usually use clean products.

[NowegianRich]

Why would you spend that much on something that will start gathering dirt the minute you drive it out of the lot? How long before you are required to spend that much again? Two days??

[oscarvillarreal]

With that much I'll just repaint it again and it will be spotless

[glovedcop]

All this is basic stuff...5000?! Seriously?!

[biroldjoshan]

I like the mk10 jag in the background ☺️

[shehryar]

What's the use of cleaning in detail when it'll get dirty on the way back home?