How often do you quick detail

No rules totally up to you. Just be mindful every time you touch the paint you are potentially marring it.
 
I limit quick Detailers to fingerprints and minor smudges. Rinse less washes are soooo easy and way safer in terms of marring or swirls than a waterless wash. I almost feel like a full waterless wash would be a lot more work than a rinse less wash
 
ShaneB said:
I limit quick Detailers to fingerprints and minor smudges. Rinse less washes are soooo easy and way safer in terms of marring or swirls than a waterless wash. I almost feel like a full waterless wash would be a lot more work than a rinse less wash
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Waterless is faster for me and less towels to wash.
 
ShaneB said:
I limit quick Detailers to fingerprints and minor smudges. Rinse less washes are soooo easy and way safer in terms of marring or swirls than a waterless wash. I almost feel like a full waterless wash would be a lot more work than a rinse less wash
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^ What he said.

pheerix said:
Waterless is faster for me and less towels to wash.
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^ And what he said.

I do use quick detailers though. I use them after a "traditional" wash as a drying aid and I use them occasionally for clay lube since I bought too much.
 
Once the car is washed, nothing touches the paint until the next wash. I havent used a detailer in years because encouraging the use of them "between washes", actually did more harm than good in my case. Drying aid use is ok since the surface is clean when applied.
 
Once the xterra is washed (once a week) nothing in between. I drive 250+ miles per week. And to try to keep it clean inbetween would be pointless. Bugs everyday etc.. One good traditional wash/detail over the weekend. And a drying aid is used. Currently have a fresh bottle of griots wax as you dry to maintain the LSP. If i do wash it during the week, its kind of pointless. All bugged up etc in a day or two.
 
ShaneB said:
I limit quick Detailers to fingerprints and minor smudges. Rinse less washes are soooo easy and way safer in terms of marring or swirls than a waterless wash. I almost feel like a full waterless wash would be a lot more work than a rinse less wash
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What products do you recommend
 
I use a quick detailer almost every day! But then again, I just have to wipe down a motorcycle :) Ive been using Dodo Juice Basics of Bling detail spray recently and love it.
 
Interesting, I think Ill make you all cringe. On my dark metallic gray BMW Ill daily quick detail with the condition the surface has only light dust or pollen and after a wash. I only touch top panels (hood, roof & trunk) since thats where most dust settles. I also disposes the micro fiber towels or repurpose them for rags. Ill also hesitate to quick detail many day accumulation of dust or water spot Ill just wash the car instead. If Im ambitious Ill go a week and a few days between washes.


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oyepresidente said:
Interesting, I think Ill make you all cringe. On my dark metallic gray BMW Ill daily quick detail with the condition the surface has only light dust or pollen and after a wash. I only touch top panels (hood, roof & trunk) since thats where most dust settles. I also disposes the micro fiber towels or repurpose them for rags. Ill also hesitate to quick detail many day accumulation of dust or water spot Ill just wash the car instead. If Im ambitious Ill go a week and a few days between washes.


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If its black sapphire metallic, you gonna have a heck of a time getting the swirls out of it.
 
If I wanted to remove pollen or dust I would move up to a waterless wash.

I dont think its sand particles that always leaves swirls, something as fine as dust is probably the cause more often then not.
 
silverfox said:
Once the car is washed, nothing touches the paint until the next wash..
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-AND-

ViperGuy21 said:
Drying aid and after washes. After that its waterless wash if I need to remove bird crap or something...
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Same here, and I hardly ever bother cleaning off bird-bombs/bugs any more, at least not on the vehicles that wear FK1000P.

Also, FWIW Im gradually using up my various QDs and transitioning to IUDJ instead.
 
ShaneB said:
I limit quick Detailers to fingerprints and minor smudges. Rinse less washes are soooo easy and way safer in terms of marring or swirls than a waterless wash. I almost feel like a full waterless wash would be a lot more work than a rinse less wash
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Im kind of the same way--- I usually end up RW (one bucket method) as I am always worried I am touching the paint too much if wiping down with a QD or WW- plus I guess Im lazy and dont like flipping the towels a lot when I can just do the whole hood with one quartered towel and then glide my PFM drying towel over the hood and clean up the left over residue no problem


NOW I find myself worried RW might slightly scratch it and am considering going to more of an Accumulator style wash (yet I dont think I could do it Exactly the same way- my water bill is high enough already)
 
512detail said:
..I..am considering going to more of an Accumulator style wash (yet I dont think I could do it Exactly the same way- my water bill is high enough already)
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My wash method *DOES* go through a lot of water, and a lot of shampoo. Definitely not for everybody, maybe not for most Autopians. AFAIK Bill D is the only person here who even approximates it (the currently MIA, and sorely missed, Superbee364 did a variation on it too), and he doesnt let his cars get nearly as dirty as I do.

(If anybody else here is doing it my way, my apologies for not remembering and please post about it.)

You would not believe my water bill, simply exorbitant.
 
Yep, I proudly wash with my variation of Accumulators method. My 10 Accord has had zero marring since new and I never had to polish it. :D
 
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