How would you go about a fast, long lasting approach
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Justins00ss
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Pressure washer rinse, ironx bath, 2 bucket wash, Nanoskin speedy prep towel using wash soap as lube. Mckees Hydro Blue spray and rinse sealant. Blow it dry and maybe a detail spray for a little touch up afterwards.
nickclark08
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if you use the Hydro Blue - McKees extender spray wax is a great topper.
MattPersman
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About the fastest you can do is ONR wash. Clay while using the OCW.
Check out Pan the organizer or rag company videos with Yvan and Optimum car care products for that method on you tube
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Check out Pan the organizer or rag company videos with Yvan and Optimum car care products for that method on you tube
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Accumulator
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I don`t see how one could speed up the process without omitting something or causing marring or leaving it insufficiently protected to resist etching. But OK...thinking back to when I had to do a rental Suburban that I knew I`d have for a long time or ahead to the possibility of leasing a Disposable Car that I wouldn`t care about..
I wouldn`t even consider it on anything other than a new white car, but for that I`d:
New white car- Decontaminate with something good for ferrous contamination, (live with any marring and just) LSP with FK1000P, wash using IUDJ or SprayWax as a Drying Aid.
But I can`t help but think that you can do it fast, or you can do it right, but you can`t do both.
I wouldn`t even consider it on anything other than a new white car, but for that I`d:
New white car- Decontaminate with something good for ferrous contamination, (live with any marring and just) LSP with FK1000P, wash using IUDJ or SprayWax as a Drying Aid.
But I can`t help but think that you can do it fast, or you can do it right, but you can`t do both.
What would you do that would still be fast for you but also still live up to doing it right?
Accumulator
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Heh heh, "fast for me" would be doing a quick maintenance wash on a beater in under 5 hours
I mean...what should I skip? Which square inch of a vehicle "doesn`t matter"? I guess this is *my* Autopian silliness, but I do this stuff to *my* standard of "doing it right", which might not be yours.So first, I`d determine *your* priorities. Is this for your car, or a business, or...what? What`s the targeted result?
The quickest I could do would be what I described for a New White Car (though honestly neither my wife nor I would want to drive something in that condition for long). Last time I had to drive a rental for an extended period I spent three full days getting it acceptable. When I buy something in supposedly showroom condition I spend ages (not just a week) getting it ready for use and then I just wash, and occasionally reLSP, it for years.
So I`m just the wrong guy to ask about doing anything (*anything*, really..) quickly. But I do appreciate the various situations where that`s desired...
I like the Chemical decontamination because it`s less likely to instill (more) marring, which would presumably need corrected. I do think that decontamination is called for *in this case* (but not as frequently as many would argue).
I`d assume correction of some degree will be called for, but I won`t drive a swirled/marred vehicle and maybe that doesn`t matter to you. Marring doesn`t really matter in the functional sense! It only matters as much as you think it does. White hardly shows light marring, so IMO you can get away with a lot by just choosing that color.
When it comes to LSP, I`d want something easy to do that lasts for months regardless of circumstances. Hence the FK1000P recommendation.
Fast, Right, or Half-Fast! Or EL James (and others, paraphrasing) said, " If a job is worth doing, it`s worth doing well."
Not to diss the Original Poster (OP) because his concern is doing a effective detailing job in the least amount of time, AKA, time and effort efficiency detailing. Sometimes it is "difficult" to measure or quantify what is "efficient" and what is viewed as a "short-cut" just to get the job done, or if someone who is "detailed oriented" is really an inefficient time-waster or as I was called, an non-value added service (until management realized they wasted a lot more time answering outside vendor questions or replacing incorrectly manufactured parts because that information they said was a waste of time was not on the technical drawing they had me make. "Penny wise, pound foolish". "Failing to plan is planning to fail"..... OK! OK! We get it, Captain Cliché!!)
rlmccarty2000
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Do it the right way once, then do rinseless washes as needed. The “fast” way can be disappointing, but I understand the need to save time.
Stokdgs
dansautodetailing.com
The only way to get it done correctly and fast, is to use several, well trained, well equipped, like minded people.. 
Dan F
Dan F
I purposely kept my original post a little less detailed so not to influence anyone`s answers. I appreciate them all and learned much from them though I was hoping to get more of a variety of answers. Honestly, I didn`t mean to imply that I didn`t want to do it right or skip any steps but I would like to know how to get great results as quickly as possible.
I really thought I would get an answer like you have to get a 21 mm DA and it will make quick work while using a cleaner/wax.
I like this answer as I never expected it to be so easy. I`m going to have to give it a try and see how well it turns out
RaysWay
Autopia Specialist
^^This. Only thing I would add is some Roadkill Bug remover to presoak all lower panels, front bumper, mirrors and windshield if needed.
I also prefer the Nanoskin type clay pad on a Harbor Freight DA. I use an eBay knock-off one, but the DA version just saves my shoulders.
And Hydro Blue is just the king of quick and easy. I washed a Equinox yesterday that was going close to 3 months and Hydro Blue was still looking great.
Accumulator
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jem7sk- I do understand the need to be time-efficient, and work on that myself to the extent that I have redundant wash systems (buckets/water and air hoses/foamguns/floorjacks/spot-clay setups/etc.) on each side of the washbay and always work as quickly as possible. I don`t waste a moment as I want to finish ASAP. Still...it just takes me forever unless I skip stuff. But I do suspect that it might be stuff that many people don`t bother doing anyhow.
Hey, I`ll be the first to say that "Life isn`t a car show!" and to acknowledge that most people undoubtedly have better things to do than detail their car for hours. I wish I could just wave a Magic Checkbook at my vehicles and have them get detailed to my satisfaction whenever they`re dirty.
Hey, I`ll be the first to say that "Life isn`t a car show!" and to acknowledge that most people undoubtedly have better things to do than detail their car for hours. I wish I could just wave a Magic Checkbook at my vehicles and have them get detailed to my satisfaction whenever they`re dirty.