My new wash process...

justin30513

justin30513

Mobile Detailing Services
Here it is........



  1. Spray all wheels with Wheel Brightener (4:1 in beam sprayer). Let sit.
  2. Spray all tires, wells, lower panels, bumpers, and windshield with Meg's APC (4:1 in beam sprayer)
  3. Pressure wash all the above areas and then blast off the vehicle's surface.
  4. Put pressure washer hose up. Done with it.
  5. While still wet, I wash the upper half with ONR (new formula). Dry. Then lower half. Dry. If it's a wax, I spray OCW on while the ONR is on the car aka before final drying.
  6. Spray tires with Armor All Tire Foam. I can do 5 sets of SUV tires from one can...3.50 for the can.
  7. ONR wheels to take care of any overspray.
This process took me 25 minutes for an Expedition and 18 minutes for Mercedes C300. Most of the time saved comes from using the pressure washer to handle the wheels, tires, and wells. I use only a third of the water since I'm not rinsing......this takes the most. I love the new ONR and this new process. Thought I'd share it. Thanks!
 
nice Justin. as waiting for you to post something or PM me back. Never heard back from you after we spoke.



I'm trying to put something together myself right now shopping around for products.



Wouldn't mind seeing some photo's as im trying to see if i should just get a pressure washer from like sears or home depot or get a honda motor and cat pump.



Who has the 50' reel with pressure washer hose.
 
Justin Murphy said:
Here it is........



  1. Spray all wheels with Wheel Brightener (4:1 in beam sprayer). Let sit.
  2. Spray all tires, wells, lower panels, bumpers, and windshield with Meg's APC (4:1 in beam sprayer)
  3. Pressure wash all the above areas and then blast off the vehicle's surface.
  4. Put pressure washer hose up. Done with it.
  5. While still wet, I wash the upper half with ONR (new formula). Dry. Then lower half. Dry. If it's a wax, I spray OCW on while the ONR is on the car aka before final drying.
  6. Spray tires with Armor All Tire Foam. I can do 5 sets of SUV tires from one can...3.50 for the can.
  7. ONR wheels to take care of any overspray.
This process took me 25 minutes for an Expedition and 18 minutes for Mercedes C300. Most of the time saved comes from using the pressure washer to handle the wheels, tires, and wells. I use only a third of the water since I'm not rinsing......this takes the most. I love the new ONR and this new process. Thought I'd share it. Thanks!
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sounds good justin!!! time is money. :up
 
Scottwax said:
What? No pictures?



You're moving non-stop to get the cars done that fast!
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I know which pic you're talking about! I'll get it up tomorrow since it's on my phone. It was crazy wet looking!



I did my wife's van when I got home......without the pressure washer step. Oh Lord.......it added 15 minutes to the process. The bugs and wheels is where the time adds up.
 
vtec92civic said:
nice Justin. as waiting for you to post something or PM me back. Never heard back from you after we spoke.



I'm trying to put something together myself right now shopping around for products.



Wouldn't mind seeing some photo's as im trying to see if i should just get a pressure washer from like sears or home depot or get a honda motor and cat pump.



Who has the 50' reel with pressure washer hose.
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Sorry bro........just pm'd you back. Just been busy with this and getting set up for doing houses as well......easy cross sell since I'm already at their home and it's really easy to do when you have the right stuff.



Northern Tool is the best place to get pressure washer items. Good service and prices but I'll pay a little more for a lot of service.



Home Depot has several great models. Just make sure you get the one with a CAT pump.......it's all about the pump.



I'm having a new frame welded up to replace my wooden platform aka skid that's in my bed. It's gonna be so nice!
 
Kudos for adapting to your market conditions... Gotta put bacon on the table somehow



If I may: It's a very good practice to neutralize the HF acid in Megs WB with a mixture of water and baking soda.. Rinsing wheel off after using HF acid based products is not a robust method.
 
Justin Murphy said:
Sorry bro........just pm'd you back. Just been busy with this and getting set up for doing houses as well......easy cross sell since I'm already at their home and it's really easy to do when you have the right stuff.



Northern Tool is the best place to get pressure washer items. Good service and prices but I'll pay a little more for a lot of service.



Home Depot has several great models. Just make sure you get the one with a CAT pump.......it's all about the pump.



I'm having a new frame welded up to replace my wooden platform aka skid that's in my bed. It's gonna be so nice!
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Yeah man check my thread out. I seen a nice unit today at home depot with a cat pump. What's the specs on your gear? What kind of motor and pump along with psi and gpm's



Thanks for getting back to me. Houses would be another good thing to do as you mentioned. What are you using. PM me



Deep Gloss Auto Salon said:
Kudos for adapting to your market conditions... Gotta put bacon on the table somehow



If I may: It's a very good practice to neutralize the HF acid in Megs WB with a mixture of water and baking soda.. Rinsing wheel off after using HF acid based products is not a robust method.
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That's good to know. Will soap and water neutralize it? Otherwise i guess you would need like a big garden sprayer and fill that up with water and baking soda. After the wheels get done have a helper walk around and spray the rims down with it.



What ratio of baking soda to water though?
 
Sounds a little like the method I sometimes use..

Never heard Wheel Brightener would need baking soda to get off..??It doesn't say so in the instructions either.. and I never had a problem with it..
 
Mark77 said:
Sounds a little like the method I sometimes use..

Never heard Wheel Brightener would need baking soda to get off..??It doesn't say so in the instructions either.. and I never had a problem with it..
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no you don't need baking soda to get it off . . . . . . Jason is saying that he would recommend you neutralize the HF Acid that Wheel Brightener contains and to do that it is recommended to use water & baking soda.



You can of course use water to rinse it but that will not guarantee you that every trace of that acid is rinsed off the wheel.
 
I've use WB for years now with no problem. Thousands on Meg's forums too. I trust the instructions on every Meg's label but if he is doing it, it must be working for him.
 
I go back with a diluted APC (alkalin) after Wheel Bright to neutralize and get rid of any remaining traces. A few sprays from a quart sprayer and you're good.
 
Hey Justin,



Have you had issues with possibly hitting the paint with the water and it "peeling" it? I'm actually sort of afraid to use a pressure washer for the reason of chipping paint from the high pressure of water! What technique do you use to prevent this from happening?
 
John_K said:
Hey Justin,



Have you had issues with possibly hitting the paint with the water and it "peeling" it? I'm actually sort of afraid to use a pressure washer for the reason of chipping paint from the high pressure of water! What technique do you use to prevent this from happening?
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Never had this problem. I have my pressure washer turned down and I stay a good distance from the paint. All I'm doing is rinsing.



I also use a 45 degree tip.....wider non aggressive spray pattern.
 
Wow, all of that and you can get a Ford Expedition done in 18 minutes. My compliments, Sir. No matter how I cut it, I cannot clean our CR-V (even using ONR) in less than 45-60 minutes.
 
akimel said:
Wow, all of that and you can get a Ford Expedition done in 18 minutes. My compliments, Sir. No matter how I cut it, I cannot clean our CR-V (even using ONR) in less than 45-60 minutes.
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A pressure washer, ONR, and a process....I promise it can be done.
 
Justin Murphy said:
Here it is........



  1. Spray all wheels with Wheel Brightener (4:1 in beam sprayer). Let sit.

    [*]Spray all tires, wells, lower panels, bumpers, and windshield with Meg's APC (4:1 in beam sprayer)
  2. Pressure wash all the above areas and then blast off the vehicle's surface.
  3. Put pressure washer hose up. Done with it.
  4. While still wet, I wash the upper half with ONR (new formula). Dry. Then lower half. Dry. If it's a wax, I spray OCW on while the ONR is on the car aka before final drying.

    [*]Spray tires with Armor All Tire Foam. I can do 5 sets of SUV tires from one can...3.50 for the can.
  5. ONR wheels to take care of any overspray.
This process took me 25 minutes for an Expedition and 18 minutes for Mercedes C300. Most of the time saved comes from using the pressure washer to handle the wheels, tires, and wells. I use only a third of the water since I'm not rinsing......this takes the most. I love the new ONR and this new process. Thought I'd share it. Thanks!
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What's the reasoning for using APC on the windshield? They usually are pretty easy to clean and/or don't really require an APC to remove bugs from(save $$)? I've seen APC create some pretty decent chemical burn when used on both hot glass, rubber and sometimes unfinished parts around the windshield. You might be better off using a yellow bug brick instead.



Also, $3.50 for 20 tires to be dressed is really high too. For $50, you can buy a 5 gallon container of bulk dressing that will do several 1000 tires.
 
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