Washed, Polished & Waxed :-)

[maxamus]

AlanD

Dont wash and wax your car in direct sunlight. Always do it in the shade.
The reason you shouldnt wash it in direct sunlight is because it will dry in an instant leaving you with water marks. Waxing in direct sunlight will not let the wax harden, which it needs to, so its pointless, plus it can harden rapidly also which would mean you would have to be really fast in buffing it off. Ideally when you put wax on you should leaving it to haze for around 30-60sec before buffing it off

[AlanD]

Yep, I have learnt the hard way not to wash in sunlight, my car was roasting hot and I think I have made it even dirtier than it was ffs

It looks a complete mess now, 2 hours sweat and a few beers later and she's still a complete mess, wheels are clean tho lol

Looks like im going to have to clean her either tonight (which I dont think will happen cos of BBQ going on) or some time in the evening this week before No-Rice on Wednesday. Gotta learn the hard way I spose (how bad can it be I thought )

I take it the dried on shampoo will come off after the next wash right?

[maxamus]

Alan,

why dont you do the sides that are not in direct sunlight first (panel by panel), which would be the driver side on those pics,then swich the car round so its facing the other way from the garage and do the sides that are now in the shade panel by panel, passengerside. Thats how i do it. One side of your car will always be in the shade.

I always wash, ploish and wax my car panel by panel. Makes it easier.

[AlanD]

Humm yeah that would have made sense and is something Im probably going to do from now. I cant do it now as people are coming over for 2 and iv packed it all away and need to start getting stuff ready, cheers for the good shout.

[Rhyso]

FFS - do you not listen to what you've been told   

[Phil mcavity]

that autoglym resin polish although is good, goes hard when the car panels are hot. like i said get some aqua wax from autoglym and youll find it will take off the dried on polish and is a peace of cake to apply and remove REGARDLESS of the temperature.
Either that or im super human 

[whitegtidriver]

i washed my espace yesterday went to clean the sunroof this morning and it was so hot the glass cleaner was evaporating as quick as i was spraying it on. both gti and espace get washed once a week and both are coated with swissvax best of show smells lovely (strawberries)

[neg]

Best thing after a polish/wax is the next time you clean it - water just bobbles off and its a piece of cake to clean up.

Also this weather helps, finally being decent the car actually looks reasonably clean still after a few days

[whitegtidriver]

it is amazing just who dusty cars get when its dry

[Greenouse]

If the paint drys before you have chance to dry it yourself, you could always go round it with some quik detailer and a microfibre. Works a treat and leaves the car  And the beauty is it only takes a few minutes