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I usually hose down first to loosen dirt
Wash with lambswool glove and soapy water
Chamois off excess water
polish
wax
Is this the best way?

Jet wash
Snow foam with a Lance, spray wheels with cleaner, and use a brush in the cracks with APC.
Jet Wash
Two buckets, shampoo & sponge on wheels.
Jet Wash
Dry and seal wheels with a waffle weave towel and Poorboy's wheels sealant.
Snow foam car again if it's really dirty,
Two buckets, shampoo & mitt on the roof, bonnet, all windows, tailgate then front bumper
Change water, & jet wash
Two buckets, shampoo & mitt on upper side panels, rear bumper then lower side panels.
Jet wash
Pat dry with super plush towel
Glaze with Poorboy's Black Hole Glaze
Dress tyres and plastics with chemical guys trim gel.

This is supposingly done weekly. have skipped a week though as the wheels needed alot of attention.

I'd then wax and polish every two months with Klasse AIO polish or something from the poorboy's range, and at the moment Collinite 476s wax.

blimey tim. you do this every week? must cost a fortune!

just take it to a hand carwash... £5 every other week... simples... smhth

Yep, Glaze and foam every wash, which is usually weekly. It's the only way to keep it looing spanking without taking a huge amount of effort or swirling the paint

If I'm lazy and don;t wash it one week, I'll jet wash and foam it, but not touch the paint, and do the usual routine on the wheels. The paint can handle going weeks without a wash, but the wheels will ruin after two weeks or so (brake dust etc).

On my Cav turbo I usually get the jet wash out. Blast it over. That will make it easier to clean. Works for me and I've got glacier white to clean.

Then I use some wash and wax with hot water. Always keep two buckets. One to wash one to rinse the mitten.

I usually wash it with shampoo etc twice. Once to take all dirt of and the second for the shine. I always use the jet wash to take the grime of.

Once the car has been cleaned I dry it. Either with leather or these special towels I have.

To get the car looking really shiny I use polish and wax. There are loads of products out there but for now I just use turtle wax. Reason why I haven't started using Meguiars equipment is because my car is SORN.

That gets my car looking clean here are a few pictures of the the body work. Most of you probably wont know this car but it isn't no ordinary Cavalier.