I posted this at the end of another thread but thought I'd start a thread of its own in case people wanted to critique my plan. I'd be grateful for any thoughts/advice and thought it more appropriate to seek that on a separate thread.
Anyway, having just bought a new Leon FR+, complete with shiney black paintwork that's looking very nice indeed I am motivated to keep it that way!
Having spent quite a while reading up on things I now have a fairly detailed list of products, a weekly wash plan, a monthly wash plan, and a quarterly wash plan! Oh and I think I have OCD too!
Basically, to summarise, my plans are as follows:
Weekly Summary
Monthly Summary
Wash as per "Weekly Summary" (minus the application of any quik wax), plus:
Quarterly Summary
Wash as per "Weekly Summary" (minus the application of any quik wax), plus:
Anyway, having just bought a new Leon FR+, complete with shiney black paintwork that's looking very nice indeed I am motivated to keep it that way!
Having spent quite a while reading up on things I now have a fairly detailed list of products, a weekly wash plan, a monthly wash plan, and a quarterly wash plan! Oh and I think I have OCD too!
Basically, to summarise, my plans are as follows:
Weekly Summary
- Hoover interior. Apply product to interior plastics and trim. Clean interior glass.
- Wash and dry inside of doors, sills, boot and wheel arches. Apply quik wax.
- Clean and rinse wheels.
- Wash car from top down. Dry car and apply quik wax to car and wheels.
- Apply tyre gel.
- Apply metal polish to exhaust.
Monthly Summary
Wash as per "Weekly Summary" (minus the application of any quik wax), plus:
- Check for contaminants on paintwork. If ok, proceed to apply non-abrasive 'pure' polish. Finally, apply chosen wax to body and wheels.
- If paintwork not ok, consider claying, using a paint cleaner, before applying a non-abrasive 'pure' polish and, finally, applying a new coat (at least one coat) of chosen wax.
Quarterly Summary
Wash as per "Weekly Summary" (minus the application of any quik wax), plus:
- Clean paintwork from contaminants, remove existing wax, reapply polish and reapply wax.