O.K. I Love the color black but it is a pain in the a$$ to shine. Does anyone have any tricks or products that they use when cleaning to get that perfect shine.

 

mr clean auto dry, meguairs deep cryals pre cleaner, meguiars deep crysltal polish, finish up with meguiars nxt.. leaves my car smooth as glass and shiny.. clean the stuff off with terry towels. I do this once a month, i wash once a week, followed by detail spray.

 

Jesus..

 

How Long does it take you to do all of that cleaning and waxing. It usually takes me 2 hours. How does that Mr clean autoDry work. Ithink my water it hard or something because it leaves white deposits on the paint. It looks like dried salt. Will the autodry take care of that?

 

The autodry provides a "filter" system to reduce the mineral deposits in our water( that cause the water spots)...So the answer to your question is yes, it will get rid of those pesky water spots..I too own a black cobalt... hope this helps....

 

Thanks Man. I am going to try AutoDry tonight. Hey Kiss mySS did you paint your inserts red or did you buy red ones? And how much is a gallon of gas in London.

 

Damn. I have a black car also. Has ANYBODDYY noticed that like right after you clean the car and like if you were to leave it out at work or school for a few hours and you come back theres dust all over it?? I heard that it is from like polen from trees n ****. I spend soo long cleaning the car lol then it gets dust all over it

 

That is why this time of year I just go touchless for 6 bucks a wash. The one I use does a damn good job also. No use in spending 2 hours washing to have it dirty again in 1 hour.

 

oh i hear ya! Every morning theres a fine layer on mine. I have to dust it off all the time. then wash and detail like every 2 days to keep it clean, i could go even more all out but it gets expensive and takes a long time.... Looks great tho when its washed and detailed. I'm thinking of looking into some of that meguires stuff if i can find it here in

 

I've owned 3 black cars and MANY dark colored cars and trucks....

Between static cling from towel lint, dust particles in the air, and traffic and anything else you can think of, black cars just don't stay clean. It's just something you have to accept with owning a black car. I've tried numerous waxes, car wash solutions, towels or all kinds, and nothing keeps it off.

Personally, this autodry stuff is rediculous. If I get that lazy and use something like that on my car... I'll go buy a car that is in primer and just let it stay dirty. No offense to anyone who loves the product. Not calling you lazy or anything like that. Not trying to start trouble. Just my view on it.

Don't get me started about spray-on wax either.....

heheheheheeh

Oh well. back to the drawing board.

 

Turtle Wax Black Wax with the chip stick for stone chips. works well, only takes about an hour to apply and buff off. in between waxes, i usually use Meguiar's Quick Detailer.

 

Weekly I wash with gentle car wash soap and use Griots garage speed shine. Perfect and easy.

If you havent waxed it yet here is what I do:
I wash the car with Dawn once and use a good carnauba wax and zymol polish over that then do my weekly routine as mentioned above.

 

i used the turtle wax car wash mix then i used the nu finish polish and belive it or not took me one hour total looks like i spent 4 hours then a bird pooped damn birds and by the way london is around $6.30 a gallon in usd

 

Is why I am trading for a different color than black, lol.

 

Nothing new for them though. We got jacked with the swiftness. When their **** hits $12 USD per gallon then they will understand what we are going through.

 

black looks the best and wsfraz no offense about the birds hehe if a bird like your avatar pooped on my car i would run haha

 

i think kissmySS is from London ONTARIO, not london england. LMAO

 

o i was wondering why they asked about london i don know canda gas prices

 

MR clean all the way ... bought that thing last week and washed it the other day OMG it actually freakin works. Also it being hotter than a hot ass here in phx soap bakes fast so having something that can dry your car without you having to rush is a god send and the finish is just great ... other than that regular waxing maybe every other month is a good idea

 

kissmyss didn't post the gas price foo!. And it is about that much or more in England for a gallon.

 

thank god someone sees the light

 

Yes i live in London Ontario Canada, and gas here is a 1.14L for Ultra 94
remember thats in liters....!

 

1.14 canadian or USD?

If CAD then it is $3.898974154 USD per gallon

IF USD then it is $4.315369452 USD per gallon.

Not even close to the $6.30 figure snobird posted.

 

Yes thats Canadian funds....

 

yes the auto dry sounds and seems like a rediculous idea until it is actually tried. The point of it is to have the ability to quickly wash your car without the effects of hard water which those of us in places where hard water is a hard fact need something such as this to help. Those in places where hard water is an unknown phenomenon may not see any point in the product though but it wasn't designed for those types of areas. In phx you cant even wash your car in the shade without the soap baking within seconds of being applied.