HOW TO WASH YOUR CAR LIKE A PRO!!

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Hey what's up guys! Welcome to another episode  of Pan The Organizer! So today, I'll be showing   you how to wash your car, whether you're doing  it outside or in the comfort of your garage,   and regardless if you're a  beginner, a detailing professional,   an enthusiast or a weekend warrior. I'll be  giving you all the tips and tricks that you need.   I'll be going through the products tools and  equipment also to do a proper job and it's going   to be a fun video because we're also working on my  brand new 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S! So jam-packed   episode! This is my latest up-to-date tutorial.  I'm sure you guys are going to love it! This is a   big one guys! Without further ado, stay tuned, you  know the drill, let's go ahead and start the show!  So hey guys! I'm Pan! Welcome to the show!  I hope you guys are having a great day.   So let's dig right into it. Today is  the long-awaited updated tutorial on   how to wash your car at home. So by the way,  I'll have all the links to all these tools,   equipment and products that I'll be presenting  today. I'll drop the links in the description   under the video for you guys to check them  out so all you have to do is sit back, relax,   and of course enjoy the show! Oh and by the  way, if you're new to my channel and you want   to continue to learn more about car detailing,  all the products, equipment, tips, tricks and   techniques, make sure you click the subscribe  button that's found under this video and that way   you'll subscribe to my channel and never miss my  future videos! So let's dive right into it, before   we do, any type of detailing job guys always wear  protective gloves. In my case, viewers always ask   me the question what type of gloves these are.  Just black nitrile gloves. You want to protect   your hands against all the chemicals. Of course if  you need to wear eyewear as well, protective gear,   so always health and safety right? Also, first  tip and trick if you have to work outside that's   totally fine do it at the beginning of the day or  very late in the afternoon so you avoid the noon   time where the sun is at its brightest and hottest  so you want to avoid direct sunlight. If possible,   work in the shade on a cool surface or if you  can in a controlled environment like your garage.   Also let me know your tips and tricks once you're  done watching this video and tutorial, drop a   comment in the comments section under the video  and see if there's anything that you guys want to   add, I always love reading the comments and of  course this is a place where we share with the   crazed community of people who love car detailing  right? And yeah it'll be nice to see what you   guys do for a maintenance wash or your wash  regimen. So the first order of business in the   new updated tutorial is we're going to be using  a pre-treatment. So before we go ahead and rinse   the vehicle, what I like to do is to have a pump  sprayer like this IK Multi Pro 2 pump sprayer,   and inside have a rinseless wash. So whether  you're using ONR or one of my new favorites the   McKee's N-914 rinseless wash, this is basically  while you dilute it to the proper dilution ratio,   typically half an ounce to every gallon of water,  follow the instructions but it's going to act as a   lubricant and also it's going to help encapsulate  and lift any dirt and grime that's on the surface   and that's before you go ahead and rinse the  vehicle. So by doing this you pump the sprayer   up, you generously spray the pre-treatment on  the vehicle, you let it dwell for a few minutes   or a few seconds at least and then you're gonna go  ahead and do the first step which is to pressure   wash the vehicle. It's fine if you have a garden  hose at home, I'll be showing the equipment that   I use. So we're talking here either professional  level or detailing enthusiast level of a car wash   and so you're gonna pressure rinse the entire  vehicle and now that the dirt was encapsulated   with the rinseless wash, well you're not driving  all that dirt and grime directly into the paint   with a thousand to two thousand psi of pressure  right?! So it's going to act as a lubricant,   so it'll lift, encapsulate and pressure wash  all that dirt off the the vehicle, and I'm using   my Kranzle 1122TST pressure washer. I set it to  roughly a 1000 psi. So to wash cars you want to be   anywhere between 1000 to 2000 psi anything above  2000 starts to be dangerous to damage the paint   so if you have a high-powered gas pressure washer  reduce that pressure. And so the first step,   like I said, we pre-treated the the vehicle. What  you can also do in the winter as a pre-treatment   is use something like Optimum Power Clean. So  you can dilute this 3:1 or even 5:1 and spray it   generously on the painted surface it's gonna help  to dissolve any road salts, calcium, road grime   and all that kind of stuff. If you were driving on  the streets especially if you have a driven daily   driven vehicle in the winters like here we have in  Canada, or you use like I said the rinseless wash.   So you pressured washed everything off. So the  first thing I like to do after the first rinse,   is attack the wheels and tires because those are  typically the dirtiest parts of your vehicle,   so that's where you want to start. So to do a  good job, once again, I have an assortment of   different tools that I like. First of all,  for the tires, I'm gonna use a stiff bristle   nylon brush. So something like this Tuf Shine  bristle brush. So you need something pretty stiff   to agitate the wheel and tire cleaner for the  faces of the wheels. I typically like using   my Wheel Woolies boar hair brush, so a very soft  brush for the wheel faces, so if you have delicate   wheel finishes, that's perfect. There's also one  that I featured on my channel the WoollyWormit.   So this is a microfiber tipped brush that you can  also bend if you want to reach behind the spokes   and it has a lug nut brush attachment in  the front so again very safe on finishes.   Another one that I absolutely like is from  Microfiber Madness, so this is the Incredibrush   Flat, so as you can tell this is the flat one  so it helps to get behind bigger breaks it's   flexible as well it's made out of microfiber.  So I absolutely like this one and if you have   super big breaks like the massive Porsche PCCB's  or the carbon ceramics that I have on my Porsche,   something like the Speed Master Daytona brush  is perfect because you can squeeze the bristles   and get behind those calipers with no problem. So  get a good assortment of tools to do a good job.   Now, with those brushes, you need some sort of a  wheel and tire cleaner. So I'm going to give you   a few of the selections that I absolutely love  using. The first one being Brake Buster by P&S.   So this one here is again great for wheels and  tires. It mimics the power of an acid-based wheel   cleaner but this is non-acid, so very safe for  all factory wheel finishes. We have the wheel   and tire cleaner by Adam's Polishes. Again this  is a 2-in-1, so before we used to have a product   for the tires then another one for the wheels,  but now I prefer 2-in-1 because they get the   job done quicker. And a new product from Gyeon,  we have the Iron wheel cleaner. So this also has   an iron remover built in, so it's going to bleed  to a different color: that reddish purplish tint   to help remove that brake dust, and so you spray  the product generously you can also add it to a   foam cannon if you want for some of them like the  Brake Buster, so I use 60% Brake Buster and 40%   water in a foam cannon, to spray so you're just  increasing your efficiency as far as speed is   concerned right?! If you want to do that or just  a regular trigger sprayer you spray generously,   you brush the the tire so you're going to get  that foaming action and you want that! Once you're   done, you can reapply another shot on the tires  and see if you get a white foam. Once that foam   is white, that means you completely cleaned the  tires and you're good to go. That's what you want.   And for the faces and the inner barrels, use  different sorts of brush assortment selections   that I showed before and then you rinse off, and  that's pretty much it for the wheels and tires.   What you can also do to help for protection to  quickly top off if they're ceramic coated or if   you've never had any protection on your wheels  and you want to make sure that they're easier to   clean during maintenance washes, give them a pop  of gloss as well in slickness, you add a spray   and rinse formula, so a sealant that's silica  infused, so that's ceramic technology something   like CarPro Hydro2 Lite. The Lite version means  that it's pre-diluted RTU (ready to use) and you   have another one of my favorites this is Gyeon Wet  Coat. So again both of these products are spray   and rinse meaning that once you're done cleaning  your wheel and tire, you rinse it off, it's still   wet you're going to spray a few spritzes of this  directly on the wheel and immediately rinse off   with a high-powered jet either from your pressure  washer or your garden hose if you have a good   volume of water. And that's it! You rinse off and  your wheels are protected. They should be beading   and sheeting the water, and you can blow dry them  off and that's how easy they are to maintain.  Then we move on to the paint work. So for  that, we're gonna first start with a pre-wash   once again. So always the steps that we're taking  guys keep in mind, they're to reduce the chances   of scratching and marring the paintwork, so  the love marks that you see on a vehicle,   all those that paint marring or those light  scratches or swirls come usually from improper   washing techniques and drying techniques, so to  alleviate that, we're using good lubrication,   good techniques, good products, on the paintwork  to help prevent all those right? So we're going to   use a foam cannon. So this here is my MTM PF22.2  so this is the newest generation. You use a foam   cannon with your pressure washer. If you only have  a garden hose that's fine, you use a foam gun,   so same principle just don't expect the same  amount of foam or rich and thick shaving cream   like lather that you would get with a proper  foam cannon and pressure washer setup. So once   you find your appropriate dilution, once again you  have to adjust according to your setup, typically   I'll use roughly 2 oz of snow foam for every 16 oz  of water. So two ounces of snow foam 16 ounces of   water that's roughly 18 ounces total solution in  my foam cannon, but again adjust according to your   situation because it might be different depending  on if you have hard water, soft water, what type   of pressure washer, what type of foam cannon,  so on and so forth. So among the snow foams that   I like using, so that's the blanket the entire  vehicle right with the layer of foam and that's   going to help once again to lift and encapsulate  any loose dirt and contaminants and act as a   lubricating surface on top of your paintwork  for your mitt to be able to glide a lot better,   so one of my favorite snow foams currently is the  Koch Chemie or KOHKEMI Gsf so gentle snow foam,   this is a very very good one, by the way smells  awesome! Then we have another classic that I like,   Adam's Mega Foam, very very good foaming action  and another new contender that I absolutely like   CarPro Lift. So very good especially if you have  a ceramic coated car, not as much if you have a   regular wax or sealant, this might be a bit too  strong, but for coated vehicles absolutely. So   you do your dilution, you put it into your foam  cannon, you spray a generous amount on your   vehicle, and you're gonna let that dwell right for  a few minutes. If you're outside in the sunlight,   make sure to take care to not let that stuff dry  up that's very important, hence why we try to work   in the shade as late in the day as possible or  early on in the day, or even better if you can   in a garage. Then we're gonna move on, so you have  that lubricating snow foam on your entire vehicle,   and by the way under the wheels before you start  your wash you should have something like these   Detail Guardz hose guides, so what they do you  slide them under each tire and they have these   rollers that prevent the hoses from getting stuck  underneath your tires right so when you're going   around your vehicle, well you have this the little  tool under each tire to prevent the hose from   catching on and getting stuck under the tire. So  next, we're going to move on to the washing stage   of the paint. So first order of business,  I like to use the two bucket wash method,   actually three buckets because initially  for the wheels and tires I have a separate   dedicated bucket just for the wheels, that way  I don't contaminate my buckets for the paint,   and then we have two buckets for the paintwork.  So these are traditional 5 gallon buckets right,   and you're gonna have two of them, so one with  your soapy solution and your second one with the   clean water. So you're gonna rinse your mitt in  the clean water one, and then you dunk it in the   bucket with soapy water and that way you're  minimizing the amount of dirt that's going   to be transferred to your wash bucket with the  soapy water. And then the bottom of each bucket   I like to have grit guards these are actually  models from again the Detail Guardz and they're   called Dirt Locks,, so they sit at the bottom of  your bucket just as so so you insert them in the   bottom hopefully you can tell on camera and what  they do they act as a filter right so as you're   pumping your mitt you're releasing all that dirt  and grime and it's going to go underneath that   grid guard or that grill and it's going to stay  in the bottom, so it's not going to go back into   your wash solution. So again, all in an effort  to minimize the chances of scratches and swirls.  Now for the soaps that we're going to be using,  super important as well if you have a waxed   vehicle or something with a paint sealant you want  to use always a pH neutral car shampoo. So one of   my favorites, the Adam's Polishes car shampoo, by  the way this is not a sponsored video obviously   because we have so many different brands, I  just want to make sure you guys understand.   So yeah, so a pH neutral car shampoo this can  also be used as a snow foam in a foam cannon if   you want a one soap that does it all, in the foam  cannon and in the wash bucket for the hand wash.   Then, if you have a ceramic coated vehicle and  you want to restore the hydrophobic properties   to remove that dirt and grime, there's  a new one called Restart Wash by Gyeon.   This also has a iron removing technology built  in, so very good to restore hydrophobic properties   because coatings often get clogged by a traffic  film, road grime and all that kind of stuff,   and that doesn't mean that your coating is  gone, it just means that it's clogged and   it's masking the properties so you want to  restore those properties by having a proper   dedicated shampoo and another one of my favorites  for ceramic coated vehicles CarPro Reset,   a classic in the industry for ceramic coated  cars. So this is a very intensive car shampoo   with natural active ingredients inside, smells  awesome, this can also be used by the way   in your foam cannon if need be, so follow the  instructions, pour the right amount into your   wash bucket, fill it up with your water and then I  recommend always that you have wash mitts that are   microfiber, so forget any other types of wash  mitts, what we want, in my case at least,   are microfibers because they help to pull the dirt  away and they trap that dirt in the fibers and you   can release them in your wash bucket. So whether  they're chenille wash mitts like this microfiber   that's fine, and there's also this one that I  absolutely love Microfiber Madness Incredimitt,   so another very good microfiber technology.  So you have the proper ingredients,   you have the proper chemicals, you have the  proper tools and the equipment to do the job,   so now you move on you dunk your mitt in your wash  solution and you're gonna work from top to bottom.   So I always like to start with the roof and the  side glass first, because those are the less   dirtiest parts of the vehicle right, so you don't  want to cross contaminate with the dirtiest parts   which are in the lower portions of the rocker  panels, so work from the top all the way down, so   you work the roof, the glass, you're gonna go all  the way probably to the middle part of the car,   and then at the end, totally that's when you're  gonna do your lower rockers, your side skirts, the   bumpers front and back, and that kind of stuff. So  always work in thirds: top portion with the glass,   and then mid portion of the paintwork, and then  the bumpers and the lower parts at the end,   that way once again you're minimizing the chances  of scratches and swirls, you guessed it! So by   having the proper soap, by having the proper  mitts, and using the proper techniques, you   should have a flawless finish when you're done. So you're done washing your vehicle, then you're   going to go ahead again and rinse all that soap  up and it should rinse pretty free and clear if   you're using quality products once again. And the  car, at this point now, is going to be wet. So you   fully rinsed the soap off, and the next step  will be to use some sort of a drying aid. So   once again if you remember at the beginning of the  video, one of the sections that you get the most   chances of getting scratches and swirls or love  marks is the washing phase and the drying phase,   so while the car is still wet, to dry the vehicle,  you usually have two options. So you can use a car   dryer, so something like my MetroVac Master  Blaster Revolution, one of the new Bigboi,   that's the company by the way Bigboi, another one  of their car dryers basically hot filtered dry air   that's in a in a compressor should we  say, or a blower or car dryer or you have   cordless options that I also love like my  EGO 580 CFM, this is a leaf blower with an   ion-lithium battery, so this is a cordless option  super practical and especially if you have a wax,   a paint sealant, or a ceramic coating on your  vehicle. Basically if you have protection,   the water should have beading properties and also  sheeting properties, so it should be very easy to   evacuate so using a car dryer or a leaf blower  will be very easy to blow the water off the car,   and that's the most safe way to dry your vehicle  because it's a contactless way right?! You're not   touching the car, so if you do not have a leaf  blower or a car dryer rest assured no problems,   you can use a microfiber drying towel, my favorite  ones because they're the most absorbent types of   microfibers, are twisted loop towels. Now I made a  video on my channel featuring my favorite ones and   the one that took it home for the win was The  Rag Company Gauntlet microfiber towel. So again,   twisted loop microfiber drying towel very  efficient this is a 20 x 30 by the way they   make them in different sizes but this one here  I find is easy to manage. It has two sides,   and it's perfect for the task. You have CarPro  Dhydrate that makes a twisted loop drying towel   as well that is super efficient and we also have  the Gyeon Silk Dryer, another very good one a bit   smaller this one along with the the CarPro, but  these are twisted loop microfiber drying towels,   so they're super efficient and they're safe enough  for your finish so you won't be damaging anything.   So along with the towels, if you're towel drying  your vehicle you're going to want to use a   drying aid. Now what is a drying aid? Typically  it's a form of a quick detail spray right,   well it is a quick detail spray, or a bit of  protection that you're going to be adding and   it does two things: it lubricates the surface,  and it's going to add gloss and slickness,   so you're getting the best of two worlds. It  can also help combat any water spotting issues   that you might get because they have sometimes  some ingredients in there that help combat that.   So one that I absolutely love is a drying  aid you've seen me use it in many videos   it's a classic by now so P&S Bead Maker, fantastic  gloss and slickness. So once again, you spray on   the wet surface and then you go ahead and use your  microfiber towel to dry. Another one Ethos Defy,   so this is another crowd favorite and what they  do lubricate the surface once again add gloss and   slickness and another great one is the new Ceramic  Quick Detail Spray or Ceramic Detailer by Gyeon.   So you spray a bit on the surface, you're towel  drying that off or you're using a compressed air   like your car dryer or a leaf blower, and  then you go ahead and dry the vehicle.  So at this point now, the car should be  pretty dry and looking mean and clean,   but there's two finishing touches that are super  important. First of all: glass. Yes you washed   your vehicle, but you still want to remove any  remaining dirt and grime or maybe soap residue   that still might be there, and you want crisp high  definition glass right? That's super important!   So I like to use alcohol-based glass cleaners that  will not streak and you can use in direct sunlight   if need be. So the CarPro Clarify, this is a very  very good glass cleaner and another classic Stoner   Invisible Glass, so a streak free glass cleaner,  and the other trick is to have appropriate   glass towels once again microfiber, so these three  are from The Rag Company, they're three different   styles so you have the waffle weave glass towel  that I absolutely love, so waffle weave because   it's made like a waffle, so it has these pockets  it glides super well, you have the diamond quilted   glass towels, a new thing over at The Rag Company  so this helps to glide over the towel, and you   have kind of these corduroy short nap glass towels  once again from The Rag Company premium Korean   blend, and so these help the product glide on the  surface. You're going to mist that generously,   also don't forget to because it's all about the  details, lower the glass a bit and then pinch the   top part so you can access the dirt that's inside  the frame of the glass if you have framed windows.  So you've cleaned the glass now and well you think  you're done right? Nope! Just that other final   finishing touch that we all love and that's a  tire dressing. Now three of my favorite dressings,   pretty much all of these are water-based, so they  won't last as long as those petroleum-based but   ones which give that if you want that  rich deep black super glossy wet look,   you might want to go for petroleum  based right to kind of like   Meguiar's Endurance Tire Gel or tire spray  but those typically I find that they add a   lot of tire sling or those black dots on the  vehicle and they're just a mess to remove,   so I personally prefer a lower sheen but  still a nice gloss, but a more matte effect,   a deep black shine and that's easy to clean and  will still give you roughly let's say one to two   weeks of protection. So one of them is CarPro  PERL that I dilute 1:1 so 50% water 50% PERL.   Another one that I like is Chemical Guys VRP, so  vinyl rubber and plastics, great tire dressing,   and last but not least the Auto Fanatic Hole  Shot, so this is good for tires and trim as well.   So those are three that will give you that nice  awesome finish and what I use to apply them you   can use foam applicator blocks or microfiber  towels, whatever you guys like, but I like   the Adam's Hex Grip Pro tire dressing applicator.  This is my go-to, it works super well and you can   evenly distribute the product on the vehicle. No now, well once you're done with that guys,   I think the results speak for themselves. You  did a great job, pat yourself on the back,   and you were able to do a professional  level of car washing. Again I remind you   that all the products, tools, and equipment that  I talked about today, I'll drop the links in the   description under the video for you guys to check  them out. But yeah, let me know drop a comment   in that comments section, is there anything else  that you guys add to your car washing regimen? And   if you're a detailing professional and you want  to share a bit of your tips and tricks as well,   or if you're an enthusiast of detailing. I've  been detailing for a long time and again want to   share some tips and tricks with my viewers, let us  know drop those comments in the comments section,   let's get this conversation going, I think it's  important to just share with the community, all   the tips and tricks we have, because at the end  of the day guys, we all absolutely are passionate   about our cars but mostly passionate about  keeping them clean. I believe, still to this day,   after 24 years of detailing cars, that driving a  clean car feels so much better. By the way, do you   want to see the same thing done for the interior  of the vehicle? You want to see a tutorial? If so,   again drop a comment in the comments section  under this video. If you've made it this far   and you want to continue to learn more about car  detailing, all the products, equipment, tips,   tricks, and techniques, make sure you hit the  SUBSCRIBE button that's found under this video,   and that way you'll subscribe to my channel and  never miss my future videos! And while you're down   there, hit the bell icon that you're going to see  next to the subscribe button, and that way when   you hit that bell icon, you'll be notified every  time I upload a new video to Youtube, and you will   not miss a single minute of my future videos! So  guys thanks for being there, thanks for watching,   and in the meantime don't forget, keep it tight,  keep it clean, and I'll see you on the next one! you
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Length: 25min 33sec (1533 seconds)
Published: Sat Jun 19 2021
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