How long do you guys spend on a basic wash? - Page 2

Picus · 12-11-06, 09:36

Depends on the vehicle and the condition. On my car, 45 min *max*, and that includes dressing everything.

grease · 12-11-06, 09:42

4 hours? What did you clean with, a toothbrush? 4 hours should be enough to dress all plastics/rubber and reapply an lsp!

David703 · 12-11-06, 09:45

about an hour here..for most cars. An H2 took almost 2.

thesacrifice · 12-11-06, 09:49

Im at about 1.5 hours on an ONR wash. Includes brushes/mf on the wheels, dressing trim/windows/tires etc

Hey, Moe! · 12-11-06, 09:50

About an hour for my two-bucket wash with foamgun, drying with ww towels, and dressing the tires. A bit more if really dirty.

Four hours? I love a clean, swirl-free, glowing car, but if it took me four hours to wash, then I retire.

I have a job, two part-time jobs, and two children. 'Nuff said.

GregCavi · 12-11-06, 09:53

For my car, wheels/wells, paint, windows, dry, QD, dress, I often find myself taking 1-2 hours depending on how "detailed" I want to get.

Greg

Basshog · 12-11-06, 10:02

Takes me 1-1.5 hour for a wash, QD/Dry for my fullsize pickup

03TLS · 12-11-06, 10:07

I would say it takes me on avg about an hour for a wash, tire dressing and with qd or AW.

Four hours is absolutely ridiculous but if that what it takes.

Mikeyc · 12-11-06, 10:42

If you include setup and cleanup time it takes me around 2 hours maybe a little less to wash my car. I usually am taking my time though. I'm probably having a drink and maybe smoking a cigar the whole time. So, I'm not exactly rushing through the whole thing. If I'm in a rush then I can cut it down to about an hour.

Doesn't Accumulator take 4 hours to wash his car? I'd like to see that.

RCBuddha · 12-11-06, 11:07

Exterior wash only? I'm averaging 45mins, once everything is setup (two buckets, soap diluted in foamgun, running the extension cable, etc).

SVR · 12-12-06, 01:25

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Originally Posted by TrueDetailer

You guys are nuts spending that much time just to wash your car. Takes me like 15-20 minutes to wash my truck and clean and dress the wheels and such. Around 40 minutes if i vaccuum and clean the windows and give it a quick wipe down.

Gee I reckon a wash that fast would induce some swirls, unless it is very fast no pressure gliding of mitt over surface and using multiple mitts.

When I washed at home, about 30 mins to wash, 40 minutes to dry, QD and dress tyres
Now it's 3 minutes 30 seconds for a high pressure only wash and rinse, 25 minutes to dry, all with far less marring than when I washed at home.

yakky · 12-12-06, 04:22

Not including time to get all the goodies out, its about 30-45 minutes for a regular sized car, including the wheel wells and doing a good job cleaning the wheels and tires. One hour for QEW but that includes filling the buckets and rinsing them out. I could see spending two hours on a car that was really dirty. Some cars are so dirty they just have to be washed twice.