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    Just wondering if anyone on here uses it. I myself have one. For those that do, I was just wondering how long does it take you to wash a sedan? Any tricks cleaning exterior/interior you would like to share?

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    I`ve had mine for a month now, I like it and wouldn`t change back to pressure washer method.



    A moderately dirty sedan with an overcast day, and several dead/smashed bugs takes me about 15-20 mins wash, thats just 1 person. Now, I have had a muddy, big dually truck and it was a pain in the rear because there was a lot of mud...everywhere and it took 2 of us about 1 1/2 hrs to wash the outside, with only 1 gun going.....it was horrible.



    I`m trying to figure out a system, and once I figure that out...I think things will go smoother.

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    15-20mins is pretty good, does that include wheels/ wheel wells and door jams? - like we talked about in the other thread I`m still learning best practices with my Optima; amazingly versatile machine, but seems like a bit of a learning curve on the exterior to get it how you want.

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    I`m trying to get my wash done in 20 minutes. Stuck at 30. It takes me 45 min to wash, vac, wipe down and windows on a sedan by myself and I still think I can do better. I`m toying with blowing half the car down with wet steam to rid heavy salt/dirt then go over with dry steam and wipe or I wipe half car with ONR then dry steam/wipe. I like this method much better than a plain old ONR wash.

 

 

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