wash a black vehicle

what is the best way you found to wash a black vehicle and not get those swirls in the paint?

the best thing I have done to keep them out Matt is to rinse the entire car, then use a microfiber sponge and have two buckets, a bucket to rinse the sponge and a clean bucket for applying more soap. Then once you have it washed dry it with a leaf blower. I use the one that comes off my show vac, you get alot of the swirls from drying the car.

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i do believe i have never seen anyone blow dry their car with a leaf blower- kinda makes since though- i haven't dried my car yet and I have been debating on bringing it down to a place here in town to do the car up at the beginning of the car show season, b/c they do everything for my buddies camaro but it is orange and won't show as much- may just get everything and do it myself when the time comes

Leaf blowing your black car keeps from dragging a rag over it. My buddy had a vette and used the leaf blower technique on it and when he got rid of it 5 years later the paint still looked brand new and did not have any swirls in the paint. Made me a believer, but our car had swirls when we bought it.

yeah i didn't know if i could get that mother's ball and kinda buff the swirls out if i don't have time to blow dry it- i do know im going to get one product and use it- i have always been a fan of mcguire's but im leaning towards armor all b/c of the shine it gives- i use to hate that- wanted it to be natural looking but i bought some last year for the cabela's show and really liked it- i also have some turtle wax stuff here i got in car packages throughout the year that i've heard people give good reviews about

People swear by Zaino and Rejex. Never used either but bought some Collenite from a detailer. Havent used it yet either but Scott tried it and I guess its really hard to work with.

Autotopia.org is probably the best car detailing website there is.

Did I ever give you that wax back? It has lasted on the jeep hood for several months now. I tried it on that first before using it on the solstice, worked good, but don't use to much. Its hard to get off the car if it drys.

Yea you gave it back.

When you mentioned it I was thinking... Did I give that back?

thanks for the heads up- i'll check them out

washing a black car with 2 buckets helps a lot! the leafblower is a good idea but i have never had any problem with using a clean absorber to dry any car without swirling it.

D-Rod wrote:

People swear by Zaino and Rejex. Never used either but bought some Collenite from a detailer. Havent used it yet either but Scott tried it and I guess its really hard to work with.

Autotopia.org is probably the best car detailing website there is.

you still havent used that wax yet?

Scott you learned the hard way huh. Use very little of this paste wax and i always get my applicator wet before applying.

it was tough taking it off.