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View Poll Results: addicted or not
really addicted: will clean anyones car
36.78%
somewhat: clean your car often
53.26%
not really: clean it sometimes
8.81%
hell no! whats cleaning
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 09:10 PM
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I wash mine weekly, and if I borrow someones car, usually family, I'll wash it up and make it look nice.
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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I wash my car 2-3 times a week

I just started my own detail business, so that alone tells you how much of a freak I am lol.
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 11:17 AM
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I try to have my car clean. I work full time and full time college student. Not as often as I should but I try!
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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i detail part time for extra cash, i wash mine twice a week and wax/polish every 2 weeks.....pisses me off when people dont have respect for your car like when i do interior and the driver side is basically still spotless and the passenger side and rear are filthy even though i tell everyone to be carefull when they get in
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Trent
My car is a rolling billboard for my detailing business, so I kind of have to keep it as clean as I can.

Washed & Polished/Waxed once a week. I never just wash it. It just doesn't look the same after just a wash and dry. At the very least it will get a coat of polish.

Wiped down everyday after I get home from work with detail spray.

Once a month taken out and the full detail is done. Wash, Claybar, SwirlCut, Polish, etc.

And hey its a great form of exercise. Can't argue with that

Same thing. Both my Camaro and Cadillac are maintained impecablly all year. I don't polish the Cadillac every time I wash it, but at least every two weeks. They are rolling advertisements. Although I don't have any markings on them, I do get lots of compliments on how clean they are and score business during the summer. Winter is a little more difficult but I do my best. As far as fully detailing them every month, I keep both of them pretty clean on the inside. I'm not a pig, so other than needing a weekly vacum they naturally stay pretty clean. I would have to disagree with a monthly swirlcut and polish. Are you talking a glaze or a compound? I wouldn't think of ever compounding anything once a month.
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by binks0678
pisses me off when people dont have respect for your car like when i do interior and the driver side is basically still spotless and the passenger side and rear are filthy even though i tell everyone to be carefull when they get in

You're telling me
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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i try to clean my car every weekend!!
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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Once a week wash, Zaino once a month. Wheels daily; Fikse FM/5's. I find it very relaxing. I race it too (autox) so find I have to clean it often. Not so much the interior as the exterior. Nothing like a nice Zaino shine!
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I wont wash my friends' cars, but I wash my car about once for every two or three times that I drive it.
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 06:18 PM
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My neibor says I need medication for my OCD !!Just because I jack up car in front yard to remove my rims every time I give her ((the good bath)) before a cruise!!!there C6 vette rims are chrome Mine you!!LOL!!
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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I Q-tip clean the interior of my car every 2 weeks, and vacuum profusely every Sunday.. with the wash afterwards..

PS.. A Swiffer is mans best friend when picking up dust in the interior Mine stays in trunk when not in use so whenever I need a quick pick up I get er out and do the deed.
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Ntimid8r7
This makes me feel alot better! I am not the only sick bastard with too much time on my hands. At least I know if I flip it the Fire Rescue will say "Damn he kept this bitch clean."



I was going to shine up mine as well, however the company that balanced it told me that it would loose strength if I polished it. Anyone else been told this??
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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i clean mine everyweek as well as my parents too everyweek. 4 cars. I also do my sisters and bro in laws car when they stop by or when i go down to visit i usually throw all my cleaning stuff in my car cause i know i will end up doing it. I AM ADDICTED.
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