[gchandra]

Thanks Rudra (Cleaning and car care guru :-), man you have really great tips i must say ) .

I did a thorough reading once again and i have a few more questions ....

1. Where can we get the blue cloth ?
2. How much max time we should give to cleaning every day (suppose there is less time, can we just wipe with a dry cloth or thats a strict NO NO , since i have a black car)

Today morning i followed each and everything specified for normal day cleaning here is what i did
1. Took a (small) bucket of water and a 2 yellow (useless) cloth and a set of B&W newspapers.
2. Removed the car cover and stacked it (pushed it) inside the dicky.
3. Pulled the windscreen wipers up and splashed some water on windscreen , and used hand to spread it evenly. once the water was sufficient, i used a newspaper to wipe it... one wasnt enough, i had to use one more to dry it completely. (task done with satisfaction)
4. Dipped the yellow cloth in water (water turns almost yellow instantly ... useless cloth) , anyways, pushed it completely in water and picked it up without squeezing, and started with bonet, let the water drip and cleaned the whole surface with a light pressure. I dipped in the bucket 5 times. Bucket is now half full.
5. Soon i could see water marks all on the car.
6. Washed the cleaning cloth completely, and suqeezed the hell out of it and then started wiping the car dry with that damp cloth, squeezing it regulary, but somehow, i couldnt see it drying , and i could see water marks, just that these are straight lines, but initially it was big patches.
7. So took a dry yellow cloth, and started to wipe, found lots of lint sticking to the car (i have to delint the cloth but couldnt do it yesterday)
8. Used hand to remove the lint.
9. Its already 40 mins over, since i came to clean the car. Dont know how time flew by it just seemed as though i had come.
10. Got a call on mobile from my wife, she says its time ! we need to start to office.
11. Unfortunately only one part was clean, and the roof was still not clean. So just left it to dry on its own and ran back.
12. Came back with wife who had a grin on her face (possibly thinking how mad i am) , she could see lots of water marks, but yes the car was shining somehow (dont know) , unless observed carefully.
13. Started the car, it died, started again , died .. did 4-5 times, then it came to life, seems 2 days of raining made the engine too cold.

Thats my story, i really feel 1 hour is needed to clean, but who will have 1 hour to clean daily ?? I have decided to wake up and 5:30 and do the cleaning job. I have a tough time squeezing in cleaning between by getting dressed up and leaving to office.

Have i followed the process correctly or do i need some more refinement. Is there anything like quick non destructive cleaning ?


ps: wish there was a BE or MBA in car cleaning, i would certainly join it :-p