We get asked many times how to wash or valet a vehicle like the professionals do. This article aims to provide details on how to get the best out of your washing regime and gives a step-by-step guide on how to go about it.
The procedure
Firstly clean the insides of the windows with a damp microfiber cloth and a window cleaner such as Autoglym Glass Spray. This will give you a good idea how clean the windows are on the outside when you come to clean the exterior glass.
Clean the Wheels
It is important to start with a wheel cleaner and give the wheels a good soaking with something like Dodo Juice Mellow Yellow Wheel Cleaner and leave them for a few minutes. The wheels can then be cleaned using a suitable brush. Although a brush is not absolutely necessary, a purpose made wheel brush such as Meguiar’s Ultra Safe Wheel Brush will be better on certain shapes of wheel. Wheel cleaners are formulated to be acidic or caustic which eats away at the brake dust without damaging the wheel itself. For this reason it is important not to use these products when the wheels are …