wonger13

Do you guys take your GLK through the carwash, or take it to an auto detail shop? Or hand wash?

Any advice on products to use?

Rdub

Hand wash, 3 bucket system. (1. properly diluted car wash 2. first rinse 3. second rinse) I have been having good luck with Meguiar's "Gold Class" car wash.

A lot of folks like micro fiber towels. To me there are too many products on the market to say which are good and/or scratch less. The "good ones" are normally more expensive.

I personally use 100% cotton toweling (hand towel sized but square.) I wash the used toweling in liquid detergent when done. One big 100% cotton bath towel seems to dry off most of the water.

LesF

I stopped washing cars a long time ago and now I take it to a regular car wash. Make sure it's a regular wash not a touchless system as the wash chemicals are different and can adversely affect the car's finish.

BTW if you take it to a hand wash/detail shop make sure the guy using the buffer knows what he's doing. A friend had his paint damaged by an over aggressive detail shop.

dmbolp

Hand wash...free, guarantees that a sand-filled rag isn't used, and get a little exercise out of it.

wonger13

thanks for input!

fabbrisd1

With a pre-owned GLK - note the GLK's have a nano ceramic clear coat - so the "old style" buffing is not the thing - "light buffing" maybe to get old contaminants off - or "claying".

Once clean BEST to use a new tech sealant - check Amazon for Einszett Glanzwax (Blue Top) - objective light/even coat one 4" section at a time - drie to haze - let "cure" 30 min - then wipe off - good for wheels and running boards too.

Sealant "fills in" the micro edges of the nano clear coat - then with sealant surface (with or without a carnuba wax top layer - MUCH/MUCH better water/crud resistance..

Glanzwax like $20 Amazon Prine - good for 5-6 application 6 months apart on a GLK...

Keep the beat !

Rascally Wabbit

Home wash only with soft water. Today our GLK got rained upon for the first time in a very long time, literally months. Here in the Southwest I rarely wash & instead I dust off & do the Meguiars Quick Detailer with a microfiber cloth. The company has a new product on the market which is for this type of application. In the garage but have not tried it yet.

rmfnla

Brushless car wash; one of my wife's weekly routines...