How long does it take you to clean your Elise?

[DanH]

Took me 4 hours today, to clean it, polish it and put leather gunk on all the leather.

Probably get rained on tomorrow

[bogie]

Youre obviously taking too much time then ..what do you find to do for 4 hours? are you taking the wheels off or something? .....you could have been out driving it

takes me around an hour just for a wash, leather dry, hoover out, clean windows - do this nearly weekly, otherwise I cant see out of the windows and/or get dirty getting in it with my suit on !

probably 3 hours max every 3 months or so when I give it the full works with the Meguires stuff - cleanse, polish, couple of layers of wax, as well as all the above

[DanH]

God knows why it takes me so long

Maybe you could come and clean it for me and I could watch and learn

p.s. I think its the wheels that take me the longest

>> Edited by DanH on Saturday 26th April 22:26

[bogie]

Dan - you got a jetwasher?

I use mine - but only to rinse the car at start/finish (not on high pressure) and for the wheels. When my wheels are caked and black rather than gold, it takes 5mins per wheel max, and I do them first.

Just jet blast them gets rid of 90% of the dust, then a quick go with a small brush and sponge, then a rinse.

I can come and demo if you like - I charge £25 an hour + expenses at cost for weekend work

[zebedee]

I reckon 30 minutes, without a hose pipe (couple of buckets to rinse off) but that doesn't include hoovering or polishing. I bought it in feb and have washed it 3 times now (1000 miles) and polished it once. I should do it more often because it always surprises me how much better it looks clean and shiny!

[DanH]

No jet wash and nowhere to plug one in

I think thats my problem. Wheels are hideous work and end up in lacerated hands every time.

[Bonce]

It takes me 1 to 2 hours depending on how anal I'm being about it. I've only polished it twice in two years, which is pretty bad I know. I must get a decent wax/polish kit this year!

I always do the wheels first because I hate it so much that I just can't stand the thought of tackling them when I'm tired from cleaning the rest of the car!

[Davey Boy]

DanH said:
No jet wash and nowhere to plug one in

I think thats my problem. Wheels are hideous work and end up in lacerated hands every time.

Dan

Have you tries Wonder Wheels? Doing the wheels only takes me about 10-15 minutes for the lot (I only do the bits you can see though, none of this removing the wheel stuff!). The only problem I get is backache from bending down to clean them.

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GJOB

[Xbike]

I found by taking the wheels off an giving them a real good wash and plenty of wax polish both inside and out makes future cleaning a lot easier for the next few months/thousand miles.
Bit of a pain to do but worth it in the future.
Used to have bikes and they were a real pain to keep clean so all seems easy now

[madinzeheid]

i HAVENT CLEANED MINE FOR WEEKS, ANY VOLUNTEERS?
MY TIP WOULD BE TO USE AUTOGLYM DEGREASER ALL OVER THE ENGINE BAY, AGITATE WITH A BRUSH AND WASH OFF! SAME GOES FOR THE WHEELS WITH AUTOGLYM WHEEL-CLEANER THEN NICK THE HOOVER FROM THE HOUSE AND GIVE THE INSIDE A GOOD GUTTING OUT. WAHEY!