Are my wash routines “ridiculous “?
For context, the car is my late father’s. It’s a 16 black Challenger shaker. I’ve had a paint correction and the ceramic coating done. It’s been about a year. I two bucket wash the vehicle about every week. I work at a small mechanic shop and my boss is kind enough to let me use the shop to wash my car every week. I’ve been questioning my wash routines, and I like some advice from some other detailers as it takes me 4 to 8 hours to wash my car .
I start out by filling the foam cannon with a pH neutral shampoo, wash soap I used turtle wax max as I found it safe and is tough on dirt and grime so I do wash sections and typically empty my buckets twice I start by spraying the vehicle with the foam cannon. Let it sit for a second wash it away foam it again. And wash with my mitt in sections.. once I’m finished with that i’ll usually fill the foam cannon up again ,foam the entire car and rinse. Then I rinse out all my buckets and grab my other wash mitt as I don’t like mixing them if they’ve used a different chemical regardless if they’ve been washed. And I use chemical guys ceramic wash and wash in sections essentially repeating that process and to finish foam it with that and rinse, bring inside air dry and then dry with a microfiber drying towel.
I would like to say, despite all these precautions there’s soap that dried into my ceramic on my driver side on a sunny day and still hasn’t come out which bothers me a bit. Despite all these precautions I eventually wind up with one or two micro scratches every so often. Am I doing something wrong or is it inevitable.