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View Poll Results: How Often Do You Clean The Stang?
Every chance I get... OCD to the Max
30.00%
Only after I notice the Grime
40.00%
Once a Week I detail
20.00%
Ony after I get caught in the rain
10.00%
I use car washes
0
0%
Wash the car...Whats that all about?
0
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Cleaning up the Stang!

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Old 10-19-2011, 06:39 PM
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Cleaning up the Stang!

Wondering when you guys Clean up your Stangs?
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Old 10-19-2011, 06:49 PM
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Once a week, sometimes twice if it gets dirty. I've used the car wash when I'm tight for time, but only self-serve, never the drive through kind. I keep the micro cloths in the car so I can dry and do some quick interior cleans when necessary.
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Old 10-19-2011, 06:51 PM
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I try to keep on top of it once a week, but use the california car duster threwout the week if i take the stang out. Sometimes that doesn't work out so well LOL! But i do try to keep the car washing part down to a minimum. I think i washed maybe total of 3 times all season.
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Old 10-19-2011, 07:13 PM
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Cal duster and interior on a daily basis, hand clean with waterless wash 2 or 3 times a month, polish/wax once a month and before shows.
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Old 10-19-2011, 07:15 PM
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I don't drive mine in the rain, and it spends most of it's time in the garage. I think I washed it about 4 times this year.
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Old 10-19-2011, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by roddy
I don't drive mine in the rain, and it spends most of it's time in the garage. I think I washed it about 4 times this year.
About the same here. I use a California Car Duster before every drive as we live in a pretty dusty town.
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Old 10-19-2011, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ChadStang
About the same here. I use a California Car Duster before every drive as we live in a pretty dusty town.
Oooh Ouch....I never use any kind of duster. I've heard they work well, but man I just spent a whole lot of hours/days getting every swirl out of my paint with compound, and I think that would be the recipe to get them back.
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Old 10-19-2011, 10:19 PM
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Oh yeah, and I wash once in a while, but don't drive mine much, it spends most of the time in the garage, but in the summer it gets washed every weds afternoon, right before the local cruise night starts. I wax 2-3 times a year.
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Old 10-19-2011, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DublDee
Oooh Ouch....I never use any kind of duster. I've heard they work well, but man I just spent a whole lot of hours/days getting every swirl out of my paint with compound, and I think that would be the recipe to get them back.
I've used them for years with no issues but I'll wait for Snakebite to chime in and see what he says
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Old 10-19-2011, 10:25 PM
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Do you not notice those tiny little swirls in the sun at all?
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