Cleaning out the truck

[Willy P]

How often? How thorough?


Will you come do mine?

 

[hogjowl]

Are you bored, or trying to catch up to my posting numbers?

 

[Willy P]

Are you bored, or trying to catch up to my posting numbers?

Procrastinating. I've had one day off in the last 49.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Usually just before you sell the truck. :roll:

We try to have them do so daily but less when they are busy. I'd rather them be making money than cleaning a truck, but when they have time they clean them, wash and wax them.

Willy wasn't it you that recommended Zaino a few years ago? We use Z-2 and it just takes a few minutes.

 

[joe harper]

"EVERY DAY"................................. :!:

EVERY FRIDAY.....EVERYTHING.....COMES OUT.....INCLUDING THE CHEMICALS.... :!:


If it doesn't GET DONE.... :?: ......................"pInK sLip".....NO EXCEPTIONS...... :shock:

 

[Willy P]

Usually just before you sell the truck. :roll:

We try to have them do so daily but less when they are busy. I'd rather them be making money than cleaning a truck, but when they have time they clean them, wash and wax them.

Willy wasn't it you that recommended Zaino a few years ago? We use Z-2 and it just takes a few minutes.

Pro Gold - The best wax ever.

http://www.prowax.com/waxes.shtml

 

[rotovacguy]

Usually just before you sell the truck. :roll:

We try to have them do so daily but less when they are busy. I'd rather them be making money than cleaning a truck, but when they have time they clean them, wash and wax them.

Willy wasn't it you that recommended Zaino a few years ago? We use Z-2 and it just takes a few minutes.

Pro Gold - The best wax ever.

http://www.prowax.com/waxes.shtml

Hey Willy,


That looks like some good wax. But there is something better, much better, and it's on that same site, too.


Don't "wax" your paint, SEAL IT!! They have sealants, and they last way longer then wax. Carnauba wax tends to "melt" at about 180 degrees, which your vehicles paint can easily reach on those hot summer days, especially vehicles with black, and dark colored paint. Paint sealant does not melt, it bonds to the paint. It does wear off eventually from the elements, but at a much slower rate than carnuaba wax does. It's also much more resilient to road salt versus brazilian carnuaba wax. I usually give my Explorer 2 coats a year, one right before the crappy winter starts (which is any day now!! lol) and then again around April or so....generally before the sun starts getting too high in the sky and baking the paint. The sealant I use is rated to last AT LEAST 6 months, but up to a year on one coating, depending on weather climate and conditions driven in. It's been 6 months since my last coating, and the water still beads up everywhere on my vehicle. When I used to use carnuaba wax, it would bead up great at first, but I always wondered why it would lose it so fast, especially in summer. That's when I did some research, and learned about the wax "melting", unlike the sealant.


Some guys think it's a waste of time. I agree that it sucks, and can think of many other things I'd rather do with my free time, but it prolongs the life of the vehicle without question, and vehicles are not getting any cheaper. It's much cheaper to maintain then replace. I recently sold my 1997 Olds Cutlass to my brother. The thing was always sealed twice a year, and is just now starting to rust a little right under the lip of the hood where the salt spray hits it. Fenders, doorjambs, trunklid all solid, not a speck of rust. That's saying something here in Wisconsin with the massive amounts of salt they cake on the roads. I'm sold on the sealant, along with synthetic oil. That car has 13 years of Wisconsin weather under it's belt, with 200,000+ miles, original paint (no bodywork done) and ZERO trips to the repair shop. A little preventative maintenance goes a long way.

 

[John Watson]

How often? How thorough?


Will you come do mine?



Just depends on how biga trailer yus pulls behinds that there 18 speed and no, they won't le me cross the border no mo....

 

[R W]

When I need to find furniture tabs, there's usually a few packs lying on the floor of the van......

 

[Dolly Llama]

couple times a year every thing comes out (including the TM), the van gets driven up on ramps and pressure washed inside from the front seats back
The TM and waste tank, gear/tools and hoses are pressure washed, chem jugs cleaned, and the van detailed

two week latter ....it looks like "normal" again


..L.T.A.

 

[BLewis]

I detail inside and out every 3 months. I wash her down every Sat or Sun depending on schedule. I don't carry a lot of junk except what I use often, so not a whole lot of clutter. I do polish the stainless steel on the box more often inbetween washes if they get smudged up.

I resolved after stopping by to visit Marty that my truck will never be as clean and immaculate as his.

 

[Chris A]

I keep the exterior of my van extremely clean, and the cab, the cargo area stays organized, but not always clean.

 

[Jimmy L]

I try to at least clean the driver's seat at least once a week because of some brown stain that keeps coming back.

:shock:

 

[CleanEvo]

Yearly, even if it doesn't need it.

 

[Willy P]

I try to at least clean the driver's seat at least once a week because of some brown stain that keeps coming back.

:shock:

Chewing tobacco or a shart?

 

[Jeff Madsen]

Jimmy! doesn't chew. :shock:

 

[Willy P]

Shart.

 

[Ron Werner]

as necessary, but only when the temp is above 15C, thats 59 for you guys with broken thermometers