Originally Posted by USNA94 (Post 613248)

I used to use the Mr. Clean Car Wash nozzle and it was actually pretty good about not leaving spots as long as you kept a fresh filter in it. But I could only get about 5 washes out of it before its indicator changed brown telling me I needed to replace the filter. For what I was spending on a year's worth of those disposable filters I bought one of these:
Garden Hose Water Softener Canister

$48 for the water softner canister and another $21 for the filter insert.

Another $5 worth of water softner pellets from the supermarket allows you to recharge the filter insert for about 20 years or so.

You just put it between two lengths of hose and works like a charm.

Originally Posted by fairladyZ34 (Post 613411)

leafblower ftw

Originally Posted by TROOPER (Post 612982)

It's called the Sham-Wow, my friends..!!

YouTube - Shamwow Dub Parody - Scamnow

Originally Posted by Jeffblue (Post 613717)

the guys at my detailer use a leafblower, but they wash inside, so not really any dust.

Originally Posted by WShade (Post 613049)

I wash my car in my garage but if I could not..............

CRSpotless.com - Wash, Rinse, and Walk Away

How much are you willing to invest? :tiphat:

Originally Posted by Sandra Dee (Post 613817)

that is what i need-a detailer! but can i trust them with my new baby...:icon14:

Originally Posted by Sandra Dee (Post 613814)

i have a leaf blower sitting in my tool shed-i could move the car to the grass(tough Bermuda grass) and try it. That plus the other tips might be the trick-since my neighbor's use Dawn or whatever to wash their vehicles-they are going to think I am nuts but i dont care. NO SPOTS! :icon17:

Originally Posted by dad (Post 613910)

No do not use Dawn! It will remove your wax! Unless your planing on re waxing!

Originally Posted by Jeffblue (Post 613846)

depends where you go. Look at their website if they have one. look at the types of cars they do. You'd rather go to a place that does very high end cars because they are probably better, if someone with a lambo/ferrari trusts them with their car, than you can certainly trust them with your Z. Where as if you go to joe shmoes place, and the highest end car he does is a VW Golf, you might want to reconsider.
The Junkman, a user on here, has a bunch of videos on youtube of how to do various parts of detailing and they are really good. If you have the right tools, products, and know how, you can do it yourself.