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Summary: When cleaning a show car, start by spraying it down with a pressure washer or hose to get all of the dirt and grime off. Get tips on soaping down a show car with help from the owner of a car detailing business in this free video on auto detailing and show cars.
"Hi, my name is Tim Duke with Premier Detailing located here in Orem, Utah and I'm going to show you how to clean a show car. What you're going to want to do is you're going to want to start by spraying it off real nice with a pressure washer or a hose, whatever you're using. Soap it down real good, you want to make sure you get all the dirt and the - all the grime and sand, everything like that that's on the paint. Get it real soaped up and then give it a nice, heavy rinse. And then once you're done rinsing, I'd recommend using a regular cotton terry towel. Just turning the towel often to make sure you're not scratching anything in as you dry. Just keep turning the towel as you go through the vehicle, you don't want to be pressing too hard, you don't need to scratch it. And then when you're done I would recommend using a high, kind of like a spray wax or a surface gloss. You're just going to want to kind of mist it on real light and then just kind of go over it again, always with the air flow, the same direction that the wind would be flowing if you were driving, and then use a clean, flip the towel and use a clean side always to polish over it when you're done to remove any haze. And that will give you a nice, nice clean shine right there without a wax, just for a quick little showroom shine."
eHow Article: How to Clean a Show Car