Wash n' Wax in Two and a Half Hours...Better Than Sex!

[memcup]

I've had my Ex for about three months and while I've power washed the crud off of it on a twice-monthly basis, this afternoon I finally felt it was time to wax.

It was about 2 degrees outside (Celsius) and spent a good long time washing it thoroughly. After it was washed I took a look and said to myself, "It's time to wax.". Now, thanks to the advice I've gleaned from various posts I was prepared. A tin of Mother's and a bag of clean cloths and I was away to the races. It took me a good hour and a half but it finished up very nicely.

My wife finally stuck her head out the front door and yelled at me to come in for dinner as we were planning to take the kids to the movies tonight (Shanghai Knights...funny flick, even though I'm not a real Jackie Chan fan). Of course we took the Ex to the movie, and I drove real slow down the highway so as not to mess up the nice job I did. And of course I parked in an empty section of the parking lot far enough away from everyone else so no chowderhead wouldn't mess with the nice job I did (which earned me some serious looks of displeasure from the rest of the family). We get out of the movie and it's lightly snowing, but when we get to the Ex, my wife complimented me on how good it looks. Which means I'm going to have to repeat the process tomorrow on her Taurus station wagon...

So it's official. By spending a hideously inordinate amount of time today on my Ex, I feel I have joined the ranks of common-sense challenged Ex owners. Ahhhh, better than sex, I tell ya!

 

[Crankcase]

Wow! To make that satement, you must really like waxing cars...

Mine has a constant wax job of dirt

 

[JDraper]

Better than sex??? You MUST be one sick puppy!! Ain't NO WAY waxing a vehicle is better than sex!! NO WAY!!!

 

[aldive]

Car care under those conditions.... you deserve an award.

 

[Mikes95XLT]

Originally posted by JDraper
Better than sex??? You MUST be one sick puppy!! Ain't NO WAY waxing a vehicle is better than sex!! NO WAY!!!

I would have to agree... I'd rather have something else getting buffed than my truck, if ya know what I mean.

 

[JDraper]

Originally posted by memcup
....It was about 2 degrees outside (Celsius) and spent a good long time time washing it thoroughly. ....

THAT's why I installed a hot water tap in my garage, so I wouldn't freeze my fingers off in the winter.

 

[memcup]

JDraper, 2 Celsius up here isn't that bad. That's about 36-38 F for you folks down "south". I had warm water in the bucket and that's about it.

And as for you young pups out there laughing at my 'better than sex' comment, I'm 42...you kids will eventually be an old fart like me and will discover what I mean soon enough

PS: We ended up with about three to four inches of snow overnight and the Ex still looks snazzy (see, I AM an old fart...I used the word 'snazzy'!)

 

[JDraper]

I know what 2° Celsius is. We spent the better part of January WAAAY under that. We didn't see the bottom side of 0° Celsius for almost a month. I just don't like to freeze my hands off washing a vehicle when it's cold out. Last time I washed mine, it was about 15° F outside....

As for the young pups comment, I'm right behind you at 38 (with a 4.5 year old daughter) and I still think sex is way better than washing a car!!!!!

 

[james t]

... and to think, the wife and i were gonna lay around in bed all day... now im gonna go tell her to wash my truck. she will be way more satisfied...

 

[VBVA]

Now taking your girl mudding out in the woods, parking in a secluded spot, having sex out there, driving back to town, washing and waxing the Ex, then having sex again...now thats a great deal and one of the finer things to look forward too in life...

 

[Commtech]

HEY! I'm 41 and I have'nt waxed my X for about 8 months now. (been a drought so I couldn't even WASH it for a while). I still would rather cuddle up than put fourth all that elb grease!

 

[hrbib21]

Waxed mine today, too. Of course, it was 70 degrees out.

There's nothing like a freshly washed/waxed X.

 

[Mike 92 XLT]

Two and a half hours? That's nothing. I usually spend at least six hours.....oh, wait, you were talking about the time spent washing and waxing, huh?

Mike

 

[Crankcase]

Originally posted by Mike 92 XLT
Two and a half hours? That's nothing. I usually spend at least six hours.....oh, wait, you were talking about the time spent washing and waxing, huh?

Mike

LOL

 

[hockeytodd]

wash and wax

Where are the photo's. All that work, I'd have some before and aft pics.

 

[jssong]

i tried once washing and waxing my car at -5 degrees F. The water froze on the truck as i was spraying it down, and my towel shammy thing that i used to dry it froze into a sheet of ice. i waxed it and left it on for an hour because it was so cold, but ill def never do that again..

but i wash my car here and there during the winter when itz pretty cold out that the water freezes. not too fun, but def better than salt eating away at the x

 

['96explorereddiebauer]

Haha...2.5 hours isn't much at all. I spend at least 7 hours washing/claying/waxing my car. Not including detailing the interior at all. If I detail my interior, it'll take me at least 3 hours to do that.

I want to see PICS!!!

About better than sex statement...it's a little too much. Granted, I love sex and stuff but I'd rather spend 7 hours working on my car during the day then spend that night "working" with my girl. Haha...

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by '96explorereddiebauer
If I detail my interior, it'll take me at least 3 hours to do that.
...

Please explain what you do that takes 3 hrs?

Thanks

 

['96explorereddiebauer]

Taking out all the seats for carpet shampoo

While the seats are out, I shampoo them too since they're cloth

Clean and treat all the vinyl trims such as dashboard, center console, A, B, C, and D pillars, all the door trims,

Put a little layer of AIO on my wood trim

Dust all the A/C vents

Clean all windows, inside and out

Clean and wax all the door frames and jambs, including the liftgate

After all that, I need to leave all the doors and stuff open overnight so the carpet can dry. Then reinstall the seats and I'll be done for a few months.

 

[RFR2212]

You guys are missing out on too much beer drinking time! My trucks take 15min MAX to wash!