timtlu
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It's been 3 weeks now since I brought my new pride and joy home. I've never had anything in my life close to as nice. I mean that; and I'm married with 3 kids. That being said, after keeping tabs on these forums for the same amount of time, I was pretty certain child protective services was going to show up any day and take her away from me, as I hadn't yet washed her. I had plans on running her through the car wash weekly, and then I found out about "the swirls". Oh the humanity. Can we not figure out some type of vaccine for that? I've been paralyzed with fear since then to touch her the wrong way. I mean, I could have made the dirt worse. And what about the plastic trim!? For the last three weeks I've been hunting shady spots to park in just to keep the damn sun off of her. It's hard being a new owner, I tell you.
That being said, I finally got up the courage to buy some 303 soap and protectant along with a wash mitt, some new microfiber and waffle weave towels. After getting the pesky human kids to bed (always taking me away from my new pride and joy) I set to work with about 30 minutes until sunset. After all, I live in south Texas and it's too hot to do anything until....well ever, actually. But you take what you get, I guess. If it wasn't now, it wasn't ever going to happen. I couldn't wake up another night in a cold sweat, panicked that CPS had broken into the garage and stole her in the middle of the night.
All that being said, washing this thing is a chore. I just pelt the human folk with a spray hose on the back porch and tell em to spin in a circle 20 times. Let me just say 30 minutes until sunset did not end up being enough time! Heck, by the time I got a portion wet to soap it up, the dang heat had already dried it back up. I spent the first 10 minutes just walking around it rinsing the previous dried rinse from the last pass. And I have no idea how you possibly wash one of these things without side steps. I fear what the top half of the truck would have looked like had I not installed the power running boards. And I'm 6'3" for goodness sake. But, there was no going back, so wash I did. And the end result? Hell if I know. The last 30 minutes finishing up it was just about pitch black already. I'll have to wait until the morning to see it in the light, but at least I'll sleep well tonight knowing my neglect has at least temporarily been accounted for.
That being said, I finally got up the courage to buy some 303 soap and protectant along with a wash mitt, some new microfiber and waffle weave towels. After getting the pesky human kids to bed (always taking me away from my new pride and joy) I set to work with about 30 minutes until sunset. After all, I live in south Texas and it's too hot to do anything until....well ever, actually. But you take what you get, I guess. If it wasn't now, it wasn't ever going to happen. I couldn't wake up another night in a cold sweat, panicked that CPS had broken into the garage and stole her in the middle of the night.
All that being said, washing this thing is a chore. I just pelt the human folk with a spray hose on the back porch and tell em to spin in a circle 20 times. Let me just say 30 minutes until sunset did not end up being enough time! Heck, by the time I got a portion wet to soap it up, the dang heat had already dried it back up. I spent the first 10 minutes just walking around it rinsing the previous dried rinse from the last pass. And I have no idea how you possibly wash one of these things without side steps. I fear what the top half of the truck would have looked like had I not installed the power running boards. And I'm 6'3" for goodness sake. But, there was no going back, so wash I did. And the end result? Hell if I know. The last 30 minutes finishing up it was just about pitch black already. I'll have to wait until the morning to see it in the light, but at least I'll sleep well tonight knowing my neglect has at least temporarily been accounted for.
