Paint protectant/undercoating for frequently washed vehicle?

[SD Rebel]

Truck has too much chrome (wish it had painted bumpers), whether its bird crap, dirt and mud from job sites, or general debris I feel the best thing to do is hope for a ceramic coat yearly and wash it twice a week like mentioned above.

Hmmm, that makes sense. Can you avoid contact washing, instead going for touchless spray washes to remove the salt and stuff to get you by until you can do a hand wash?

 

[iLikeTurtles]

Hmmm, that makes sense. Can you avoid contact washing, instead going for touchless spray washes to remove the salt and stuff to get you by until you can do a hand wash?

I worry the touch free washes utilize more acidic detergents making it a trade off of either carpet dragging or higher acidity. Bigger issue is the only touch free washes are an extra 20 minutes (ten mins out and ten back) of the way and the wash i currently utilize is on the drive home every day.
Also i believe the touch free washes have a 72" or 74" height limit. Cannot win until kids old enough to wash it.

 

[SD Rebel]

I worry the touch free washes utilize more acidic detergents making it a trade off of either carpet dragging or higher acidity. Bigger issue is the only touch free washes are an extra 20 minutes (ten mins out and ten back) of the way and the wash i currently utilize is on the drive home every day.
Also i believe the touch free washes have a 72" or 74" height limit. Cannot win until kids old enough to wash it.

Lol, same here, my oldest is 10.

 

[iLikeTurtles]

I should have just bought the bighorn and drove the heck out of it lol.

 

[bill-e]

Gonna be a mild winter and hopefully that means more hand washes.

My electric pressure washer can work off a bucket. I wonder how many 5 gal pails of water it will take to blast off the dirt and use the foam cannon. I'd be happy to go touchless for the winter.