People living in apartments, specifically Westwood LA area (next to UCLA), how do you guys take care of your cars? I'll be moving out from the dorms into the appts and thinking of bring my car down to school. the appt i'm leasing has a nice parking space underground, pretty spacious. but i was wondering how you guys wash your cars??? I never use car washes, is there any places around westwood area where you can wash the car yourself?

any help is appreciated, thanks!!

 

i wash mine in the alley behind my building. there's a hose connection there and plenty of shade from the sun

some apt owners are **** about ppl using the building's water for personal stuff. my advice is to get to know the maintenance folks & property manager so they'll be cool with what you're doing.

 

my apt manager seems like the **** type though :/ i gotta see what i can do haha

 

yeah, its tricky with apts. like i said, get the maintenance folks on your side...and try washing it early morning / late evening to avoid the prop mgrs hours.

 

Well ONR(optimum no rinse) it going to be your best friend. My friend use it and so do I. You'll hear and read good review on it. It's a rinseless wash. So you don't need to pre rinse or do a final rinse after you wash your car. It just wash you car and then dry. Thats it. It won't leave swirls,marring, scratches. Also you can use protect all QEW(Quick easy wash). Both work good. But ONR leaves a shine and more slicker but you can only get it online, where as you can get protect all from any RV store.

 

oh wow, thanks man, i've never heard of that before, but after a little research on autopia, it looks to have gotten pretty good praise. i will definitely be looking into that for next year, thanks!

 

Just helping out

 

So do you still use a wash mitt with that stuff or do you soak a microfiber towel like they say on autogeek? I might have to invest in that stuff too when I'm dorming next fall in New Mexico since I don't know if they have hoses or self car wash places nearby.

 

You can use any wash media thats safe for you paint. Here a list of stuff I use with it:

Sheep skin mitt
Microfiber mitt
Grout sponge
Microfiber towels

 

Here's a article Patrick at excel detail made for using ONR:

http://www.exceldetail.com/NRWStechnique.html

 

Thanks for the link

 

Our first apartment when my wife was working at Century City and I was
in school was near Beverly Glen/Santa Monica Blvd, 1/2 block south. I asked
the owner how he felt about my washing my car once a week and he didn't
have a problem if I kept everything clean. Communication is a wonderfull
thing and it never hurts to be "up front" with your manager! The worst thing
is that he'd say, No!