Better way to detail the bike

[dr.nemo]

So far I have learned to use pledge for "waxing,polishing" to save time, I will try that one.. My cruiser used to take me 1-2 hours to wash and dry, about 1-2 hours to wax/buff/polish, then a whopping 4 hours to do the chrome with Mothers metal polish... Wax and chrome done on separate days.. Too much work..!! 8 hours possible for a complete wash and detail..!!

 

Now I will be washing the Venture, and drying it with my LEAF BLOWER....this works amazingly well (total time 30 min). Then I will try the pledge trick for all surfaces, guessing at 30 min's for this.. So my new total time for a complete wash and detail will be 1 hr...Can't wait for spring to try this now...

[Eck]

 

Now I will be washing the Venture, and drying it with my LEAF BLOWER....this works amazingly well (total time 30 min).

Then I will try the pledge trick for all surfaces, guessing at 30 min's for this.. So my new total time for a complete wash and detail will be 1 hr...

 

 

If you need more practice.....I'm sure we can assist you well

[pegscraper]

It'll probably work nice. But I'll betcha it still takes longer than that.

[Marcarl]

If you have mud and grime on the scoot, you need to wash it first, then comes the fun part, go for a nice ride. When you return from that part, park it in the garage, close the door, bring out the LemonPledge, spray the whole scoot, starting with the wind shield. When you are finished spraying get a clean soft cloth, gently clean the wind shield and then follow the same route as you did with the spray. I'd say that the wash should take about 10 minutes, the ride will last until just before sundown and the polish should be no longer than you can keep a beer cold while making use of the end of the bottle.

If you do this first thing in the morning you can substitute the beer with coffee and the ride can be shortened to maybe an hour or so, depends on how lost you can get, and the Lemon Pledge can be substituted with Orange Pledge.

If you take on this task in the evening, the advantage can be a longer ride with a sparkling scoot first thing in the morning, if you wait until the mornig to get it done, you have the rest of the day to show off the king of the road.

[Guest Popeye]

I just did my scoot last Monday on a 68*F day [room temp].

When it was delivered, the clown used an open trailer, during one of our worst ice/snow storms. He put my new [to me] scoot right behind drive wheel.

Filled scoot with sand, salt, ice, snow, in every possible vent, crevice, etc.

The idiot even stopped at a motel overnight, because of the storm...didn't even cover the bike.....56 miles from my garage!

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I scrubbed [all black/chrome] bike down with a towel from a 5 gallon bucket of soapy water after a good hosing.

Rinsed with hard, narrow stream of water. repeated.

 

Dried with 200 mph [new] leaf blower. WOW! Super Clean.

 

I decided to never use wax again, since it just melts off on a hot, sunny day or during a wash.

 

Got some "Mothers" 'SynWax' Synthetic Polymer coating...& it's CLEAR, not white. [$6. at Wally's].

I'll apply with a soaked sponge & let the hot sun level it out on all paint.

 

Next, is the Armor All on all the black plastic, vinyl, leather, rubber which takes 'some' time. [never on top of seat or handgrips]

Comes in Shiny or Semi-Gloss.

 

Take 'all black' scoot out for a ride, & its dirty again.

Spray bugs down with Windex, immediately on return, so they won't stick too bad for next cleaning.

 

I HATE cleaning, but it CAN be done well in an hour....except for wheels/tires. I can't stop getting black bikes.

 

If someone knows a faster way......PLEASE post it.

[Yammer Dan]

Delivered my new ride like that and we would have still been talking about who was going to paint it or replace it!!

[wolfman1]

Was on a week-end ride thru Eastern Ky 3 years ago and it rained buckets. We got mud all over the bikes. While looking for a car wask, a Ky rider said that all they use there was "Scrubbing Bubbles" bathroom cleaner to wash the bike, then "Pledge" to detail it. Been using it ever since. Even cleans the grime out from between the fins on the jugs. Won't hurt you bikes finish either. Spray it on, leave it for about 2 minutes, spray it off. Clean as a whistle!!

 

Steve

[Guest Popeye]

Delivered my new ride like that and we would have still been talking about who was going to paint it or replace it!!

 

Dan;

It wasn't a pleasant conversation. Especially the: "You still have to pay me!!" part.

Well, maybe that part was a bit funny, but he didn't catch the humor.

 

No real damage, his good fortune. I love confrontations & suing idiots.

[SaltyDawg]

I use Mr Cleans car wash system. Rinse the bike, spray the soap on, wash with a soft sponge, rinse again and then spray with the demineralized water setting. Let air dry, the only thing I have to dry is the seats and the windshield. Bike comes out spotless and takes me all of 30 min to do.