isosunrise

Been lurking around YouTube and some other forums contemplating whether to clean my cars exterior with steam or not. I originally purchased the steamer because I wanted to clean my filthy interior on my G37 coupe. Worked great! It was pretty nice today so I decided to take on the exterior of my Obsidian IS.

What I used:

Micro fiber clothes (about 7)

Steamer (got mine from harbor freight)

Water (only used 3 bottles of Poland spring water, to lazy to bring the machine to my sink lol)

Waterless Wash product (had one in my closet)

Mind you, my car was washed about a week earlier and I drove it everyday this week so it was pretty dirty.

Method: started at the front fender and worked my way around the car. I started from the top and worked my way down and across. Left the hood, roof, front end, and wheels for last. Whole process took me about 1 hour. Had lots of steam left over so I decided to do the inside of my door jambs and under the hood which was another 30 minutes.

My cars 1 year old with about 8k on it. Dealer did a ***** job prepping the car I had scratches leaving the day I got it with that being said I need to do a deep polishing but for now this was a good alternative. No discoloration or water spots like people have said on other discussions. I would recommend this to anyone who doesn't have a water supply like my self. Sadly I only took some after pics of exterior.



Before.


After.

CarlitoIS

Steam is nice. I usually get a company to steam wash my IS. I had it done like a few days ago. It cleans the car well, especially the interior. If I had the steamer, I'd do it myself too. But hey, it looks good man. Good job.

speedneed

How did you use the waterless car cleaner? Steam first then spray and wipe?

isosunrise

I sprayed the area with waterless cleaner first, then steamed and wiped in a single motion. This dip help a lot. The key is to lubricate the area you are steaming so you can drag as least debris as possible. When going over an area a second time (which doesn't happen often) there's no need to spray cleaner a second time as the areas most likely been cleaned of all the crap.

I thought about applying a basic spray wax afterwards but got tired