As all cars at Saint Hill have to date had their finishes injured severely by improper washing and polishing, the following steps only are to be taken in cleaning cars:
Cars should be parked in garage so as to allow easy opening of door on the driver's side. This permits easy entrance, dusting out, and prevents banging up of doors on garage wall.
Do not get in cars with greasy overalls, shoes or hands. Use seat, floor and wheel covers.
Keep all cleaning materials, seat covers, buckets, brushes, spray nozzles, in a cabinet in the open garage area. Always replace after use. Put up a cloth drying line in same area.
The following cleaning materials should be procured and used.
Do NOT wipe with a rag as this scores the paint.
Sweep car out, dust interior with a clean rag.
Dust with a Turkey feather duster until no dust is apparent on surface.
Wipe interior out (seats, sills, panel) with a clean soft rag.
This is all that is required. Do not remove car from garage.
1. Put car on ramp outside. Do not wipe.
2. Hose all mud and dirt off car using a spray nozzle and hose and a soft brush. Use a special brush for under fenders.
3. Using a clean damp cloth, apply liquid car cleaner to entire car exterior and chrome, including hub caps. Let it dry to brown white. To put on and wipe off use long straight strokes, no circular rubbing.
4. When liquid car cleaner dry, wipe it off with a clean soft cloth, leaving no residue of the cleaner. Wipe off hub caps. Make sure no residue is left.
5. Take a clean dry cloth and apply Car Plate with long, straight strokes. Cover entire car including chrome. Do not scrub it on, just wipe it on. Let it dry.
6. With a clean soft cloth wipe off Car Plate. Do not attempt to polish. Car will be brilliant and dust will whisk off it with a feather duster.
7. Put all rags in a bucket. Use detergent such as Tide. Wash and hang up on a line in garage.
DO NOT USE GREASY OR DIRTY RAGS. USE OTHER RAGS FOR OIL AND KEEP THEM SEPARATE.
Dust windows off with Turkey Duster.
Wet a newspaper and wipe off windows, getting all dirt.
Take dry newspaper and polish windows.
Don't go over windows with a cleaning rag and never with an oil rag.
Keep rags and cloths and wax and cleaners off windows or they will steam and fog up in damp weather.
Use Carpet cleaners on floor carpets as per regular directions on their packages just as in the house.
Use leather cleaners on leather seats.
Be careful of smelly leather cleaners. A white, soft cream is best.
Use a rag with clothes cleaning fluid on it to wipe off steering wheels, etc., interior.
Remove any tar on the car with a rag and cleaning fluid.
DO NOT USE SOLID CLEANERS OF ANY KIND ON A CAR. USE NO ABRASIVE CLEANERS.
DO NOT WAX CARS WITH SOLID WAX.
DUST is the main reason finishes and windows get ruined. Wiping a dusty surface with a dry cloth can ruin a car's paint or windows.
Abrasive Cleaners and solid wax spoil a car's paint within a year or two.