How to use your Drive-In Box
What's in it?
The Drive In Box is a great combination of our gear for a quick clean, shine and protection before a hot drive-in date or any fun outing.
In this guide we'll run through the products in your Drive-In Box, how to use them and what order to use them in.
The Drive-In Box is exclusive to Repco and is only available in limited numbers.
The contents in the pack are:
- Nanolicious Wash - Our dream wash, that we created for the fussiest of fanatics. Super lubricating, great sudsing and awesome pH neutral cleaning.
- Shagtastic Wash Pad - Appeases car fanatics and pro detailers who love hand washing, with plush shag pile that's amazing for cleaning.
- Wet Dreams - A fantastic spray on, rinse off protective sealant that is ideal for a quick boost of shine and protection at the end of a wash.
- Twisted Juicy Sucker - A fantastic microfibre drying towel that uses a crazy absorbent 800GSM twisted loop pile that's single sided, to suck off more water than ever!
- Sexy Time - What nobody asked for - a succulent air refresher laced with aphrodisiac to bring in the car guys.
Delightful Washing
Give the car a really good rinse down with a strong jet of water from your hose sprayer or pressure washer, or use a prewash like our Snow Job or Mega Snow Job to remove as much dirt as possible which reduces the risk of scratching your paint when you start washing.
Grab a 15L Wash bucket and 3/4 fill the bucket with water. Put a capful (30mL) of Nanolicious Wash into the bucket, then hit it with the jet setting on your hose to froth it up and get the wash mixed nicely inside the bucket. It's recommended to have a separate Rinse bucket filled with clean water to clean your wash tool out in after washing each section of the car as you go (as well as Great Barrier Thingys to put in the bottom of the buckets to stop dirt from swirling back up into your clean wash water).
Dip your Shagtastic Wash Pad into the bucket and let the suds soak into it for a couple seconds (squeezing it gently can help it absorb the wash suds), then starting at the roof of the car, gently wash in a back and forth motion, then side to side so that you don't miss any spots. We prefer not to go in circles when washing - not because it will create swirl marks, but because when you do small circles, there's always a bit that you miss. When you wash up and down, then back and forth, you are guaranteeing that you don't miss any spots.
After washing the first section, dip your mitt into the clean rinse water and thrash it about and/or squeeze the suds out so that any dirt or grime leaves the wash tool, then dunk it back into the wash suds and do the next section of the vehicle, leaving the lower dirtier sections till last.
After you've finished washing the whole car, take the end of the hose off and flood the panels of the car to rinse all of the wash suds off. You will see how the Nanolicious Wash allows the water to pool together and run off the car easier.
Once you're done, empty the buckets and give them a good rinse out. You don't want to be storing any wash water for use later!
Adding Protection
Wet Dreams can be used to top up and maintain protection of our other sealants like Bead Machine, or can be used as a stand-alone sealant with 2-3 months of protection on good condition paint. It works best when used in the shade on cool panels, and the panels need to be wet.
After washing the car, rinse it down thoroughly from the top down. Grab your Wet Dreams, working in small sections (e.g., one quarter of a bonnet, one door), mist Wet Dreams over the section and then immediately rinse off with your pressure washer or the Jet setting on the hose - Wet Dreams bonds almost immediately, so you should see instant bead porn. Continue around the car using this same technique until it's done, making sure to keep the rest of the panels wet to avoid water spotting.
Once complete, take the end off your hose and flood the panels with water - the newfound surface tension will force the water to clump together and sheet away in one go which means less drying time for you!
For a detailed guide on getting the most from Wet Dreams, see our detailed guide below:
Quench your thirst with our Twisted Juicy Sucker
The Twisted Juicy Sucker is a brand new style of drying towel which sucks water at an incredible rate while still being safe for delicate paint. Being one sided, it can be wrung out if it ever becomes saturated so that you can continue to enjoy its sucking prowess.
Using the Twisted Juicy Sucker is simple - Spray 6-8 sprays of Boss Gloss into the twisted pile side of towel and start drying your vehicle from the top, working your way down the car, drying any glass that may be in the sun first, to avoid getting water spots on the glass. There's no need to add any more Boss Gloss to the cloth, just continue drying until the vehicle is done.
If you find the cloth becomes waterlogged, it could be that you need to flood the panels a bit more, to remove more water before drying the car. To wring the cloth out, fold in half and then roll it up. Working with two hands on 1/4 of the roll at a time, squeeze and wring out as much water as possible before moving to the next section.
Once the car is dry, we recommend running around the car with a blower (we use an 18V battery one here) to blow water out of all the cracks and crevices like around the mirrors, grills, lights and badges, and dry up the water with your Twisted Juicy Sucker.
Let's have Sexy Time
It's now time to use Sexy Time - a simply arousing smelling air refresher for the interior of your car.
Clean your interior out thoroughly, including removing all clothes, rubbish, food scraps etc, as any and all of these can contribute to gnarly smells hanging around inside your car. Give the carpets and mats a good vacuum, and wipe down all the surfaces inside the car so that it's all nice and clean. Any stains that need to be removed from fabrics should be done at this stage.
Give the bottle of Sexy Time a shake and then mist 8-12 sprays into the front and rear carpets. Shut the doors and windows of the vehicle and allow around 30 minutes before hopping into it. Note, the longevity of the fragrance will change depending on the quality of the carpet, where the car is stored, how many sprays are used etc.
Any Questions?
Should you have any questions about anything mentioned in this article, or have questions about the Drive-In Box, feel free to get in touch on 1800 351 308, or shoot us an email to info@bowdensown.com.au
Drive In Box is now available exclusively at your local Repco in limited numbers.
To find your closest Repco store, see our Stockists link here - https://www.bowdensown.com.au/store-finder/
Happy detailing!
Brett Hobbs
