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300ex&RZR
04-16-2011, 07:48 PM
I was wondering how you all wash your atvs. A garden hoses and a bucket just doesn't work well for me. I have tried to use a pressure washer, but they always take my stickers off.:(

dave07ex
04-22-2011, 11:43 AM
hose-n-bucket style...

tahitianrider
04-27-2011, 12:14 AM
First a ligh high pressure washer then a full garden hose hand wash.
Nothing worth a hand wash !

Kawie450r
04-27-2011, 07:36 AM
I take all my plastics off and go at it with soap and garden hose. Its all i got lol.

tireboy
05-07-2011, 08:52 PM
i allways spray the hole bike with armorall before riding and it realy seems to help. allthow i have found its better to not spray the seat you ending slipping all around

08400exRider
05-25-2011, 10:39 PM
Originally posted by tireboy
i allways spray the hole bike with armorall before riding and it realy seems to help. allthow i have found its better to not spray the seat you ending slipping all around

Yeah i used to do that but the armor all makes dirt stick so my quad was red before i went riding and come back with a brown dirt *** quad that takes forever to wash lol. But i just park it under the porch and spray with a bottle full of water and wipe down the parts one by one

08400exRider
05-25-2011, 10:42 PM
And it comes out pretty clean check out this for example

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff481/08400exRider/IMG_0002.jpg

nkillian9
05-26-2011, 03:06 AM
on my white plasics i use magice eraser and on the tough spots i use an sos, it dont take the shine out like you would think almost none abrasive to plastic, or it could just be the white cause when its white white it looks clean no matter how deep the scratches,

08400exRider
05-26-2011, 09:43 AM
yeah on my red 05 the scratches used to be noticable. but now that i got a white 08 it looks like the white doesnt have scratches when it does but no deep ones. but on the black part theres just small surface scratches and their all noticable lol

nkillian9
05-26-2011, 11:49 AM
yeah my ltr has been thru hell and back and after cleaned up from 5 feet away plastics still looks new, mr clean magic erasers are good and non abrasive, but the sos pad really do wonders and cuts cleaning time in half but i wouldnt suggest an sos pad on nothing but white, altho they dont even scratch the grahics so it may not be that bad on colored plastic, but yeah dark colors are the worst to show scratches

05DodgeDakota
08-11-2011, 06:24 AM
I completely soak mine with purple power degreaser and then pressure wash it

Chuck75
10-19-2011, 11:17 AM
SIMPLE GREEN!! its great stuff. just spray it on wipe it down while its still wet and rinse. only thing is you must reoil the chain as this will remove oil and grease. I use a scrub brush on most of mine

tbrackman84
12-07-2011, 02:16 PM
i agree with chuck, i pressure wash mine LIGHTLY, then spray simple green all over then rinse it off again, it works awesome

Drfat400ex
12-08-2011, 03:30 PM
As long as you don't have stickers everywhere, power washing works good I think, just give all the places with no stickers a good washing, then where there is a sticker go over it really fast, and it doesn't take any of the stickers off.

TaylorTRX
05-12-2012, 12:57 PM
WESTLEYS BLEACH WHITE is by far the best cleaner iver ever used, spray it on a rinsed motor let it sit and hose it off but to get it real good just hit everything with a brush after spraying it on......i even have old tooth brushes i use......only thing is it may leave a white residue when its dry so i use soap and water real quick at the the end and it wont happen AND or spray everything but the seat and grips in wd 40.........this is my old 04 trx i just sold after 3 XC race seasons

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg524/TaylorTRX/126.jpg

Thumpin440ex
05-12-2012, 04:07 PM
Soak it down with wd 40, let it sit a while, hose it off. Then go over every thing with a rag, detail wax. yes i am anal

John

Shade_tree
06-27-2012, 06:05 PM
I like to start with quad standing up on grab bar, spray with garden hose to soak quad with cold water from hose then to hot water in bucket with wifes dish soap careful not to do any scratching to plastics, heavier on dish soap and hot water around oil areas like swingarm. then another cold water rinse bottom to top good dry with soft towel and really good plastic protectant dunno if I can tell brand but its in local auto stores, the last protectant I used wiped out alot of little scratches I would recomend it to all quad riders.

crlt250r
06-27-2012, 08:22 PM
I just drive around till I see fund raising car washes..... LOL

TaylorTRX
06-28-2012, 10:57 AM
oh ya and when your done throw on your backpack blower to dry it off

laxman1306
12-12-2012, 07:32 AM
i start with using dish soap or a car soup with de-greaser and make sure its very foamy then i use a micro fiber bonnet and take my time piece by piece, takes a long time but its worth it