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<blockquote data-quote="eharri3" data-source="post: 5563774" data-attributes="member: 591579">When I first got my 04 Dakota 5 years ago it got a hand wash and wax probably once per week. Died down to once per month. Then once every couple months. One year I did the complete 3 step process with hand washing, clay bar, hand polish, hand wax. Took the better part of the day.Now I think I probably had a professional detail with buff/polish/wash once last year and might have done a really thorough hand wash and wax once, maybe twice that year in addition to that. IT&#039;s shameful really, I need to try to get back into the once per month pattern.It&#039;s been cold here like most places in the Northeast so I haven&#039;t been able to really get at it like I&#039;d like to. I normally prefer to leave it alone until I get a chance to properly wash it by hand but it was filthy and that wasn&#039;t going to happen anytime soon so I ran it through a car wash for probably the 3rd or 4th time in 5 years.Tip for anyone considering rims: Polished aluminum SUX TO CLEAN.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eharri3, post: 5563774, member: 591579"] When I first got my 04 Dakota 5 years ago it got a hand wash and wax probably once per week. Died down to once per month. Then once every couple months. One year I did the complete 3 step process with hand washing, clay bar, hand polish, hand wax. Took the better part of the day. Now I think I probably had a professional detail with buff/polish/wash once last year and might have done a really thorough hand wash and wax once, maybe twice that year in addition to that. IT's shameful really, I need to try to get back into the once per month pattern. It's been cold here like most places in the Northeast so I haven't been able to really get at it like I'd like to. I normally prefer to leave it alone until I get a chance to properly wash it by hand but it was filthy and that wasn't going to happen anytime soon so I ran it through a car wash for probably the 3rd or 4th time in 5 years. Tip for anyone considering rims: Polished aluminum SUX TO CLEAN. [/QUOTE]

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