[calgarygeologist]

I like to wash at home in my garage on a regular basis using the two bucket method and ONR (Optimum No Rinse). This is great for spring/Summer/fall. In the winter I don't like the thought of dragging a lot of dirt across the paint so I stick to coin washes. I polish once a year in the spring, twice if I have the energy and time for a fall polish. To finish it off I use a ceramic spray coating and recently I've been using Turtle Hybrid Ceramic (or something close to that in name as it was on sale at Walmart for really cheap.) Another product I really like is cquartz but I haven't used it much lately because of the added cost and application process. Ceramic coatings have become really mainstream on the market now. For plastic and rubber trim I like Aerospace 303. If you have leather get a good cleaner and conditioner to keep the seats looking nice.

I also like to hose down the engine bay a couple times a year to keep dust and grime from building up to heavily on the engine. I recently bought a hybrid as well and was concerned that spraying the engine would be a bad idea but found out online that as long as you keep most of the spray away from the thick orange cables it is safe to clean the engine.