Stupid question alert!

There are truck washes that we use specific for for commercial trucks that keep the trucks clean. If the the truck is real shiny, then that driver found someone to polish his wheels and tanks for him

 

for what its worth, i was stopped at the petro in amarillo tx a couple months back. black w9 pulling a tanker pulls up next to me . ol boy gets out opens the hood and starts spraying degreser all over his yellow engine. pulls out one them pump sprayers like u use for spraying insecticide around the house or similar. it was full of water and he then washes his entire engine compartment off , then proceeds to wash truck and tanker trailer. next thing i see is a rag and some of that zephyr metal polish come out of the sidebox and he polished wheels on truck and trailer and chrome bumper and the entire 48ft tanker trailer, he had a ladder stored in the side box. he was out there for a couple hours, he finished around sunset. i went out there when he was takin pictures of his rig and tell him "man I dont even smoke but after watchin u do all that work i need a pack of cigarettes and asian massage LOL" told him that was the baddest truck i ever did see . man i shouldve taken some pictures of it to . them tanker guys are the coolest

he was just using basic zephyr aluminum polish that u can buy at the truck stops. he say he gets it professionally polish by an aluminum polisher that uses sandpaper and polishing wheels to get that mirror finish and the zephyr is just used in between so it keeps the finish in better shape between polishings

 

My Mack Superliner 500 had a aluminum box, we really did one thing when necessary.

Grab a garden sprayer with diesel, sprayed the bed down and sides then raised it for the night. Whats in it (Blacktop biti_) would be out of there by morning.

 

Spends all day washin and waxin..but can't walk to the restroom...

 

Chrome / aluminum polisher right off the Wildwood exit next to the pilot is the easiest way I have found lol

 

@Long FLD Yours is always spotless from stem to stern, what are you using?

 

I think maybe dirt and grime is just afraid of him....

 

I'll tell a secret. Mine is in no shape a showy truck. Its Dec and ground ain't froze. Its covered in mud front to back. I carry a small weed sprayer with simple green and water. Warning that purple stuff is caustic. Simple green is not. If I know a good rain is setting in. I spray everything down. It's a cheap quick truck wash. I do this while its setting, and have done this and roll. 100 miles drive out of the storm and the truck is cleaner than before.