wash & wax

[simonov]

It's been a long time since I washed my own car. Now that he El Camino is restored I have to start washing and waxing it myself. I could use some pointers.

1. What do you use to wash it? Rag? Sponge?

2. Any advice on soap?

3. I had the best luck in the past with real chamois. Any improvements on that front in the last ten or twenty years?

4. What about waxes and polishes? Any advice here?

I need to spend Saturday washing and waxing to prep for a car show on Sunday.