Cars are in need of spring cleaning, too.

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It is inevitable this time of year--you wake up on a Saturday morning to beautiful, warm weather. When you step outside, you notice seemingly all of your neighbors have come out of hibernation and are puttering around their yards. While some are raking gardens and others tend to dead leaves and broken branches, many have excavated their finally-thawed hoses and are giving their cars a much-needed "spring" cleaning.

This is the perfect time to pull out the Wash Stick Ezidry from Home Right, Minneapolis, Minn. It's easier than lugging around a bucket and hose to wash your car or truck, because the Wash Stick holds the cleaning solution in its handle. Just fill a bucket with your cleaner, immerse the mitt, and pull back on the Wash Stick to fill. Push in on the handle to dispense the solution while washing with the flexible, synthetic lambs-wool mitt. Next, use the Ezidry twin-blade squeegee to dry the car. It contours to round and flat...