Detail disaster

[Efrain]

This morning a friend and I went to have breakfast at a local cafe.When we were done we sat outside talking about cars because their was a few people washing cars in the parking lot. 10 Min has past and a guy with a mustang pulled up and ask for a full detail so the car wash owner told him he is a professional and that it cost $200. They started to bargain and got it down to $150.

The Mustang was stick shift and the the car wash guy got in the car to drive it to the wash bay and the car turn off 3 time. I started laughing and look at the guy shaking my head in petty.

The guy finish washing the car and started to clay the mustang. Half way through i saw the guy drop the clay on the dirty floor and picked it up and continued to clay the car. All i can do is think in horror the scratches he was putting on the paint job.

On my way out i told the mustang owner that they are putting scratches on his car. Before driving away i looked over and saw them arguing. Most car wash don't know what they are doing!


What's the worse thing you saw at a car wash?

[wytstang]

Sad just sad. I see cars leave car washes all the time and all I see is swirl marks all over. I remember see bmw cars (all black) in Kendall,Fl at a car wash called Busy Bee (right off US 1) and just watch guys dry the rims then paint with the same towels and not skip a beat. This was before I learned how to do it right, and even then I knew they were just pushing cars out asap to get more in.

[wisemonkey]

I've seen one come out of (THE CAR WASH ) thats the name of the place its off us1 and 40st here in miami and i seen allot of expensive cars leave there wystang saw at Busy Bee they used the same rag for wheels and paint its when you see that

[killrwheels@autogeek]

I think a commercial car wash and a professional detailer are two very different things, and hope people feel the same way. A car wash is a general product, and detailing is best left to a specialist.

[Smokin]

[ronin]

I had a light scratch on my passenger side door. I used a couple applications of scratch-x. It got it to the point where is was mostly invisible under most circumstances. However, I wanted to see if it could be wet sanded out.

I took it to a detailing shop. The car hadn't been washed and there was dirt over the area of the scratch. They proceeded to spray some green liquid from a bottle and clean the area with a dirty rag. This alone let me know that these guys didn't care about the work they were doing. Also, strangely they took down my vin number on the estimate invoice.

[Showroom Shine]

There are alot of fly by nighters out there. People that are not educated about car care ,detailing ,paint correction etc. It takes a person to have a Passion for cars that has pride in their work. You have to like what you do. It's not just about the money. I want my clients to be happy with my work. Then they will be repeat customers!