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10-25-2007, 09:58 PM
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| | | I hate that stupid Brinkmann!
So I have a Halloween party on Friday night, then am detailing a Z71 Tahoe on Saturday morning (black, ARGH!) and then that afternoon we have a wedding. So basically, it's wash my truck tonight or nothing.
So I get done with the gym, run an errand and get going. Of course, it gets dark about when I start to dry it. I throw on a layer of AW and give the front end a good scrubbing. I hit the halogen lights and take the Brinkmann so see if I missed any spots... 
Just crap everywhere. ARGH! It made me so aggrevated. There was dust, I didn't get the dirt from in between the letters, missed spots everywhere drying, it made me so angry. I just wanted to sell that stupid black truck right then and there and trade it in for a white one.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!
Lessons learned: don't wash anything in the dark. You'll only end up more pissed off than before. |
10-25-2007, 10:08 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: AR
Posts: 517
| | | no skimping on black. unless you have tons of light, it will test you. happens to everyone with a black vehicle and sight. i have had that happen in daylight. |
10-25-2007, 10:19 PM
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| | | I set myself up for failure. My Guzzlers were skunky as I just put them in a bin when they were damn, so that already was strike one.
I've come to the conclusion that I just cannot do a "quick wash" as it'll just upset me. I either do it all and do it right, or just don't do it at all. |
10-25-2007, 10:42 PM
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Posts: 517
| | | it takes me 1.5 to 2 hours to do a good, safe and thorough wash on each of our black cars. that includes a blow dry with metro blower and blot with WW towels. i spend a lot of time on the wheels, tires, emblems, vents, etc with 7 or 8 brushes, mitts, etc. i tend to need a light polish every year or 1.5 years. black is a beast. |
10-25-2007, 11:04 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Beavercreek, Ohio
Posts: 1,680
| | ahhh P1et so sorry! Like you said lesson learned, just let it go! You can always get it later! Try to have a good night! 
__________________ Thanks, Tonya  AKA twinkle toes Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwile achievement - Henry Ford |
10-25-2007, 11:43 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Killeen, Texas
Posts: 1,077
| | | Ahhhhh, the pleasures of owning a black vehicle in Texas.
Wash to early, and drying sucks. Wash during the day, and it spots like crazy. Wash in the evening, and miss things...
Gotta love it!
LOL
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10-25-2007, 11:57 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Boca Raton, FL
Posts: 4,924
| | | Don't trade it in for white lol, you'll feel the same, I owned a black and white truck, still have the white one, just as bad as the black to keep clean.
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10-26-2007, 12:25 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Muskegon, Michigan
Posts: 506
| | | Ah, don't sweat it. Even when my black car is dirty it still looks better than a clean white car.
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10-26-2007, 12:34 PM
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Posts: 1,446
| | | Go for a silver truck!!!
__________________ "When life hands you lemons, make faces at it!" (my boy) |
10-26-2007, 01:09 PM
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| | | Alright, thanks for the migical powers of AW, the truck looked pretty damn good this morning in regular daylight.
PHEW!!! | | |
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