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Re: Car washing mistakes
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luckydawg
Guess there is a first time for everything- Hard to believe someone would dis- like this post.
My bad. That was me. Clicked by accident
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Re: Car washing mistakes
Originally Posted by
mckobe
My bad. That was me. Clicked by accident
Too easy to do this.
I have done it myself.
Poor format of having the like/dislike one micron from each other.
It is no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
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Re: Car washing mistakes
When I was 16 I had a black ‘86 Camaro.
My wash routine was to park it on the lawn in the 3pm summer sun, rinse the car down by pressing my thumb on the end of a garden hose, fill a bucket with a frothy dawn dish soap offering (allowing all the rinse water to bake onto the car as I am doing this), use a bath towel to wash the car, and a combination of a California water blade and a beach towel to dry it off.
Finishing it all off, of course, by unloading on my tires nearly an entire aerosol can of megs Hot Shine, over spraying all over my $45 dollar 15” chrome wheels.
I’ve changed my routine up as the years progressed.
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Here is what makes me cringe:
"Hi everyone, I'm new to detailing and just bought my first polisher. Saturday I am going to do a full 3-step plus sealant and wax but I'm wondering [process question]. Also I have to knock all this out in one day."
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I’ve seen people start washing without rinsing the car off first.
Also when I see a fundraiser car wash going on I drive in hand out a donation and I get the hell out of there. If I would stay and observe one of these fundraisers I’d be typing all night.
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I saw a neighbor today washing his black SUV in the intense S. Florida sun with hose, towel and a small, shallow plastic tub with soap. Yikes!
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Back in 2001 I bought me my first nice car. It was beater cars before that. Was an Audi S4 92' with the 5-cyl turbo engine in it. A dark blue color and was a very nice color. The condition of the paint was not good as a lot of marring and swirls. So took a day with hand polishing it and and extra layer of liquid wax from Sonax. The AIO is looking a lot like Sonax Easy Shine which AGO has. This was a good OTC combo to use get it to shine up the paint. And the car looked great for me back then.
Great product if you work by hand
SONAX Easy Shine, all in one polish wax
The first wash took some weeks before I could do it. It was in the late summer and I just wanted to get it clean again. We have a Turtle Wax car soap here in Sweden called Superwash. This is very effective and you don't use it in the bucket but pour out some in the foam sponge you washed your car with and on a wet paint. Think of this as like Meguiars Wash+ car soap but instead of the abrasives in it they use kerosene and white mineral oils and a couple of other chemicals in it LOL. Even if it has a little amount of wax in the TW Super Wash the paint had totaly flat water standing on it after the wash. It's very effective to desolve the road film and tar spots and tree sap and LSP LOL. So my hard work with hand polishing it and waxing it was undone in 1 wash.
Have gotten a little more knowledge about maintance now days LOL. And man what I would like to had that knowledge then. It had been awesome looking after a correction. The paint would look nice after the first wash too I think if I would have used a regualar car soap LOL. These good old memories!
And we also have a lot of lime in our waters. So drying the car was to right after the wash to take it for a drive and floor it LOL. Still got that enoying water spots but less of them when driving it dry LOL
/ Tony
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I was at a supermarket in recent times, a guy pulls up in a vintage car near me. So I introduce myself just because...
Anyway, noticed swirls and scratches to no end.
Me: “...how do you maintain or wash your paint?”
Him: “Oh...just water.”
My wife had to help me back up from the ground.
PS:
Which part of this post is true or false?
High-End Car Detailing at Your Residence * Portsmouth, NH
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Not drying the car!
What’s worse, drying with a crusty old bath towel that has been sitting in the garage for years, or not drying at all?
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Using the Turtle Wax sealants and car soap from Walmart
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