Hand Car Wash Ohh Nooo!!!!!!!!!

**trhland** · 05-30-2008, 05:04 AM

] so today i was in my old town driving through with the wife and minivan and they opened a new handcar wash. and the minivan was filthy so i said what the hell.
nice looking place it used to be a gas station now converted into a nice new had wash . pulled in waiting in line they were washing a nice new truck as they were washing it they dropped the wash mitt on the floor picked it up and kept washing the truck:yikes: . then when they were drying it .the guy was dropping the towels on the dirty ground:yikes:. couldnt believe my eyes. though i would share. [/B]

**pampos** · 05-30-2008, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by trhland

] so today i was in my old town driving through with the wife and minivan and they opened a new handcar wash. and the minivan was filthy so i said what the hell.
nice looking place it used to be a gas station now converted into a nice new had wash . pulled in waiting in line they were washing a nice new truck as they were washing it they dropped the wash mitt on the floor picked it up and kept washing the truck:yikes: . then when they were drying it .the guy was dropping the towels on the dirty ground:yikes:. couldnt believe my eyes. though i would share. [/b]

Most of the car wash are like that one....Some times it is better to wash your car at a ''brush car wash'' than at a ''hand car wash''.

**trhland** · 05-30-2008, 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by pampos

Most of the car wash are like that one....Some times it is better to wash your car at a ''brush car wash'' than at a ''hand car wash''.

i agree. i also noticed at alot of these places they dont clean the tires.just the rims. so they put tire dressing on dirty tires!! owell.

**supercharged** · 05-30-2008, 06:20 AM

most of the time they will use a dirty rag for car washing...

**Jordan88** · 05-30-2008, 07:20 AM

I hope you left before they got to your van!

**LilBlackSheep** · 05-30-2008, 07:23 AM

So, did you "s-l-o-w-l-y" back out of the line and make a b-line for the exit??? <G>

**dublifecrisis** · 05-30-2008, 08:14 AM

when you think about it, chances are their wash and dry media would scratch the heck out of your car even if they didn't drop it on the ground. it's not like they use clean mitts and towels for each car. so I guess dropping it on the ground will get you swirls AND RiDS...good grief

**BearValley** · 05-30-2008, 09:20 AM

In my area there is one carwash + a coin-op pay-n-spray.

The carwash is a hand wash with brushes. They have a guy on each side with a long handled brush. Eeek.

Whatever areas get missed by the brush (like where it doesn't fit) gets picked up by the dry & finish guys rubbing the dirt around.

Run, Forrest, RUN!!

**Waxmax** · 05-30-2008, 10:30 AM

Maybe the worst are the kids doing washes for school activity donations....I sometimes give them money, but pass on the wash.

IMO, car wash establishments are for the 80+% of the population who are not that car detail oriented so some scratches and swirls are not issues.