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    Junior Member sserdlihc's Avatar
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    What in the Wild Wild World of sports!

    I manage a furniture store. We have 2 fleet vehicles that we use. One for deliveries and one as a shuttle truck that runs between our warehouses(about a mile). The fleet vehicle that we use primarily for deliveries, is now down and having to get some work done to it so I had to put the other fleet vehicle on the road for deliveries. I did my standard walk around the truck to check tires, wiper blades, oil lights, etc. Realizing that it needed new tires, I called my local tire shop and had new tires put on her. Again, this truck was a shuttle truck, it wasn't on the road, so I had my delivery staff give it a good washing. I went to Wally World and bought some Simple Green, BlechWhite and some GoldClass wash. Gave it to my guys with wash mitts and a couple of buckets and left them to handle the job.

    Boy did I screw up. I went back after about an hour to see one of my guys putting COMET in the bucket! I asked him WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING! He starting spouting off that their is no need to spend money on expensive cleaning supplies, COMET works just fine. I was floored to say the least! Luckily, the truck is painted white, so it will not show all the scratches in the clear coat, but it has a hazey look to the finish now. I asked my delivery guy "doesn't your wife drive a BLACK Camry?" He replied "Yes". I then said, "bring it up her on Monday and I will pay you to wash it on the clock with COMET!"....He stood there in silence with his head down.

    I still may fire him.

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    Re: What in the Wild Wild World of sports!

    Please don't fire the guy. That used to be SOP on old SS paint on comm. vehicles.
    Give him the option of correcting his mistake on his own dime.
    I am willing to help out if you're in my area.
    I will supply tools, pads, polishes, mf's, and lsp.
    No charge.
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    ....It's all I use these days....they are buffing when I'm relaxing...and still don't get the powder out of canines!

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    Re: What in the Wild Wild World of sports!

    I viewed your post history. I will be in MB next week. Let's get this done. Post a few condition pics.
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    Quote Originally Posted by glen e View Post
    ....It's all I use these days....they are buffing when I'm relaxing...and still don't get the powder out of canines!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas Transplant View Post
    I viewed your post history. I will be in MB next week. Let's get this done. Post a few condition pics.
    And that's how it's done. Pics or it doesn't happen.


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    Re: What in the Wild Wild World of sports!

    It sounds like he was trying to do the right thing even though his efforts missed the mark a bit. While washing a vehicle is pretty much straight forward to you and I, I suspect this guy has never had a ounce of education in the proper way to wash and maintain a car or truck...

    Thank God it was white!

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    This is also a chance to introduce him to proper washing methods and then how to polish as the vehicle has to be damaged after using Comet....I can only imagine the Comm-ets you had "swirling" around in your head, LOL!

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    Re: What in the Wild Wild World of sports!

    Comet washes used to be used as a cheap way to remove oxidization from single stage paint, especially on fleet vehicles. Sure, it leaves it kinda hazy, but it was preferable to the completely flat, dull look of severely oxidized paint we all know so well. Did I mention it was cheap? It's clear the guy knows it shouldn't be used on a proper car(by his reaction to the wife's Camry), but it's probably still something he was taught at a previous job or something. Luckily you've got a very supportive AG community to help out

    I second the idea of pics!

    EDIT: Make sure you tell him the reason he still has a job is because of the great community over at Autogeek! Then send him here to learn how to properly wash a vehicle!

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    Re: What in the Wild Wild World of sports!

    I don't know how well the pics will take in the sunlight and all of the recent pollen outbreak we have had this past weekend. It is nothing that I can't correct. I appreciate the offer to help. I will try to take some decent pics and post later.

    Again, the truck was a shuttle truck and the paint wasn't all that great to begin with. I will say I'm glad it's white!!

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    Re: What in the Wild Wild World of sports!

    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas Transplant View Post
    Please don't fire the guy. That used to be SOP on old SS paint on comm. vehicles.
    Give him the option of correcting his mistake on his own dime.
    I am willing to help out if you're in my area.
    I will supply tools, pads, polishes, mf's, and lsp.
    No charge.
    What a nice gesture.
    Always keep the shine in your life.

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    Re: What in the Wild Wild World of sports!

    By the looks of it, there doesn't appear to much if any top coat on the base coat? The paint almost feels flat.

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