Is you detailing shop suddenly losing work? Here`s why...

I couldn`t get through all the ads so I clicked out....but I did get to see the clothes pins on the AC vents, nothing looks better than clothes pins sticking out from your vents. LOL.
 
My wife showed me one about using toothpaste to clean headlights. It kind of made me angry knowing that using a heavy compound and a wool pad didn`t even get some headlights that I have worked on back to an acceptable level. I know toothpaste has some mild abrasives, but trying to fix heavily oxidized headlights with toothpaste is ludicrous.
 
The fact that it`s titled HACKS is SO appropriate.

My favorite is #16 - Gooey Cleaning Slime ..... Yeesh!
 
xspwrstang said:
I couldn`t get through all the ads so I clicked out....but I did get to see the clothes pins on the AC vents, nothing looks better than clothes pins sticking out from your vents. LOL.
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A quote from that picture. "Don’t waste money on car fresheners that smell awful and look even worse." And they follow that up with telling you to put a clothes pin in your vents?!?! Bwahahahahaha :lmfao:lmfao
 
Im not gonna lie...When I was in my early teens I bought some of that gooey cleaning slime...used it once..smelled awful...back in the container it went and never again...
I think the writing in the article is pure gold...

has anyone tried #17? hair conditioner as a substitute for a wax?

"Another great alternative to waxing your car and getting a comparable shine is using hair conditioner. Just as that gooey stuff can make your hair look shiny, it can do the same for the paint on an automobile. Just make sure you choose a brand that contains lanolin, which is the magic ingredient that gives a waxy finish. Just pour some into a towel and work it in in circular motions until your car is shiny like new."

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Eh, some of those`re goofy but some are perfectly OK.

E.g., If somebody needs to be told to roll down the windows enough to get the periphery clean, then I`m glad the info was there.

People who look to sources like that for a two-minute solution to a 20 hour problem (i.e., the need to educate oneself about how to keep a vehicle decent) at least get their 5 minutes` worth.
 
Reading through those makes me want to do a video on debunking/testing detailing myths (like bug spray/toothpaste for headlight restoration)
 
And to think - I have only been using olive oil to cook with while all this time I should have been putting it on my leather seats!

Silly me...
 
Kerosene for shiny paint...

Reminds me of an episode of the Optimum podcast I listened to. They talked to someone that had visited a "detailing" shop in the middle east where they were getting some crazy low amount of money to turn around used cars.

Long story short: They`d rub the paint down with gasoline mixed with hand lotion. Whoever saw it said the paint actually looked surprisingly good, until you washed it... :o
 
Oneheadlite said:
Kerosene for shiny paint...
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I knew a guy who kept his `62 Chevy up with that! It was a mix of kerosene and some kind of oil, left a semi-matte sheen on the single stage paint. No, it wasn`t Autopian, but as a year-round work vehicle (to him it was *purely* a transportation appliance that he sure did maintain mechanically) in this part of the country, and one with *over 500K miles*, it could`ve been a whole lot worse. Back then vehicles used in the winter rusted out in a few years, but not that thing.
 
I saw a car wash detailer take a rotary, baking soda, make a paste with water, apply it the lense, and buff away. I stood there and it worked pretty well. He needed to apply it a few times and it clarified the lens. The slurry slung all over the car, but it was at a swirl-a-max so I guess they just run it through afterwards. I think they charged 75 bucks for the pair if I remember correctly. So the really big question is WHY WAS I AT THE SWIRL A MAX? Answer, I have a 2001 QX4 that needed to be desalinated ! Any I have enough vehicles to hand wash at the moment.

rlmccarty2000 said:
My wife showed me one about using toothpaste to clean headlights. It kind of made me angry knowing that using a heavy compound and a wool pad didn`t even get some headlights that I have worked on back to an acceptable level. I know toothpaste has some mild abrasives, but trying to fix heavily oxidized headlights with toothpaste is ludicrous.
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No more waiting for sales on here---just need to clip coupons from the newspaper for the "good stuff". Like they say--if it`s on the computer it has to be true!!!!
Jay
 
Havnt been on in a bit, and when I come back I find this masterpiece of a thread. Haha. Thanks for the laugh, and Ron, are you still shilling with the best of em?
B)
 
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