Gasoline before detailing? Um...

[n2_space]

I doubt that he'd like the way I give my car an entire gasoline bath before detailing it either. Much easier to work on scratches and such when you arent first trying to cut through a buildup of wax. Wash, gas bath, wash, cleaner, swirl remover, glaze, sealant, carnuba wax, for my car.

I wouldn't rub my car with gas before detailing each time... what is wrong with this person? Wouldn't gas strip oils from teh paint as well??? thoughts, comments?

 

[Scott P]

I think the major concern would be fire. Plus, gas isn't sometihng I'd like to have washed down my driveway and into the sewer system.

 

[imported_BretFraz]

Sounds like advice from the 1930's. A build up of wax? How much of a build up can there be? It's not like wax build up is inches thick! About any SMR will remove any so-called build up anyway.



If he wants to strip off old waxes and sealants first, then use a proper body prep product such as Prepsol or similar. Prepsol is used everyday in body shops everywhere to remove wax, sealant, silicones, dirt, oils, etc. And it won't leave a residue like gasoline will (modern gasoline has additives in it).

 

[jim antis]

plus you will have a buzz or head ache ,from the fumes.

 

[shaf]

This reeks of the similarly old kerosene tip.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

hell even isopropyl alcohol would do the job to a more satisfactory result!

 

[tiburon03]

dugh

 

[endus]

People with the gasoline...I'm sorry but that's SO ****ING STUPID.



There was a guy on Maxima.org who liked to use acetone to clean his paint too...I was like...

 

[DaGonz]

Sounds like a candidate for the Darwin awards! :doh



The only time gasoline is intrinsically safe is when it is used at a temperature below its flashpoint...which is - 44 degrees Fahrenheit!



I once went to a call for an odor of gasoline in a two family house. The downstairs tenant was overhalling a Harley engine and washing parts with gasoline in the kitchen sink...

just a few feet away from a gas stove with a pilot light! :shocked :scared



It was by the grace of God, sheer luck or the fact that there was a breeze blowing through the kitchen that kept the gasoline vapors away from the stove and kept them from igniting!

 

[shaf]

One spark from friction or elsewise and poof.

How about static electricity for another?

 

[n2_space]

Yet these fools continue to defend their use of gas Maybe Darwin needs to be in effect here..... :shocked



Thanks for all the replies :bounce