I stopped in today to see a good friend of mine and he was washing his car, i havn't seen such a bad wash in my life, dirt still everywhere. It is about 30 some degress celcius today and he was waxing his car in direct sunlight, car was burning hot to the touch. Wax was all baked on the hood, using a ****** old buffer with ****** pads and using ****** rags on his paint for buffing. I was so discouraged i told him take it to me someday and i will do it for you. He loves his car but my god the way he was going about everything was discouraging. I was cringing watching him do it. I was like get yourself some god mf's or good terry towels and some better products, i had to say something to the poor guy before he ruined everything :help:
Seen my friend detail today, i was shocked!!!
- Thread starter Kool_ZX3
- Start date
He was using a brush to wash his car to, like not a soft brush either :nomore:
Another guy around here use those bags of rags u can get at walmart to apply and buff of wax on his 2002 collector's edition trans am, those yellow ones with the black graphics and stuff, yup that car using bags of rags :rofl
Another guy around here use those bags of rags u can get at walmart to apply and buff of wax on his 2002 collector's edition trans am, those yellow ones with the black graphics and stuff, yup that car using bags of rags :rofl
J.J.
DEEP & WET
That's hillarious! My wife and I were out walking the other day and there was this lady washing her PT cruiser. She and her three kids were outside srubing it down with what looked like old dish rags. SHe was sloppin' water all around hap-hazardly with the dish rag and yellin', "get back here we ain't done yet" :lol:
JJ
JJ
I just buffed out 1500 grit sand paper marks on a '37 triple black Ford. After it was painted he decided to sand it himself and told me he used buffed it with 3000 grit 3M Rubbing Compound. I worked on it for 3 hrs and couldn't get it out swaring. I got in a argument with him and he told me he used the 3000 and applied it by HAND!!! I just looked at him like what a f-ing idiot! "It worked alright". It only works "alright" when your hand moves 10,000 rpm's. After applying the 3000 to my orange pad and going to town they smoothed out. Then I used SFX-1 with orange pad and wa-la! Of course I used Sfx-2 and 3 after. Then the guy was pissed I charged him for the 3 hrs becasue he's and idiot!
imported_krsjuan
New member
JBM said:
haha last year I was filling up at the gas station and I see an old guy at the pump next to me doing that to his brand new S class. This thing still had the dealer plates on it. I was giving him a :scared: face and I guess he thought I was admiring his work so he said, " Looks good huh?. I didn't know what to say so I just gave a nervous
:upjocktheglide
New member
it happens after being on this forum I learned a lot of stuff and know when I watch my friends and family do a car washa and try to clean their car its scary thinking I did the same darn thing to my cars in the past. I was trying to explain to them about claying, but they didnt believe it and told them after washing your car and waxing it run your hand over the car with a zip lock bag and feel how rough it still is. they couldnt believe it they felt bumps.........
The horror...the horror...
These stories make me sick to my stomach now. I point this kind of stuff out all the time to my wife now when riding around the neighborhood. Everyone wants their car to look nice, but honestly most people don't even have a clue how to WASH properly. You don't have to be an Autopian to have common sense. I guess that's why all of the guys on here end up working on cars with such horrifying swirls. Look what people do to them!! :soscared:
These stories make me sick to my stomach now. I point this kind of stuff out all the time to my wife now when riding around the neighborhood. Everyone wants their car to look nice, but honestly most people don't even have a clue how to WASH properly. You don't have to be an Autopian to have common sense. I guess that's why all of the guys on here end up working on cars with such horrifying swirls. Look what people do to them!! :soscared:
blackcarwoes
New member
Have you guys ever thought that maybe we are just paranoid?
One of my roommate's is pretty bad about washing his car. Last time he used one of my crappiest rags which still has stains from when I wiped out the inside of my header ports. Every time I check out his car after he's done with it there's obviously still dirt stuck to the paint. He seems to think it's good enough. 
My other roommate just waits for me to volunteer to detail his car. Goooood man. :chuckle:
My other roommate just waits for me to volunteer to detail his car. Goooood man. :chuckle:jocktheglide
New member
blackcarwoes said:
naw if you seen a friend grab a terry cloth towel to wipe his vehilce or better yet his pants to wipe his vehicle you know they dont nothing about care cleaning.
C. Charles Hahn
CCH Auto Appearance, LLC
My aunt's "boyfriend" drives a 93 vette. One day while he was in my aunt's car (03 buick regal) he spilled coffee down the side of the drivers' door paint. He grabbed some paper towel and a bottle of windex and went to work. I yelled for him to stop, and he said "why, I do this to my vette all the time -- lots of guys do since it's fiberglass, so it's alright."
I just said "well first of all this isn't your damn vette, this is a buick regal that I just detailed 3 weeks ago and now it's ruined. Second of all, your vette may be fiberglass, but that's still paint. You don't EVER do that on paint."
He just got pissed and kept on working with the windex. Freakin' moron.
I just said "well first of all this isn't your damn vette, this is a buick regal that I just detailed 3 weeks ago and now it's ruined. Second of all, your vette may be fiberglass, but that's still paint. You don't EVER do that on paint."
He just got pissed and kept on working with the windex. Freakin' moron.