Wedding rings

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Jarreds

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Who here takes off there wedding ring when there detailing? Im always afraid of scratching a car with it, but im not sure how the wife would feel if i took it off. Especially if i forgot to put it back on after a long night of detailing!
 
Very rarely do I leave mine on, but I'll usually put it on my necklace when I'm forced to keep the reminder with me. :rules::ballchain::violin::whip:
 
In all honesty, if your wife actually got mad because you took your ring off for work (which in many physical workplaces is actually a WCB requirement), then your wife has some insecurity issues. Not trying to be rude or anything, but a piece of metal shouldn't be the only thing holding someone back from being unfaithful.
 
My wife told me I should take mine off when Im detailing! Mine has the issue of falling off when Im washing the car, so I think she would rather me not lose it...lol!
 
I dont think she would get mad. I was just wondering who did actually take theres off. Some people cant get theres off anymore from there fingers getting bigger. I dont wear any other jewlery or a belt so thats no worry.
 
I hardly *EVER* wear mine, as in virtually never unless we're going out (guess it's part of "dressing up" for me). Nah, Accumulatorette couldn't care less.



I hardly ever wear my watch any more either, always have to rewind/reset it because it runs down between wearings (and no, I don't use my cell phone as a watch :grinno: My natural sense of time is close enough for most stuff).



As for the "when detailing" aspect of all this, I wear specific stuff when I'm doing any such work, from working on the vehicles to working in the yard.
 
I like my clothes and watches and such as much as cars but I rarely do more than QD with the ng mostly because Im out in parking lot somewhere or I see a quick haze mark in the garage I gotta nuke Havent marred anything let but with a full detail I really ought to get a MF jump suit
 
I'm a stylin' kind of guy and love clothes and watches and stuff like that as much as cars. I always dress well. I'll get away only with QDing when I'm all decked out, say when I'm out in a parking lot and notice a smudge or when I spotted something quickly in the garage. Doing a real detail is different. The jewelry and watches come off and get their own detail in the ultrasonic machine and then buffed later with some rouge if I'm out doing the car,especially if it's an undercarriage detail session up on the lift. Gotta hate the experience of grease literally raining down on you, wearing junky clothes or not! All of that said, I can't count how many times I've stained a nice pair of pants after reaching over to wipe something down. Black tire marks on attire when having to attend a meeting right afterward makes me run for cover behind the conference table right away! :o
 
Bill D said:
..I can't count how many times I've stained a nice pair of pants after reaching over to wipe something down. Black tire marks on attire when having to attend a meeting right afterward makes me run for cover behind the conference table right away! :o
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Heh heh, when I'm wearing non-work clothes, I don't even *think* of doing anything that could result in stained clothing. I've been known to change into (and then back out of) work clothes just to clean a windshield!
 
Accumulator said:
I've been known to change into (and then back out of) work clothes just to clean a windshield!
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Now that's something I must aspire to! I gotta have a pair of yard work pants in the trunk or better yet do that Jason Statham/Frank Martin thing from Transporter 2 with fresh suits all folded nicely ready to go at all times :D :chuckle:
 
I always take mine off anymore. I used to leave it on, however, it seems to get all crapped up when cleaning wheels, buffing, etc. Although, I usually buff it out with a dremel tool, wool wheel pad and some jewelers rouge once a month to make it nice and shiny and get rid of any daily scratches. I don't know about any of you, but mine gets scratched like crazy just from simple stuff like driving, cutting the grass, etc.
 
WAS said:
In all honesty, if your wife actually got mad because you took your ring off for work (which in many physical workplaces is actually a WCB requirement), then your wife has some insecurity issues. Not trying to be rude or anything, but a piece of metal shouldn't be the only thing holding someone back from being unfaithful.
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LOL WAS try telling this to my wife! She would cut my balls if I took my ring off. Very rarely will I take my ring off to detail. LOL that and my fingers got a little fatter over the years. I need to lube it up first if I wanted to!
 
A basic band ring should pose practically zero chance of marring paint or anything like that. It ought to be alright. But a lot of gunk like polish residue and the like can cake up around it and underneath, so you better do a quick Windex-ammonia- IPA wipe down of it when you're all done ;) Cape Cod cloths do wonders for quick polishing.
 
David Fermani said:
But how about your belt?? ;)
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Huh, it never even occurred to me that anybody here would be wearing a belt while detailing..or at least not one with a conventional buckle that could contact the paint.
 
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