I'm not sure where this should go; it doesn't fit anywhere else...
Really it's just an excuse for me to link pictures from our website!
Seriously, we've done a few of these now, and if anyone wants some help on organizing one, PM me.
We got the cooperation of our local dealer, Young's Mazda in Bethlehem PA, and we got Rod Kraft from Meguiar's and Jamie Holschue from Sky Designs (the local Meguiar's distributor) to help out with teaching and technique.
If the weather had cooperated all the cars would have arrived washed, but since it was raining we set up an assembly line wash. Members then pulled inside, dried their cars, and everyone got to work. While the cars were getting washed Rod gave an hour long "car care basics" class, and then he and Jamie went around giving hands-on help. We covered everything from wash basics and claying all the way up to wet-sanding to remove acid rain etching! (No one was brave enough to grab the sandpaper on their own, but it was a start.)
Even though it was cool to get a bunch of cars cleaned for the driving season (and there were some remarkable transformations), the best part is the cameraderie. It's like a quilting bee, or like member Amyata said, like a barn-raising, where many hands make light work and everyone gets to catch up after a long winter cooped up inside.
Image 1, yrs trly assigned to wash-rack duty!
Image 2, a '93 LE after some wetsanding on the hood and other fun stuff.
The rest of the pictures can be seen in the LVMOC gallery, c'mon and look!
Tom
Really it's just an excuse for me to link pictures from our website!
Seriously, we've done a few of these now, and if anyone wants some help on organizing one, PM me.
We got the cooperation of our local dealer, Young's Mazda in Bethlehem PA, and we got Rod Kraft from Meguiar's and Jamie Holschue from Sky Designs (the local Meguiar's distributor) to help out with teaching and technique.
If the weather had cooperated all the cars would have arrived washed, but since it was raining we set up an assembly line wash. Members then pulled inside, dried their cars, and everyone got to work. While the cars were getting washed Rod gave an hour long "car care basics" class, and then he and Jamie went around giving hands-on help. We covered everything from wash basics and claying all the way up to wet-sanding to remove acid rain etching! (No one was brave enough to grab the sandpaper on their own, but it was a start.)
Even though it was cool to get a bunch of cars cleaned for the driving season (and there were some remarkable transformations), the best part is the cameraderie. It's like a quilting bee, or like member Amyata said, like a barn-raising, where many hands make light work and everyone gets to catch up after a long winter cooped up inside.
Image 1, yrs trly assigned to wash-rack duty!
Image 2, a '93 LE after some wetsanding on the hood and other fun stuff.
The rest of the pictures can be seen in the LVMOC gallery, c'mon and look!
Tom
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