Commercial Car Washing Issues
02-17-17, 09:04 AM
#16
Lexus Fanatic
02-17-17, 12:23 PM
#17
Driver School Candidate
Once seen this guy at a car wash inside a shopping centre car park; he opened the front door of the car he's washing, and hosed it. Yes, the inside! I don't do that myself. Just goes to show they don't really care because it's not their car.
02-17-17, 12:43 PM
#18
Lexus Fanatic
On a similar note I did see a guy brush out the interior of his car with one of those foaming brushes at a coin op carwash once lol
02-17-17, 02:34 PM
#19
See, thats just not me. I used to be that way, but the car is a thing, and its a thing I I own and enjoy for a finite period of time. If I don't have time to hand wash it all the time, I still want it to be clean, beautiful and enjoyable vs dirty but without not easily seen surface imperfections. People see a filthy car on the road they don't comment on how swirl free it must be, its just filthy.
I found the best quality commercial wash I could find that does the best job, they use lots of lubricating soap, spray the cars down well, spray soapy water into the rotating mitters to keep them lubricated, use MF towels to wipe down. Does it mar the car? Yeah...but the car always looks great, everybody comments on how clean and beautiful it is all the time, and I can spend 4-5 hours once a year and correct the paint below the belt line (thats were the swirls are, upper panels are fine) if I want to (I don't).
If I just drove the car around dirty because I didn't have time to wash it, I wouldn't enjoy it as much, and I would be preserving the paint for what? The next guy? He's going to run it through a carwash BTW.
Not knocking detailing or detailers at all. I enjoy detailing a lot, I just don't have time for it anymore. Hand washing is the best way, what I take issue with is the idea that people who do use carwashes or otherwise can't devote the time to having these things done in the best possible manner don't care about their cars.
I found the best quality commercial wash I could find that does the best job, they use lots of lubricating soap, spray the cars down well, spray soapy water into the rotating mitters to keep them lubricated, use MF towels to wipe down. Does it mar the car? Yeah...but the car always looks great, everybody comments on how clean and beautiful it is all the time, and I can spend 4-5 hours once a year and correct the paint below the belt line (thats were the swirls are, upper panels are fine) if I want to (I don't).
If I just drove the car around dirty because I didn't have time to wash it, I wouldn't enjoy it as much, and I would be preserving the paint for what? The next guy? He's going to run it through a carwash BTW.
Not knocking detailing or detailers at all. I enjoy detailing a lot, I just don't have time for it anymore. Hand washing is the best way, what I take issue with is the idea that people who do use carwashes or otherwise can't devote the time to having these things done in the best possible manner don't care about their cars.
02-19-17, 05:10 PM
#20
Originally Posted by istarzan
You have some valid points there. But this was my realistically obtainable dream car. I'll be preserving the paint for myself. To me, it's not just a car and I don't intend to sell it anytime soon. It was a garage queen when I worked from home. Then I was forced to drive it after a new job. Was going to get a beater while it sat in the garage coming out only on special occasions. But I bought a house first. Still saving for a beater.
02-19-17, 06:25 PM
#21
Lexus Fanatic
I agree. That's why I don't understand "beaters". Why would you spend all this money on a car you love and not drive it in the way you drive the most?
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