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10-03-2011, 09:04 PM
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If you care about your car's finish, maybe a reason to avoid Car Washes
Stopped at a Convenience Store today that has a drive through and hand car wash attached. Check out the "Clean Towel" Bin. Might as well dry with a Brillo Pad.
  
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10-04-2011, 07:07 AM
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Winners find a way
Drives: 2010 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Jun 2010
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LOL, looks just like my clean up oil & grease rag bin
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10-04-2011, 08:00 AM
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Drives: 79Z28 and 2010 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2010
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Our local car wash uses those red shop towels. Scary!!
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10-17-2011, 03:57 AM
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(with a little chrome)
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What about the "soft-cloth" car washes?
We have two in town and both air dry the car.
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10-17-2011, 08:55 AM
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Drives: 2011 IBM Camaro LS Join Date: Aug 2010
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Wouldn't go near a car wash, especially, with a black car
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10-17-2011, 12:17 PM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro SS Join Date: Oct 2009
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10-17-2011, 12:21 PM
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Drives: The shiny ones. Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: In the detail shop!
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I'm sure those towels are clean too right?
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10-17-2011, 12:24 PM
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I went through a couple of car washes and they scratched the hell out of my car. Had to get it buffed out. It looks fine now thank god.
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10-17-2011, 12:26 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS #16429 Join Date: Sep 2006
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My favorite thing to watch are people at gas station car washes using a community push broom that's in a giant plastic bin filled with dirty water and soap labeled "pre-wash". These fools get that broom thing and scrub their paint with it before driving into the brushed automatic car wash
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10-17-2011, 12:56 PM
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I was asked to come take a look at a plane collection, combination of both regular use and show stuff b/c the owner was not happy about how his planes were looking and wanted me to sit thru his guys routine to see if I could find room for improvement. The "EXPERT DETAILER" they had washing everything would fill his pressure washer canister with Palmolive dish soap. When I asked him why - "It has moisturizers in it that are good for the paint and keep it from getting too hard"  He'd start scrubbing the plane down with a big flocked nylon brush/broom, and when the soap got thin, would take the broom and rub it on the ground under the plane to get more foam. When I tried to explain to him thats why everything was scratched he said that the scratches were from other guys using wax on the planes. According to him - "Because wax is from trees it has seeds and other small stuff in it that when you rub it in makes scratches, wax is bad for paint." At that point I pretty much just threw my hands up and walked away. 
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10-17-2011, 01:06 PM
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10-17-2011, 04:24 PM
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10-17-2011, 05:44 PM
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10-17-2011, 08:58 PM
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Drives: 2015 Camaro Z28/2016 Jeep Sahara Join Date: Mar 2010
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That is hysterical!
Ignorance at it's best!
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