Car Wash or Personally Done Better For Paint?

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

12-12-2005, 12:53 PM

#21

AzianHottie222

Senior Member

SL Member

Join Date: Aug 2005

Location: SW Florida

Posts: 122

If its too cold, like I said in a differnt thred...move to Florida!!

12-12-2005, 12:54 PM

#22

dgHotLava

Senior Member

SL Member
Team ScioNRG

Join Date: Feb 2004

Location: Fortress of ScioNRG

Posts: 5,274

moved to M & CC

12-12-2005, 02:30 PM

#23

HeathenBrewing

Senior Member

SL Member

Join Date: Aug 2005

Location: Earth

Posts: 2,457

Quote:

Originally Posted by killerxromances

.....No one, and no machine is going to be as careful as you are to your own car. End of story.

Cya

Thats the ticket right there. No one cares as much for my box as I do. only handwashing for me.

FYI - If anyone has not yet discovered the joys of the CA car duster, you are missing out. Takes less than 5 min. a day to dust your ride, and it keeps it looking great. I could probably move washing from once a week to once every two weeks, but I do like a clean car. When I wash on the weekend, I get almost NO dirt off the roof, rear hatch and top half off all the doors.

12-12-2005, 05:15 PM

#24

BlkSandPrlTurbotC

Senior Member

SL Member

Join Date: Sep 2004

Location: Always In Front Of You

Posts: 2,834

Quote:

Originally Posted by AzianHottie222

If its too cold, like I said in a differnt thred...move to Florida!!

BAH... Move to Arizona

It rains every 20 mins in Florida.

12-12-2005, 05:37 PM

#25

schwettynuts

Senior Member

SL Member
Scinergy

Join Date: May 2005

Location: Englewood, CO

Posts: 1,409

Quote:

Originally Posted by AzianHottie222

If its too cold, like I said in a differnt thred...move to Florida!!

And get your car totalled by the hurricane

12-12-2005, 06:52 PM

#26

AZURETCTONY

Senior Member

SL Member

Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: Bergen County, NJ

Posts: 184

Ive had my TC about 10 months now and never took it through a car wash. Usually wash once a week in better weather but cold doesnt stop me. Washed it last week when it was 25 degreees to get the nasty road salt off. Yeah it is a pain using buckets to wash and rinse, but its got to be done

Even had the water freezing in thin layers as I dry it but oh well. If anybody or anything is gunna scratch my car I rather it be me than some machine, plus you do a better job and know every imperfection on your baby. Keep those TC's clean & protected!

12-12-2005, 08:40 PM

#27

2tone_xB

Senior Member

SL Member

Join Date: Jun 2004

Location: Orlando, FL

Posts: 3,810

i usually wash/wax my xB.
it's kinda cold here in Florida,
but yup, it's been raining like crazy.

so my xB went from silver/black,
to caramel, doo doo butt brown like.
damn mud and such.

12-12-2005, 10:15 PM

#28

surfcitylocal

Senior Member

SL Member

Join Date: Nov 2005

Location: Surf City SoCal

Posts: 1,527

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlkSandPrlTurbotC

Make sure you clay bar your car after you hand wash it, and BEFORE you wax it.

clay bar will remove all the impurities in the paint. i.e. dirt from shipping. trust me...it's worth it...

dont believe me? i got pics i'll show you after i clay bar'd and waxed my car.

Just a note to anyone who has not used the clay bar on their ride, it's awesome! A detailer will get you for about a hundred bucks but you can do it yourself with a total output of 20 bucks. Just remember to take your time and do the entire body. You must wax it right after though, the clay takes off the previous coat of wax. You will feel the difference with your hand, the side you've clayed will feel like glass.

It's a chilly 72 here but I'm going to wash my box right now. Aloha

12-14-2005, 12:12 PM

#29

lex990

Senior Member

SL Member

Join Date: Apr 2005

Location: varies

Posts: 192

car washes suck... i always hand wash.... when it gets too cold here to hand wash... i grab some sugery gloves from work and use them... keeps your hands dry and they are easy to work with...