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#1
08-06-2004, 03:50 PM
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Car wash location
So I was wondering where you guys washed your cars at? I wash my car out in the open and it sucks because I have to wash it at 7 or 8 at night when the sun goes down.
 So I'm just curious if anyone else has this "problem" or do you guys just wash it under some kind of shade!?!
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#3
08-06-2004, 07:45 PM
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Re: Car wash location
yea i usually wash my car in the evening.. when its light out but when the sun cant shine on it... either that or ill wash it in the shade.. theres usually not much shade around my house tho
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08-06-2004, 07:51 PM
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Re: Car wash location
yea...the sun will dry out the water an bake the soap into the paint.. either that or the water will dry an leave water spots
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08-06-2004, 08:49 PM
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The sun will eventually make the paint look faded. If you polish it once a year (aside from waxing a few times), it'll keep its luster pretty much forever.
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#8
08-06-2004, 11:33 PM
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Re: Car wash location
Polishing is the same as waxing isnt it?
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08-10-2004, 11:28 AM
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Re: Car wash location
Polishing requires an orbital buffer, it is not the same as waxing, waxing is adding wax on top of the paint, where buffing and polishing removes some oxidation from the paint. If you aren't careful you can burn through your paint using an electric orbital buffer as they can go so fast. Waxing your car has no such dangers and it can be done by hand.
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#11
08-10-2004, 12:13 PM
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I'm gonna go wash mine right now! In the shade of the trees of course
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1995 3000GT VR-4 Installed: ESP front precat eliminating downpipe, test pipe, RF-1008 K&N, Dejon tool Y pipe, 1G DSM BOV, MSD wires, Guted rear pre cat, ISSPRO EV Marine boost gauge, IPO MBC, EGR blockoffs, Palm m515 dataloger setup, NGK iridium plugs, SPEC stage II clutch 500ft/lb, 5300k HID plug and play setup. Soon:Topline Engineering ground wires. Last edited by Thourun; 08-10-2004 at 12:57 PM.
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#12
08-13-2004, 03:39 PM
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Re: Car wash location
Never knew all the differences between waxing and polishing... thanks. I'm still a beginner at it, though. It never seems to come out quite perfect... Oh! What kind of cloth do ya'll use to wax, dry, buff, etc. the car? Thanks.
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#13
08-13-2004, 07:30 PM
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Re: Car wash location
i use a foam cloth applicator to put on the wax.. then i use a terry towel to take it off.. and to dry my car i use a squeegy to take off most of the water first. then just an old towel u would use in the shower to get the rest of the water off
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#14
08-14-2004, 01:38 AM
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Trouble is I have no place to keep the car out of the rain (garage is full of crap). I should get a squeege... using two big towels sucks lol.
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1995 3000GT VR-4 Installed: ESP front precat eliminating downpipe, test pipe, RF-1008 K&N, Dejon tool Y pipe, 1G DSM BOV, MSD wires, Guted rear pre cat, ISSPRO EV Marine boost gauge, IPO MBC, EGR blockoffs, Palm m515 dataloger setup, NGK iridium plugs, SPEC stage II clutch 500ft/lb, 5300k HID plug and play setup. Soon:Topline Engineering ground wires.
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#15
08-14-2004, 04:33 PM
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Re: Car wash location
Yea i used to use towels. the squeegy makes it a lot faster
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