RE: Wash and wax, sir?
Discussion
jvaughan said:
for that money.. given the car could need 2 - 3 washes a year, it would be cheaper to import your own team of busty blonds in bikini's to wash and larther the car topless. bugger the wax, Im thinking babyoil !
Jesus Christ! The thought is mind boggling.
For inspiration, look no farther than jvaughan. I doff my cap to you sir.
cmsapms said:Look at any car - even if it's brand new, you can see swirl marks and imperfections in the paint. Just check out Paul's site for examples.
Bugattis must have sht paint if it'd be ruined by using a bucket and sponge. You wouldn't want to drive it outdoors for fear of the damage it'd do!
Jesus wept!!
IPAddis said:
Wouldn't it be cheaper to simply respray the entire car every 6 months.
"In for another respray sir? Did you drive through a puddle then?"
FFS!
Ian A.
Respray on a Lamborghini Murcielago through an official centre = 20k. Makes a 5k paint correction and detail seem like good value, eh?
ehasler said:
Look at any car - even if it's brand new, you can see swirl marks and imperfections in the paint. Just check out Paul's site for examples.
Damn right.
I once enquired of the paint shop artisan types at Crewe about swirl marks and after much huffing and grunting he simply commented thus: "frankly, Guv, the darker the colour, the worse it is," at which point he shuffled off for a brew ein Twix.
Except in Florida where for some reason, God filters out the rays which illuminate imperfection.
Shame he can't filter out Albion's communist droves.
derestrictor said:Sadly, there is something lacking now that the archetypal 'working man' in brown coat with woodbine and pencil tucked behind each ear is no more at Crewe.
"frankly, Guv, the darker the colour, the worse it is," at which point he shuffled off for a brew ein Twix.
Ironic that in decades past, these bastions of nineteen seventies red flag socialism should have built an icon of capitalism with such love, care & pride. The cars are TBH, very, very homemade though. I once commented on the really obvious rubbing down marks in the paint on the 'C' pillar of a very green Arnage works demonstrator, only to be told with a shrug "Yeah, well it used to be red that one did".
I have to say, the rough edges are part of the charm.
Code Monkey said:
If anyone's got a Veyron I'll clean it for free!
Matthew
Yeah but you'll do a crap job in comparison
pound for pound i would say he would do a decent job
It's the damage he may do to a 20-30k paint job that's worrying. Paul improves it. If I washed a car I'd probably introduce minute scratches. The only way to guard against this if you're a bucket and sponge type like me is washing the car extremely thoroughly with a pressure washer and with decontaminating agents and then use a brand new sponge and clean water from a brand new bucket. Just one grit particle can feck it all up.
It's investment prevention, that's all.
Balmoral Green said:
Two bucket method and a wash mitt not a sponge.
Here we go.... You can go on for hours on this.
For anyone interested there are some knowledgeable bods on here: www.meguiars.co.uk
AdvocatusDiaboli said:
for that money.. given the car could need 2 - 3 washes a year, it would be cheaper to import your own team of busty blonds in bikini's to wash and larther the car topless. bugger the wax, Im thinking babyoil !
Jesus Christ! The thought is mind boggling.
For inspiration, look no farther than jvaughan. I doff my cap to you sir.
That would be a cunning stunt. But why import them?
What a load of rubbish £5000 for a wash and superior wax! I would not care if I was a millionaire, I know when I am being stung for something as stupid as this idea. Who is going to notice you have spent £5 on the jetwash with waxing or £5000? If you pay for it your a mug, the things people think up in order to rip people off amazes me.
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