Re: [DML] Re: Automatic car washes- A bad idea?

[Michael Paine <mpaine@xxxx>]

I should mention my father has a Brushless car wash, nor is it touchless. The
car is touched by cloth in the wash and blown dry with a strong blower motor.
You do not need to wax the car to get the water to blow off - if you stood in
front of the air blower you can really feel the force. Beaded water or no, it
WILL come off the car. 

Regards,

Michael


Quoting David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx>:

> All car washes apply wax, they have to, to dry the car with high
> pressure air the water has to bead up. It is one of the bigger scams,
> for the extra money for "wax" you get to see some lights lite up. The
> problem with car washes is if the brushes are not properly taken care
> of (kept well wetted and replaced when worn) dirt gets embedded in the
> nylon bristles and then is rubbed against your car. These are the
> swirl marks you can see under certain lighting conditions. This can
> happen even when everything is taken care of. If your car is very
> dirty with mud that will cause the swirl marks as it gets rubbed off.
> This is the reason you see on many car washes 2 attendants with
> brushes washing off as much of the heavy dirt and salt as they can.
> For a car that you care a lot about and since it isn't that big you
> should try not to go into the car washes. 
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 
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> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Kevin Abato" <delorean@xxxx> wrote:
> > One of the previous owners of my car had taken it through car washes
> > with brushes. End result was a ton of swirl marks in the stainless that
> > were very obvious when close up. It took me some time and patience to
> 
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