tford6 Member 52 Member For: 19y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: Mid North Coast,N.S.W Posted 21/07/07 02:25 PM Share Posted 21/07/07 02:25 PM A couple of days ago I almost had a heart attack when I looked down the side of the car in the sunlight and it was covered in big scratches,not deepbut all over the car,doors,guards,bonnet.Not a single panel was without these dirty big sweeping scratches.Hate to say it but they are from the carwash,yep,that's right,the traditional weekend $10 program 2 special.Not a fan of the carwash,but its somthing I have to do.Bad back,dirt road and tank water.Anyway,Got out early this morning,washed and then polished the beast and couldn't be happier.The colour looks abit deeper and not a single scatch to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 21y 11m 13d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 21/07/07 02:46 PM Share Posted 21/07/07 02:46 PM Came up well....I'd do mine but being black and with the weather were having atm it just aint worth having it look a million bucks for 12-24 hours.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzMahoony Hench, but no longer shredded or tanned. Member 3,343 Member For: 17y 6m 29d Gender: Male Location: Canning Vale, W.A Posted 21/07/07 02:49 PM Share Posted 21/07/07 02:49 PM what polish did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC's BA Member 23 Member For: 17y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 21/07/07 03:09 PM Share Posted 21/07/07 03:09 PM Yeah... I took mine to the car wash at BP after falling for their 'now more gentle on your car' (rap. dont believe it... scratches over everything but the glass. same with car lovers but a little better. thank god for Meguiars scratch X. either way nothing beats a hand wash with some rich sud car shampoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
575wrc Member 63 Member For: 18y 8m 14d Location: perth Posted 21/07/07 11:04 PM Share Posted 21/07/07 11:04 PM yeah I have had a tube of Meguiars Scratch X for a few years now and swear by it. I would never take my car to a car wash.the do it yourself ones are good though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 21y 10m 4d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/07/07 11:45 PM Share Posted 21/07/07 11:45 PM Came up a treat, nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tford6 Member 52 Member For: 19y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: Mid North Coast,N.S.W Posted 22/07/07 04:37 AM Author Share Posted 22/07/07 04:37 AM what polish did you use?Used Meguires nxt generation tech wax paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasker Member 6 Member For: 17y 3m 14d Posted 01/08/07 01:19 AM Share Posted 01/08/07 01:19 AM (edited) looks f'in mint mate, Ohh how im going to polish my car this weekend water restrictions..... MEH 2 bad I say haha I got my own gurney so I guesse it's not that bad on water. Looks MINT Edited 01/08/07 01:20 AM by tasker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang3 12" member Donating Members 2,107 Member For: 19y 4m 3d Location: Perth WA Posted 01/08/07 05:39 AM Share Posted 01/08/07 05:39 AM ive never used a carwash and never will !!my mate used to swear by them until the tool took his restored and freshly painted canary yellow XC falcon through the local BP... the guy before him lost an aerial and it was stuck in the rollers - as you can imagine it made a nice mess of his XC when it came down spinning like a dervish !!!!!!!!! scared the fark outta him mwahahahaBP eventually coughed up for a full respray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XF Falcon <put funny sh*t here> Member 3,365 Member For: 17y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth, NOR Posted 01/08/07 06:33 AM Share Posted 01/08/07 06:33 AM HAHAHA, what a terrible story though lolid never use a carwash ever, maybe one of the ones you do yourself.. for the wheels or wheel arches or something. never on a painted surface. dont know who used it last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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