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View Poll Results: How Often Do You Clean The Stang?
Every chance I get... OCD to the Max
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Once a Week I detail
20.00%
Ony after I get caught in the rain
10.00%
I use car washes
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Wash the car...Whats that all about?
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Cleaning up the Stang!

Old Oct 19, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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Do you not notice those tiny little swirls in the sun at all?
I had some but they were there when I got my last car. All of my cars have been pre swirled (used)
Old Oct 19, 2011 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ChadStang
I had some but they were there when I got my last car. All of my cars have been pre swirled (used)
Mine was used too, but like I said a few nights of compounding, and they were gone. Now it looks like water, and I don't want them swirls back.
Old Oct 19, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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Just a note though......I hope I never have to do that again!!! WAY, WAY too much work.
Old Oct 20, 2011 | 03:00 AM
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If I could, it would be once a week. Never in the pay-for-wash, especially not a vert. Did I say especially, especially not a vert ???? Wipe down the door jams, under the hood and deck lid. The interior as well ( vacuum), whether it needed it or not. And don't forget to use the small paint brushes.
Old Oct 20, 2011 | 05:15 PM
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re dusters. I use them religiously and in a straight line and have never put any swirls into my paint. The idea is to use them with a VERY light touch and this is the way I apply my polish/wax etc. I do not grind the wax into the paint as it is not required.
Old Oct 20, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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Same here, i use my California duster lightly, and my GT still has no swirls after 8 years.
Old Oct 20, 2011 | 07:46 PM
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I'm just too scared.......the thought of any of that dust scraping along the paint, makes me think of nails on a chalkboard! Maybe I'll try it next season.
Old Oct 21, 2011 | 07:39 PM
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to add a fine point, I would not use it if the car has anything other than a LIGHT coat of dust. The parafin wax picks up the dust immediately so there's no dragging dust etc. My preferred method is to use a damp micro followed by the detailer spray but I have no problem using the Cali duster as mentioned.
Old Oct 22, 2011 | 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by BLKnRD09GT
If I could, it would be once a week. Never in the pay-for-wash, especially not a vert. Did I say especially, especially not a vert ???? Wipe down the door jams, under the hood and deck lid. The interior as well ( vacuum), whether it needed it or not. And don't forget to use the small paint brushes.
I remember some a customer of ours coming in one day and laying into me. His shirt was soaking wet and he was pissed as he had just gone through the drive through car wash with his 02 vert and water was literally spraying past the seals right into the car. I found it quite humorous.
Old Oct 22, 2011 | 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by SNAKEBITE
re dusters. I use them religiously and in a straight line and have never put any swirls into my paint. The idea is to use them with a VERY light touch and this is the way I apply my polish/wax etc. I do not grind the wax into the paint as it is not required.
Good to hear and I am the same, always in a straight line just like the wax. So if you ran into Mr Miyagi would you slap him with all that wax on wax off talk. I'm pretty sure he went in a circle.


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