Hand wash or Car wash??
21 June 2010, 09:04 PM
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Hand wash or Car wash??
Hi People although i have always washed my car by hand, i was just wondering how many of you wash your cars by hand. Or use a car wash? I had heard that car washes have ripped peoples spoilers off. Has anyone ever had this happen or know of it hapnin?
21 June 2010, 09:24 PM
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i recently took mine to a car hand car wash, there service was great the car was gleeming, untill i got home and took a closer look, guess what a got for FREE ??????, LOADS OF FUC*IN SCRATCHES 
THE BEST ONE OF ALL WAS ONE FULL LENGTH OF THE ROOF
since ive bought 80 quids worth of cleaning stuff and do it myself !, ive been told the scratches will go if i have the car 'flat & buffed' at a spray shop, can anyone confirm this?
THE MOREL OF STOREY IS CLEAN YOUR OWN CARS
THE BEST ONE OF ALL WAS ONE FULL LENGTH OF THE ROOFsince ive bought 80 quids worth of cleaning stuff and do it myself !, ive been told the scratches will go if i have the car 'flat & buffed' at a spray shop, can anyone confirm this?
THE MOREL OF STOREY IS CLEAN YOUR OWN CARS
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I hand wash at home, Jet wash at home and Poor boy polish for me. Those car washes basically get all the grit off other cars and then slap it on yours with massive bits of flannel.
21 June 2010, 10:09 PM
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You get to know every pannel of your car when you hand wash. I now get to stress out, every time to park my car up somewhere random. Expecting to find a blemish on my 100% looked over/after otherwise perfect paint! 
Hand wash all the way!
Hand wash all the way!
21 June 2010, 10:27 PM
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buy yourself a dual action polisher (meguirs are a good one check ebay), you can polish out imperfections yourself with them. Do remember though that it shouldnt be done too often as you are basically removing paint when you do use a machine polisher (think of it as an easier way of t cutting!)
21 June 2010, 10:46 PM
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i recently took mine to a car hand car wash, there service was great the car was gleeming, untill i got home and took a closer look, guess what a got for FREE ??????, LOADS OF FUC*IN SCRATCHES THE BEST ONE OF ALL WAS ONE FULL LENGTH OF THE ROOF
since ive bought 80 quids worth of cleaning stuff and do it myself !, ive been told the scratches will go if i have the car 'flat & buffed' at a spray shop, can anyone confirm this?
THE MOREL OF STOREY IS CLEAN YOUR OWN CARS
THE BEST ONE OF ALL WAS ONE FULL LENGTH OF THE ROOFsince ive bought 80 quids worth of cleaning stuff and do it myself !, ive been told the scratches will go if i have the car 'flat & buffed' at a spray shop, can anyone confirm this?
THE MOREL OF STOREY IS CLEAN YOUR OWN CARS
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