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Originally Posted by moniz
Yeah, more details. How can you screw up a wash and wax, I would assume that's what they do.
Can't help but be cynical and think you're just trying to drum up business.
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Originally Posted by Slick
Please elaborate on the methods they use.
How can they screw up the paint?
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No problem, cynical is good. These cars are beautiful machines and we should all learn how to keep them that way mechanically and aesthetically.
So these cars are made overseas, chances are they some of them are already made and the company is waiting for more to be built so they can ship out all together to their respective ports. While parked at industrial parks, loading docks and your dealership driveways they accumulate something called embedded contamination. This is dirt and debris on a smaller scale, it's impossible to remove during a regular wash and you may have seen detailers advertise clay bar treatment. Clay bar is one of the only ways you can remove these contaminants. Some dealerships do this, some don't. Clay bar treatment does help rid the car of contaminants but also instils something called clay bar marring, dealerships don't know how to remove this and I bet most of them don't even know what it is.
When the dealerships do wash the vehicles after they come off the transport truck, they usually use a single bucket and some sort of wash media *usually a sponge. Basically this helps instil swirls in your paint, the single buckets shares clean soapy water with the crap they take off your paint and thus they rub it back on to your paint.
When they dry, they use the same dirty drying *chamois or towel they've used on all of the other cars and drag it all over your paint to dry it. They are suppose to pat dry, usually this is all rushed so they don't have time or care to use proper procedure.
The wax they use is actually a glaze, next time you go to the dealer ask them what they use to protect your car before delivery and watch for the hesitation. For dealerships is all about money, they cheaper they can get their chemicals the better. I can't blame them, it is a business but sometimes they take it too far.
Now I know they might sound like a lot of hoopla because all I am doing is making assumptions and typing out of my ass and seeing is believing so here's a Mazda 3 I did. This thing was 3 weeks old, the customer came to me for a opti-coat service (basically a wax that will never die) and I asked him when he washed the car, he said never. I was surprised at swirls I saw in his paint.
Have a look.
Here's the car with all the dealer inscribed scratches, you notice uniformity in them which shows they must have been made with a repetitive action
Here's the 50/50 shot from a few angles
That's little ole me in the background
Here's after I polished the section out
I'm not trying to bash the dealer here nor am I trying to drum up business but I just want you guys to be weary of the risks. Next time go downstairs to where they wash and prep your vehicles, don't be surprised at the untrained employees that are doing it. Just my two cents.
Edit: I guess I should include this picture to validate my claims
