I continue to be amazed at the misconceptions people have about the detailing process and the products out there. You guys must have some pretty funny stories to tell. Besides, given the high price of gas, we could use some humor.

Tell your story below:

 

well I had a girl tell me I should use bleach to wash white cars because it works on her white underwear.

I asked for her to show me, she was wearing red that day

 

Had one guy (who uses dish soap to wash his car, go figure) tell me to use a ScotchBrite steel wool pad to remove the rust on my chrome rims

 

Guess some could be funny or just make you mad depending on your level of OCD. LOL

A few months ago I was working on my grandfather's 07 KR Screw. I had just washed, clayed, #9, #7, and was about to start putting on the LSP, when my uncle walks out of the house to "help". Starts rubbing all over the thing with an old white t-shirt he found in the house.

Had someone talking to me that absolutely refused to belive that there was a difference between using a claybar and wet sanding.

Funniest things to me is comercials like "Mother's" trying to make us belive that people like Chip Foose would actually use thier consumer line products on his custom rides.

 

Why would she need to bleach out her white underwear? Too much brown? ewwww haha

 

Well in my latest round of cleanings, I was working on my second coat of NXt wax. All was fine under the wind blew this big pile of pollen my way. I shielded my eyes and turned. But to my dispmay I was confused at to which way I was pointing. Unfortunately I had to sneeze. When I turned to sneeze, I turned right towards my truck. So I had snot, yellow pollen, and spit everywhere. Back to square one with the waxing job.

 

Well... JP puts Hyperdressing on his extension cords

Other than that, I once followed the advice of a detailing book (which I found out later is supposed to be for SS paint) and used a wool bonnet on a waxmaster-type orbital with Turtle Wax Polishing compound (probably more agressive than wetsanding )... needless to say, I was online in less than an hour getting help... Ouch. It sucked...

 

I was ten and my dad used to bring me the company delivery trucks to detail. Well needless to say all the trucks had vinyl seats and I had discovered Amor All. My dad brought me the pick up to clean and I had that old Ford F150 looking pretty darn nice inside and out. My dad picked it up at the end of the day to take it back to work and made the first left turn and ended up sitting in the passanger seat. I didnt see another bottle of Amor All in our garage until I was well into my teens.

 

I ruined a good set of floor mats by puting armor all on the front and backs in my younger days. They never would stay in one place after that. Ended up pitching them.

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Way back when, My X-girlfriends father tried to get me to put motor oil on a badly oxidized red 66 mustang. Said it would take the oxidation off. I didn't bite.

 

My brother used the brush at the DIY car wash place the first week he got his BLACK 2008 Z71 Silverado. Needless to say i put a nice coat of #9, NXT 2.0, and #26 withen a day. haha

 

I always get a giggle when I hear (more often than not) "I don't need to do all that clay bar and polishing stuff. My car is brand new."

Just tell them "Well, I'll be seeing you in 10,000 miles trying to fix it."

 

Before I clayed my motorcycle, I thought that you just dabbed the clay on the paint. When I purchased the clay, I was so pissed that I had to buy the detailer also.

 

Spotted at the car wash:



Brand new 2008 Dodge Charger SRT-8 (BLACK!)...they were "washing" it with bottled water and a paper towel

 

Dude Teach me!
Lmao I cant believe that! Thanks for making my day!