Experiment: Bare Hand Washing

[2010TexasEdition]

so this was only an experiment. if i swirled up my paint using my bare hands, then i get to spend a day using my PC to fix it! more therapy, IMO!


Monday afternoon, i get off work at 4:30pm and can't wait to wash my truck after 3 weeks of inclimate weather. i check the forecast for the week, and it shows 30% chance of rain all week. i can live with those odds, so i do a full 2 bucket wash on my truck!

Tuesday morning, i'm about to leave for work when i noticed it was raining . oh well its a 3 mile trip to work and back and i park in a garage. when i get home that afternoon, i look at the condition of the truck and it looks dirtier than before i washed it! but then i had this idea:

it was still drizzling outside, so i thought, what if i sprayed the whole truck down with Waterless Wash, let it soak and lift the dirt flung on the paint from the tires/wet roads?

i did that, but instead of wiping the Waterless Wash off with a towel, i hosed the truck down with my pressure washer. it helped but didn't get all the dirt off. while inspecting the still dirty paint, i rubbed a spot with my finger, and like nothing the dirt was lifted! i then got the idea:

what if i got my Detail Spray out and clayed the truck, but without any clay? just using my bare, clean hands and lubing the paint with Detail Spray.

so i did this across the entire truck, while it is still drizzling outside. after done, i simply hosed the truck down to remove Detail Spray residue/dirt and the truck looked as clean as the day before!


so some of the advantages i found by doing this:

• less equipment used than a full 2 bucket wash (Detail Spray, hose, water supply)
• less time consuming than a 2 bucket wash (took about 5 minutes)
• no wax/sealant removed from paint (i don't think)

keep in mind i wouldn't recommend this normally, however, it was raining outside, i was just trying to get the dirt off the truck that i worked so hard to clean off the day before, and it was raining, so i didn't even bother drying the truck off afterwards!

so if you find yourself in a pickle with a just washed car in a rainstorm, and you hate to see it dirty... this just might work!!! So, Who thinks I'm nuts?

[egott_91]

Did you swirl it to hell?

I can say I have been guilty of doing something like this, but less extreme. I would rub a small spot of dirt with my finger if I missed it while washing, but that's it. Lol.

[Golf for Life]

Ryan how did the truck come out?

[Dylan@Adams]

I might be understanding this wrong, but if I'm not then this sounds like a bad idea.

Dirty paint + non-retreating surface = scratches

[Chris05GTO]

Originally Said by Dylan@Adams I might be understanding this wrong, but if I'm not then this sounds like a bad idea. Dirty paint + non-retreating surface = scratches

[2010TexasEdition]

i looked over it in the day light today, and i didn't see any damage. the truck is white after-all

i wouldn't say it was non-treated. no i wasn't using car shampoo, but i was applying a generous amount of Detail Spray before wiping the dirt off, and rinsing my hand off after each panel. all the panels were wet from rain and a pre-rinse, and i immediately rinsed everything off with the hose, while it was still raining.

like i said, i was just messing around, whats the fun in detailing if you can only use a polisher once or twice a year so i figured i couldn't screw it up that bad, and if i did get any marring/swirls, the PC would probably knock them down in one pass.

[nmcqueen469]

Are your palms hairy???

[Odds and Ends]

Here's what I think:

We should take up a collection and buy Ryan some more towels!

- Darryl

[2010TexasEdition]

Originally Said by nmcqueen469 Are your palms hairy???

LOL, NO!

Originally Said by Odds and Ends Here's what I think: We should take up a collection and buy Ryan some more towels! - Darryl

That sure would be nice to add to the collection i already have in my 3'x2'x3' (LWH), 4 drawer cabinet!

there really was no point to wasting a clean towel or pulling out the whole 2 bucket wash system... since i did that the day prior, it was already raining, and the dirt didn't have time to dry up onto the paint since it was just from one 3 mile roundtrip to/from work. and rain is yet again in the forecast for Friday!

honestly, it wasn't THAT dirty. my dirty, and a homeless man's dirty are on 2 opposite sides of the spectrum. it was a very light sprinkle from the tires driving down wet roads.