Automatic carwash question

[LFairbanks]

I don't care for them and haven't been to one in probably 20 years.  However someone is telling me that with neoglide foam brushes that your paint won't be scratched?  And that with proper lubrication prior to entering the wash tunnel dirt and grime won't stick to the foam.  I would also suspect that with the rotation of the brushes regardless of what they are made of that it would lift the leading edge of any clear bra that is applied to a vehicle after repeated use.  Anybody with any knowledge on this?

[Beemer]

Arsenic won't kill you as fast as cyanide but that doesn't mean it's good for you.

 

[Rich]

On 7/21/2019 at 2:52 PM, LFairbanks said:

I don't care for them and haven't been to one in probably 20 years.  However someone is telling me that with neoglide foam brushes that your paint won't be scratched?  And that with proper lubrication prior to entering the wash tunnel dirt and grime won't stick to the foam.  I would also suspect that with the rotation of the brushes regardless of what they are made of that it would lift the leading edge of any clear bra that is applied to a vehicle after repeated use.  Anybody with any knowledge on this?

 

I wouldn't trust anything touching my car that I couldn't verify was free of anything that could scratch my paint.  It's still foam, still sponge, and will still pick up minute particles from anywhere. Even from stuff blowing in the wind.  Best advice........stay away from car washes. 

[Yo-Yo Ma's Cousin]

On 7/22/2019 at 9:18 PM, Rich said:

 

I wouldn't trust anything touching my car that I couldn't verify was free of anything that could scratch my paint.  It's still foam, still sponge, and will still pick up minute particles from anywhere. Even from stuff blowing in the wind.  Best advice........stay away from car washes. 

Agreed with this. Doing it yourself ensures control over what’s on your tools. 

 

The dirt from other vehicles has to go somewhere. So is it in your paint, or in the sponge, which is being put on your paint? It doesn’t make sense to me that it just disappears.

[Junior]

After reading this post, I figured I’d look up neoglide. This made me laugh 😆 

 

 

[RayS]

17 hours ago, Junior said:

After reading this post, I figured I’d look up neoglide. This made me laugh 😆 

 

 

I read that to say that the Swirl's Neoglide will cause to your vehicle are of a unique pattern compared to the Swirl's the other automatic car washes will cause.

[Junior]

1 hour ago, RayS said:

I read that to say that the Swirl's Neoglide will cause to your vehicle are of a unique pattern compared to the Swirl's the other automatic car washes will cause.

Lol yeah that seems likely even if they mean the way the material “swirls” motion wise.

[falcaineer]

4 hours ago, RayS said:

I read that to say that the Swirl's Neoglide will cause to your vehicle are of a unique pattern compared to the Swirl's the other automatic car washes will cause.

 

Exactly how I read it!