There's a lot to be said for NEVER touching the finish on your car. My brother, who has moved in with me and who is a total slob, bought a cheap Chevy Aveo a couple years ago and the car has NEVER seen a wash mitt, towel, polish or wax. The interior looked like a garbage dump and was never vacuumed or cleaned. As a friendly welcome, I told him I would detail his car to which he replied not to bother, he sprays it off when he can no longer see out of the windows!
I wish I took some before pic's, but I'll try to get some after shots this week. First off, believe it or not, there was not one swirl in the paint after I dawn washed the thing! Next I clayed with Adam's clay (the clay was filthy black after doing his little car) and was going to do a machine polish, but the paint was just so flawless I thought I'd just hit it with Revive. After one hand pass with Revive, some Americana and the undercarraige spray, the car was transformed from a junk heap to a show car! I could not believe the results from the Revive and Americana applied by hand. He had some nasty scratches on the car too and the focus pads, SHR and FMP took them out with a couple passes of my drill. For a guy that totally ignored this car for two years, I just can not believe how it turned out.
The morale of the story? Quit worrying about road salt and grime in the winter. From now on, it's a quick spray off for me when it goes below 32*. Hand washing does a lot more harm than good as evidenced by his car.
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There's a lot to be said for NEVER touching the finish on your car. My brother, who has moved in with me and who is a total slob, bought a cheap Chevy Aveo a couple years ago and the car has NEVER seen a wash mitt, towel, polish or wax. The interior looked like a garbage dump and was never vacuumed or cleaned. As a friendly welcome, I told him I would detail his car to which he replied not to bother, he sprays it off when he can no longer see out of the windows!
I wish I took some before pic's, but I'll try to get some after shots this week. First off, believe it or not, there was not one swirl in the paint after I dawn washed the thing! Next I clayed with Adam's clay (the clay was filthy black after doing his little car) and was going to do a machine polish, but the paint was just so flawless I thought I'd just hit it with Revive. After one hand pass with Revive, some Americana and the undercarraige spray, the car was transformed from a junk heap to a show car! I could not believe the results from the Revive and Americana applied by hand. He had some nasty scratches on the car too and the focus pads, SHR and FMP took them out with a couple passes of my drill. For a guy that totally ignored this car for two years, I just can not believe how it turned out.
The morale of the story? Quit worrying about road salt and grime in the winter. From now on, it's a quick spray off for me when it goes below 32*. Hand washing does a lot more harm than good as evidenced by his car.
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