Permanent damage?? Damn touchless car wash!!
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Permanent damage?? Damn touchless car wash!!
So I was desperate to get my XK looking like normal after driving a long dusty road then getting caught in the rain so I ventured into a touchless car wash.
Safe right? No touching of the car with brushes?
We the car came out beautiful with no complaints.......until this morning
I went outside to find that all the trim around the side windows has gone from a beautiful polished aluminium to a tarnished blotchy white mess!!
I've done nothing with it as of yet
Anyone gone through this?
Safe right? No touching of the car with brushes?
We the car came out beautiful with no complaints.......until this morning
I went outside to find that all the trim around the side windows has gone from a beautiful polished aluminium to a tarnished blotchy white mess!!
I've done nothing with it as of yet
Anyone gone through this?
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The trim looks etched.
Problem #1 - In areas with water use restrictions or where water is expensive, a lot of car washes recycle the wash water by filtering and then re-use it, so you never really know what soluble agents may have come off of another vehicle and into the wash water before you brought yours in.
Problem #2 - The "touch-less" washes tend to use more aggressive detergent agents because there will be no mechanical help to get the dirt off like the brushes found in a conventional car wash. The same detergent that is designed to get the dirt and crud off of a pick up truck could be used on your Jag.
IMHO, you are better off rinsing the car off with a garden hose at home if you can't hand wash it right away.
"Quick, cheap and easy" are words that seldom go with "good results" in any endeavor.
Vector
Problem #1 - In areas with water use restrictions or where water is expensive, a lot of car washes recycle the wash water by filtering and then re-use it, so you never really know what soluble agents may have come off of another vehicle and into the wash water before you brought yours in.
Problem #2 - The "touch-less" washes tend to use more aggressive detergent agents because there will be no mechanical help to get the dirt off like the brushes found in a conventional car wash. The same detergent that is designed to get the dirt and crud off of a pick up truck could be used on your Jag.
IMHO, you are better off rinsing the car off with a garden hose at home if you can't hand wash it right away.
"Quick, cheap and easy" are words that seldom go with "good results" in any endeavor.
Vector
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Make sure not to get metal polish on your paint, wipe off, not rub off immediately if you do.
That haziness on your metal is most likely the result of a liquid wax that is probably included in the "touchless" carwash rinse cycle. I don't think you'll have a problem removing it with the metal polish.
Let us know the result.
That haziness on your metal is most likely the result of a liquid wax that is probably included in the "touchless" carwash rinse cycle. I don't think you'll have a problem removing it with the metal polish.
Let us know the result.
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