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Old 03-09-2009, 08:34 PM
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I love dealership carwashes and body shop hacks

I guess I love how busy they keep me.

Client tells dealership as always, "Don't wash it!" They do.

Dealership wants to use their local bodyshop to correct it.

Client agrees but only if they will pay his detailer (me) to fix it if they can't.

Needless to say the car is at my house.















I hope to have it done sometime Wednesday.
 
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Old 03-10-2009, 06:14 PM
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Just gotta love those wash jobs with those great towels they use.
 
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Old 03-10-2009, 07:14 PM
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looks like my car how it is now
 
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Old 03-10-2009, 07:21 PM
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I watch them when they service my G so they don't try to steal anything or wash my car.
 
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:29 PM
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all of that is from 1 car wash with a bad rag? i never understood how using a dirty cloth caused perfectly round swirl marks.
 
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:33 PM
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I watch them when they service my G so they don't try to steal anything or wash my car.
Werd.
 
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:37 PM
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the swirl marks aren't perfectly round, the light source is essentially a point source. The swirl marks that are most likely to catch the light (and therefore, catch your eye) are the ones laying perpendicular to the rays coming from the source, so all you see is a bunch of circles. The swirl marks actually run every which way.
 
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by superchargedg
Just gotta love those wash jobs with those great towels they use.
I am pretty sure they used brushes to wash this one.

Originally Posted by chinabean
looks like my car how it is now
Sorry to hear that my friend. I don't know of any detailers in AZ that I can recommend.

Originally Posted by FlSHRFun
I watch them when they service my G so they don't try to steal anything or wash my car.
That is your best bet.

Looks like I will be able to save this one:

 
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:48 PM
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Yep, same thing happened to me. Not even swirls, but hairline scratches. Luckily it didn't go through clear coat so this weekend I plan on giving it a full detail and seeing how it goes.
 
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:04 PM
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what do you use a rubbing compound or just wax?
 
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How did you do that? My car has mad swirl marks! Is that from the dealership washes?
 
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What products did you use on that one.
 
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