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I've set aside tomorrow morning for my (delinquent) spring application of Klasse All in One. I'm going to clay for the first time as well -- the plastic baggie test revealed lots of embedded surface crud. Today in preparation I inspected the car to check for problem areas that I'd need to spend extra time on, like bird droppings on the roof that are hidden by the crossbars or rails and stay there for months, or tar/bugs on the front end or wheel wells. Fortunately there wasn't much of that, but I did notice how horribly swirled-up the edges of the roof have gotten from my regular automatic car washes. (I'm talking about the areas that would be the tops of the front/back doorframes if the Subaru didn't have frameless windows.) The Klasse will hide some of the swirls, but I'm going to have to polish this fall, I'm guessing. On a recent long road trip, I stumbled upon a nice automated touchless car wash off I-80 in western PA. It got the car much cleaner than an automated brush would; it totally removed the billions of dead bugs we accumulated in Ohio (which is a phenomenon that probably deserves its own post). The only drawback was some spotting/streaking, especially around the edges of all the glass, but if the trade-off is not having the paint swirled to kingdom come, I can live with that. Unfortunately, after Googling and asking around and even calling the proprietor of the PA wash, I haven't been able to find a touchless in any of the five boroughs, Westchester, Fairfield, or Bergen Counties. Any Tri-State area folks know of a touchless in our neck of the woods? |
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Replying to: smittynyc (May 20, 2006 5:28 pm) I've found that Klasse doesn't really fill in swirl marks as advertised. It gets the paint very clean and ready for a sealant layer. I hope that you don't stop just with the All-in-One (AIO). AIO will not offer much protection for your paint. You really need to top off with an acrylic or polymer sealant for the best results. Also, any reason why you use automatic car washes? If you can, you should at least try to use the self-service wash bays. Ken
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Replying to: kens (May 21, 2006 1:07 pm) I'm comfortable with stopping at the AIO. It seems to hold up pretty well, at least if water beading is any indication. FWIW, the car is kept in an enclosed garage and is driven mainly on weekends, so maybe that's buying me some protection and time. I don't think there's a self-service wash bay within 20 miles of here.Even the fancy car washes use automatic brush washes to do the bulk of the work. I'd wash it myself, but it just isn't logistically possible (our co-op doesn't allow washing in the garage, busy urban street, etc.). I do the semi-annual detailings at Grandpa's house in the 'burbs. P.S. We almost got into a horrible accident coming back to the city today. I'll post details as soon as I find the best thread for a "near miss" story. |
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Probably would be good to post here: Inconsiderate Drivers (share your stories) |
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Replying to: smittynyc (May 20, 2006 5:28 pm) Mark
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Replying to: bat1161 (May 22, 2006 7:16 am) Thanks.
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Replying to: smittynyc (May 22, 2006 7:58 am) These are the ones I know: Brooklyn Ave. Y and E.17th Street - I think it is Golden Car Wash Staten Island Scotty's Car Wash - Victory Blvd and Richmond Ave. - they do a nice detailing job, as well as different levels of hand wash. Hylan Blvd near Jefferson Ave (not sure of the name) I know those are a bit of a trek for you, but they are the only ones I'm aware of. Mark |
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Had to take down that last post because of the size of the image. Oversized images case the right margin of the message area to move undere the right side videos and cause us a few problems. So please remember to check the size of the image you wish to share before you add it to a post. If it's larger than 500 pixels wide, just post the URL to the pic. That way, others can still see it full size in the new window that it will open in and we avoid the margin issue. An easy way to "resize" images is to put them in a CarSpace photo album and then link to them from there. They come out just the right size for posting that way!
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Replying to: pf_flyer (May 27, 2006 3:26 am) I didn't want to retype the entire message. Ken |
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