My wife says I'm nuts

[PhantomR/T]

my girlfriend got spoiled on me detailing her car, and now she wont even wash it herself anymore

[Blr123]

Originally posted by The Doctor detailer
well I never washed a car in the rain but I did knowing that probably would sometime later. My family thinks I'm crazy too

Washing in the rain

Evening all,

You are not alone...............I've washed the car in the rain...............and then went on too WAX it.................with NXT Spray Wax

Bryan

[Heiress Hilton]

The Pro. I got it less than a year ago and it works wonders!! It costs a little to buy the products but i think its all worth it

[sneek]

so the Mr. Clean system works for you? which system are you using the original or pro?

[Heiress Hilton]

LOL!! My neighbors think i am crazy too!! I am not as bad as I used to be in reference to being obsessed with a clean car. I have washed my car in the rain on many occassions and thanks to the Mr. Clean Auto Wash machine, I can spot free rinse the car in my garage This item works wonders!! I love having a freshly waxed car and i can not stand it when my car is rained upon or is muddy. I have gotten used to it being "dusty" but thats as far as i can go. My parents and neighbors always harass me about washing my car all the time and detailing it, but hey my car is the nicest around my neighborhood and it doesn't hurt to add that i am paying for my car all by myself and it's a large amount of money coming outta the bank every month!! But i am proud that i am 21 years old and have exactly what i want because i am working for it!! So i don't let their sarcastic remarks about "the paint is gonna come right off" and "i can see the primer" and "wash my car next" get to me anymore!!

[DetailManiac]

I hear it all the time from my ( few ) friends, family, neighbours, etc. but that doesn't concern me any more.

I never washed my car in the rain but if it were necessary i sure would, no problemo

[Don]

I AM nuts but that's beside the point.

My old neighbor once tried counting the number of times I washed & detailed my car one summer...she lost count & quit before the first month was over

PS: It would have just been easier for her to count the days in the month

[Hannibal]

I was in one of our upper-class neighborhoods the other day Finishing up a 50" Plasma television installation and when I went to my "work" truck to grab a tool, a neighbor approached me and asked me "How do you get that truck so shiny?". (I had not washed it in 2 weeks ) I told him I use the "right products and right methods" when washing and waxing. When I told him the truck is 5 years old and is my daily driver, parked outside 24/7, and is a work truck he was stunned.

I looked at his Sports car in the garage and it looked like he washed it with an SOS pad. I dont know my fancy cars very well, it was the one with a peace sign looking emblem. I told him I could make his car as shiny as mine if he wanted, I told him a price and he shrugged me off and walked away

So you see, the people who are judging are usually somewhat envious. I was kind of paranoid at first in my new neighborhood that people were going to think im "obssessed" or something (which I am I think). My neighbor was usually outside when I detailed. he never said anything. Then one day he had a bucket and some sponges and we were both washing in unison
I was like *whew* I am not the only one.

Good subject!! I think it best to not worry what other people think, and just be glad you are not on the couch eating potato chips like many people do. GOD knows we burn some calories wiping and washing often.

So keep the enrgy and enthusiasm about car detailing, it is very fun!! I finaaly had time today to wash my truck!! (and my fiance's)

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by Dragpakmach

I'm beautifying my block one car at a time.

That's cool!

[Dragpakmach]

my wife thought I was nuts when we met.Now she understands and wants to keep her truck clean.My neighbors used to laugh now they are customers. Im beautifying my block one car at a time.

[Magic]

I've never washed my car in the rain, but I do wash it right after it stops. I try to avoid letting any water to sit on my finish, and etch in the paint.

I'm in the same boat, my wife thinks I'm nuts. But I did her car awhile back, and now she complains when it's dirty. She's admitted that she hates the amount of time I spend each week on the cars, but loves when she walks out to get in her car, and her Accord is the shiniest car in the lot!

[LiquidBlack]

After I detail my car and it rains, I run out right after it lets up and run the water off with my chamois. I get some odd looks by people passing in their cars. I think the only time they see me is when I'm out detailing my car.

[SVT Lightning]

My wife used to think I was a little crazy too.....until I gave her rig the "treatment" one time. I used to just wash it regularly and wax it with the one-step cleaner wax maybe twice a year. Decided one day to really do it right. Wash, clay, #9, DC#2, and NXT. She was blown away and hasn't been the same since. Now SHE is the first one to say, "It's not supposed to rain for a couple days and my car sure is looking a bit dirty"

[Tom Weed]

Mike,
I have the same problem with the neighbors laughing at me, and thinking I'm nuts. I get people all the time asking me if they are next, so my standard answer is, "sure, I could use the money".

When I first started cleaning my own car once a week, I was really hearing it from not only them, but my wife as well. I think she's used to it by now and her car stays pretty clean as well.

Now, I am doing neighbors cars and people I know, but I still get looks and laughs when I am taking pictures. At first this kind of bothered me a little as I didn't want them thinking I was crazy, but now I just smile and wave back.

Tom

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by TKDDAD

I respond,

"make sure your checkbook is in it"

That's a good one.

When I lived in Oregon, you never knew if when you started out washing your car in the sun, that before you were through you would end up washing your car in the rain.

Sometimes I would use the rain to my advantage as after its been raining for a good long while the dirt and road grime on the car will soften making it easier to wash off. Plus you don't have to worry about the sun drying your suds on the finish.





Now out here in the California desert it's the exact opposite, it hardly ever rains and until I switched to washing our cars in the garage I was always trying wash and rinse the car faster than the sun and even warm air can dry the suds on the finish.

One morning, I had to be somewhere early and I wanted to drive a clean car and couldn't get to washing it the day before, so I was up early, and outside washing the Pilot possibly before 5:00am.

My neighbor, an officer for the California Highway Patrol, bless his heart), came outside to to as he walked to his car to unlock it I could here him laughing...

I did my best to explain and justify what I was doing but I'm pretty sure he just thinks I'm crazy. Most of the neighbors all know me as "The Meguiar's Guy" and now whenever they have an issue with their paint and they see me working on a car in either the driveway or the garage they simply pull the car into the driveway and ask me to,

"Take a look at her"

I'm absolutely positive they think I wash my cars to often.

I'm sure they grown accustomed to to watching me drive different cars out into different locations in the road in our culdesac, followed by carrying an old rickety wooden ladder out to to the car followed by having a photo shooting session with the car.