Re: Need Help Choosing Polish
Another internet commando know-it-all.
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Re: Need Help Choosing Polish
While I am at it, my grandmother used to get up every Saturday morning to wax the floors. Then they came out with no-wax floors (a covering much like clearcoat) and she stopped waxing every Saturday. The floors shone no matter what. Sure they got scraped..I remember a fallen butter knife making a mark on the shinny floor. My point is, with a clear coat on your vehicle, waxing a single stage paint became obsolete. Newer cars have a no-wax finish.
I have never waxed my car since clearcoat was the normal, , my daughter waxes till she is blue(line) in the face. I blame a past boyfriend on that.
Caring for an expensive car is only right..whatever one can to to protect it is appropriate... it is even fun.
Do what pleases yourself...but lets not get false information out. Meguiar's has great products..I am not saying otherwise.
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My wife's hands probably look better than yours, and you are a lot younger. I am sure she would rather wash her hands in Dawn than have autowax on them every day.Originally posted by Bill Davidson View Post
Paint IS dry already. That is why your finger doesn't stick to it. Adding anything to a clearcoat does NOTHING to add oils. It may protect, but it adds nothing. Clearcoat is a water based covering to automotive paint, be it lacquer or acrylic underneath. Oils do not penetrate it. Oils/waxes cover and protect it, they to NOT penetrate. We are not talking about a fine oak or redwood dining table.
I am not advocating anything, I am just trying to let people know, that in my experience, Dawn will not hurt their vehicles. But as I said, it is preferable to use a soap designed for vehicles...but only as it does not strip wax. Otherwise, it is harmless as rain water. We are talking pH...simple...we are not talking paint thinner...which IS save to use to remove tar on a vehicle, but not safe to wash your hair in it.
You have a dog in the race being a detailer ...I don't.
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All hypothesis but not a single proof from experience/real life that dawn will cause problems down the road.
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Just wash your skin and hair with dishsoap for a week if you need proof.Originally posted by Blueline View Post
What does heat do... it causes things to expand. What happens to things that expand that are dry... they crack.Originally posted by Blueline View Post
The goal is to inform people, not scare them. Even if a one time use will inflict little damage, just like washing your hair with dish soap, it's repeated us that we want to avoid. Why advocate doing something that is unnecessary?Originally posted by Blueline View PostLeave a comment:
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Crows feet is not caused by dish soap. All paints will crows feet or go alligator skin. It is caused by heat. (according to a retired Boeing engineer...my Dad)Originally posted by Bill Davidson View Post
He laughs at me for waxing my car, and I laugh at him for not. His car looks good, and so does mine. Who knows.Leave a comment:
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Murr, I respect your knowledge greatly, however do you have any proof, "things" will dry out? As mentioned my Dad has used Dawn and other cheap soap to wash his car for year, and nothing has dried out. Granted, he doesn't drive the car daily and it is garaged all the time. The clearcoat is fine, it may have some swirls, it probably has a lot, but being silver, they are hard to see. The only thing that can dry out, in my opinion, are the weather seals, and being an engineer, he has always put silicone grease on the seals.Originally posted by Murr1525 View Post
I am not advocating Dawn..it is dish soap, and a dedicated auto soap, is preferred, but we should be note scaring the heck out of people.Leave a comment:
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Ive only used dawn a few times and the water still beads and sheets off my paint (Waxed with NXT) after wards. The duribility of NXT 2.0 eh , just amazing
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The above pic was after one wash. The clear coat got soooo tight that the vehicle nearly imploded.Originally posted by Murr1525 View Post
Seriously...
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Using it once wont make the car explode.
But used repeatedly, it will dry things out. Also, dish washing soaps are not designed to have the lubrication that a good carwash soap will, increasing the chances of swirls.
And as mentioned, wax will be removed.
A good soap will make old dried out paint look better by itself. Have to look for the red Mercedes pics...Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by FRS View Post
Dish soap is noted for removing oil. It's doesn't make much sense to add oils to your vehicle through polish, only to strip it with dish soap. We've seen lots of examples of died up paint on this forum (search crows feet). Dish soap is also bad for rubber.
By the time, you wash (with car wash soap) and clay your vehicle, any wax that remains (if any) will not damage your paint, during polishing. You have a much higher chance of doing damage to your vehicle by using dish soap.Leave a comment:
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I should warn my Dad.Originally posted by CHzo6 View Post
Dawn, or whatever he finds under Mom's kitchen sink, is all he uses on his 2000 LeSabre. He has been doing that for ten years since new, nothing has fallen off. The car looks great, and Mom's hands look pretty good too! I really think the only "problems" Dawn, and the like, will cause, is wax stripping. Since he doesn't wax the car, he has had no problems.
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