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So guys, im an Assistant Scoutmaster for my troop, and a2 wks ago (sat 7/17) our troop had a fund raising car wash for summer camp. It was held at a local car dealership and all products/tools were supplied by them.
Me being the detailing geek i am went there early to help set up, with both my buckets and grit guards as well as 5 sponges from the show car shine kits available this past holiday season. We unfortunately didn't use any meguiars products, we used something from Car Brite called Carolina Wash n Wax. Seemed to clean well and leave behind a pretty good finish. Anyway, we had my sponges, 2 of the dealerships wash mitts, which basically looked like an imitation sheep's wool mitt. They also had 2 long handled brushes, used for wheels/tires and eek, roofs.
Before ANYONE started cleaning ANY vehicles i explained the grit guard, how it worked and what you are supposed to do with it. I also explained the brushes needed to be cleaned VERY thoroughly when transferring from wheels/tires to roofs. The scoutmaster was also a body man and knew the effects of dirty mitts/brushes against paint so we both railed them pretty hard on how to keep tools clean.
Anyway, during the process i saw most all of the kids rinsing sponges/mitts thoroughly between body panels, and flipping them over from body line down to pinch weld. The kids who were dropping mitts/sponges and picking them back up without rinsing got put on towel duty.
I feel like i did a good job at not only helping the customers to have clean cars at the end, i also feel like we did a good job at keeping wash induced defects to a VERY minimum. I'm also glad i feel like i taught the kids a good wash process including what to and not to do when washing a car. I can only hope that they will retain the info i gave them and when it comes time for them to wash they keep induced defects to a minimum/defect free wash as well.
I'mvery proud of all "my" kids and think we did a great job. oh and BTW, this was a FREE will donation wash and the kids made over 220.00.
Me being the detailing geek i am went there early to help set up, with both my buckets and grit guards as well as 5 sponges from the show car shine kits available this past holiday season. We unfortunately didn't use any meguiars products, we used something from Car Brite called Carolina Wash n Wax. Seemed to clean well and leave behind a pretty good finish. Anyway, we had my sponges, 2 of the dealerships wash mitts, which basically looked like an imitation sheep's wool mitt. They also had 2 long handled brushes, used for wheels/tires and eek, roofs.
Before ANYONE started cleaning ANY vehicles i explained the grit guard, how it worked and what you are supposed to do with it. I also explained the brushes needed to be cleaned VERY thoroughly when transferring from wheels/tires to roofs. The scoutmaster was also a body man and knew the effects of dirty mitts/brushes against paint so we both railed them pretty hard on how to keep tools clean.
Anyway, during the process i saw most all of the kids rinsing sponges/mitts thoroughly between body panels, and flipping them over from body line down to pinch weld. The kids who were dropping mitts/sponges and picking them back up without rinsing got put on towel duty.
I feel like i did a good job at not only helping the customers to have clean cars at the end, i also feel like we did a good job at keeping wash induced defects to a VERY minimum. I'm also glad i feel like i taught the kids a good wash process including what to and not to do when washing a car. I can only hope that they will retain the info i gave them and when it comes time for them to wash they keep induced defects to a minimum/defect free wash as well.
I'mvery proud of all "my" kids and think we did a great job. oh and BTW, this was a FREE will donation wash and the kids made over 220.00.
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