Sure, it is funny now ...

[gorin002]

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Done that one a couple times!! Your right though, it cleans the driveway very nicely!

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if that so
i can buy a cheap wheel cleaner clean mi drive way
in the summer time

[Imclean]

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This past Friday I decided to show our company delivery truck some extra attention. I decided to use a trick i heard about (not on this site) with i product i read about (not one of Meg's) and make quick work of this job. I took a non acid wheel cleaner (NON ACID = safe... right?) and put it into a pump sprayer. I was told not to let it dry on the paint so i had everything ready to take it off of the paint. One pass with the wheel cleaner, let it sit long enough to put the sprayer down and pick up the water hose. Shot it off and was amazed to see bright white under formerly grayish, brown dirt. Excited, I started to repeat the process on the rest of the truck. Almost done, and I'm proud of myself for being so clever. Right now i'm thinking i'm the king of the world and i'm siletly damning our delivery driver for allowing the truck to get this bad, Leave it to me to save the day....again. Then my boss calls to wish me a merry christmas, we talk for a few minutes and after i hang up with him, i notice the pump sprayer in my hand. Did I already spray, or was i about to spray? I looked at the truck and it wasn't wet so i must have just been about to spray... right? Do you know why they said not to let the wheel cleaner dry on the paint? This time when i started shooting off the dirt, the paint came off with it. A huge 3' x 3' section of stripped aluminum right above the cab of the truck. Who's the man now? Now that i think about it, it might not belong on this posting... it hasn't crossed over to funny.... yet.

[Paul S]

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Back in the early 80's I had my first harley (79 lowrider) and after spending all day cleaning and polishing I put armorall on the seat for the finishing touch. On the test ride I almost lost it at the first stop sign. Never again made that error. Paul S.

[Lydia]

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It doesn't take many times of sitting on a slick seat and almost falling off to learn that lesson. I did that to a Gold Wing I was detailing, and I rode on the back (my Dad drove). Fortunately he didn't drop it but we were both sliding around a bit. It's a good thing there is a backrest or I might have slid off the back. My Dad, the master of understatement, just said "the seats a bit slick, isn't it?" LOL

[cnfowler]

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This past Friday I decided to show our company delivery truck some extra attention. I decided to use a trick i heard about (not on this site) with i product i read about (not one of Meg's) and make quick work of this job. I took a non acid wheel cleaner (NON ACID = safe... right?) and put it into a pump sprayer. I was told not to let it dry on the paint so i had everything ready to take it off of the paint. One pass with the wheel cleaner, let it sit long enough to put the sprayer down and pick up the water hose. Shot it off and was amazed to see bright white under formerly grayish, brown dirt. Excited, I started to repeat the process on the rest of the truck. Almost done, and I'm proud of myself for being so clever. Right now i'm thinking i'm the king of the world and i'm siletly damning our delivery driver for allowing the truck to get this bad, Leave it to me to save the day....again. Then my boss calls to wish me a merry christmas, we talk for a few minutes and after i hang up with him, i notice the pump sprayer in my hand. Did I already spray, or was i about to spray? I looked at the truck and it wasn't wet so i must have just been about to spray... right? Do you know why they said not to let the wheel cleaner dry on the paint? This time when i started shooting off the dirt, the paint came off with it. A huge 3' x 3' section of stripped aluminum right above the cab of the truck. Who's the man now? Now that i think about it, it might not belong on this posting... it hasn't crossed over to funny.... yet.

I think this is the winner!! I can't stop laughing. Hopefully all is well with you and your boss!

[cnfowler]

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My Dad, the master of understatement, just said "the seats a bit slick, isn't it?" LOL

Priceless!

[tomstin]

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In the past I would toss the dirty microfiber towels on the workbench. When the job was done I would scoop them all up and drop them in the washing machine. Then one day, as I removed them from the wash there were metal shavings EVERYWHERE??? Evidently there was some steel wool on the bench that I scooped up with the towels! OUCH! I ruined about $50 worth of microfiber! I now have a dedicated bucket for my dirty towels and take them out ONE AT A TIME and place them into the washing machine! Live and learn!

[SonnyD]

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Well, I've had several of the same experiences of, running over bottles, forgetting to wipe wax off a panel, and Armor alling a motorcycle seat!!!
Some of my worse were. Backing out of my garage, after full detailing my Show truck....and running over a can of SPRAY Paint!.....which exploded, and sprayed bright RED paint over my Pristine White truck on it's way to check in at World of Wheels! About 25 years ago I was finishing up detailing my Jeep CJ7. I had it in the driveway, and had, had to run to the store for something on my motorcycle. Well, I parked behind my jeep kind of at the left corner, about 4 feet back. I was running out of time to get on the road for my date that night. I put everything away, and started backing out of the drive completely forgetting about my bike! I caught the right grip with the tailight of the Jeep and down the bike went. It mostly fell in the yard, and I only ended up with a broken mirror and a couple of scuffs.
Those are two of my worse stories, but believe me in 40+ years of owning vehicles.....I could go on and on.
Regards Sonny

[johnyB]

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Now i cant say this happend to me ( ok it happend to me hehehe doh) but heres some not to do's. Make sure you have the arrow that shows the direction of spray on the aresal cans pointing the right way and theres not people watching you detail there car at the same time or detail in beige pants for nothing looks beter then a spray of water tht hits above the knees but below the belt.

[zergling]

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First time to ever do a hand wash of my car -- I decided to do this the morning before a local car meet. Washed the car, dried it, sprayed Hot Shine Tire Spray, drove home. Took a shower and went to the meet.

One of the guys approached me and told me that I have something sprayed on my car. I checked it, and realized that the tire shine splattered all over the car!!

I guess I misunderstood the part about "spray and leave"

[Andy M.]

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Me? Make a mistake? Ha ha ha ha... Don't remember any.

Now if memory serves me correctly...

wait... what were we talking about?

[lokirx706]

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I love microfiber... A few days prior I had been at a friends house helping him gut some rust out of his car, We had finished and were smoothing out the surface and prepping the area to be painted. I had bought the sandpaper to do the finishing work, well when we were done cleaning up I noticed a few small strips of used 800 grit paper on the floor. My trunk was already open so I tossed them in to throw out later.

Needless to say I completey forgot to throw them away. When I bought some microfiber towels a couple days later, I wasnt buying anything else.... So why bother bagging it up?? I tossed it into my trunk and drove home now ready to detail My MR2.... Heh, it seems that microfiber and sandpaper are attracted to each other, thankfully the HORRIBLE swirls occured in an obscure area, and the PC had to be brought out....

Lesson learned, keep your auto body supplies and detailing supplies VERY seperate....

[Hoffmann21]

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cleaning the carpets on a nasty, raining night. And to drive to a parking spot to see that i left my nasty dirt stains in the carpet from the mud on my shoes and pants.

[sdprius858]

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Washing the entire car and when going to rinse it off, the hose breaks off forcing you to come up with an "interesting way" of rinsing the soap off.

Another good one is washing the car and not having any microfibers to dry them with, forcing you to ask your neighbor for some which makes you look like a tard

[J. A. Michaels]

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Long time ago, my grandfather asked me to go and buy him a tin of car wax at the local store. He said He was going to the car wash and then when I come home wax his car. So I go and buy some wax, I apply it let dry to a haze. Remove it. It was like chiseling mortar removing the wax. But I did it. His car looked great. Very reflective. Car really looked great.

One of my uncles came over and asked what was used on the car. I proudly go get the tin. It said, "Johnson's paste Wax for hard wood floors".

I have to admit no harm was done and the wax lasted a whole winter in Chicago. lol.