Should I cry?

[Duckman]

I'm a focus owner, so I sometimes peruse the focaljet.com forums. they've got a "Detailing" forum that I read for giggles.. here's one thread that i was reading, and as i got to page 2, i just couldn't help but laugh...

http://www.focaljet.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2416279082&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=2&vc=1

[gb387]

Wax Eats clear coat?!?! WOW everyone stop using wax now! All of our vehicles paint is damaged now!


Who in the world tought that up?

[Vandelete]

he said: "dont ask me how it works, im not a chemistry major"


and a few sentences before he says: "you guys shouldn't use wax on your clear coat finishes. the wax will eventually eat into your clear coat and expose your paint to the elements"



can i laugh with you Duckman

[Duckman]

Ya, i know. these guys sometimes crack me up.. lot of them are guys who will never care for their cars properly because they've been taught how to do it one way (bad) and will not listen to people like us because we are "crazy"

My friends dad is like this.. He has a 93 explorer (in bad shape. was like that when he bought it) and last weekend, i saw him take an SOS pad to his wheels.. not nice wheels, but still. He and my friend used to wash several cars with the same wash water (one bucket) and it would get so gross. I wash my car over there, and one day, i just refused to go anywhere near my car with that water. He looked at me and kinda was like " oh, it's fine!" I introduced him to the ways of Autopia, and made hime read the e-book. he now does a 2 bucket wash method, and had a hissy fit because his dad told him to use a nozzle on the hose instead of letting it just pour out (we have a water rationing system here in the summer) When his dad saw our 2 buckets he laughed at the idea of rinse water.

[Mike Phillips]

That was funny



Mike

[Slackmeister]

That was the goofiest thing I had read over there in a long time.

[2000]

well the good news is that every one else in the thread seemed to be better educated.

[rusty bumper]

Read this:

http://www.themotoroilsite.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=58&t=281&

I laughed pretty hard the 1st time I saw this.

[2000]

bon ami that stuffs like comet. holy cow, I would love to see that car. also dupont does make wax, but I would also guess that a paint company really doesn't care if you follow up on maintenance because the car would be more apt to need a another paint job. besides, they're probably busy making paint.

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

Too funny!!!


Tim

[Rockpick]

That's rich! HAHAHA! That was a great way for me to finish my lunch break. Thanks for the laugh!

[rusty bumper]

Originally posted by 2000
bon ami that stuffs like comet. holy cow, I would love to see that car. also dupont does make wax, but I would also guess that a paint company really doesn't care if you follow up on maintenance because the car would be more apt to need a another paint job. besides, they're probably busy making paint.

I used to use Rain Dance, which is made by Dupont...I'm suprised that Dupont doesn't make a large collection of car care products!?

At least I knew better than to use Bon-Ami

[2000]

Originally posted by Rusty Bumper
I used to use Rain Dance, which is made by Dupont...I'm suprised that Dupont doesn't make a large collection of car care products!?

I forgot about rain dance. I'm going to take a guess that dupont doesn't make alot of car care stuff for this reason. don't you think it would be a risk to come out with alot of car care product that end up not being all that great (remember their focus is on making paint), now some of their credibillity is gone which could hurt their rep on the paint side of things not to mention taking capitol alway from the money making side of things. just a thought?

[rusty bumper]

Originally posted by 2000
I forgot about rain dance. I'm going to take a guess that dupont doesn't make alot of car care stuff for this reason. don't you think it would be a risk to come out with alot of car care product that end up not being all that great (remember their focus is on making paint), now some of their credibillity is gone which could hurt their rep on the paint side of things not to mention taking capitol alway from the money making side of things. just a thought?

Maybe....But I would think that a company like that would be able to make a quality 2 or 3 step process for detailing their paint, since they know what is in it to begin with.

I'm sure that Meguiar's chemists have had a working relationship with Dupont.

Maybe they had a hand in creating Rain Dance....Who knows?

[atclew]

Re: Should I cry?

Originally posted by Duckman
i just couldn't help but laugh...

Thanks for sharing that with us, I haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time