View Full Version : Gasoline before detailing? Um...
n2_space
07-25-2003, 11:54 AM
I doubt that he`d like the way I give my car an entire gasoline bath before detailing it either. Much easier to work on scratches and such when you arent first trying to cut through a buildup of wax. Wash, gas bath, wash, cleaner, swirl remover, glaze, sealant, carnuba wax, for my car.
I wouldn`t rub my car with gas before detailing each time... what is wrong with this person? Wouldn`t gas strip oils from teh paint as well??? thoughts, comments?
Scott P
07-25-2003, 12:00 PM
I think the major concern would be fire. Plus, gas isn`t sometihng I`d like to have washed down my driveway and into the sewer system.
imported_BretFraz
07-25-2003, 01:36 PM
Sounds like advice from the 1930`s. A build up of wax? How much of a build up can there be? It`s not like wax build up is inches thick! About any SMR will remove any so-called build up anyway.
If he wants to strip off old waxes and sealants first, then use a proper body prep product such as Prepsol or similar. Prepsol is used everyday in body shops everywhere to remove wax, sealant, silicones, dirt, oils, etc. And it won`t leave a residue like gasoline will (modern gasoline has additives in it).
jim antis
07-25-2003, 01:39 PM
plus you will have a buzz or head ache ,from the fumes.
This reeks of the similarly old kerosene tip. :p
C. Charles Hahn
07-25-2003, 02:18 PM
hell even isopropyl alcohol would do the job to a more satisfactory result!
tiburon03
07-25-2003, 02:23 PM
dugh
endus
07-25-2003, 02:25 PM
People with the gasoline...I`m sorry but that`s SO ****ING STUPID.
There was a guy on Maxima.org who liked to use acetone to clean his paint too...I was like... :eek:
DaGonz
07-25-2003, 07:17 PM
Sounds like a candidate for the Darwin awards! :doh
The only time gasoline is intrinsically safe is when it is used at a temperature below its flashpoint...which is - 44 degrees Fahrenheit!
I once went to a call for an odor of gasoline in a two family house. The downstairs tenant was overhalling a Harley engine and washing parts with gasoline in the kitchen sink...
just a few feet away from a gas stove with a pilot light! :shocked :scared
It was by the grace of God, sheer luck or the fact that there was a breeze blowing through the kitchen that kept the gasoline vapors away from the stove and kept them from igniting!
Originally posted by ejant
One spark from friction or elsewise and poof. How about static electricity for another? :eek:
n2_space
07-25-2003, 09:45 PM
Yet these fools continue to defend their use of gas :o Maybe Darwin needs to be in effect here..... :shocked
Thanks for all the replies :bounce