What does "mopped" mean?

[Flynn]

If a car dealer describes a car as having been recently "mopped" .... what does that mean?



Any ideas?

[Roadster J]

Can`t vouch for the accuracy, but based on this page it sounds like its an aggresive polishing:



http://www.abbottracing.com/2003/p9000/p9000.htm



(scroll down to the 12/02/2004 entry in the diary)

[rollman]

That must be a UK saying , I never heard of it .

[Accumulator]

Yeah, sounds like Brit-speak for wool pads by rotary.



Or it might just mean that they wiped it off with something like a mop you`d use on a floor.



Either way I`d expect that car to need some serious attention and I`d probably think about getting something else that had *not* been "mopped".

[Richt]

Uk speak for machine polished. Yeah usually a rotary and wool pads!

[Flynn]

Sorry. Missed following up this one.



Thanks for the info.



I guess rotary and wool pads would be pretty aggressive then?

[Richt]

Yeah that is probably the most aggressive machine combo there is this side of a sander!

[Lowejackson]

I guess the question is why would it be necessary to compound the paint. There could be a very good reason and did they do a good job