Back around 1974 is about as far back as I can remember fully detailing the family car or any car for that matter.
We were going to sell the 1966 Impala station wagon to buy a new 1974 Caprice Estate station wagon.
My father was out of town on business and I decided to start on the chore myself. My mother would eventually help.
After washing the car, I asked my mother where my father keep the car wax. She went downstairs to his work room where he kept his stash of cleaning materials and picked up a can of what she thought was paste wax. Not reading the can, I began to use it all over the car.
After I thought it was dry, I attempted to remove it. It wasn`t coming off. In looking at the can, it turned out to be Johnson`s Floor Wax.
It took us hours using plain old "elbow grease" to remove it. The car actually looked pretty good except for the rust spots.
Flash forward 30 years.....
I protect both of my parent`s vehicles twice a year. For some strange reason I decided to do both in one day. My product of choice is Zaino.
So I could finish before dark, both my mother and father helped remove the product while I applied it. My mother brought up the "floor polish incident". I guess she couldn`t forget it. She said that Zaino is much easier to remove.
BTW, 2004 was the first time since 1974 that my mother had detailed a car. So I guess she would remember it.
Jack Urban
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