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samiam513

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I am PISSED!! I spent 1 hr on my hood this morning geting swirls out with mym PC. My hood was perfect! I mean flawless! I took my truck out of the garage and washed it and then it was covered with hairline scratches!!! This pisses me off! All that time wasted!!!



i have a 100% coton viking washmitt. It is as white as can be, I can't find a single piece of dirt in it!! I even pressure washed it at 1300 PSI!!! There was nothing in it!!!!.



What do you wash with?



What soap?



What size bucket?



How do you wash (lines or circles)



How do you clean the thing you wash with



How do you store it?'



Why the @#$@ did this happen!?!?!?!?!?
 
Might not be with how you washed it.



Were you positive all the scratches were out? Maybe they weren't.



Might not of been with the way you washed your truck, might have been with the way you dried it.
 
I feel your pain! I washed with a new wash mit. It made a mess. I threw it away and that was too good for it and went back to my regular. I only bought the mit because of reputation.



Now I have to come out of the closet. I would never tell what I used for fear of being flamed. At Home Depot in the floor tile section they carry a "sponge" it is not just any sponge this sponge is very soft and it is used to clean freshly layed grout. When this sponge is loaded with GC it works very well. This sponge will pass a CD test. Now I know the complaints that some sponges trap dirt too close to the surface and this trapped dirt will scratch. I have never had this problem and I have been using this type of sponge for over a year. Try one and test it before condeming.



I feel better now!
 
samiam513 said:
i have a 100% coton viking washmitt. It is as white as can be, I can't find a single piece of dirt in it!! I even pressure washed it at 1300 PSI!!! There was nothing in it!!!!.

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I have one of those 100% cotton mitts too and it had the cotton logo on the original packaging, but after doing the 'burn' test on it, I've stopped using it.



I did the burn test on it because I wanted to be sure that it truly was 100% cotton. When comparing the texture of the threads to the ones from CMA, they felt "too" different. Also, I have a Viking washmitt that didn't say 100% cotton and didn't have the cotton logo on the original packaging and I couldn't tell the difference between the way that mitt felt and the way the mitt that said 100% cotton felt, no matter how closely I scrutinized the strands.



Sure enough, when testing one of the strands from the "100% cotton" mitt, it burned a little yellow and there was a small amount of clumped up, hard polyester in the ashes.



This is not to say that your mitt is definitely what caused the swirls though. The amount of clumped up polyester I got was very small. It would be hard to say if your mitt was the culprit in this situation, but I think it would qualify as a good candidate.
 
Jngrbrdman said:
Do you use the California Car Duster by chance?
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Put down the flamethrower man! :nono :D



Sorry to hear about your hood Sam, I was thinking of walking cats and people fornicating your hood as they were walking by, but I re-read it and it sounds like it's covered with scratches?



Either:

a) They were made by something before washing

b) They were made during washing

c) They were already there and they're now visible for some reason



Sorry I can't be of more help :(
 
I am 100% all teh scratches were all gone befroe I washed. I loked at teh hood from every angle. I even got a ladder out (don't even do that to paint so this was special) and looked at it from above.this makes me furious.....
 
bscompy said:
i'm not familiar with that one... what is it?
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The Cali Blade? It's the California Water Blade, or CWB for short. It's basically a squeegee for drying your car. It saves time, but you have to be careful and meticulous about using it. Not for non-enthusiasts or people not paying attention, that's for sure. I use one without issue so far.
 
If you use it right then the CWB can be an amazing thing. I love mine. It saves me soooooo much time. In this business time is money. Water dries and causes spots so the faster you can get it off the better you will be. Less time removing spots later if you can get them off now. Its made of surgical grade silicone and its about the only thing outside the human body that silicone is used for that makes me happy. ;) I love my CWB.



In the hands of someone who is impatient and foolish, the CWB can be a dangerous tool. Just like the California Car Duster. If you keep it clean and use it carefuly then it can save you time and effort on your car. I love it. Not something for everybody though.
 
bscompy said:
a squeegee? i don't see how you could avoid scratches if you're using THAT to dry a car...
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True it's a glorified one, but I prefer to call it a blade. And no...on 100% clean paint, it does not scratch. Does it leave micro-marring? I've found no evidence. Still though, I save it for windows and other cars. I rather just pat a drying towel of sorts on the surface and lift.



Back to the original topic. Samiam, if your paint truely did not have scratches and it wasn't the CWB, it must be your washing technique. You may ruin your wash mitt if not careful, but definately try the burn test. Once you are sure you are using 100% cotton, be sure you have plently of suds when washing. Use linear strokes, wash top to bottom. Pre-rinse to remove loose dirt. If you use a bucket, use the two bucket method. One is for the soap, one is to rinse the wash mitt between dips in the soap. Rinse the mitt every panel. Rinse the entire car every panel. Anyone with something more comprehensive, please step in.
 
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