From: Raymond Keattch on
On 23/06/2008 08:40:16, "Brimstone" wrote:
> Raymond Keattch wrote:
>> On 22/06/2008 22:09:50, wrote:
>>> And travelling 8 hours to polish a car is completely rational?
>>
>> Concentrate now - the car was detailed, and that included a wash and a
>> polish.
>
> And "detailing" is an alternative word for what?

An extention to cleaning that includes items an average person wouldn't clean
- for example, everytime I wash the car, I will use small detailing brushes
to clean door jams, crevices around seals, wheel arches etc. It also implies
a better wash technique than a sponge and bucket. The normal technique is to
use two buckets, one with shampoo and the other plain water. After each
panel, the wash mit (a mit will reduce scratching the paint where a sponge
increases it) is rinsed in the clean water to remove grit, before washing the
next panel.

Detailing also includes correcting paint defects, by removing scratches and
swirl marks.



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MrBitsy
Rover 75 CDTi
From: Brimstone on
Raymond Keattch wrote:
> On 23/06/2008 08:40:16, "Brimstone" wrote:
>> Raymond Keattch wrote:
>>> On 22/06/2008 22:09:50, wrote:
>>>> And travelling 8 hours to polish a car is completely rational?
>>>
>>> Concentrate now - the car was detailed, and that included a wash
>>> and a polish.
>>
>> And "detailing" is an alternative word for what?
>
> An extention to cleaning that includes items an average person
> wouldn't clean - for example, everytime I wash the car, I will use
> small detailing brushes to clean door jams, crevices around seals,
> wheel arches etc. It also implies a better wash technique than a
> sponge and bucket. The normal technique is to use two buckets, one
> with shampoo and the other plain water. After each panel, the wash
> mit (a mit will reduce scratching the paint where a sponge increases
> it) is rinsed in the clean water to remove grit, before washing the
> next panel.

I did that thirty-five years ago whilst working in a car dealer. It wasn't
called anything except cleaning, mainly because that's all it is.

> Detailing also includes correcting paint defects, by removing
> scratches and swirl marks.

Yup, did that with "T Cut".


From: Adrian on
"Raymond Keattch" <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

> Apart from patting dry the odd water droplet, I do not have to spend
> ages wiping the car and wringing out the cloth/chamois.

Umm, no, nor do I.
From: Raymond Keattch on
On 23/06/2008 15:37:52, "Brimstone" wrote:
> Raymond Keattch wrote:
>> On 23/06/2008 08:40:16, "Brimstone" wrote:
>>> Raymond Keattch wrote:
>>>> On 22/06/2008 22:09:50, wrote:
>>>>> And travelling 8 hours to polish a car is completely rational?
>>>>
>>>> Concentrate now - the car was detailed, and that included a wash
>>>> and a polish.
>>>
>>> And "detailing" is an alternative word for what?
>>
>> An extention to cleaning that includes items an average person
>> wouldn't clean - for example, everytime I wash the car, I will use
>> small detailing brushes to clean door jams, crevices around seals,
>> wheel arches etc. It also implies a better wash technique than a
>> sponge and bucket. The normal technique is to use two buckets, one
>> with shampoo and the other plain water. After each panel, the wash
>> mit (a mit will reduce scratching the paint where a sponge increases
>> it) is rinsed in the clean water to remove grit, before washing the
>> next panel.
>
> I did that thirty-five years ago whilst working in a car dealer. It wasn't
> called anything except cleaning, mainly because that's all it is.

Certainly, but it is a term that just shows extra effort in achieving a good
finish.

>> Detailing also includes correcting paint defects, by removing
>> scratches and swirl marks.
>
> Yup, did that with "T Cut".

T cut will not get rid of swirls and scratches - certainly not applied by
hand, unless you happen to be commander Data from Star-Trek.


--
MrBitsy
Rover 75 CDTi
From: The Real Doctor on
On 23 Jun, 15:18, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
> On 23/06/2008 07:30:00, The Real Doctor wrote:
>
> > On 22 Jun, 23:30, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> >> You can't say what wire you use and why, so I guess I will just have to think
> >> hypocrite.
>
> > A friend of mine got all excited over some speaker leads he had
> > bought, because they were made of "oxygen free high conductivity
> > copper". He was just a little crestfallen when I pointed out what
> > kettle leads are made of ...
>
> I wouldn't be upset, because if they made the system as a whole sound better
> than what I used before, I wouldn't care if they were made out of washing
> machine cable.

Well there's a coincidence. Guess what washing machine cable is made
out of!

Ian