[AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

Sun Jul 1 14:19:22 PDT 2012

It's getting so deep in here my 12" boots are filling.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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On Behalf Of Dan Glass
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 2:02 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

I really feel your pain Dave. When I take the black Phantom down to the Walmart it always
get dust on the kickpanels.  I finally had enough and I got a Prevost built for detailing
and would have the domestics follow me and take care of it while I was shopping.
On 7/1/2012 4:35 PM, Dave Rotigel wrote:
> Yup, I had a 2010 SL, but got rid of it for a Bugatti last year. (See:
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/bugatti/index21.html) It's was just a "condo car" that we
kept in FL anyway for when we decide to go there instead of the villa I bought my wife in
France. She has an LFA (See: http://www.lexus.com/models/LFA/compare/index.html) there and
while it is a bit faster that the old SL, it does not handle as well as the Bugatti. All
of the cars are black, but the servents have never complained about water spotting of
streaks. Likely washing them in the air conditioned garages with bottled water helps. I'll
have to ask next time I see one of them!
> 	Dave
>
> On Jul 1, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Ron Cook wrote:
>
>> Well, hell.  No wonder I didn't know what it was!
>>
>> Ron Cook
>> Salix, IA
>> On 7/1/2012 12:00 PM, Dave Rotigel wrote:
>>> Hi Ron, See:
http://www.edmunds.com/mercedes-benz/sl-class/2013/?mktcat=makemodel-mercedesbenz&kw=merce
des+benz+sl&mktid=ga11327950&gclid=CMO2p9D5-LACFTRe7AodqUkeQQ
>>> 	Dave
>>>
>>> On Jul 1, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Jennelle wrote:
>>>
>>>> Phil,
>>>>      I must be out of tune.  What the heck is a black SL?
>>>>
>>>> Ron Cook
>>>> Salix, IA
>>>> On 7/1/2012 3:37 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>>>>> Good tip Phil.  Thanks.  I'll look for those filters.
>>>>> My truck is midnight blue metal flake.  I think it might be harder 
>>>>> to deal with than black.
>>>>> I would never have believed it until I bought it.
>>>>> Mostly I just don't worry about it.  The thing stays dirty most of 
>>>>> the time but when I do try to clean it up good I have to deal with 
>>>>> those water spots and streaks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Phil Vorwerk
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:53 PM
>>>>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>>>>> Subject: [AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> At the risk of bringing something up that is common knowledge, I 
>>>>> realized something this year that I wish had dawned on me years ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a black SL, a mixed blessing.  Looks great when clean but 
>>>>> shows everything.  I had sworn many years ago that I would never 
>>>>> own another black car, but when I found this one everything else 
>>>>> was so right that I went against my long standing rule.
>>>>>
>>>>> One of the frustrating parts of washing a black car is trying to 
>>>>> get rid of all the water spots.  I had gone to using only soft 
>>>>> water, and bought a special car wash sprayer that had a filter 
>>>>> that was supposed to give you a spot free rinse.  Besides the 
>>>>> resulting low water pressure from the filter that made rinsing the 
>>>>> car rather tedious, I was underwhelmed with the results - still a 
>>>>> lot of streaks or water spots that were left, even using a high quality, clean,
chamois.
>>>>>
>>>>> This spring I was getting ready to wash my SL when I had an "Aha!" moment.
>>>>> On the shelf I had a couple of water filters that I had bought to 
>>>>> fill my hot tub.  For the heck of it, I decided to use one of the 
>>>>> hot tub water filters instead of my special car wash filter.  
>>>>> Unbelievable.  I have never been able to get such a clean, streak 
>>>>> and spot free finish before.  And the best part is these filters 
>>>>> are not expensive to use.  The cost was less than $20.00, and it 
>>>>> is supposed to be good for 8,000 to 10,000 gallons before 
>>>>> replacement.  This one has at least 5,000 gallons run through it 
>>>>> already (my wife uses it to change out the water every week in our 500 gallon fish
pond) so I think the rating is pretty legitimate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone else tried this?  I hope I'm not bringing up anything that 
>>>>> is already commonly done, but I'm so thrilled with the results 
>>>>> that I just had to share it with the forum.  Black cars do look just awesome when
they're clean.....
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil
>>>>> Sunny Courtland, MN
>>>>>
>>>>>
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