[AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

Sun Jul 1 14:39:35 PDT 2012

I hope he realizes we are just funnin' him a little and no harm is 
intended.  I too have a black mercedes and I give up trying to keep it 
clean.
On 7/1/2012 5:19 PM, Dean VP wrote:
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
> 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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