If you needed yet another reason to avoid drive-thru car washes...

[AdamsPolishes]

Just a quick backstory:

 

Had to run to the local home improvement store this past weekend. Stopped to get gas when I was leaving, and the station had one of the drive-thru washes that so many of them have. As I filled up and was driving away, I couldn't help but notice the somewhat startling condition of the brushes in the wash bay:

 

 

 

 

Of course, the first thought that crossed my mind, and I'm sure the same as all of you, was "STAY AWAY!!!"

 

However, I have some prototype goods at home that need some testing. Because of this, I made a sacrifice for the greater good, and $8, much gnashing of teeth, and about 90 seconds of tears later, here is what my paint looked like in the bright sun later that day:

 

 

 

 

And the following morning in different light:

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the interest of full disclosure, my paint was not perfect before hand, but I'd say 95%+. Since the last correction, I've done 2 2-bucket washes and 3 Rinseless Washes on it. Being black, there was a light amount of wash damage that could be seen. However, the amount of damage that this single wash inflicted upon it was pretty shocking, wouldn't you agree?!?

[RyanbabZ71]

Horrible I wouldn't put my worst enemy through that (unless it was a ford)

 

 

 

 

Ryan

[Badbird2000]

I worked weekends at a carwash (my main job didn't see fit to hand out raises for a few years) and the stuff we did made me weep like a little girl. People would come thru in New BMWs and we would" pre scrub" before we ran them thru. Basically take a scuff pad with soap and scrub the wheels and front for bugs. First time on my first day, my boss showed me and I said, Are you serious??? I only worked there for a few months before I found a new full tim job, but it was an eye opener

 

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Btw, my personal cars only see Adams products and my own hands...lol

 

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[Cowpie]

The only drive thru washes around me are the brushless kind. I haven't even seen one in a long time that still used the brushes. My pickup gets regular drive thru washes. I have too many irons in the fire of things I need to do to spend time bucket washing my pickup. Especially as dirty as it gets on my gravel roads. No matter which wash method I use, the pickup can't stay clean for 12 hrs unless it stays in the garage and no one goes anywhere in it.