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4 minutes ago, Silverado4x4 said:

What iam I looking at? Hard to tell 

The blue piece of car wash brushes stuck in the headlight. Sometimes I get a whole strand 

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31 minutes ago, KARNUT said:

I haven’t seen car wash brushes in many years. All cloth. 

Jesus lol it's cloth, I didn't realize the literal police was here 🤣. Was just meant as something funny to point out.

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42 minutes ago, Ultimate 2022 said:

Jesus lol it's cloth, I didn't realize the literal police was here 🤣. Was just meant as something funny to point out.

It looks like wire. You said brush. I remember car washes using brush. Now it’s all cloth. So to answer your question. My 3 vehicles go once a week to the cloth car wash. And no I don’t take pieces home with me. 

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I'd be checking into a different car wash. I use one during the winter and haven't had anything like that happen with 3 different trucks over 4 winters now. 

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36 minutes ago, Jus Cruisin said:

I'd be checking into a different car wash. I use one during the winter and haven't had anything like that happen with 3 different trucks over 4 winters now. 

I would look for a different car wash also. Those cloth brushes scratch the piss out of your truck.

Touchless are best.

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29 minutes ago, dieselfan1 said:

I would look for a different car wash also. Those cloth brushes scratch the piss out of your truck.

Touchless are best.

The one I use uses cloth/chamois "paddles. My trucks are always black and I make it through the winters decent. Nothing that a morning with my Porter Cable doesn't cure in the spring. 

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On 12/3/2023 at 1:57 PM, Ultimate 2022 said:

Anyone else lucky enough to get to take home a piece of the car wash everytime? 🤣

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I always use touchless car washes. Very inconvenient but almost no chance of damage/scratches to the vehicle.

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I never run my cars through the automatic scratchers, When the truck is really dirty, I use a touchless wash otherwise every few days I just wipe down the panels and windows down using the ONR/Microfiber towel method. Wipe one way and turn the towel over and repeat. Takes 15 minutes tops

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I cringe on the times I need to get a car wash but there is a line for touchless, so I just yolo going into the car-wash that is on the belt. My only irritation is my passenger mirror closes due to drying force. 

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High pressure car wash on rinse or hand wash in summer. High pressure wand doesn't clean as well as hand wash of course, dirt roads makes it tough. 6 miles of dirt road each trip.

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17 hours ago, diyer2 said:

High pressure car wash on rinse or hand wash in summer. High pressure wand doesn't clean as well as hand wash of course, dirt roads makes it tough. 6 miles of dirt road each trip.

And then it rains. But you have to admit, living on that dirt road is better than in the city.

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You got that right gemarsh. No neighbors, wildlife and quiet.

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