Hello everyone. I have several questions about how to deal with, educate or explain various car detailing practices to family members. I do not mean any harm in what I am about to type. I mention it to help explain the story. I live on a small hobby farm with a several family members who did not gradeuate high school, and worked in the trades such as truck driving, carpetry, and welding. They have a lot of false beliefs about certain things. This belief system falls into cars and how they should not be cleaned. Here are some examples.
The best thing to clean glass with is Cocacola.
Use toothpast to buff out foggy headlight.
A buffer, polisher, DA, you name it....will destry the paint or remove to much paint....down to the primer.
I bring this up so that I can learn. My aunt asked me to wash and wax her Subaru Outback. I did that by using Mothers car soap, Mothers clay bar kit, and a one steo Mothers cleaner wax. You know all over the counter stuff. My aunt and uncle have this fear of the clay bar. I am not sure why. Maybe they saw or heard about some trucker using it incorrectly? I was going to apply the wax to the car using a DA polisher with the softest Meguirs black foam pad I have. On speed one to just even out the wax. My uncle freaks thinking the machine will remove clear coat, so I apply the wax by hand.
How do you educate people and show them that if a clay bar is used properly....it is a wonderful tool?
How do you show them that using a DA polisher to apply wax will not harm anything?
Sure you are removing a microscopic amount of clearcoat doing paint correction.
I am trying to learn and understand some basics of paint correction, just for the fun and enjoyment.
How thick is the average Japanese car factory applied paint and clearcoat?
On average how much clearcoat is removed for using a polish to remove swirl marks?
What is the broad range of times that a factory oem paint job can be polished before the clearcoat becomes thin, damaged, or gives up?
By the way, my Aunt's Subarur Outback looks pretty nice even though it was done by hand with over the counter Mothers products. I even used the clay bar on the exterior glass. What a difference it made. Took the water spots right off.
The best thing to clean glass with is Cocacola.
Use toothpast to buff out foggy headlight.
A buffer, polisher, DA, you name it....will destry the paint or remove to much paint....down to the primer.
I bring this up so that I can learn. My aunt asked me to wash and wax her Subaru Outback. I did that by using Mothers car soap, Mothers clay bar kit, and a one steo Mothers cleaner wax. You know all over the counter stuff. My aunt and uncle have this fear of the clay bar. I am not sure why. Maybe they saw or heard about some trucker using it incorrectly? I was going to apply the wax to the car using a DA polisher with the softest Meguirs black foam pad I have. On speed one to just even out the wax. My uncle freaks thinking the machine will remove clear coat, so I apply the wax by hand.
How do you educate people and show them that if a clay bar is used properly....it is a wonderful tool?
How do you show them that using a DA polisher to apply wax will not harm anything?
Sure you are removing a microscopic amount of clearcoat doing paint correction.
I am trying to learn and understand some basics of paint correction, just for the fun and enjoyment.
How thick is the average Japanese car factory applied paint and clearcoat?
On average how much clearcoat is removed for using a polish to remove swirl marks?
What is the broad range of times that a factory oem paint job can be polished before the clearcoat becomes thin, damaged, or gives up?
By the way, my Aunt's Subarur Outback looks pretty nice even though it was done by hand with over the counter Mothers products. I even used the clay bar on the exterior glass. What a difference it made. Took the water spots right off.
I ain’t giving away my techniques for free so they can try and hack it.
I am wondering how in the world do I educate my "redneck" family members about the basics of auto detailing while dispelling the myths, bad habits that lead to all the false information, and lets face it.....the plan ole' wives tales. My aunt and uncle are retired truckers and old school bikers. They picked up a lot of bad habits when it comes to washing, waxing, and cleaning a motorcycle, car, or tractor trailer. When my aunt found out that I used a retail level Mothers clay bar kit on her Subaru before I used a cleaner wax by hand on it....she got nervous. Somehow and somewhere they have heard about horror stories about such an item. I again am not a professional at all but I have been using retail grade clay bar kits on and off for a while. I have maybe done five or six family or personal cars with a clay bar and have never had any issues. 
