Meg's Cleaner/Wax question that might suprise you!

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Ok, so today I get a call from a client with a simple question. What kind of wax did you use on my car? I thought wow this is the first time they asked, maybe someone saw the decent shine and asked what they used, so I answered with Meg's cleaner/wax, what I normally use for daily drivers. Then they say hold on, and another person comes on the line, asking the same question but in there title they announce hi I'm "..." with the crime scene unit and I have a question about the product you used on this persons car. I'm like omg what did I do?!! Well they begin to explain this vehicle had been broken into and they are trying to get fingerprints off the paint and can't, due to their process not sticking to the surface or possibly something on the surface eating the dust. My question is how long with the chemicals in Meg's cleaner wax continue to clean?!! Or was it just the slickness of the clearcoat that made this process so difficult? I'm still shocked, maybe cleaner wax is a criminals new best friend?
 
Perfections said:
Ok, so today I get a call from a client with a simple question. What kind of wax did you use on my car? I thought wow this is the first time they asked, maybe someone saw the decent shine and asked what they used, so I answered with Meg's cleaner/wax, what I normally use for daily drivers. Then they say hold on, and another person comes on the line, asking the same question but in there title they announce hi I'm "..." with the crime scene unit and I have a question about the product you used on this persons car. I'm like omg what did I do?!! Well they begin to explain this vehicle had been broken into and they are trying to get fingerprints off the paint and can't, due to their process not sticking to the surface or possibly something on the surface eating the dust. My question is how long with the chemicals in Meg's cleaner wax continue to clean?!! Or was it just the slickness of the clearcoat that made this process so difficult? I'm still shocked, maybe cleaner wax is a criminals new best friend?
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Maybe criminals will wax before they break in. If they do a full paint correction it might be worth it.
 
Perfections said:
Well they begin to explain this vehicle had been broken into and they are trying to get fingerprints off the paint
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I have a real hard time believing they would go through fingerprinting for a break in on a car.
 
Dubbin1 said:
I have a real hard time believing they would go through fingerprinting for a break in on a car.
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Uh, yeah. Reading between the lines:

"Ma'am, who has recently had access to your car?"

"Ummm, my detailer has."

"Can we have his number?"
 
I had my motorcyle stolen when I was a kid. Found it myself a few blocks away about 30 minutes later. Stupid thief didn't know to turn on the gas. police tried to fingerprint the gas tank
 
CEE DOG said:
I had my motorcyle stolen when I was a kid. Found it myself a few blocks away about 30 minutes later. Stupid thief didn't know to turn on the gas. police tried to fingerprint the gas tank
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Yes but that is STEALING the motorcycle not breaking into a car. Mine has been broken into several time throughout my life and they did nothing more then write a report.
 
Dubbin1 said:
Yes but that is STEALING the motorcycle not breaking into a car. Mine has been broken into several time throughout my life and they did nothing more then write a report.
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Good point
 
I'm amused by this!!!! hahaha.......does this PD watch CSI too much! lol
 
I had my 86 Bronco 2 broken into and they sent a cop out who dusted for prints (seems standard ops for bigger cities at least).
 
I park my car down on a barrier beach to go fishing and each time it gets a coating of salt from the salt air blowing across it for hours. When I put on a fresh coat of WGDGPS I noticed that the salt no longer stuck to the car. It would come home feeling just as slick as when I left. No more salty grit feeling after a fishing trip. Maybe this is what's happening. I think there's also a magnetic charge to the sealant/wax that repels dirt, and water for that matter. Hosing the car for the first wash after a wax you can see the water practically jumping off the paint. Especially on the sides.
 
Whoa.....what an idea for yet ANOTHER CSI spinoff. Forensic Detailing, I can see it now. Grissom comes back after his sabbatical as a Las Vegas Detailer and becomes roped into forwnsics again.

Cliff
 
Dubbin1 said:
I have a real hard time believing they would go through fingerprinting for a break in on a car.
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This neighborhood is a newer one and there have been several break-ins and the PD assume is being done by the same person, a kid. They also asked before doing anything if they wanted to have the car fingerprinted at no charge. Here's the pic they sent me....
 
It really depends on jurisdiction and the time the officer has. At my agency, my deputies will toss dust on anything they can if time permits. They usually find a way out of doing after telling the owner that the dust is extremely hard to remove. The victim usually says forget it, dont dust it. The black lava dust we use will never come out of a cars interior...especially an all white leather cadillac. Ask me how I know. The fingerprint dust is designed to stick to the oils one leaves behind via the print. Smooth, really clean glass is the ideal surface to print. I would imagine that clean paint would be the same. I agree with the other poster that the PO was the last person to have access to the car and while not a suspect, it was a process of suspect elimination.
 
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