This client had a membership to the tunnel wash place...
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Brandt K.
Yes, and/but it goes into the Tunnel of Marring without bearing any damage caused by Yours Truly. Everything I touch in this life gets treated like it`s mine. Well, except for the Driving Schools` cars
And actually, I gotta be fair here; as best I can tell my Audi dealer does a reasonably decent job of hand-washing theirs. The last few weren`t nearly as bad as I would`ve expected.
I would say that all soaps and chemicals from automatic car wash or even your own hand wash will in some ways degrade sealant and waxes. The hard part that I am not sure anyone can tell you for sure is how long it will take for an automatic car wash to strip off the protection. That really depends on what soap/chemical they are using and how strong they mix it. Truth is all car washes are setup different based on cost vs performance.
I am of the opinion that I would prep and apply the sealant/wax and go from there. But I am here as an Autopian.... I think some protection is better than none. In this case though I wouldn`t necessarily polish since I find more marring and scratching comes from winter grit and grim than other times of the year for me.
I bought my car in 2009. It was a 2006. Now i am a man of 80 yrs old. I am full with artritis , I have heart trouble. Since I had this car it seen only automatic car washes. I wash at least once a week , often twice a week. My car sits outside 24/7 and I demand a clean car.About every 3 weeks I use a spray wax on it When I use a spray wax on it I do not see any swirls ,or scratches. .The color is a medium blue. I can look at the hood and see a perfect refflection of my face in it. I guess you have to be careful what car was you go to. A friend of mine collect old cars and he goes to the same place I go to and I see no scratches on his cars either . All automatic car washes are not equal.
How bad? Bad. Yikes.
A friend borrowed my 4runner once. He ran it through a car wash before returning. FRICK. I almost lost a friend....
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It depends on tbe wash. I remember before I knew what swirls really were we took my parents nearly new car through one of those swirl o matics with the spinning round brushes. Instant swirls bad swirls. But on the other end of the spectrum is a good laser wash. 100% touchless and does a decent job. What I have noticed is trim on regularly automated washed cars is what goes first. Paint keeps looking pretty darn good.
What kind of automatic wash Touchless, chamois or those spinning brushes. Touchless is best for paint but probably uses more aggressive soaps
Klasse and collinite are stout but youll see if it degrades Id definitely do it.
If you wanna bump protection look into CanCoat. Coatings usually have higher/lower PH tolerances.
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