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Love it or hate it -- Do you look forward to and enjoy the process or do you disdain the very phrase wash-wax-and-detail??
Do you tag-team detail with your significant other (wax-on, wax-off)?
One of our favorite weekend routines (...keeperwife of 23 years...) goes something like this- get comfy, pour a glass of chard, cue the prepared playlist on the iPod boombox, and get down to the business of washing and detailing. We enjoy the process! We finish the afternoon/evening satisfied and look forward to our next detail-therapy date! Our friends think we're crazy and we think (..know..) they're the ones missing out!!
I don't have a garden or pets....so detailing is a great chance to get outside and spend some good quality therapeutic time w/ my MINI. As much as I enjoy this car, the time spent has been well worth it!!!
Definitely a joy. As compared to my work, it something I can do that shows instant results
Yeah, definitely a joy either working on ours, or working on other folks cars, but after 12+ hours to do a full exterior detail, not sure about the "instant" part
The full deal can be a bit long for my old bones but the results from it are instant :P
Yeah, some parts of the full deal hurt my old bones too But I can clay, never get tired from it, and those results, from feeling the paint after.....priceless
honestly i hate washing cars. it's time consuming, hands get all dry and cracked, crap stuck in the fingernails, fingernails chip, hair gets all messed up... oh wait, i sound like a sissy.
jk
i just prefer to drive and admire clean and detailed cars so that's why i do it. the smell of the products are great therapy too. especially benzene. jk i like getting a sniff (and taste) of Hydro, Slick, Best of Show car wax, etc. while i work.
Just finished cleaning-up the Minnesota winter damage to my MINI.
Every year I say I'm gonna leave it dirty until I can properly wash (2 bucket, grit guard, lambs wool mit, etc), but I end up "wiping" it dry and putting swirls back in. This was a rough winter so I had my work cut out. Clean with Dawn to cut through the wax layers, claybar pretty much everything, PC-out the swirls, re-wax, then buff. Black Wow the trim. Full interior treatment. Full engine detail. Chrome polish the Sports exhaust tip...2 days work. Always hated taping, but it clearly takes less time than getting wax off the trim after. Lastly, the power to control weather is priceless. I can guarantee rain within 48 hours of completion! Motor on.
honestly i hate washing cars. it's time consuming, hands get all dry and cracked, crap stuck in the fingernails, fingernails chip, hair gets all messed up... oh wait, i sound like a sissy.
Dude... this is why the "sissies" get acrylic nails... no hangnails, no chips.
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Dude... this is why the "sissies" get acrylic nails... no hangnails, no chips.
but that would look too werd on me.
honestly though, i dont like getting crap stuck under my nails or my finger tips cracking since im also a musician and need my hands to be in top shape.
Detailing shouldn't be work it should be a chance to clear ones mind and their MC/MCS. I wash my MINI two times a week and detail every other weekend. But your casual wipe down is a good thing.
1st Gen.02 MC BRG-B.
and look forward to our next detail-therapy date! Our friends think we're crazy and we think (..know..) they're the ones missing out!!
But I can clay, never get tired from it, and those results, from feeling the paint after.....priceless
it's time consuming, hands get all dry and cracked, crap stuck in the fingernails, fingernails chip, hair gets all messed up... oh wait, i sound like a sissy. 
