Ok, so I just found myself with a bottle of slick and q-tips out in the garage sitting in my car cleaning out vents and crannies of the interior. Got me thinking - - - I've gone around the bend - - - and I like it so...


You might be a microfiber maniac if...

You've ever used a q-tip to clean your car.

If you've ever spent time contemplating the smell and TASTE of your detailing products.



Your turn

 

I am a bona fide ember of the OC Club. I keep Speed Shine and Clarity and other products in a detailing bag in the Clubby. Before I cover him at my shop each morning I use his California duster and the Speed Shine and microfibers to detail any bugs or dust from his 8-mile trip to the shop.
The neighbors think I'm crazy, but I don't care. I'm in love and he is such a pretty Chili Red.
Today my realtor featured him in the latest ad for my shop property. I put his MINI Eyes sunshade in and with the photo of the bear shop behind him the title will be "Owner Wants to Motor On." Who cares about the shop, the photo of him was beautiful!

Almost forgot. I use the Slick too and then some Zymol HD Cleanse and wax for the BMW and for Otto, the Clubby. That stuff is food grade and the wax has to stay in the fridge in the garage. It smells so good you want to lick your car!l

 

you got a griot's detailing cart cause it's cool...

 

You Moderate this forum

Mark

 

The Griot's detailing bag was what I wanted for Christmas before the Clubman arrived. My husband bought me the pail with the grit guard system in it. Plus little detailing brushes, more microfibers and other extras have been welcome gifts.
Last week I was detailing the wheels on my BMW as they really needed waxing. I found the little sponge tipped sticks were great for getting way behind the wire wheels to get all the brake dust off the inside of the wheels. Funny, I never realized how much wheel there is behind those spokes until I started this. Of course I got the car wet by mistake and it ended up with full wash and wax after I finished the wheels. I had to run in and get dog and husband dinners in between and then put Buffy in the garage to work on her until around 10:30. Loved every minute of it.
Wish I had more free time. I'm supposed to be proofing a calculus book and a financial book right now. Better go.

 

... you spend as much time on the backs of your wheels as you do the front.
... your engine bay is included in every wash.
... you have actually used Black WOW on all the plastic parts - under your MINI.
... you have an auto deposit set-up from your pay check to Detailers Paradise.
... you think in terms of gallons of Hydro, Mystique & Clarity - not bottles.
... you think Nourish is an acceptable skin softener.
... your supply of microfibers is more than a full load in the washer.

 

.. you have a microfiber pack in your car, bedroom, garage, and in your laptop bag in case someone steals the ones out of your car... (gotta have a way out)

 

You feel guilty grabbing your car's microfiber towel for your own hair!

 

You may not have a clean pair of socks - but your microfiber's ready for the next (at least weekly) MINI bath.

 

.................. so how are we suppose to top that?

 

...if you don't let your spouse use your microfibers in the house because they're only for the important stuff--the MINIs !

...you keep a supply of distilled water in the garage to rinse off the MINIs when it rains on your way home.

...you detail your door sills and rain channels.

...you dab a little Hydro on your chest in hopes of attracting a female OCDetailer.

 

you should try the vinegar/water mix.

 

You think of the 16 oz. bottles as sample size.

Mark

 

I could mention your name if you like

Mark

 

If you haven't had a woman come within 10 feet of you lately, I think you should probably switch to the Hydro.

 

You mean they're not!!!!

 

You start using slick and hyrdo on your eye glasses

 

... your MINI has more towels than your entire family of four.

... you know WHY you don't use Cut with a yellow pad on your MINI.

... you just shake your head and mumble "look at all that crap" every time you walk by the "car-care products" section at the local WalMart or Auto Parts store.

... you're amazed when, occasionally, you actually find something useful in that "car-care products" section.

... you know when the last time was when you polished your exhaust tips, but you have no idea when you last cleaned the light fixtures in your house.

... you consider tap water a "contaminant" when improperly applied.

... you've fantasized about Sabine Schmitz in a Monster Fluffy bathrobe.

... your car's toothbrush costs more - and is replaced more frequently - than the one you use in your mouth.

... you bought a particular vacuum cleaner because you put more stock in the opinions of fellow OCDetailers than you do in Consumer Reports.

... your wheels are often cleaner than your bathroom floor.

.... you instinctively scream an expletive every time a large insect impacts your windshield.

I got a million more, folks...

 

Just the thought of it makes me break out in hives !

I think anyone that understands what you meant by "cut" is pretty weird.

Wait... what did I just call myself ?

 

I edited my post and capitalized "Cut" to make it a tiny bit less oblique. Just a tiny bit.

 

going from oblique toward acute is always a good thing.

 

Unless you get paid by the degree.

 

If you work your obliques by applying black wow to the underside of your mini.

if you're holding a q-tip to detail the outside of your mini before 8am on a saturday

 

whoa this is cornier than usual :D


I have not yet detailed my engine. I am quite afraid of doing so and killing some wire.

 

A shiny MINI with a dirty engine is like a nice red apple with a worm in it.