yea was in a hurry and decide to take my car to my local car wash. yea yea i know oh man what was i thinking it was dark out so i really didnt notice the swirl or anything, hell i didnt even notice if my car was clean or not. so i woke up the next morning and i notice swirl all over my car, and the tree sap or berry juice what ever was on my car is still on it sigh.
note to self never goin to those car wash place again.
now i get to spend this weekend detailing my car in the freezing fall weather.

 

Just remember, fill the bucket up with warm water. Easier to wash the car that way, you wont freeze your @ss off too bad.

 

I learned this the hard way with my old deep evergreen 4th gen. Stay away from high pressure washes. They destroyed my paint. Scratches and swirlmarks everywhere.

Now I always wash by hand with stright front to back motions and low pressure water straight from the hose.

 

Same exact story for me:
I've had the car for almost 2 years and have never took it to a car wash, that is until last week (hand wash every time). After taking it to its first car wash i will never ever do it again. I went through it and all seemed fine at first. Next day as i was getting in, i noticed that the car was covered in tiny rust spots. Now i got even more work to do on it. A complete and total waste.

 

High pressure wash put swirls in your paint?

 

yes they wil make scratches if you car is dirty enough, it pushes all the grit on your car hard against the clearcoat while it slides away=scratches

 

Well, handwash my car last night. This morning, I saw two key mark on my car. @#$%#@#!@^& Probably the car is clean or is park at the corner. Don't know!

Anyone know how to remove the key line? I felt the line. How can I cover it up for the winter?

 

What kind of Maxima owner would let their car get so dirty a high pressure wash would cause the dirt to scratch it? Anyone who does that should be ashamed of themselves!

 

yepp had a lil paint chip on my rear bumper..i was in a rush and took it to a car wash ...they chnaged their method and they power wash both sides before it goes through....what a mistake it chipped off 4x the paint ...the chip was maybe a lil less than half the size of a penny...now its a dollar

 

To get that sap off you can use blaster decal and sticker remover. Spray the DSR onto a paper towel and rub the spot until the sap comes off. WASH IT OFF IMMEDIATELY.

 

that doesnt help the chap the has a ship the size of a dollar

 

What? I was telling that to outsider.

 

Paint cleaner works well also

 

canadianmofo, i hand wash my car every week, and even after one day driving on wet roads, your car can build up enough dirt to scratch the paint. IMO, nissan paint sucks! every time i wash my car, i first go over it with a lint free cloth using front to back motions without putting any pressure. If i dont do this, even a little bit of dirt drags against the paint and makes some serious scratches. I bought the car a little less than 3 months ago, and one of the first thing i noticed when i got it was the small scratches all around the car from people washing it and dragging dirt...it doesnt take much