Motoring Discussion > Wash your car sir ? - 7K please Miscellaneous
Thread Author: henry k Replies: 9
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 Wed 21 Jul 10 19:33 
 Wash your car sir ? - 7K please - henry k
www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10700893
includes a video clip re the "tools of the trade"
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 Wed 21 Jul 10 20:20 
 Wash your car sir ? - 7K please - bathtub tom
>>I use an electrical scanner to work out the depth of the paint work to 1/1000th of an inch.

He then goes on to say he'll polish about 3 microns off.

Would you trust someone who talks in measurements he doesn't appear to understand?

How thick would the paint coats on a modern car be?

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 Wed 21 Jul 10 20:26 
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Stu kept this side of the valetting game quiet, he does vanish quite regularly that'll be business class flights to where the real dosh is then.
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 Wed 21 Jul 10 20:53 
 Wash your car sir ? - 7K please - Stuu
If only. I find myself in a never ending spiral working in the social circles of the landed gentry and their minnions.
Its not all bad because they wouldnt lower themselves to a clean at Tesco so they can be relied upon, but still, they dont spend really big on anything unless you can stick a jockey on it and make some money.

I happen to think this kind of valeting is just a little bit vulgar and somewhat pointless really. Still, if your foolish enough to buy a car for so much money, I guess your equally foolish in the other ways one can throw it away. Good luck to the guy who does the work though, I couldnt keep a straight face asking that much.
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 Wed 21 Jul 10 22:39 
 Wash your car sir ? - 7K please - Lygonos
Modern paint finishes are around 120-150 microns thick (at least that's what was quoted on that ultimate detailer guy that keeps buying Vauxhalls and posting it on the web).
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 Wed 21 Jul 10 22:46 
 Wash your car sir ? - 7K please - bathtub tom
Remind me please, how many microns in a thou? ;>)

I think he's trying to confuse the punters.
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 Wed 21 Jul 10 22:48 
 Wash your car sir ? - 7K please - smokie
"£8,000 Brazilian wax" - someone has a good sense of humour.
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 Wed 21 Jul 10 22:50 
 Wash your car sir ? - 7K please - Lygonos
www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=81391

It's been posted before in another places, but here's a reminder of how truly mental some people are!
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 Thu 22 Jul 10 06:59 
 Wash your car sir ? - 7K please - Ian (Cape Town)
Carnuba wax. hand picked from the ears of bay carnubas, deep in the amazonian jungle.
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 Thu 22 Jul 10 06:53 
 Wash your car sir ? - 7K please - L'escargot
>> Remind me please, how many microns in a thou? ;>)

The term micron is obsolete. The correct term is micrometre.
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