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Floor Wax Mishap - 06-12-2007, 06:36 PM

Back around 1974 is about as far back as I can remember fully detailing the family car or any car for that matter.

We were going to sell the 1966 Impala station wagon to buy a new 1974 Caprice Estate station wagon.

My father was out of town on business and I decided to start on the chore myself. My mother would eventually help.

After washing the car, I asked my mother where my father keep the car wax. She went downstairs to his work room where he kept his stash of cleaning materials and picked up a can of what she thought was paste wax. Not reading the can, I began to use it all over the car.

After I thought it was dry, I attempted to remove it. It wasn't coming off. In looking at the can, it turned out to be Johnson's Floor Wax.

It took us hours using plain old "elbow grease" to remove it. The car actually looked pretty good except for the rust spots.

Flash forward 30 years.....

I protect both of my parent's vehicles twice a year. For some strange reason I decided to do both in one day. My product of choice is Zaino.

So I could finish before dark, both my mother and father helped remove the product while I applied it. My mother brought up the "floor polish incident". I guess she couldn't forget it. She said that Zaino is much easier to remove.

BTW, 2004 was the first time since 1974 that my mother had detailed a car. So I guess she would remember it.

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Re: Floor Wax Mishap - 06-12-2007, 06:45 PM

My father used Pledge on the dash and tires back in the 60's


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Re: Floor Wax Mishap - 06-14-2007, 11:28 AM

My wife when I first met her used to wash her car with Top Job...I was suprised she had any paint left...


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Re: Floor Wax Mishap - 06-14-2007, 11:45 AM

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My wife when I first met her used to wash her car with Top Job...I was suprised she had any paint left...
What is Top Job? some kind of household cleaner?


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Re: Floor Wax Mishap - 06-14-2007, 11:56 AM

Its a APC with Ammonia...it is super strong and is meant for house cleaning like floors, sinks, counter tops etc...


I know now they have it with a lemon scent but when she used to open the cap of this concentrate...it was like green death scent...she would wash her car with a rag did it into a bucket of this stuff and then wash it off...the paint would seem to fade in color right before your eyes...


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Re: Floor Wax Mishap - 06-19-2007, 10:37 AM

When I was a kid, I worked in a car wash and on real dirty cars we would sprinkle Cheer laundry powder over the car and scrub. The cars would come out clean but not very shinny.
   
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Re: Floor Wax Mishap - 06-19-2007, 10:48 AM

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When I was a kid, I worked in a car wash and on real dirty cars we would sprinkle Cheer laundry powder over the car and scrub. The cars would come out clean but not very shinny.
But I bet they would smell spring time fresh!


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