Originally Posted by redgoober4life
Ah, I disagree. My friend works at one and after going through the wash once, there was no more wax on. And mind you, I had a combo of Poorboys EX-P and Meguiars #16 professional paste, which has lasted me and customers up to 2 months.
edit: high pressure sprayers + fairly strong detergents. The touchless car washes here (delta sonic chain) use two overhead towel bars to get the top of the car. There is no possible way these touch all down the sides of the cars--yet the car is "clean" after. I've never seen the film left over at the Delta washes, so it's possible that the chain uses a slightly different system (what i'm describing) then what places in your area have. You also live where the "worst case scenario" isn't going to be nearly as bad as a Buffalo-Rochester "worst case scenario."

What are you disagreeing with? I was just describing the difference between a touchless and non-touchless. Both can strip your wax.
And actually non-touchless car washes are worse for your paint than touchless. Reason being is that the dirt and crud from other cars goes along your paint as you pass by. Causing scratches.
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