Laserwash

NYSpeed Automotive
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So I did it. After owning my car for 2 and a half years I took my car to an automated wash. I hadn’t washed it since December and I put on Klasse AIO and Collinite Insulator wax. The wax is holding up terrifically well, but I wanted to get the salt off.

The wash is decent. I got “the works” for $8.

It cleans very well.
It dries horridly.
It would be twice as quick if it had two wash arms.

Delta Sonic does a better job drying, but also a better job inducing swirls with those sandpaper towels they use to dry. If the weather was nice I would have washed it myself, but this is a good alternative. If I had planned it out I would have brought a few microfibers to dry it off at the end.

Overall: nice wash with no little slut at the end to tip.

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i am guilty of this as well… and feel the same sentiments on the crappy drying.

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The lazerwash i went to did a horrible job. I’ll deal with a spray bay from now on.

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are there any do it urself carwashes around in amherst?

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Depends who owns the laserwash guys.

Some are really good, some aren’t kept up and are shitty.

Some of the mobil’s have shitty blow dryers, etc, and leave you with a soaking wet car.

I’ve had best luck at rusniaks on union near william. They have a laserwash 4000 that accepts mastercard, and is always clean and kept up.

It does a good job, and drys OK, not great but ok.

I get the 6 dollar basic wash, the 8 dollar wash all you get is the underspray, which you get anyways with the side spray.

I like it because you don’t have to wait in line usually, and its open 24 hours a day.

And you don’t have to top someone on top of paying 11 bucks for a car wash.

Rusniaks offers a dime off a gallon with a wash, and their gas is ok also.

Its like getting a free wash with a fillup if you have a big truck tank.

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60 gallon tank!?

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well 2.50 off a 6 dollar wash in my case…

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I keep one of those absorber towels in it’s case in my trunk for when I hit the laser wash at millersport/n.forest. The wash does a good job, 100% touchless, but the dryer doesn’t work too well. It does a good enough job that it only takes me a couple minutes to get the drops with the absorber, ring it out, and stick it back in the trunk.

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[quote=“boardjnky4,post:4,topic:24838"”]

are there any do it urself carwashes around in amherst?

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Where in amherst are you?
There’s one on the blvd near ellicot creek.
I’m sure that there are a few more.

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I don’t like the absorber. It’s not nice on paint. Go to Pep Boys and buy the Meguiars waffle weave microfiber. It’s beautiful.

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I think Laserwash is the absolute best way to wash a car second to by hand.
If you have custom or polished paint that is the way to go. I would never let Delta Sonic touch a car I cared about.

I used to bring a bath towel and just pat what was left wet afterwards.

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omg bath towels are polyester omg.

we don’t say such things in my threads!

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[quote=“RedGoober4Life,post:10,topic:24838"”]

I don’t like the absorber. It’s not nice on paint. Go to Pep Boys and buy the Meguiars waffle weave microfiber. It’s beautiful.

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I haven’t had a problem with my absorber, but I regularly rinse it out with the hose to make sure I’m not rubbing dirt into my paint.

I really like it because you can roll it back up damp, toss it in it’s storage tube, and leave it in the trunk without it becoming a science experiment.

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Well, with a waffle weave you :

can dry car
can wash towel
do not scratch car
can dry car quickly
do not have to roll it up
don’t risk cultures
have something that smells nice
have something that doesn’t feel like fat woman’s epidermal layer

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banned in my threads:

the absorber
sponges
bath towels
vaginas

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[quote=“RedGoober4Life”"]

… If the weather was nice I would have washed it myself…

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Are you kidding me. If I had the day off today I would have been washing my car. It was beautiful out, I work outside and actually enjoyed the weather today. When I got home, I was actually debating washing my car, but found a new problem.

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[quote=“RedGoober4Life,post:12,topic:24838"”]

omg bath towels are polyester omg.

we don’t say such things in my threads!

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I dont know where you shop but mine are cotton only

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I was fairly pleased with the laserwash thing at the mobil on sheridan and colvin. I haven’t used other ones so I really cant comment on if its a good one or not. It still did a decent job. I’m not particulary worried about a ‘perfect wash’ in this weather, the car will just be filthy in 100 yards anyway.

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[quote=“RedGoober4Life,post:15,topic:24838"”]

banned in my threads:

the absorber
sponges
bath towels
vaginas

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Damn you Corey!

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[quote=“01AudiS4,post:16,topic:24838"”]

Are you kidding me. If I had the day off today I would have been washing my car.

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+1

I came home on my lunch break and washed my car because it needed it and I wanted to be outside. I knew it was going to rain/snow tonight and tomorrow and the car would just look like shit again, but it was so nice I just needed the hour outdoors.