Paint Blows off at car wash WHAT????

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FYI, there is a paint warranty of one year or 12,000 miles I believe.
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I wanna see pics.
 

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I wanna see pics.
Feeling like a 4chan thread: "pics or it didn't happen"

But seriously, everyone is right, this post is either a troll or the op is a knob and hit his car with an unknown pressure sprayer TWICE.

I have an 1800 PSI washer at home and have used a bay sprayer but knew to not kiss the paint with the damned thing. Never had an issue and having a black car, I wash this thing more than any car I have ever owned.
 

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Da hell u smoking
Everyone is screwed because of the forced switch to water based paints. I don't know what year it happened but I think it was after 2010 as my 2010 CRV has very durable paint on it and has fewer paint chips than my 2017 Civic. The CRV has 5 times the klicks on it as my Civic.
 


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Feeling like a 4chan thread: "pics or it didn't happen"

But seriously, everyone is right, this post is either a troll or the op is a knob and hit his car with an unknown pressure sprayer TWICE.

I have an 1800 PSI washer at home and have used a bay sprayer but knew to not kiss the paint with the damned thing. Never had an issue and having a black car, I wash this thing more than any car I have ever owned.
Do you happen to know what the psi is at manual carwashes? I tried a quick google search but nothing came up. Haven't had any issues with the pressure hoses at my local carwash but, like you, I definitely don't linger over a spot too long and I generally keep the nozzle at least two feet away from the body.
 

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Do you happen to know what the psi is at manual carwashes?
I certainly don't know for sure but I do know from a "if I put my hand in the stream to clean it off, what it feels like" test. It is certainly more than the 1800 at home but not so much that it would break skin. Enough that you don't want to do it for long. If I had to guess, I would bet closer to 2500 psi.

I just know that it is not at all hidden knowledge that truly high pressure electric or gas powered sprayers can be deadly to even the best paint jobs, especially if you use the wrong tip on some of the gas powered ones.

Lets all just remember one thing... Warship steel is cut with a water jet. Water is incompressible. Water is as good as concrete if you belly-flop into it. Don't disregard the power of water.
 


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After I got my Civic, I used Anthony's Car Wash as I always have the first few washes to remove whatever correction the dealership uses to hide any imperfections. Then I just wash it myself so I can keep up and address any new spots from parking in parking lots at stores and at the ball fields. OP more than likely used a pressure washer too close to an issue and made it worse. Hand wash is the best way to wash our cars. The paint on my wife's Lexus is a lot better and of better quality even on the rear where she has been hit twice and it has been repainted. Some people just don't get that a pressure washer puts out a lot of pressure.
 

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So you repeat the same procedure after they fixed it presumably using the same car wash? "Every time I touch the stove top burner when its orange it hurts my hand......"
what do you propose? never wash the car again? Obviously the fault is with the car.
 

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what do you propose? never wash the car again? Obviously the fault is with the car.
The owner used a power sprayer of unknown power and has never come back with pictures, information or any form of followup.

You do understand that water in a pressure sprayer can actually cut metal... You think paint can/should withstand it?
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