Detailing is far more than washing first wash, then use a clay bar, then machine polish then either a a wax or ceramic coat using a buffing machine, always wash the wheels first, then if you get splatter from washing the car it can easily be rinsed away, when doing the wheels use a wheel wooly to get into the barrel, use ‘fallout remover’ to get the nice bleeding purple of all the iron oxide from the brakes, rise thoroughly, then clay, polish and wax.
After that you can vac out the inside, use a detailing soft brush to get the vents and crumbs out of any hard to reach areas. If you have leather seats, you need some leather cleaner and conditioner, clean the car mats with upholstery cleaner.
If you want to go the whole hog remove all the exterior plastics, clean and use plastic restorer, get the car up on a lift jet wash and clean everything.
Dont forget the engine and engine bay.
I completely agree.....but its still just cleaning the car well....detailing is not a word I'd even heard of before a few years back.....I just don't like the way we import words and phrases used in the US ....and then everyone starts using it like its always been used. It does not even make sense to call the whole cleaning process detailing...to me that just implies the final details and finishing touches!
I'm not saying that my grammar is perfect (I live on the South Coast so clearly I can speak properly though!!)....and I make lots of spelling mistakes on forums that I don't in real life (mainly because I'm usually rushing, supposed to we working....or just don't read it back through before hitting "post"!.....and on other forums I get more than half an hour to correct it!!!).......but i do TRY to use the Kings English rather than Bidens!
Detailing ranks along side these little beauties!
1. When people ask for something, I often hear: “
Can I get a . . .” It infuriates me. It’s not New York. It’s not the ’90s. You’re not in Central Perk with the rest of the Friends. Really.
2. The next time someone tells you something is the “
least worst option,” tell them that their most best option is learning grammar.
3. The phrase I’ve watched seep into the language (especially with broadcasters) is “
two-time” and “
three-time.” Have the words double, triple, etc., been totally lost?
4. Using
24/7 rather than “24 hours, 7 days a week” or even just plain “all day, every day.”
5. The one I can’t stand is “
deplane,” meaning to disembark an aircraft, used in the phrase “you will be able to deplane momentarily.”
6. “
Touch base”—it makes me cringe no end.
7. Is “
physicality” a real word?
8.
Transportation. What’s wrong with transport?
9. Does nobody celebrate a birthday any more, must we all “turn” 12 or 21 or 40?
10. What kind of word is “
gotten”? It makes me shudder.
11. “
I’m good” for “I’m well.” That’ll do for a start.
12. “
Bangs” for a fringe of the hair.
13.
Takeout rather than takeaway!
14. “
A half hour” instead of “half an hour.”
15. A “
heads up.” For example, as in a business meeting—Let’s do a “heads up” on this issue. I have never been sure of the meaning.
16. To put a list into alphabetical order is to “
alphabetize it”—horrid!
17. People that say “
my bad” after a mistake. I don’t know how anything could be as annoying or lazy as that.
18. “
Normalcy” instead of “normality” really irritates me.
19.
Eaterie. To use a prevalent phrase, oh my gaad!
20. I’m a Brit living in New York. The one that always gets me is the American need to use the word
bi-weekly when fortnightly would suffice just fine.
21. I hate “
alternate” for “alternative.” I don’t like this as they are two distinct words, both have distinct meanings and it’s useful to have both. Using “alternate” for “alternative” deprives us of a word.
22. “
Hike” a price. Does that mean people who do that are hikers? No, hikers are ramblers!
23.
Going forward? If I do I shall collide with my keyboard.
24. The most annoying Americanism is “
a million and a half” when it is clearly one and a half million! A million and a half is 1,000,000.5, where one and a half million is 1,500,000.
25. “
Reach out to” when the correct word is “ask.” For example: “I will reach out to Kevin and let you know if that timing is convenient.” Reach out? Is Kevin stuck in quicksand? Is he teetering on the edge of a cliff? Can’t we just ask him?
26. I hate the fact I now have to order a “
regular Americano.” What ever happened to a medium-sized coffee?
27. My worst horror is
expiration, as in “expiration date.” Whatever happened to expiry?
28. I am increasingly hearing the phrase “
that’ll learn you”—when the English (and more correct) version was always “that’ll teach you.” What a ridiculous phrase!
29. I really hate the phrase “
Where’s it at?” This is not more efficient or informative than “Where is it?” It just sounds grotesque and is immensely irritating.
30. My pet hate is “
winningest,” used in the context “Michael Schumacher is the winningest driver of all time.” I can feel the rage rising even using it here.
31. My brother now uses the term “
season” for a TV series. Hideous.
32. Having an “
issue” instead of a “problem.”
33. I hear more and more people pronouncing the letter
Z as “
zee.” Not happy about it!
34. To “
medal” instead of to win a medal. Sets my teeth on edge with a vengeance.
35. “
I got it for free” is a pet hate. You got it “free” not “for free.” You don’t get something cheap and say you got it “for cheap” do you?
36. “Turn that off
already.” Oh dear.
37. “
I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less” has to be the worst. Opposite meaning of what they’re trying to say.
38. Dare I even mention the
***** pack?
