Truck wash questions

I do soap and water only. No acid and no citrus.

 

Just take it to The Blue Beacon. They do a good job.

They'll put covers over your wheels.

 

Should be a sticker on your wheels. If they say Durabright then they have a clear coat on them and you absolutely don’t want citrus or acid on them.

 

I ask for soap and water only. I’ve started getting my aluminum polished back up and the acid strips all your polish off.

That said, acid works great on aluminum that is oxidized.

You’ll find their brushes leave swirl marks on the paint if they’re not brand new and soft. Hand wash with soft fluffy mitts is best.

 

The only reason they want to acid the paint is so they don’t have to brush it. Why work when you can burn the dirt off?

 

Look up my thread on The Blue Beacon. They make it look brand new for about $65.

Truck, engine, armor all tires, hand dry.

 

If you go into a Beacon and 20 people with brushes go over that thing end to end no acid and no citrus you will be clean.

Ive used acid in cement mixer cleaning and it's really hard on the truck. And your eyes. The lenses to be particular. If you would examine the tank containing acid its under corrosive as hazmat with diamond. And here you are spraying on everything. I was able to catch my old mixer truck in the area one day and it's pretty much ready for the junkyard No amount of acid will clean that thing up now. And it's only been 15 years on it.

Beacon does a good job and I never had any trouble. One time I got through a winter storm in the south which was classic gathering all the salt and everything else went into the one here in North Little Rock with a covered wagon late one night a hour later came out with pretty much a pristine rig even though it was only about 36 degrees outside but we got all that stuff off it. Which I thought pretty important at that time. The crew would not want to see me back any time soon due to all the framing and what not they had to get into. Just soap and water and brush. Took alot of brushing.

 

The only problem with Blue Beacon is there aren't nearly enough of them. Better have 2 hours to spare if you go right when everyone else does, after bad weather with good weather forecasted.

Dave, $65? What year? I never get out of one in the Eastern US for less than $80