In my many years of turning wrenches I've worked on motorcycles, Ag equipment, construction equipment, stationary industrial machinery, forklifts and of course cars & trucks. All machines seem to have thier own special kinds of filth that they attract, but what is it about the dirt on cars that makes it so extreamly hard to wash off?
I've spent most of the weekend replacing a worn out clutch in my wifes SAAB 9000, and I am so grimey that I look and feel like I just climbed out of a tar pit. I work on forklifts for a living, and wouldn't get that dirty even if I didn't shower for a week! I usualy wear cover-alls to work on cars, but that wouldn't have been a good idea with todays heat and humididty (got to love that Philly air quality, I'm not sure its even actually all air). So today I was in long pants and a T-shirt, but by the time I made it to the shower I looked like I had been working topless. It took every washing trick in the book to get that grime off, Go-Jo, lava soap, simple green, regular soap and a lava stone & a stiff brisltle brush, next time I might just try wet sanding my-self with a orbital sander instead.
Its been my experience that even cars that look pretty clean can be harboring large amounts of the dirt that tries to bond to human flesh at the first chance it gets. No real point to this, I'm just ranting, I'm done now
