Something's happened that's never happened to me before in all my years of looking after cars.
I waxed the car this morning with Autoglym High Gloss. I could tell it wasn't going to rain for a couple of hours, so I'd have plenty of time to polish it off. Unfortunately, I'd foolishly neglected to take into account the fact that while waiting for the wax to dry I was about to make a very deep two-inch gash in my hand with a Stanley knife. Two hours at casualty and I returned to a car covered in rain.
What do I do now? Will it be OK to let it dry then polish it. Shoudl I wash the residue off?
Anyone been there and done that (not the Stanley knife bit)?
V
|
Wipe over the wax with a damp cloth to remove any rain spots and then polish it off.
Can't see that you lose too much of your earlier hard work.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
|
...Can't see that you will lose too much of your earlier hard work.....
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
|
|
|
I seem to recall being in the same situation with ordinary car polish years ago, and it came off all right when dry, although it required a bit more than the usual effort. I suppose the moral is not to attempt any DIY between applying the polish and taking it off!
FWIW, if I'm anticipating anything dry weather dependent, I consult meteox.com, which (I'm sorry to say) is a lot better than the Bracknell equivalent...
|
Sorry, the link should be meteox.com
i.e. without a comma at the end! Lynn Truss please note...
|
|
I wasn't actually doing any DIY. I was opening (for the wife) a box containing four garden chairs.
Please assume that I feel as stupid as it's possible to feel.
V
|
Vin, you know the really daft thing? Its raining and the chairs will never get used.
I assume everything is well and no damaged tendons or anything.
------------------------------
< Ex RF, Ex TVM >
|
|
|
|
Wash the car again as normal, then when its dry, buff the wax off. Otherwise your rub dust/grit from the rain into the paint and risk trashing it. If not already, get a lambs wool mitt, I've stopped using sponges all together.
|
Wait until your hand is better....sounds nasty that...and painful. SWMBO must wait on you hand and foot, and pay for a professional valet maybe ?
|
"Another fine mess you've got me into, Stanley."
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
|
LOL - I can picture you flicking your tie.
------------------------------
< Ex RF, Ex TVM >
|
Sorry to hear of the accident.
To be honest, I find a lot of modern packaging difficult to get into without a stanley knife, and am somewhat surprised that I have not yet managed to injure myself.
It would be interesting to know how many accidents of this type there are in the UK every year - though I hope the government doesn't find out, since they would waste no type getting another ill thought out draconian bit of health and safety legislation on the statute books!
|
Thanks for the advice, chaps. I wiped it down with a leather then had a tough polishing job, but it now looka lovely. I don't know if it was just how hard the work was, but it seems to be a better polish than normal.
Hand now improving. It was a remarkably deep 2" long cut. I've cut myself plenty of times, but this was a belter, in the heel of the hand. I missed the nerve running to my little finger, so I was lucky there. They repaired the cut with some gauze strips and superglue (!). The nurse said it's proving much more effective than stitches.
V
|
Vin
I feel your pain. As you stood looking at the gash in your hand and before it started bleeding did you have one of those - " That was a really really really stupid thing to do" moments?
--
Fullchat
|
No, I have a woman who does that sort of thing for me.
V
|
|
Vin I feel your pain.
I feel your pain but I don't have blood running down my head.
|
|
|
cut with some gauze strips and superglue (!). The nurse said it's proving much more effective than stitches.
With Nicole being a nurse, we have a remarkably effective First Aid kit, that contains steri strips, medical glue and spray on plastic skin, not to mention burn dressings that were developed after the falklands war.
------------------------------
< Ex RF, Ex TVM >
|
Ditch the Stanley knife and get a pocket knife/penkife-a lot safer!
|
"It would be interesting to know how many accidents of this type there are in the UK every year - though I hope the government doesn't find out, since they would waste no type getting another ill thought out draconian bit of health and safety legislation on the statute books! "
Afraid they already have, which is why open-blade Stanley-type knives are banned in many warehouses in favour of closed-blade "box-cutters" - there's a protective sleeve around the blade which retracts just enough to cut through cardboard as you press the cutter against the box. (Handy, actually, as it prevents damage to the contents of the box, but a nuisance when you want to cut some tape to seal the box up with again. But at least we're safe and regulated and that's the main thing :-S )
|
|
|
"First Aid kit"
Home-made, presumably? Commercial first-aid kits are now effectively prevented (by Health & Efficiency) from containing anything useful such as plasters and disinfectant, lest the victim suffer an allergic reaction and sue the first-aider!
|
>>Commercial first-aid kits are now effectively prevented (by Health & Efficiency)>>
Stuff H and E - yet another example of the totalitarian state this country is steadily, but surely descending into amid a frightening level of apathy from the general public.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
|
"frightening level of apathy from the general public"
I agree, sadly, although it's hard to know how to respond, apart from railing about it on forums like this. What is curious is that it doesn't seem to have occurred to the busybodies that they might get sued for *not* applying some simple medication. Perhaps a few cases like that would correct the situation.
FWIW, I offer the following snippet of first-aid info regarding stuff to keep in the car - according to a pharmacist friend, Wasp-eze and Burn-eze are the same thing in different packaging, so you only need to buy one!
|
>>Wasp-eze and Burn-eze are the same thing indifferent packaging so you only need to buy one!
I've never seen a burning wasp...
|
I've never seen a burning wasp...
One of lifes rewarding moments is to set fire to a wasp nest. Its most satisfying albeit an act that needs to be planned and executed with great care.
------------------------------
< Ex RF, Ex TVM >
|
|
JBJ: Commercial first-aid kits are now effectively prevented (by Health & Efficiency)
"Health and Efficiency"? Shurely shome mishtake. Are you absolutely certain about that? How I do wish it were true!
V
|
"Shurely shome mishtake"
Indeed, but deliberate. It seemed appropriate...
|
JBJ: Commercial first-aid kits are now effectively prevented (by Health & Efficiency) "Health and Efficiency"? Shurely shome mishtake. Are you absolutely certain about that? How I do wish it were true!
I would glady include a copy of H&E in my First Aid kit. Can one still purchase such a periodical?
------------------------------
< Ex RF, Ex TVM >
|
|
|
|
If you ever need to do it again, the removing dried wax, not the slicing your hand open, then apply a thin layer of fresh wax over what's dried and it will come off as easily as if it was fresh.
I once needed three stitches after failing to open a box of washing powder, so am sympathetic to other's injuries.
--
I read often, only post occasionally
|
I discovered the effectiveness of superglue on wounds years ago, by daring personal experiment. It is especially effective on those deep and painful cuts made by such as paper or grass. Just press the edges together and pour on a drop and hold for 10 seconds.
Don't try and be too ambitious - it may not work for arms, legs, or other organs.
|
|
"I once needed three stitches after failing to open a box of washing powder"
I can see a 'worst injury sustained from the most trivial task' thread looming. Just have to think of a motoring angle...
|
4 stitches on palm of hand, installing a boot rack on the Barchetta. Caught a flake of chrome trim, and cut the skin like a razor.
Not my finest moment.
|
|
|
|
|
|