Statesboro Car Wash & Lube Center

Home Car Washing

It wastes water and leads to water pollution. Most people who wash their vehicles at home don't realize where the contaminated water goes or how much water is wasted. Home car washing releases contaminated water directly into storm drains intended for rainwater. This causes pollution in our rivers, lakes, and streams

Feel Good

Ninety-five percent of those interviewed in a recent survey said that driving a clean car cheered them up, and that after they have their car washed at a professional car wash they get a "definite emotional lift." Most motorists report that driving a dirty car depressed them

The International Carwash Association working through a special Carwash Research Foundation Grant to the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas

has conducted extensive car washing tests this past year to determine the effect on car finishes by comparing various car washing techniques ranging from professional car washing to the bucket and sponge used by many auto owners

The Hand Wash

Without having been told the why's or the wherefore's, four men were given the chore of washing four of the test cars by hand. Each person was to do as thorough a job as possible. Since there were four people involved, and since each person used their favorite "tools", together they presented a cross-section of various hand washing techniques commonly used by average car owners. So the marathon carwash began. The four men showed up in four different sections of town enthusiastically sponging and lathering their test cars as if they were their very own. Bystanders could see one man hard at work in a do-it-yourself self-service type of carwash with high-pressure water facilities; another was busy at home with the garden hose and a water spray-brush. One man scrubbed away utilizing a bucket, a sponge, and a garden hose. One, to the horror of the environmentalists, and in defiance of local regulations, washed his test car at a lakeside

The comparison tests produced results of which every car owner should be aware. Automatic car washing and hand washing have completely different effects on automobile paint