A guy at the Cars and Coffee in Sacramento pointed at my swirl marks and asked if I used a dirty rag
Two months of hand washing with a $6 sponge from the grocery store, and one stranger's comment in a parking lot was all it took for me to finally buy a proper wash mitt and two bucket setup, so what is the one thing someone said to you that changed how you detail?
Feeling that one in my soul. Spent years scrubbing my old truck with whatever was under the kitchen sink and wondering why the paint looked like a spider web in the sun. It was my neighbor, of all people, who leaned over the fence and said "you know you're just pushing the dirt around, right?" and that offhand comment sent me down the rabbit hole of microfiber and grit guards. Funny how a total stranger or some guy next door can drop one line that sticks with you way longer than any detailing video ever did. The swirl marks sting but honestly that push is what gets you to actually learn how to do it right instead of guessing.