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12-29-2012, 05:09 PM | #1 |
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Winter Dusting Caked On. Advice Pls?
I'm about to clean the car for the first time after some winter dust/dried water has left its marks. My plan was to at a Self Car Wash:
1) High Pressure Rinse Off 2) Bathe car in Mother's car shampoo (pour over a bucket of sudded up car shampoo onto car, soak for a minute). 3) High Pressure Rinse Off 4) One more bathe car in shampoo and then use microfiber mits to clean car top to bottom w/ two bucket method. 5) High Pressure Rinse Off / Dry Car w/ dampened microfiber with detailing solution (Meguiar's quick detailer) 6) Klasse AIO application to polish and reseal 7) If I'm bored, Grand Finale Spray Seal (Zaino) Let me know if you think I should do something different upfront to further prevent scratches from happening while washing the car up. I think the two lathering system is the best I can do without having a proper home pressure gun to add a foam lance to. |
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Thanks, I end up looking at my mits or microfibers every time I reapply to the car. I rarely just dunk it and start wiping again. Reason I don't want to use APC is because won't that strip the wax or protectant I have on the car? I was almost going to use 1Z Einslett W99 etc
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Today it was so freaking cold, I ended up just using the High Pressure Wash quickly to rinse of the dirt as best as possible, shampooed once, took through a Touchless Wash for extra measure. Afterwards, just blotted/patted it down to dry with a microfiber (not wiping), since I know there's still some residue winter film there (it's ever so slight, but didn't want to take a chance). |
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12-30-2012, 03:49 PM | #8 |
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Have you heard of this "gary dean" one bucket method. It could help in preventing marring.
The main idea is not reintroducing dirty wash media back into the wash solution or paint. Basically he keeps multiple MFs in the wash solution and after using them on paint, they are set aside. He uses a rinseless wash in the video, but the same steps can be applied to a regular wash with a presoak and rinse. |
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So logical, it's like "why didn't I come up with that?!?" Good one. Since I already have a gazillion MFs at the ready, why not use them like this. One MF per panel and discard into the second bucket (as a container of dirties). Might have to try this idea.
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If you google it, he uses a pack of MF from Sam's club.
I think I'm going to try this in the future too, but not sure I want to use my "good" mf on a really dirty car. |
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12-30-2012, 04:12 PM | #11 |
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I think you mean salt + melted snow = white / dirty caking on the car
what about a bucket of warm/hot water to dissolve the salt and use warmer water to continue to wash. |
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12-31-2012, 01:37 AM | #13 |
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Use the APC, then apply some OptiSeal in the Winter months for great protection with easy application. If you prefer wax, try some Collinite 845 - it's fantastic and long lasting.
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I'm hesitant to use Opti Seal despite the rave reviews. I don't think I'll be able to prep my car perfectly to utilize Opti Seal correctly. Also, I do like applying waxes or detailer on top of the sealant and Opti Coat is so strong you can't really do that as it simply washes off. |
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Use a citrus cleaner to help clear off any road grime or dirt. I cleaned a customers AW M3 from canada which was caked on with salt and grime making the paint look almost yellow. I used Auto Finesse Citrus Cleaner and let is dwell for a few minutes and just washed it off after. Worked really well and got rid of all the salt with no effort at all.
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1) Apply Auto Finesse Citrus Cleaner (to melt grime/dirt/salt) that will be there 2) Wash Car (Touchless) 3) Apply Auto Finesse Tripple AIO on top. What do you think? Would that work well. The Klasse application from the previous round should still be there right? |
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Klasse aio is a great prep for any wax or sealant.
I use collinite, but you might try klasse SG over the AIO as it's supposed to a better job at repelling dirt while lasting as long or even longer than the 845. |
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Only thing is SG sort of a pain to apply and you can't f-up I heard. Collonite on the other hand I could apply every month or something and it's easy to do so.
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