To PC or not to PC - please advise

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Originally Posted by gswearengin

I am also considering a dark grey car as well as white...if I go with white I do think I will be able to keep it tip-top..

The risk with white is that ferrous contamination/rail dust will corrode, resulting in unsightly rust-blooms/orange spots.

No biggie if you decontaminate, but for some reason people often seem hesitant to use a decon. system on their new car

Dark gray metallics can be nice and forgiving. Perhaps more so than you'd think.

[gswearengin]

I'm not afraid to use a decontaminant on a new car. What would you recommend (that I don't have to buy by the gallon!)? I have every intention of doing a full detail on the new car, I just don't think it will include a polish with the PCXP. But, we'll see what happens, now that I've ordered it and will have it at my disposal...

Thanks,

Gary

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Originally Posted by gswearengin

I'm not afraid to use a decontaminant on a new car. What would you recommend (that I don't have to buy by the gallon!)?

Cool, glad to hear that.

Sometimes AutoInt/ValuGard has specials where you can get smaller sizes or some other price break.

Maybe We Are Car Care -- Car Wax, Car Polish, Auto Detailing Supplies, Car Buffers & Car Accessories Store or Aloha & Welcome to Our Oasis for All Your Auto Detailing, Auto Detailing Supplies, Auto Detailing Equipment, Auto Detailing Products, & Auto Detailing Accessories for all your Automobile Detailing might have the FK version. Their stuff comes in smaller bottles (or at least it did last time I bought some).

In either case, you really only need the first two steps of the system (alkaline and acidic) because the final step is basically just a conventional wash.

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I washed my brand new truck about a week after I got it. After claying it that was when I saw the 50 plus spots on the hood and roof where it was either rain spots or they had it parked under a tree with sap and it had etched the clear. They did not come out with a hand polish either.
My HD UNO complete kit should be here this week. Plus I'm planning on doing their affiliate so I needed to know the products anyways and can use it as a tax write off as well.