Nopstnz8
10-28-2010, 03:22 PM
Hey guys I am try to seek some advice for a problem I have encountered over the last month of being in school. I`m a college student living on campus and this year I finally have a car, thankfully not mine, but my moms. Well I did paint correction on it right before I got here over the summer, and got out about 80-85% of the swirls I believe. The gloss improved dramatically, but I just didn`t have the time to get it to 90-95%. I park it in the parking structure across from my apartment on campus, on the 5th floor (6 floor garage with the 6th being the roof) so that I can park away from people, and try and get it covered in less pollen. I`m even parked with a wall behind me so I don`t have all the crap from the mountain blowing crap on it with all the wind we get here. Anyways, when my mom said I could take her car for the first two quarters here, that I would get it looking the best I could, coat it with at least two coats of KSG, and then just do ONR washes weekly to maintain it.
BTW, it`s an `06 Honda Civic in galaxy gray. So my problem is that i`m and Engineering student at Cal Poly SLO, and get a lot of work throughout the week, which means the only time I have to wash the car is on the weekends, and maybe on Wednesdays, but not always. Well I never expected it to get this dusty so fast in just a one week period where I`ll drive it like one or twice that week. Our cars have always been garaged, so even having it in a covered parking garage I knew would be a pain, because I can`t stand it being dusty. I would almost never let my own car get that dirty over a week period with it being garaged indoors at night.
Sadly yesterday I discovered some light swirls are now appearing under the sunlight if I look hard enough, yesterday it was pretty noticeable, although they aren`t deep. When I polished it I used M205 and Menzerna 106FA which I know obvious the M205 had some filling effects, but I don`t think these swirls were there before because the car is still almost as wet looking as before, just with light swirling. I know this was most likely caused by the ONR. I`m really careful using the two bucket method, changing the water in the rinse bucket out after each big section. I also make sure the Cobra microfiber sponge I use is well lubricated with the solution. I`m even using DI water to prevent water spots. I wash the car in the parking garage, first spraying it down with ONR in a pump sprayer. I`ve had this feeling the car may just be a little too dirty for the ONR, but it`s really my only option. In the past when I ONR`d this car and it was that dirty, I didn`t have problems because it wasn`t polished this well, making me not really notice the effects. I`m planning to hopefully just do a one step when I get home over the break.
Well I`ve been reading on here that people are saying ONR has it`s limits, but over the years I came to the conclusion that it sounded like those limits were much farther than what I`m dealing with. Recently I found out on here that people say hand washing is safe for a dirty car than ONR, although mine is never caked with mud or anything, just dust. Anyways, what everyone here is saying is that a foam gun is the way to go, but since I don`t have access to a hose, I`m in bit of a situation.
What sucks is that we only have one Coin Op in this town, and it isn`t the greatest, but I think they have a foam gun. I wanted to strictly do ONR because I didn`t want to wait to use the coin op since it`s usually pretty busy. I also didn`t want to have water fly out of the cracks and stuff on the drive back to campus.
Basically what I`m getting at is that I would prefer to start using a foam gun and then just hand washing it each week. Do the foam guns at the Coin Ops use highly concentrated soap that would strip my sealant coats? Also, if I end up resorting to the coin op, I may just buy a Chemical Guys portable leaf blower to aid in drying.
My other idea if the foam gun method isn`t an option, would be driving to the coin op and then just pressure washing down the exterior, then driving back to campus and doing an ONR wash, if I don`t want to do it there. What do you guys think? Would this have any helpful effects, or do virtually nothing and cause spotting if I don`t ONR right away? I`m open to reasonable suggestions, and just ordered a Chemical Guys sheepskin. Thanks for reading my long post. Lol.
BTW, it`s an `06 Honda Civic in galaxy gray. So my problem is that i`m and Engineering student at Cal Poly SLO, and get a lot of work throughout the week, which means the only time I have to wash the car is on the weekends, and maybe on Wednesdays, but not always. Well I never expected it to get this dusty so fast in just a one week period where I`ll drive it like one or twice that week. Our cars have always been garaged, so even having it in a covered parking garage I knew would be a pain, because I can`t stand it being dusty. I would almost never let my own car get that dirty over a week period with it being garaged indoors at night.
Sadly yesterday I discovered some light swirls are now appearing under the sunlight if I look hard enough, yesterday it was pretty noticeable, although they aren`t deep. When I polished it I used M205 and Menzerna 106FA which I know obvious the M205 had some filling effects, but I don`t think these swirls were there before because the car is still almost as wet looking as before, just with light swirling. I know this was most likely caused by the ONR. I`m really careful using the two bucket method, changing the water in the rinse bucket out after each big section. I also make sure the Cobra microfiber sponge I use is well lubricated with the solution. I`m even using DI water to prevent water spots. I wash the car in the parking garage, first spraying it down with ONR in a pump sprayer. I`ve had this feeling the car may just be a little too dirty for the ONR, but it`s really my only option. In the past when I ONR`d this car and it was that dirty, I didn`t have problems because it wasn`t polished this well, making me not really notice the effects. I`m planning to hopefully just do a one step when I get home over the break.
Well I`ve been reading on here that people are saying ONR has it`s limits, but over the years I came to the conclusion that it sounded like those limits were much farther than what I`m dealing with. Recently I found out on here that people say hand washing is safe for a dirty car than ONR, although mine is never caked with mud or anything, just dust. Anyways, what everyone here is saying is that a foam gun is the way to go, but since I don`t have access to a hose, I`m in bit of a situation.
What sucks is that we only have one Coin Op in this town, and it isn`t the greatest, but I think they have a foam gun. I wanted to strictly do ONR because I didn`t want to wait to use the coin op since it`s usually pretty busy. I also didn`t want to have water fly out of the cracks and stuff on the drive back to campus.
Basically what I`m getting at is that I would prefer to start using a foam gun and then just hand washing it each week. Do the foam guns at the Coin Ops use highly concentrated soap that would strip my sealant coats? Also, if I end up resorting to the coin op, I may just buy a Chemical Guys portable leaf blower to aid in drying.
My other idea if the foam gun method isn`t an option, would be driving to the coin op and then just pressure washing down the exterior, then driving back to campus and doing an ONR wash, if I don`t want to do it there. What do you guys think? Would this have any helpful effects, or do virtually nothing and cause spotting if I don`t ONR right away? I`m open to reasonable suggestions, and just ordered a Chemical Guys sheepskin. Thanks for reading my long post. Lol.