Last night we had high winds and rain..Today I went out to my truck and it was covered in leaves...mostly maple and ash tree leaves....truck was beading nicely.
I grabbed the hose to wash them off ..to my surprise where the leaves laid it was not beading after I sprayed them off...I felt where the leaves were laying and it felt different from rest of painted area...so I washed the truck..in the rain...after the wash it beaded again...
also I have aquapel on my windshield and where the leaves were no beading there also...
now my question..do some leaves have a substance in them to retain water that may have leeched off onto the paint...and held water on the paint...the areas that held water were in the shape of the leaf...all around it was beading like mad...after the soap wash it was good again.
Al
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