I just did a ONR with express wax dry.
I just did a ONR with express wax dry.
I am also in the do as little as possible except try to wash off pollen. I will pressure wash if it is bad and follow up with a rinseless. It is over here so the spring big clean will start..of course, here May can be early summer. So far it has been cooler than normal.
Al
The Need to Bead
I usually do a full wash weekly. So the pollen issue is mute. Hate it all the same tho. Not to mention what it does to a freshly detailed engine.
2018 Chevy Colorado ZR2
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A car even lightly covered in pollen then rained on, can make a freshly washed or detailed car look like you haven washed your car in weeks. Just happened to me.
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Wash my DD yesterday - pollen killed any last trace of LSP and all upward facing surfaces felt like sandpaper. Can`t wait till pollen season is over so I can start my full Spring detail...
*IS* pollen all that abrasive? Not arguing, I simply don`t know...just because it looks nasty under magnification that doesn`t mean it`s all that (functionally) abrasive on autopaint. I don`t make my washes any more gentle than usual (some regulars here are probably chuckling over that statement, but anyhow..) when the vehicle`s covered with pollen and it`s never bitten me.
IMO (based on first-hand experience ) CCDs mar paint simply by their very nature since most *any* dirt on a vehicle will be somewhat abrasive and the lack of lubrication/encapsulation/etc. means there`s nothing to mitigate that. I`ve marred paint with a CCD using the most gentle techniques imaginable, even when all I was dusting off was a light film of "garage dust" (no, not compound/polish dust either ). OTOH, a vehicle can be coated with *extremely* abrasive, nasty [stuff] but will still wash up marring-free as long as you go about it right...i.e., providing that lubrication/encapsulation/etc. to mitigate the abrasion.
If it hasn`t rained and the LSP is fresh, then pressure rinse and wipe down with a few damp towels and Uber @ quick detail ratio.
9/10 though just wait till I can do a proper 2 bucket.
Nothing but deal with it
Washed my car Saturday afternoon, looked great. Went to shower and leave for dinner (about 20 minutes total), walk car and it had a green haze. I was blown away what 20 minutes accumulated
On a related subject, there are also tree buds/blossoms that inflict damage to vehicle paint. Some just discolor the surface. like red maple buds when they get wet. Others. like horse chestnut buds, which have a very sticky & caustic yellow sap, will etch your paint. If you have trees or bushes with "bud problems" in your locale, let Autopians know. (Excluding the states of Colorado, Washington, & Oregon IF you know what I mean...just sayin`!)
GB detailer
Lonnie- I had, uhm...."tree droppings" (as differentiated from sap) etch through 476S back when I parked outside. Wonder how well FK1000P would protect against such stuff. It did OK back in `15 when I had to park the Tahoe under the same trees while they worked on the driveway, but that was *my* trees and I`m sure YMMV applies.
Accumulator:
Any idea what tree species the droppings were from???
Good question about "imperviousness" of FK1000P. Based on your experience with this wax/sealant hybrid, it may be worth adding to one`s arsenal of car-care LSPs. (Or so I keep telling myself)
I can understand WHY vehicle owners are coating or even clear wrapping their (expensive) vehicles these days to protect them from such natural fallout.
GB detailer
Lonnie- Nah, I don`t really know for sure what the FK1000P protected so well against. I do know it was directly under some oaks and maples (of unkown variety), but I live in a woods with literally countless trees contributing to the problem. The stormy weather probably had all of `em factoring in (while delaying the work that was keeping me out of my driveway!).
The stuff that cut right through 476S was from an Elm, don`t see too many of those these days. I cut that tree way back and try to avoid parking under it, but it`s RIGHT by both the driveway and the primary overhead door to the shop...sigh. Gotta stop under if for the door`s remote to work. No, not gonna cut it down
EDIT: I *really* do think you oughta try the FK1000P. Heh heh, I quit bugging you about buying my M16 in part because I think the FK is simply a better product. And I still find it funny how its look grows on me...thought I`d utterly *HATE* it on the `93 Audi, but a year later I think it looks great. And [REPEAT how strangers keep coming up to me to compliment vehicles wearing FK1000P], never had anything on any vehicle garner so many compliments, not even close.
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