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gareth25 · by **gareth25** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:02 am

Hay guys dont know if any one else has this happen but... Spent all day cleaning, polishing and waxing the coup only for a bloody dust storm to blow in over night and ruin my work. Have tried just sprinkling the car but leaves drip marks and rubbing with a chamois leather / micro cloth seems to take some of the wax away. Any one know any other way to get rid orf the dust with out re-washing?

Joff · by **Joff** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:14 am

Nothing you can do except wash it again or leave it in the garage. It's all the pollen in the air that gets stuck to the car, and shows up fantastically on a black car.

On another note, why the hell don't people realise that writing in the dust / pollen scratches the paintwork?

Loque · by **Loque** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:24 am

I know right! The secretary drew a big smiley face on my roof today. If she wasn't fine I'd have had serious issues.

gareth25 · by **gareth25** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:29 am

Cheers, just seems a shame, and i dont want to be one of those pretentious guys who "tucks there car in" every night to one of those covers. Had my fair share dust writing done to my car, one of the resasons i want to get ride of it.

black zen · by **black zen** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:37 am

If its not dust that covers your car then you can bet it will be targeted by seagulls or flying rats 10mins after youv'e washed and poloshed it :evil:

Blue Coup Lover · by **Blue Coup Lover** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:28 am

black zen wrote:If its not dust that covers your car then you can bet it will be targeted by seagulls or flying rats 10mins after youv'e washed and poloshed it

I was skitter-bombed the other day. All over the car

Lewis · by **Lewis** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:50 pm

Duster. Or Meg's Last Touch with a microfibre.

MLC90 · by **MLC90** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:48 pm

Blue Coup Lover wrote:
black zen wrote:If its not dust that covers your car then you can bet it will be targeted by seagulls or flying rats 10mins after youv'e washed and poloshed it

I was skitter-bombed the other day. All over the car

not just me then park in carpark at work nice shinny car 9hrs later covered in crap car next to me dirty no crap :-x

Loque · by **Loque** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:12 am

Apparently they crap on blue cars more often...

Getz Luke · by **Getz Luke** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:14 pm

washed my car 3 times this week! Really annoys me, on the getz all the watery dust(after clearing windscrren) collects on the plastic bit on the bottom of the windscreen and goes green, it really really pi**** me off :evil:

nearly run out of my 99p car pride wicked wax

Loque · by **Loque** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:22 pm

You don't really wanna wash your car more than once a week. Top marks for enthusiasm though!

Getz Luke · by **Getz Luke** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:38 pm

Loque wrote:You don't really wanna wash your car more than once a week. Top marks for enthusiasm though!

I know i should'nt, but i cant stand my car being dirty!

Lewis · by **Lewis** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:09 pm

Using a good hard wax will help keep duat off.

gareth25 · by **gareth25** » Sun May 01, 2011 2:27 am

You say "hard wax", how does differ from liquid? Or is it just preference? I thought it was just a case of looking for wax with caruba wax in it.

stu85lan · by **stu85lan** » Sun May 01, 2011 2:45 pm

I use smartwax,can get it off the forum shop.Once its applied all you really need to do is run a hose over it.Plus it gives one hell of a shine!

Getz Luke · by **Getz Luke** » Sun May 01, 2011 2:46 pm

that car pride wicked wax i use is a hard wax, it only costs 99p

Lewis · by **Lewis** » Mon May 02, 2011 3:18 am

gareth25 wrote:You say "hard wax", how does differ from liquid? Or is it just preference? I thought it was just a case of looking for wax with caruba wax in it.

Yes and no.

Hard wax just means it stays on longer. generally liquid waxes are easy to apply and won't last too long. Soft waxes thus are easier to apply but have reduced lifespan.

You can get carnuaba waxes like the Zymol/Dodo Juice range and synthetic waxes which is more what you get in bottles rather than tubs. Synthetic waxes don't tend to last as long. So you're better off going for a carnuaba wax. These waxes help increase the shine and gloss and protection.

I use the hard wax Blue Velvet on my blue Coupe and it has great results. So much better than my Meguiars tech wax. It doesn't have nearly the same effect on my friend's light-coloured Yaris, though, as it's designed for more solid colours. I would recommend trying the Dodo Juice range, there's something for every type of car there.

villan1985 · by **villan1985** » Mon May 02, 2011 12:08 pm

apparently we are getting a load of dusty crap blown in from the sahara or something?

gareth25 · by **gareth25** » Wed May 04, 2011 8:23 pm

Lewis wrote:
gareth25 wrote:You say "hard wax", how does differ from liquid? Or is it just preference? I thought it was just a case of looking for wax with caruba wax in it.

Yes and no.

Hard wax just means it stays on longer. generally liquid waxes are easy to apply and won't last too long. Soft waxes thus are easier to apply but have reduced lifespan.

You can get carnuaba waxes like the Zymol/Dodo Juice range and synthetic waxes which is more what you get in bottles rather than tubs. Synthetic waxes don't tend to last as long. So you're better off going for a carnuaba wax. These waxes help increase the shine and gloss and protection.

I use the hard wax Blue Velvet on my blue Coupe and it has great results. So much better than my Meguiars tech wax. It doesn't have nearly the same effect on my friend's light-coloured Yaris, though, as it's designed for more solid colours. I would recommend trying the Dodo Juice range, there's something for every type of car there.

Cheers dude that answers a lot. Think I will have to try some Dodo juice next time.

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