Impossible dream of maintaining a black honda accord

[davey g-force]

Re: Impossible dream of maintaining a black honda accord

Hondas are notorious for their soft paint (not saying it's necessarily the case for your car).

Perhaps you could try using a QD to help your drying process by providing some lubrication.

[Murr1525]

Re: Impossible dream of maintaining a black honda accord

Using the Meguiars towels? Or other good quality ones?

Could use some white vinegar in the rinse to help soften.

[Show 'N' Shine Car Detailing]

Just wondering why you're drying with microfiber towels? Unless others chime in, I've never used a microfiber towel to dry it. I've always used an absorber chamois. Others have techniques they use. So hopefully they'll reply.

[waxyboard]

Hi all,

I bought a new honda accord a couple months ago, it's black. I've read up all about microfiber towels, cleaning them properly, using all meguiars products, like the soap, and wash, and claybaring, etc etc... I even invested in an oribital buffer. But back to washing, I use the meguiars mitt, and two bucket method, going from top down, doing the wheels last where the most grime is likely to get on the mitt and start scratching.

No matter how many microfiber towels I go through to dry the car or how how gentle I am, I introduce new fine scratches in the paint every time. These are still too few to notice much, but could I be doing something wrong, or is it just life with a black car and possibly just soft honda paint/clearcoat? Sometimes the microfiber towels start to dry the car and when it's damp it is hard to move the towels on the car, so I feel like I'm putting too much friction and the towels are scratching the car.

The only thing I can think of is maybe my first set of microfiber towels got dried in high heat and maybe made them more coarse. My newer towels I only dry on low heat and of course don't use any softeners.