Re: Dealing With Rain
Washing is always the answer. I would never touch a car that was dirty and then lightly rained on. If you have wax on it already then it should be fine until you can wash it.
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Re: Dealing With Rain
Water spots are the problem. Especially if they end up being Type IIOriginally posted by ColonelCash View Post
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Re: Dealing With Rain
Rain's great as long as it isnt over my car....
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Re: Dealing With Rain
Can someone enlighten me on this "rain" idea? I once read in elementry school that perioically water would fall from the sky to help the grass grow...then cows eat grass...and we drink the cows milk, etc.
Guess Nashville, TN was an exception. No gas, no rain, no good.Leave a comment:
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Re: Dealing With Rain
Originally posted by roushstage2 View Post
Agree.
Now if you're parked at a store on your way to work and not time or opportunity to hand wash your car then you have two options.
1) Do nothing. Drive to work, keep your job and deal with it later.
2) Do something. If you know or think they're might be dirt on the car deposited by the rain, or the car was dusty before and rained, whatever the deal is, if you think or know the finish has dirt on it then you then need to consider the risk of wiping down your car's paint.
Theres no mist and wipe product by any company that's perfect for this kind of job that's going to give you peace of mind as you wipe the car down.
If you choose to wipe the freshly rained-on car down then do the best you can do then drive to work and keep your job. You can deal with any subsequent paint problems later.
Kind of a real-world scenario...
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Re: Dealing With Rain
No.Originally posted by akimel View Post
Yes because there is dirt/dust in the rain water and that will scratch the paint. QD will help lubricate the surface to keep that from happening. At the same time, best and safest bet is to wash the car.Originally posted by akimel View PostLeave a comment:
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Re: Dealing With Rain
Well, QDing while drying would at least add a little lubrication....Leave a comment:
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Re: Dealing With Rain
Originally posted by Mike Phillips View PostRain is a problem.
Not much you can do except what you tried or wash the car or later wash the car and if you find water spots then clean, polish and protect.
How bad the spots are depends upon what's in the air when it rains, the more pollution in the air then it's likely the water spots can be worse.
There really isn't an easy answer except to maintain a good coat of wax or a paint sealant on your car and then do your best to keep it clean to the best of your abilities...
Sometimes because of priorities, (work), there's not much you can do.
It rained up here in the desert at 6:00am this morning and the wife's Honda Pilot gets the garage and my car gets to sit outside, so I was up tarping the Jimmy because it's a convertible and later this week I'll probably get to polish the paint again to remove any water spots.
For this I'll use D151 with a DA Polisher and just do a light waxing and this should remove any spots.
Darn world....
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Re: Dealing With Rain
If one has the opportunity to dry one's car shortly after it's been rained upon, should one just dry it normally? Would there be any benefit to spray the already wet panels with QD, for example? I have seen that sometimes suggested, but I do not understand the reason behind the practice. TIA.Leave a comment:
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Re: Dealing With Rain
Rain is a problem.
Not much you can do except what you tried or wash the car or later wash the car and if you find water spots then clean, polish and protect.
How bad the spots are depends upon what's in the air when it rains, the more pollution in the air then it's likely the water spots can be worse.
There really isn't an easy answer except to maintain a good coat of wax or a paint sealant on your car and then do your best to keep it clean to the best of your abilities...
Sometimes because of priorities, (work), there's not much you can do.
It rained up here in the desert at 6:00am this morning and the wife's Honda Pilot gets the garage and my car gets to sit outside, so I was up tarping the Jimmy because it's a convertible and later this week I'll probably get to polish the paint again to remove any water spots.
For this I'll use D151 with a DA Polisher and just do a light waxing and this should remove any spots.
Darn world....
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Wash or Wipe after Rain?
Wash or Wipe after Rain?
How do you guys deal with rain? I'm brand new to detailing and I have a brand new black Honda Civic. I went to the gym this morning and apparently it rained for like 10 minutes because I came out and the cars were all wet and then the sun was out so it was creating water spots extremely fast. So the spots got all over the car. Unfortunately, I still have to go to work soon so I had no time to wash or rinse the car, plus the sun was out in full force so I wouldn't want to do that anyway.
So what I did was try to do a Q.D. to remove the mineral spots but I was kinda in a rush and it was my first time dealing with this on the new car. The MF towels I used got black dirt really quick because the minerals so I ended up using a bunch of them.
Anyway, how do you guys deal with rain? As much as I'd like to avoid it, that's not realistic and rain happens. Thanks!
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