Wasn't This Clean in the Showroom
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Originally Posted by dot dot
I mean, what difference does it make if you have a few water spots when you're getting ready to clay it?
BUT, if I'm just washing regularly, it's definatly a QD trip around the vehicle afterwards to eliminate spots. Keeping the whole vehicle wet the whole time takes too much water for my taste, so I blot out what's still there, and QD the rest.
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Well, I don't really agree with that approach but, I see the point.
I see it as it's much easier to dry the vehicle than it is to try to clay off residual calcium/magnesium/iron spots that could potentially etch into the paint thus causing a HUGE problem that isn't really easily dealt with...
10 minutes of my time spent drying or using the flow dry method is WELL worth saving an extra hour with the PC or rotary in my hands.
I see it as it's much easier to dry the vehicle than it is to try to clay off residual calcium/magnesium/iron spots that could potentially etch into the paint thus causing a HUGE problem that isn't really easily dealt with...
10 minutes of my time spent drying or using the flow dry method is WELL worth saving an extra hour with the PC or rotary in my hands.
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The flow dry method...........
That sounds like when I jump in the truck after rinsing it off and drive down I-540 to the next exit and back in order to blow all the water off it so I don't get my microfiber drying towel wet until the last drying.
If so, I've been known to use that approach from time to time.
That sounds like when I jump in the truck after rinsing it off and drive down I-540 to the next exit and back in order to blow all the water off it so I don't get my microfiber drying towel wet until the last drying.
If so, I've been known to use that approach from time to time.
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Originally Posted by RockPick
Well, I don't really agree with that approach but, I see the point.
I see it as it's much easier to dry the vehicle than it is to try to clay off residual calcium/magnesium/iron spots that could potentially etch into the paint thus causing a HUGE problem that isn't really easily dealt with...
10 minutes of my time spent drying or using the flow dry method is WELL worth saving an extra hour with the PC or rotary in my hands.
I see it as it's much easier to dry the vehicle than it is to try to clay off residual calcium/magnesium/iron spots that could potentially etch into the paint thus causing a HUGE problem that isn't really easily dealt with...
10 minutes of my time spent drying or using the flow dry method is WELL worth saving an extra hour with the PC or rotary in my hands.
I see your point, too, though. If it means an hour of machine vs. 10 minutes drying, the answer is obvious, but for me, it happens to be 0 time vs 10 minutes.
In case you're wondering about the month without washing, it was when I left last summer for a month and my truck was parked in the driveway gettin the sprinklers daily shower. I got back (fearing for my paint), washed it, and realized that it was smooth as glass. I was happy, to say the least.
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Vertically challenged
How do you guys get up to do the roof and windshield ? I'm only 5' 8'' so I have a hard time washing/drying/polishing/waxing the roof and cleaning the windshield. Also the hood sometimes. I have tried one of those little stepladder things with two steps but even then I have limited success. I can get a lot of the roof from the bed, but I have a roll back tonneau cover which limits how far back I can stand in the bed.
Colin
Colin
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Originally Posted by nhfx4
How do you guys get up to do the roof and windshield ? I'm only 5' 8'' so I have a hard time washing/drying/polishing/waxing the roof and cleaning the windshield. Also the hood sometimes. I have tried one of those little stepladder things with two steps but even then I have limited success. I can get a lot of the roof from the bed, but I have a roll back tonneau cover which limits how far back I can stand in the bed.
Colin
Colin
JP
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Don't feel bad, nhfx4, I'm 6'1" and I can't reach that little area in the top center of the windshield either.
Like you say, I stand in the bed to do the 2/3 of the roof I can reach from there, and I use a two-step stepladder to get the front half of the roof.
I bet those boys with 6" or 8" lift kits and 37" mudders have it rough. I bet the first place the paint goes bad on those rigs is in the center of the roof just behind the windshield. LOL, I bet the paint right over the fender flares (5' off the ground) looks awesome, though.
Like you say, I stand in the bed to do the 2/3 of the roof I can reach from there, and I use a two-step stepladder to get the front half of the roof.
I bet those boys with 6" or 8" lift kits and 37" mudders have it rough. I bet the first place the paint goes bad on those rigs is in the center of the roof just behind the windshield. LOL, I bet the paint right over the fender flares (5' off the ground) looks awesome, though.
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