JeffsRealm
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- Jun 29, 2017
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So this year the city I live in decided the 2 mile stretch of road in front of my house needed all new water mains and sewer. Oh what a mess. Basically think of your average city street with sidewalks on both sides and then side walk to sidewalk rip it all out deep enough to put in sewer and water mains including the first half of my driveway. Of course this is not going fast. Being I live in Michigan they started this in April and I manage to get a coating of Collinite 845 on back then, it was too cold out to do a coating or sealant. However, it now going on July and I really haven't been able to do anything except hose it off. I do attempt a 2 bucket wash fruitlessly on occasion. Unfortunately it is my only vehicle, so I can't really be without it. I do not have any family within 3 hour drive so I can go over there to wash do a sealant or anything.
Under these conditions when it rains I have mud, when it is dry the dust is unbelievable. I have actually changed air filters on my vehicle twice since this started. Furnace filters every 20 days and they are really dirty. My biggest problem is I cant really get a wash and a good prep on the finish to do anything. Seriously by the time I completely wash and dry the car I am afraid to do a clay bar, there is already a layer of dust on the truck. I don't really want to grind that in and polish it into the paint.
Ok now the good news, I do have a sidewalk and driveway back again the front yard from sidewalk to street is still dirt, black top road though doesn't go in for several more weeks. I still have a mile or so of this to drive through every day but the dust has settled down a little bit. I am thinking of putting on a coating like Wolfgangs Uber, or the Gyeon 2 on sale right now. Hoping this will help me. I was thinking maybe I could do one panel at a time, basically completely clean, dry, clay bar, polish, prep to remove all polish, then look to make sure no cars are coming then apply the coating, wipe off excess. Wait a little bit then do another panel starting with the wash again on that panel then clay bar, polish, clean polish, coating rinse and repeat. I can not find anywhere where Wolfgangs uber can not get wet shortly after it is applied and dried. Where Wolfgangs sealant, you have to let dry 24 hours. Does this sound like a valid plan? What would you do? Really open to suggestions. I know it is going to take a lot longer to do this but I don't think the truck would stay dust free long enough doing a full wash, then dry, then clay bar, then polish.
Under these conditions when it rains I have mud, when it is dry the dust is unbelievable. I have actually changed air filters on my vehicle twice since this started. Furnace filters every 20 days and they are really dirty. My biggest problem is I cant really get a wash and a good prep on the finish to do anything. Seriously by the time I completely wash and dry the car I am afraid to do a clay bar, there is already a layer of dust on the truck. I don't really want to grind that in and polish it into the paint.
Ok now the good news, I do have a sidewalk and driveway back again the front yard from sidewalk to street is still dirt, black top road though doesn't go in for several more weeks. I still have a mile or so of this to drive through every day but the dust has settled down a little bit. I am thinking of putting on a coating like Wolfgangs Uber, or the Gyeon 2 on sale right now. Hoping this will help me. I was thinking maybe I could do one panel at a time, basically completely clean, dry, clay bar, polish, prep to remove all polish, then look to make sure no cars are coming then apply the coating, wipe off excess. Wait a little bit then do another panel starting with the wash again on that panel then clay bar, polish, clean polish, coating rinse and repeat. I can not find anywhere where Wolfgangs uber can not get wet shortly after it is applied and dried. Where Wolfgangs sealant, you have to let dry 24 hours. Does this sound like a valid plan? What would you do? Really open to suggestions. I know it is going to take a lot longer to do this but I don't think the truck would stay dust free long enough doing a full wash, then dry, then clay bar, then polish.