Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film

I cringe when I drive in the rain.

My new truck with 100 miles on it was sitting somewhere and bought as a leftover I guess you would say. I dont know where it was parked exactly but im guessing next to the edge of the road.

This is what a truck with 100 miles on it looked like

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This crud was everything even on the wheels. Its funny, it was only on half the wheels as it must have accumulated in the lower portion of the wheel from sitting.

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and spotless

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Just bumping to share with any new members or lurkers.


Out of all the articles I've ever written, this is one of my favorites because it explains the reason why a daily driver needs to be polished and then waxed once in a while or to have a cleaner/wax used once in a while and that is to remove road film.


It's been raining a LOT here in South Florida for the last few weeks so road film is building up on all daily drivers, even daily drivers that were waxes, sealed or coated 4 weeks or longer ago.

A lot of states our coming out of their "wet season" and for this reason a lot of daily driver could use a spring detail to restore the brightness to their car's finish for the summer. Again, by either using a dedicated polish followed by waxing, a sealant or a paint coating.

Or by simply using a one-step cleaner/wax also called an AIO.


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Hi Mike - can clay be used to remove traffic film as well?
 
Mike Phillips said:
I would say “no” not effectively or thoroughly.

Clay first then use a polish to remove embedded dirt.

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Sorry i posted my question twice. I have a cold so my brain is not working 100% :)

What if i clay the car then use pinnacle paintwork cleansing lotion by hand? Would that be enough? I do not like removing paint as much as possible so i am looking for ways to “deep-clean” a car without taking some clear coat off...
 
When I hear the term road film I think of Scott with Dallas Paint Correction and Detailing

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Klasse Act said:
When I hear the term road film I think of Scott with Dallas Paint Correction and Detailing

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I love Scott, his videos about pH are the only ones that have ever triggered me though. His lack of understanding of the pH scale is worrisome, considering he believes it to be the sole contributor to somethings cleaning potential.

I enjoy his accent, particularly when he says buffing payds.
 
Finick said:
I love Scott, his videos about pH are the only ones that have ever triggered me though. His lack of understanding of the pH scale is worrisome, considering he believes it to be the sole contributor to somethings cleaning potential.

I enjoy his accent, particularly when he says buffing payds.
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This could be a very good discussion. I am no chemist, so is there really no direct correlation between a product’s pH level and its cleaning power?
 
AKT said:
This could be a very good discussion. I am no chemist, so is there really no direct correlation between a product’s pH level and its cleaning power?
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I too would like to know, Scott is very strong willed about this...as well as other thing, which I like

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Klasse Act said:
I too would like to know, Scott is very strong willed about this...as well as other thing, which I like

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Yeah. Because if his recommended soap would deep clean my car every time, no need to polish (remove some clear coat), i will be having a clean intact paint.
 
AKT said:
This could be a very good discussion. I am no chemist, so is there really no direct correlation between a product’s pH level and its cleaning power?
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I wouldn't go so far as to say there is no correlation, but I would say that focusing solely on pH and ignoring everything else isn't the best way to go about it.

If you consider water is a pH of 7 (it can vary, but for this purpose we'll say 7.) Dawn dish soap has a pH of 7.4, and it's notorious for breaking down grease and grime. I don't think anyone here would agree that Dawn is equal in effectiveness to just plain water when it comes to cleaning. If pH was really the only thing you had to focus on (Scott certainly is focused on it) then Dawn shouldn't be able to do anything more than water can do, which simply isn't the case. I'm no chemist, but if pH were the sole deciding factor, the above wouldn't be true.

Aside from pH, the different surfactants, and their varying strengths and purposes, play a huge role in determining cleaning ability. It's possible two soaps with the exact same pH level can have wildly different cleaning properties. In my experience over the years with varying car soaps from several manufacturers, I've never noticed a significant difference in cleaning ability between them.

This is also evident in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWtUKIygT8U

If pH were the main concern, then blech-white, super clean, and super degreaser should have accomplished the same amount of cleaning (they're all the same pH) on that floor mat, but the surfactants in blech-white are different.

Whatever surfactants are present in the soap he is using are just different than other, pH neutral, car soaps. It would have to be, especially if this soap is marketed towards cleaning boats (which it is.)

Again, I'm not expert, and I'm always open to being taught something I don't know. I love Scott's videos, because like Garry Dean and Darren Priest, he honestly just keeps it real. Which I really appreciate. He speaks sensibly about a lot of things, but his focus on pH neutral soaps being useless just really bothers me in a big way, because he presents his subjective opinion as an objective fact.
 
Rumor has it that Scott is just a paid actor who's a master at lip syncing... And that you're actually getting detailing advice from Howard Stern. Lol.
 
Man.. here I was thinking he was impersonating Ray Romano


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