Took a bad trip, how to wash??

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Ive recently been in the process of polishing away fine scratches on my car. If youve seen my post so far ive done the roof, hood, both front quarters and one door.

I recently took a trip on a wet day down a dirty road(in process of being repaved) and put a NICE layer of DIRT on the sides of my car. I washed one half of the car and I see I micro marred some fine scratches back into the front quarter fender I had corrected. They dont show up in halogen light, but my phone LED can pick them up. The hood and tops are not so bad, mostly at the wheel well areas. I used a lambs wool mitt, meguairs ultimate wash and two buckets. IS there anything I can use to loosen up this dirt as a pre-wash? Should I take mean green:o to the paint and let it sit shortly to break up the dirt and just re-glaze and wax the car? The car just should have never gotten this dirty.

Are there any hints: extra lubrication, technique, pre wash, water less wash with water, anything.

This is how the side of my car looks.

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Does my wash mitt look worn/good quality?

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Try liberally pretreating with whatever WW you have.
Add some ONR or a similar product to your wash solution.
Frequently rinse out whatever your washing with.
 
I'd take it to the coin op and do a high pressure rinse. Then bring it home and wash it. The HP rinse should knock off a lot of the larger more abrasive chunks. If you have any kind of foam gun, that might work too. Foam it down and let it soak as long as you can without it drying on the paint. Then rinse.
 
wdmaccord said:
I'd take it to the coin op and do a high pressure rinse. Then bring it home and wash it.

The HP rinse should knock off a lot of the larger more abrasive chunks.

If you have any kind of foam gun, that might work too. Foam it down and let it soak as long as you can without it drying on the paint. Then rinse.
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Wheelzntoys said:
P21S Total Auto Wash is German nobility in a spray bottle!

Rewax afterwards
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All of the above = great advice...


Let us know how it turns out...


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Never mind the car. Get some rest and stick to beer in the future.
 
+1

Where I live, that kind of stuff is common. I even have to drive on gravel roads occasionally! (Used to live on one). I use the coin-op in the winter. It's like $1.50 and I can pressure wash most of the dirt off of the car, then go home and wash it with a rinseless or waterless.

I don't use the soap at the coin-op because I don't know what it is; and it may very well be something harsh that would strip my wax and sealant. Just the 'high pressure rinse' function followed by the 'spot free rinse' function then I drive it home.
 
Romans5.8 said:
+1

Where I live, that kind of stuff is common. I even have to drive on gravel roads occasionally! (Used to live on one). I use the coin-op in the winter. It's like $1.50 and I can pressure wash most of the dirt off of the car, then go home and wash it with a rinseless or waterless.

I don't use the soap at the coin-op because I don't know what it is; and it may very well be something harsh that would strip my wax and sealant. Just the 'high pressure rinse' function followed by the 'spot free rinse' function then I drive it home.
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^^Ditto on this! I don't even use the spot-free rinse most of the time because I am going straight home to do a rinseless.
 
aww ffuhh..too late.

I picked up meguairs ultimate wash and wash anywhere. Im just gonna drench the panels in that before I touch it with the mitt and soap and hope for the best. And then reglaze /wax the hole car since I used the mystery soap. I remember how well the car beaded in the rain. Maybe if its the same I won't have to reglaze/wax??
 
JKL1031 said:
aww ffuhh..too late.

I picked up meguairs ultimate wash and wash anywhere. Im just gonna drench the panels in that before I touch it with the mitt and soap and hope for the best. And then reglaze /wax the hole car since I used the mystery soap. I remember how well the car beaded in the rain. Maybe if its the same I won't have to reglaze/wax??
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Assuming you are just using the Megs for a pre-soak and doing a 2 bucket wash? If so, you should be able to tell if there is still protection there as you are rinsing. A little harder to tell if you are doing a rinseless or waterless.
 
wdmaccord said:
I'd take it to the coin op and do a high pressure rinse. Then bring it home and wash it. The HP rinse should knock off a lot of the larger more abrasive chunks. If you have any kind of foam gun, that might work too. Foam it down and let it soak as long as you can without it drying on the paint. Then rinse.
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I used to do the same thing with my previous black truck during winters and after snowstorms (plowing) until I realized that the high pressure rinsing was actually causing more damage (light scratching and marring) by pounding the sand and debris across the paint. Now that I have a shop for my business, I have access to do hot water rinses during the winters which makes all the difference when trying to rinse down sand and debris before a foam coating and wash.
 
The trick is to not use a ton of pressure. I stand back and use it to rinse. But it does better than the hose and won't freeze in the driveway; and lots of folks drain and store their hoses in the winter to prevent damage.

Larry from AmmoNYC says his rule is, if it doesn't hurt your skin (the pressure that is) then it won't hurt your paint. I can't imagine a power washer NOT used super close at tons of pressure doing any more damage than a rinseless wash. If it did marr, I would imagine dragging a mitt across that dry dirt would do at least as much damage.

I could be wrong. But that's my perception.
 
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