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300 miles.....just clean at this point, but planning to go spray some Beadmaker on it in the next day or two.

I haven't had any luck outside of full strength degreasers (slower) or tar remover.

I have a similar story and post here for Alaska. Even with fresh wax I had to resort to washing the lower half of my vehicle with bug and tar remover. Even degreaser wasn’t cutting it well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Update: After applying traditional wax on Thanksgiving weekend and running through several touchless tunnel washes, I decided to give it another go in the garage. First wash: GD method and waterless pre-spray using Opti-Clean and ONR, full vehicle. Failed to remove grime in all areas exposed...

Update: After applying traditional wax on Thanksgiving weekend and running through several touchless tunnel washes, I decided to give it another go in the garage. First wash: GD method and waterless pre-spray using Opti-Clean and ONR, full vehicle. Failed to remove grime in all areas exposed...

Thanks to our earthquake my garage is going to smell great! Garage casualties included: Opti Clean, wheel cleaner, and silicon protectant. I’ll post the link to my go-fund-me later. Just kidding- we’re lucky and overall damage was small. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the replies. My touchless is an automated wash bay. My garage is heated and has a hose and I also have an electric pressure washer, but not wanting the water getting shot around on my drywall and also freezing up my garage door and such. If my garage was bigger, I would consider...

Thanks - a citrus degreaser is a good idea and should be easier on the lungs. I like the brush idea, I am always hesitant to use brushes except around my emblems and I need to get over that. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Right now it’s 20’s/30’s, but we’ve already been single digits. It’s greatly affected by weather patterns in the Gulf of Alaska. They generally don’t use salt here, except to keep the ‘sand’ from clumping (which is really gravel). Not sure what else might go in it. If you drive the highway...

I did already try to get myself unstuck from this situation, putting together a cocktail of 1.5 oz ONR, 1.5 oz Degreaser, and 12 oz water. It was slick over the clean parts and dragged over the grime parts, but did slowly dissolve the grime. Downside is it streaked like a mutha and I had to do a...

Thanks guys. I’m going to put a monthly reminder for myself to get new protection laid down while it’s winter. It was on the schedule for this weekend but definitely was too long in between, particularly with road sand physically eroding whatever was there. Especially near the rocker panels...

The ONR wasn’t making any impact multiple passes with waterless concentration (doused) but the degreaser did a lot. I think my grime must be different. Might be something they put in the sand mix or chemical sprays up here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was using up Zaino over the spring and summer and then did a traditional wax approximately 3 months ago. Clayed ahead of that. I see where you’re going. :) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

It is winter in Alaska, so outdoor washing is out. I've signed up for unlimited touchless and plan to keep doing rinseless/waterless at home every couple weeks. After a touchless wash yesterday, I started my rinseless this morning and had a rough go at it. I abandoned drying and plan to do the...

If you run out of other ideas, you might try a heat gun on it (carefully). I’ve seen improvements on discolored trim from deformation this way. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Woolies, lug brush, and make sure you get a good wheel cleaner that is powder coat safe if the calipers are powder coated. I also use the lug brush, small sponge, and foam paint brush for the calipers. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I’m using the tri-color pack MF towels from AG. I picked up 1 spray bottle of Mother’s waterless just to try the whole waterless thing. The horizontal micro scratches are from washing I believe but not those other marks. I’ve still using up some Zaino I had on the shelf for polish. No visible...

Only 6k miles on this Jeep Grand Cherokee, but the gloss black trim is nothing but troubles. I’ve done a mix of foam cannon / bucket washes and a few waterless washes. This is the rear that also gets the dirtiest. I finally figured out how to get rid of the cloudiness near the exhaust. My...

Not noticeable from the pic, but with 6k miles only, the rockers and leading edge of the 1/4 panels have a fair bit of paint damage from road debris (sand/gravel used in snow/ice) from the winter drive from Detroit to Anchorage. The rest of the vehicle has excellent paint still. I’m using up my...

Yep, folded the seam under, deforming the fender on my new (at the time) camaro SS. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk