Dust the bane of my existence

Or, you can wait for one of these to take the paint off your car.

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Jim
 
jgg85234 said:
Or, you can wait for one of these to take the paint off your car.

PhoenixDustStorm8.jpg


Jim
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I wonder how Opti Coat would function in this situation. If not burned and blown up. Maybe you could waterless wash off the dust if you live in an apartment complex? Lol 😂
 
Im just getting into this hobby, and I feel defeated by dust/pollen. I dont really have the time to quick detail/waterless wash my car every day. It is covered in a coat of dust every day!
 
mavin said:
Im just getting into this hobby, and I feel defeated by dust/pollen. I dont really have the time to quick detail/waterless wash my car every day. It is covered in a coat of dust every day!
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I've just learned to live with it. Bringing out the leaf blower every day would just be crazy talk for a hobby.

I just look for bird poops, from there I just think to myself "when I wash you, your going to be so easy to clean" lol

Then just go through my day.

I have to park out in the street btw
 
Living in the south road salt is not an issue. However, I park my car in my driveway that happens to have several pine trees around it so I am constantly fighting tree sap. It's ridiculous to say the least. I really hate that stuff.
 
jgg85234 said:
Or, you can wait for one of these to take the paint off your car.

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Jim
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I'm pretty sure that was Phoenix, I was in there with my truck, couldn't see 5ft in front of you. Truck survived, paint aswell lol
 
Yes, a photo from just Southwest of downtown Phoenix, in the 2011 dust storm. I was out in it too, driving south on the 101. When I realized that I couldn't even see a street light that was right over my head, I decided to get off the freeway. Every intersection had police cars, fire trucks, or ambulances with their lights blazing, trying to prevent accidents. The stoplights weren't visible until you were right on top of them. Took me about 1.5 hours to get home (normal time about 15 minutes from where I was).

We had 3 of those in 2011, and a couple more last year.

When I moved to Phoenix in the 70s, we'd have dust storms like that almost every night. But, they only lasted about 10 minutes, and were followed by rain. As Phoenix grew and added concrete, tile roofs, etc. it became it's own heat island and most of the dust storms that came up from the Southwest would either go north over the Superstitions, or west on the south side of South Mountain, rather than coming through town. In about 1992, we stopped getting the regular nightly storms, and only a few big ones per year would actually penetrate the heat island. But, mother nature must have gotten angry, and 2011 was a bad year for monsoon storms. It will be interesting to see what happens this year.

That was the era of single stage enamel and acrylic lacquer paints. The winds were a lot stronger, particulary outside of town. If you got caught by one, it would strip paint off the car. There were lots of cars that had the finish of a DeLorean. Heck, maybe that's where they got the idea for the Stainless steel finish

Jim
 
When it comes to drying a vehicle, a leaf blower is not in the same class what so ever!! I used to use a leaf blower (fairly high powered), till a buddy suggested the MB to me several years ago. It has become one of my most invaluable and favorite tools. It is much more efficient and quicker. As to the dust issue; OP, you may want to consider a coating. Dust does not stick to a coating nearly as bad as it does a wax. Even on black the difference is very noticeable. Most waxes are quite oily, coatings are not. I recently coated my (black) car with CQ finest (after being an extreme wax purist for many years), and while it looks OUTSTANDING; it also stays cleaner and repels dust longer. I am VERY happy that I finally coated my own vehicles! I have two others; one coated with regular CQ, and one coated with Opti-Guard.
 
DARK HORSE said:
When it comes to drying a vehicle, a leaf blower is not in the same class what so ever!! I used to use a leaf blower (fairly high powered), till a buddy suggested the MB to me several years ago. It has become one of my most invaluable and favorite tools. It is much more efficient and quicker. As to the dust issue; OP, you may want to consider a coating. Dust does not stick to a coating nearly as bad as it does a wax. Even on black the difference is very noticeable. Most waxes are quite oily, coatings are not. I recently coated my (black) car with CQ finest (after being an extreme wax purist for many years), and while it looks OUTSTANDING; it also stays cleaner and repels dust longer. I am VERY happy that I finally coated my own vehicles! I have two others; one coated with regular CQ, and one coated with Opti-Guard.
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Maybe I'll pick up mens pl or something like that and see how it holds up. I just put on megs black wax then topped with megs liquid gold class.

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I'm definitely coating my black with opti-coat after it comes back from the shop. Waxing on mine is a dust magnet. In three days sitting outside you can almost write letters with your finger. Plus I park next to railroad track ugh.
 
After we restored my wife's Pathfinder, I polished it with Menzerna SF4500 and finished it with Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant. Didn't seem to pick up much dust.

I couldn't resist trying a wax, so it got topped with Fuzion. First week, it picked up a lot of dust. Once it was washed, the dust seems to be a lot less than it was, although still more than with just the DGPS.

If you're getting too much dust in your area, stop with the sealant and don't put Carnauba on top of it.

Jim
 
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