So I've owned black cars for 20 years and helped my farther with his once I was old enough to,
I've worked at two detail businesses in high school and did dealer detail as side job in collage.
Fast forward to 2010. Picked up new black Denali. Pick any brand of wax any brand of towel. Car freaking spotless. Pull out side and it has smudge marks. I finally gave up on keeping waxed.
Fast forward to 2016, New Denali, new impala both black
wash & dry. It Looks "good" for stock dealer work.
So I go to wax them. I've tried all the usual brands + Zano + chemical guys, changed towel, bought new towels etc. pretty much everything under the sun.
My problem is this ( pick any brand of wax, Polish or quick detailer)
light coat or heave coat, any type of aplicator, any type of towel even toss in orbital buffer with any pad
end result is beautiful in the shade and smear / smudge marks in the sun. At first I thought it was just something wrong with the paint on 2010, but the same thing is happening on the 15 and 16.
So my question is how do I get rid of this. I've called customer service and of course there advice is to do a quick detailer spray and it will be fine, well that also does it.
The best way for me to describe it is. Have you ever cleaned sunglasses or reading glasses with tissue that has lotion it in. You get that smudge that just moves with the towel. Both cars do this. i was told it has to do with the type of clear that gm is using which could be true because my 01 truck and 02 suburban do not have this issue and they are both black as well
I know I'm not the only person with this problem, also a wash after a wax or quick detailer, does not help. I've even gone as far as washing the car in dawn to remove the old wax, then used 3M wax / adhesive remover. Then started the process over with new products for any color car to rule out the " black wax" causing it. All end in the same result. Looks like grease or lotion on the paint.
Im to point of trading then in on silver.
I've worked at two detail businesses in high school and did dealer detail as side job in collage.
Fast forward to 2010. Picked up new black Denali. Pick any brand of wax any brand of towel. Car freaking spotless. Pull out side and it has smudge marks. I finally gave up on keeping waxed.
Fast forward to 2016, New Denali, new impala both black
wash & dry. It Looks "good" for stock dealer work.
So I go to wax them. I've tried all the usual brands + Zano + chemical guys, changed towel, bought new towels etc. pretty much everything under the sun.
My problem is this ( pick any brand of wax, Polish or quick detailer)
light coat or heave coat, any type of aplicator, any type of towel even toss in orbital buffer with any pad
end result is beautiful in the shade and smear / smudge marks in the sun. At first I thought it was just something wrong with the paint on 2010, but the same thing is happening on the 15 and 16.
So my question is how do I get rid of this. I've called customer service and of course there advice is to do a quick detailer spray and it will be fine, well that also does it.
The best way for me to describe it is. Have you ever cleaned sunglasses or reading glasses with tissue that has lotion it in. You get that smudge that just moves with the towel. Both cars do this. i was told it has to do with the type of clear that gm is using which could be true because my 01 truck and 02 suburban do not have this issue and they are both black as well
I know I'm not the only person with this problem, also a wash after a wax or quick detailer, does not help. I've even gone as far as washing the car in dawn to remove the old wax, then used 3M wax / adhesive remover. Then started the process over with new products for any color car to rule out the " black wax" causing it. All end in the same result. Looks like grease or lotion on the paint.
Im to point of trading then in on silver.
