removing morning dew

[ChrisDetails]

Hi hop I'm not double posting but I was wondering the best way to remove the early morning dew safely. Should I dry it off with my microfiber towel or just let it try on it's on or what? Thanks in advance.

NO NEVER!

If you were to dry your morning dew off with a microfiber, water spots would be the least of your worries. All that would do is smear the water and microscopic particles all over your paint, resulting in swirling and scratching the living $h*t out of it!

If you wipe off morning dew, it'll come right back. The only way to combat that is by keeping your car from cooling down at night. If your car is colder than the air temperature in the morning it'll perspire like a can of soda out of the fridge. So your car will basically keep perspiring until it is at a similar temperature to the air surrounding it.

The best thing I can suggest for you to get some good protection on your car such as Jet Seal or maybe C.Quartz. These two coatings are highly hydroponic and makes it hard for water to stick to your paint.

From there I would invest in a small Reverse Osmosis filter for your garden hose tap. If you were to rinse your car off with R/O in the mornings you wouldn't have any hard water etching itself into your clear coat.

 

[conman1395]

NO NEVER!
These two coatings are highly hydroponic and makes it hard for water to stick to your paint.

Hydrophobic is what he means. Hydroponics have a different purpose. He is right though, wiping it is going to just give you swirls. I've never had to deal with morning dew, but I'd image a waterless wash would work well. Wouldn't take much longer than just wiping you car would have and that way you'll clean it too.

 

[Don M]

Hydrophobic is what he means. Hydroponics have a different purpose. He is right though, wiping it is going to just give you swirls. I've never had to deal with morning dew, but I'd image a waterless wash would work well. Wouldn't take much longer than just wiping you car would have and that way you'll clean it too.

He would still have to wait until the car warms up enough to evaporate the dew off the surfaces, if he doesn't, he'll never get the car to dry properly and he WILL end up with waterspots (personal experience). That's why this morning I'm waiting to do my car ... until it dries off naturally ... until then, I guess I'll do some honey-dos, like laundry

 

[Paul A.]

Plus the fact that under the dew is dirt and crap from the last drive yesterday. I NEVER rub my paint dirty, even after a quick drive after a wash.

 

[ChrisDetails]

Hydrophobic is what he means. Hydroponics have a different purpose. He is right though, wiping it is going to just give you swirls. I've never had to deal with morning dew, but I'd image a waterless wash would work well. Wouldn't take much longer than just wiping you car would have and that way you'll clean it too.

Haha thank you for that! Damn iphone auto correct!

 

[mg6045]

already posted above, but morning dew is basically distilled water. The same natural process that cleans the moisture in our air and rain water typically.

 

[Paul A.]

For those that may still want to remove distilled water (good point mg6045) from their vehicles paint, maybe...and i say MAYBE...a blot dry without any friction. Or maybe a blow dry. But again, i have never seen dew waterspot my black car.