This Pollen Thing!

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This is my first year that I've really been OCD about my car...and now it's pollen season! I've searched and read quite a few post from the past, thinking about A process but all in all I think I may be hosed for the next couple of months. My car has Pinnacle Liquid Souveran as the LSP and I'll use Crystal Mist as a QD..not good for pollen!

As I think about a process, I keep coming back to...you're hosed.

Hear is one of my thoughts for a quick wash, not the "weekly wash" but to keep me from going nuts:
1. Buy power washer with a foam cannon (i need one too)
2. Buy good foaming shampoo such as BF Foam Soap
3. Foam car in the evenings or when the pollen is real heavy, let dwell.
4. Rinse

Pretty simple process so far...

5. The Drying part is where I think I get into trouble...since I don't want to touch the car with a towel since the left over pollen is still on the car and since we have very hard water this will leave water spots if I don't dry the car, I guess the only possible way to dry it would be to use the leaf blower?

I do have Sonax BSD on hand, would BSD "hold on to" the pollen as much as Liquid Souveran? I do understand that I cant get away from the pollen (unless I go antartica for a while), but would the BSD be a better LSP option for the next couple of months?

Thank you for your input.

JF
 
I think we have all "lost" this battle in the past.

I have just come to accept that my truck will be green/yellow until it rains from about mid-May to mid-June here.

I quit battling pollen after I washed and dried the truck once, and it was literally green/yellow about 2 minutes after I was finished.
 
My eye is severely irritated from all the pollen but at least my car is clean at the moment.
 
Jayfro said:
This is my first year that I've really been OCD about my car...and now it's pollen season! I've searched and read quite a few post from the past, thinking about A process but all in all I think I may be hosed for the next couple of months. My car has Pinnacle Liquid Souveran as the LSP and I'll use Crystal Mist as a QD..not good for pollen!

As I think about a process, I keep coming back to...you're hosed.

Hear is one of my thoughts for a quick wash, not the "weekly wash" but to keep me from going nuts:
1. Buy power washer with a foam cannon (i need one too)
2. Buy good foaming shampoo such as BF Foam Soap
3. Foam car in the evenings or when the pollen is real heavy, let dwell.
4. Rinse

Pretty simple process so far...

5. The Drying part is where I think I get into trouble...since I don't want to touch the car with a towel since the left over pollen is still on the car and since we have very hard water this will leave water spots if I don't dry the car, I guess the only possible way to dry it would be to use the leaf blower?

I do have Sonax BSD on hand, would BSD "hold on to" the pollen as much as Liquid Souveran? I do understand that I cant get away from the pollen (unless I go antartica for a while), but would the BSD be a better LSP option for the next couple of months?

Thank you for your input.

JF
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I use Liquid Souveran on my vehicles as well and during the spring when the pollen gets bad I hit them with the pressure washer and blow dry with the leaf blower. When I do a full wash with the foam cannon (when the cars are really dirty after rain), I'll use Pinnacle Spray Wax or DG Aquawax as a drying aid. This also helps to prolong the protection of the LSP. As long as I'm getting decent beading the leaf blower gets 90% of the water off the vehicle. I would stay away from just using Crystal Mist and wiping down the vehicle as you will most likely instill swirls in the finish.
 
I’ve used Crystal Mist as a stand alone QD but the car was extremely clean to begin with.
 
Jayfro said:
This is my first year that I've really
been OCD about my car...and now it's
pollen season!

I've searched and read quite a few post
from the past, thinking about A process
but all in all I think I may be hosed for
the next couple of months.

As I think about a process,
I keep coming back to...you're hosed.
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:idea:
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•Product “description”:
Nick McKees37 said:
What we discovered (by accident no less)
is just how well this acrylic polymer that
we developed resists pollen build up. How?

I couldn't tell you, and neither can my
chemist, but it's incredible how well this
concoction of chemicals works to keep
your vehicle clean and shiny.

It's magic in a bottle. :)
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Bob
 
Jayfro said:
I do have Sonax BSD on hand, would BSD "hold on to" the pollen as much as Liquid Souveran? I do understand that I cant get away from the pollen (unless I go antartica for a while), but would the BSD be a better LSP option for the next couple of months?

Thank you for your input.

JF
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In my opinion, and it may be different than what others think, BSD will “repel” pollen a bit better than Liquid Liquid Souveran topped with Crystal Mist. If Liquid Souveran isn’t freshly applied, it may not be attracting much more than “neutral” amounts, the Crystal Mist mixed with static from touching is going to be a magnet. So whether you keep the old Liquid Souveran, or top it with BSD (what I would do), just don’t top with carnauba-rich Crystal Mist.

Having BSD on top will likely help self cleaning when you hose the car and dry with the blower.... so it will be easier to clean until 1 hour later when it’s covered in pollen again, but us OCD people will take whatever small victories we can.
 
Whatever you do, don’t use Bead Maker. It should be called pollen magnet.

I just live with the pollen for a few days and wash weekly. I don’t do rinseless washes during pollen season, that crap is way too abrasive.
 
acuRAS82 said:
In my opinion, and it may be different than what others think, BSD will “repel” pollen a bit better than Liquid Liquid Souveran topped with Crystal Mist. If Liquid Souveran isn’t freshly applied, it may not be attracting much more than “neutral” amounts, the Crystal Mist mixed with static from touching is going to be a magnet. So whether you keep the old Liquid Souveran, or top it with BSD (what I would do), just don’t top with carnauba-rich Crystal Mist.

Having BSD on top will likely help self cleaning when you hose the car and dry with the blower.... so it will be easier to clean until 1 hour later when it’s covered in pollen again, but us OCD people will take whatever small victories we can.
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I think I may give that a try this weekend, I just remember using it last year on top of PNS but with a soft clear coat it was a huge task to wipe off, I still use it on my wife X3 though. I just ordered McKee's Pollen-X Acrylic Shield but it won't be here until mid-week at the earliest, may be an opportunity to do a little experimentation between the two.

Again, thank you for your help.

JF
 
Jayfro said:
I think I may give that a try this weekend, I just remember using it last year on top of PNS but with a soft clear coat it was a huge task to wipe off, I still use it on my wife X3 though. I just ordered McKee's Pollen-X Acrylic Shield but it won't be here until mid-week at the earliest, may be an opportunity to do a little experimentation between the two.

Again, thank you for your help.

JF
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Experiments are always fun! I hope you are able to see an improvement, however slight it may be!
 
If you wanna pressure wash and blow dry coat your car. I have sio2 sealants on my cars hood and the blow off ok but the rest is coated and water flys off.

I had good luck last year with a Pre soak (N-914, Griots BS rinseless) and them using Ammo frothe. I’m no scientist but i felt the pre soak helped loosen up the pollen and the foam waterless did a great job of encapsulating and lifting it off the car.

I’m surprised no else has come out with a foamimg Waterless.


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I just live with the pollen. I’ve honestly never noticed a single bit of difference between waxes, sealants, or sio2 sprays in terms of “attracting” anything.

If your car sits outside it’ll get pollen and dust on it. That’s just the way it is. I worry about having refreshed protection rather than looking for a magic bullet to stop the pollen from landing on my car.

The magic bullet imo is a garage, which helps a ton. But you have to take it outside eventually.

I’d say just wash the car weekly and deal with the pollen the rest of the time. Detailing is supposed to be fun, not drive us crazy.


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Coatingsarecrack said:
I’m surprised no else has come out with a foamimg Waterless.


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I know that Denny Doyle double black pearl auto shampoo can be used as a rinseless. One of these days when I’m low on soap I’m gonna buy a bottle and try diluting it in my IK foamer and use it as a waterless to see if it works okay that way.


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I use FK425 detail spray during the spring pollen months. I have been using it for probably 10 years. Probably better ones out there, but FK425 has been easy and does help repel the dust. More will blow up when you start driving. I liked the Kenotek detail spray but I only tried one bottle and have not bought it again.

Its a losing battle. I have customers that won't contact me in the spring until they think the heavy pollen season is over and I don't blame them one bit.
 
I would say don’t use a topper after a wash. If you have a good sealant on there (I’m using PNS at the moment), just wash, dry and roll with it. I feel like any spray plus buffing attracts pollen. In my experience, the super slick carnuba based spray waxes/detailers are the worst. I’m guessing BSD wouldn’t be as bad, but buffing with a MF seems to attract a lot of dust/pollen.


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Pollen is a problem I wish I had,,,I'm still blasting road salt off of mine every other day
 
jdgamble said:
I would say don’t use a topper after a wash. If you have a good sealant on there (I’m using PNS at the moment), just wash, dry and roll with it. I feel like any spray plus buffing attracts pollen. In my experience, the super slick carnuba based spray waxes/detailers are the worst. I’m guessing BSD wouldn’t be as bad, but buffing with a MF seems to attract a lot of dust/pollen.


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I washed my wife’s X3 that has PNS and finished it up some additional BSD just to see how it does this week, it did have quite a bit of pollen on it but since it’s white it was hard to tell.

I washed my Acura that has Liquid Souveran on it, I did not apply any LSP such as crystal mist or Beadmaker, curios to see how it does this week.

I’ll be applying Mckees Pollen X when it comes in around Wednesday/Thursday after rewashing the car. I’m thinking about applying it to half the hood and either leaving the other side untreated or using BSD since I already know what crystal mist and Beadmaker will do when it comes to holding onto pollen.

Thank you for everyone’s help.

Jay


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