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Hello, I recently ordered a Kärcher K3 pressure washer and also ordered an Adam’s Foam Cannon. Any special adaptor needed for the foam cannon to work with the Kärcher. Super excited to finally be foaming

Thanks. It was 36 degrees out yesterday so I gave the truck a wash. I know I'm crazy. Used the Adams Wheel Cleaner and clay on a few spots to get them all off. Then resealed the truck again knowing the protection I put on when I got the truck was most likely stripped now. Maybe I need to not let my OCD get the best of me and live with them for a little bit in between washes so I'm not constantly removing and adding protection to my paint.

I have a brand new Colorado ZR2 in Summit White and I noticed that after driving in the snow and slush that I am getting these little rust specs all over the side of my truck. I have, what I think, is a good layer of Adams Paint Sealant down, but the only thing that seems to take them off is clay. I guess wheel cleaner might decon the paint as well. Now this is annoying because I will have to keep applying protection to the areas that I clay the spots off since I believe clay will remove the sealant (wheel cleaner as well). Anyone else with white paint deal with these constantly? Was hoping the sealant would keep them from happening. Would a ceramic coating be the ultimate defense against them? Are they causing any harm to the paint if they are on there for a week or two when winter washing is difficult?

Wondering what everyones procedure is for removing small contaminants or spot cleaning when something lands on your paint? At work, my car is parked near some tress (not under them) and it seems like there is always something blowing onto the car and sticking to the paint. In order to avoid scratching the paint or creating wiping streaks I usually spay a small amount of waterless wash (rinse less mixed with water) onto the waffle weave towel and gently wipe the spot. However, I noticed when the sun hits the spot I usually have wiping streaks or can see an outline in the paint on where the contaminant was. Assuming it must be some sort of tree sap. Ive always been nervous to spray a spot directly with waterless or detail spray on the car and wipe with a microfiber even if the car is not that dusty. The car has a fresh coat of Sonax Polymer Netsheild (I know not an Adams sealant but it is what I had at the time) so I would assume it is pretty well protected.

Thank you Jon.

I think they are a little cost prohibitive and I'm not sure anyone is manufacturing them for the STI. My wife would be very angry if I spent thousands on rotors because I wanted to keep my wheels cleaner. She already thinks I'm nuts on how I care for my car that would be the final straw. Brembo makes zinc plated rotors to reduce corrosion but I wonder how long the coating would hold up before they rust like every other rotor.

Thank you everyone. I'll try some guard and Gloss on the wheels during the next wash plus going back and forth in the driveway like Rich mentioned. Right now I'm concerned they have created too much dust to safely remove with Rinseless. Pic below

Hello. The Brembo brakes on my WRX STI love to make a rusty/dusty mess all over my wheels upon driving the car after a wash. It really deters from the rest of my shinny car because the wheels instantly look like a mess. Since the car is not my daily, what does everyone recommend for cleaning off the rust dust and brake dust from the wheels in between washes? Rinseless wash or spray down with waterless wash and wipe down? Obviously whichever process I use the microfiber towels would then become dedicated wheel towels after.

Thanks everyone. I'll give the alcohol wipe down a try. The hard part is going to be getting the lighting right to tell if I'm effective or not. Like I said its been a bit since I applied the sealant and the sun happened to be just right for me to see it the other day. Normal people would most likely shrug it off but my OCD knows its there.

Paint correcting polish followed by finishing polishes and then wiped down with 50% alcohol water mixture to remove polishing oils before applying sealant. It might be possible I missed a few spots in removing polish as it's not all over the hood. I might just suck it up and re-polish the hood this weekend since examining it in the garage tonight revealed some light marring in spots.

Nope. Only two coats of LPS are sitting on the hood right now.

I polished and then sealed my car with liquid paint sealant a few weeks ago and now just noticed a strange haze on the hood when the sun hits it just right. The sealant was applied by my Porter Cable on a speed setting of 2. I applied two coats with an hour in between coats so that might be my problem right there (too much product). Anyway, the haze actually looks like circular marks in the rotation of my pad (not swirl marks though). Almost like I didn't buff it all off after application. They car has been washed once since application and wiped down with detail spray so that did not get rid of it. Any ideas on how to remove these marks? Brilliant Glaze application? I'm trying to put the car away for the winter this weekend so I would like to try and avoid doing another polishing to the hood if at all possible.

Thank you everyone for the suggestions. My wife's daily driver will also be parked in the garage so the door will be opened and closed for her to go in and out throughout the winter. This is my main reason to get the cover is to keep the outside off of it for the short periods of time the garage door gets opened. Not to mention, the cover will also add a little extra insurance as my wife gets her bags out of the car from work. I ended up ordering the covercraft dustop cover. Now I need to finally decide on a winter beater. Shopping for a cheap car that is somewhat dependable is a tough chore.

I'm going to be storing my STI this winter in my garage, and I've been trying to research cover recommendations. However, I keep getting conflicting answers on if you should cover your car or not. Some people say don't cover your car because it may scratch the paint and others say it is okay as long as you cover it after washing. For those that store your car in a garage over the winter do you cover or not cover? Im currently looking at purchasing a Covercraft custom fit Dustop cover. http://www.covercraft.com/us/en/product/covercraft-custom-dustop-car-cover.C-CCDP