so this was only an experiment. if i swirled up my paint using my bare hands, then i get to spend a day using my PC to fix it! more therapy, IMO!
Monday afternoon, i get off work at 4:30pm and can't wait to wash my truck after 3 weeks of inclimate weather. i check the forecast for the week, and it shows 30% chance of rain all week. i can live with those odds, so i do a full 2 bucket wash on my truck!
Tuesday morning, i'm about to leave for work when i noticed it was raining . oh well its a 3 mile trip to work and back and i park in a garage. when i get home that afternoon, i look at the condition of the truck and it looks dirtier than before i washed it! but then i had this idea:
it was still drizzling outside, so i thought, what if i sprayed the whole truck down with WW, let it soak and lift the dirt flung on the paint from the tires/wet roads?
i did that, but instead of wiping the WW off with a towel, i hosed the truck down with my pressure washer. it helped but didn't get all the dirt off. while inspecting the still dirty paint, i rubbed a spot with my finger, and like nothing the dirt was lifted! i then got the idea:
what if i got my DS out and clayed the truck, but without any clay? just using my bare, clean hands and lubing the paint with DS.
so i did this across the entire truck, while it is still drizzling outside. after done, i simply hosed the truck down to remove DS residue/dirt and the truck looked as clean as the day before!
so some of the advantages i found by doing this:
less equipment used than a full 2 bucket wash (DS, hose, water supply)
less time consuming than a 2 bucket wash (took about 5 minutes)
no wax/sealant removed from paint (i don't think)
keep in mind i wouldn't recommend this normally, however, it was raining outside, i was just trying to get the dirt off the truck that i worked so hard to clean off the day before, and it was raining, so i didn't even bother drying the truck off afterwards!
so if you find yourself in a pickle with a just washed car in a rainstorm, and you hate to see it dirty... this just might work!!! So, Who thinks I'm nuts?
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so this was only an experiment. if i swirled up my paint using my bare hands, then i get to spend a day using my PC to fix it! more therapy, IMO!
Monday afternoon, i get off work at 4:30pm and can't wait to wash my truck after 3 weeks of inclimate weather. i check the forecast for the week, and it shows 30% chance of rain all week. i can live with those odds, so i do a full 2 bucket wash on my truck!
Tuesday morning, i'm about to leave for work when i noticed it was raining . oh well its a 3 mile trip to work and back and i park in a garage. when i get home that afternoon, i look at the condition of the truck and it looks dirtier than before i washed it! but then i had this idea:
it was still drizzling outside, so i thought, what if i sprayed the whole truck down with WW, let it soak and lift the dirt flung on the paint from the tires/wet roads?
i did that, but instead of wiping the WW off with a towel, i hosed the truck down with my pressure washer. it helped but didn't get all the dirt off. while inspecting the still dirty paint, i rubbed a spot with my finger, and like nothing the dirt was lifted! i then got the idea:
what if i got my DS out and clayed the truck, but without any clay? just using my bare, clean hands and lubing the paint with DS.
so i did this across the entire truck, while it is still drizzling outside. after done, i simply hosed the truck down to remove DS residue/dirt and the truck looked as clean as the day before!
so some of the advantages i found by doing this:
keep in mind i wouldn't recommend this normally, however, it was raining outside, i was just trying to get the dirt off the truck that i worked so hard to clean off the day before, and it was raining, so i didn't even bother drying the truck off afterwards!
so if you find yourself in a pickle with a just washed car in a rainstorm, and you hate to see it dirty... this just might work!!! So, Who thinks I'm nuts?
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