I'm depressed
 

So after washing my truck, and seeing it in the light today, I want to cry. I have a lot of tiny tiny micro marring. It's from the wind, of that I'm sure. My wash technique is not faulty. I only use quality towels when I QD. And I never QD if the truck is more than *slightly* dusty.

What can I do in the future to prevent wind and dust from doing this to my truck? It's got sealant on it, and it has Collinite on it.

I'm at a loss and considering sitting in a pile of self pity the rest of the day. :mad:

Im the same way, I was able to get a coat of Nxt on last week and the truck looks better but not what im use to.

It might be from the QD'ing.

It's the exact reason why I won't use QDs unless after a wash or after wax.

That's why I don't own a black truck. Everything stands out on black.

I only QD after a wash or if there's no visible dust on the truck. Right now there's a small layer that I can actually see - therefore no QD - it'll just be dusty til I wash again Sunday.

My truck suffers from the same thing. I'm not sure if it's from the Meguiar's "Quick Detail" or this Oklahoma wind/sand or from drying it with micro fiber towels. I've only QD'd it two or three times and I really don't think that's it. It looked fine right after the quick detail.

Meguiar's Nxt wax helps but doesn't fix the problem entiely. I think I'll try buying Meguiar's micro scratch/swirl remover and try it in a small area followed by a good wax or two and see what happens.

I'll let you know...however, how to avoid the micro scratches altogether, I don't know. My truck stays in an enclosed building 80% of the time...I'm beginning to think it might be the micro-fiber towels I use for drying.

All I can tell you is black rules when it's clean and scratch-free. It absoluetly sucks trying to keep it that way though.

So... you're speculating that your micromarring is caused by wind-blown 'stuff'?

You living in the Sahara?

TX panhandle here. so yeah pretty much. :lol:

South-central Ok. here. So Yeah x2.

Unfortinutly with the temps dipping down to 18* the Nxt was the only wax that could be applied. But it was better then nothing.

yup, X3, Fort Worth

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...X/IMG_2810.jpg

Agree with all above posts. My house is slightly in a valley, and my office is in a valley. Lots of nice windy crap all the time.

RR, is that from the wind storm a couple weeks ago? We got a lot of wind down here in San Antonio as well but nothing that bad.


By the way, you forgot to give us a before picture, so we can compare. :devil:

Pollen season is here in beautiful Florida. :(

Hey Thump,
What part of Florida are you in? We are getting that pollen big time down here in the Bay Area.

Later,
Devildog101:rocker: