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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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