OK, I'm probably opening a can of worms, but here goes anyway... What are you using for protection on your paint? More specifically, I'm interested in a polymer-type product due to the harsh conditions my cars have to live with; I know wax won't cut the mustard. I live 3/4 of a mile down a gravel/dirt road and dust is a ever-present coating on my cars. With my bad back and knees, I need something that holds up to constant washing as I just don't have it in me to constantly wax the car. I've tried the local detailers (using my GF's car as the guinea pig) and have been less than impressed. I did find this stuff... http://www.5starshine.com/... which gets pretty good reviews but is pricey, anybody here use it? Or what do you use? Keeping in mind the dust... I know this is like a tire or oil thread and I'll get a million opinions, but I can't be the only guy dealing with this...
Colonite. Best wax on the market. https://www.google.com/search?clien...le-gws-hp..2.8.859.3..35i39j0i131.9N5REq6LEzg In my old age... Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked..... the good fortune to run into the ones I do..... and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Park them inside. That's all I do. It works great. They do go on trips, and park outside when I drive them (and I do drive them a lot), but I also have a dirt driveway, drive in the rain, we have 4 acres of dirt so plenty of dust, etc. Paint on my 55 has been on it for 6 years, acrylic enamel, never used anything on it to preserve it or shine it up, just wash it every now and then. Still looks great. The others, same thing...they've only been painted a few years.
Two responses.... I guess there's way more 'patina' guys out there than I thought... LOL. Jim, my dust problem is bigger than you think. I'm not the last house on the road and the a$$holes that go by at night and early morning at 30+ mph cover everything with dust, even in my closed garage (which could be sealed better, at the loss of allowing air circulation and holding in dampness).
Maybe you and the neighbors need to go in on something like this. We used a similar product in the gravel pit and it would last a couple years with a lot of truck traffic. https://www.enviroad.com/dust-control/
I got NOTHING... one place i store cars in , takes 2miles of dirt/gravel road to get them off of. Just get em off the dirt and directly the the car wash...
Lubrizol. It has to be applied and removed by a professional, it's the equivalent to putting a large condom on your car. Anything that you can do yourself is the equivalent of me telling my wife that I don't need to wear safety gl***es in my woodshop because my contact lenses will protect my eyeballs.
look into paint sealants - good stuff gives the look of a carnuba wax but, lasts for months instead of weeks - link gives some clarification on sealant/wax: www.best-auto-detailing-tips.com/car-paint-sealant.html
I do this for a living on new high end cars, Vintage cars now and then. 3M paint protection for vehicles
http://www.my-local-paving.com/asphalt-paving/washington/yelm/ just kidding Good wax as suggested above, filtered or softened tap near the garage and an electric power washer. Make it simple and easy to spray them off. Check out California water blade and synthetic chamois as well.
If you haven't painted the car yet- we make a coating with Teflon we sell it to tanker companies hauling flour and grain. Nothing will stick in the hopper. We have sold it for specialty farming equipment because nothing sticks to it. If you have painted it already there is a product called Permanon it's a Nanotechnology type barrier system. The reason I know about this is we have had 3 vehicles that were painted and the paint came off in full sheets, we tested the panels, the panels were degreased and lightly scuffed. We found that all 3 of these cars came from the same car dealership and used this stuff, the only way to remove it is by using a more aggresive scuff pad. But you really need a sealant and not a wax, and this stuff is a overkill sealant , but I really think it would be dirt road worthy for the dust to fly off once you get on the paved road and hit 45mph. I don't know if it would help on the rear of the vehicle because no wind can really get back there to move the dirt around. Sent from my SM-N920V using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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