Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film

[Mike Phillips]

So I think coatings provide better protection against road film. Not 100% of course, but in three years time it didn't seem too bad at all.

Thanks for sharing!

And I agree.

[Mike Phillips]

I've updated the pictures in the first post in this thread.

Out of all the articles I've written - this is one of the top articles I share. Mostly because it affects most of us that drive our cars and also detail our cars.

[Mike Phillips]

Shared here,

LIVE Detailing Class - 303 Graphene Nano Coating - 2019 Toyota RAV4

[Mike Phillips]

I've updated the first post in this article with some fresh pictures that show exactly what road film looks like from driving in the rain.





And the big picture point is this - over time - this film IMPACTS ONTO the paint. I does not simply wash off. The best way to remove 100% of impacted road film is via chemical decontamination plus machine polishing or just machine polishing. The polishing can be done using any of of these 4 things,

1. Paint Cleaner
2. Compound
3. Polish
4. AIO

And while it's easy to capture pictures of built-up road film and impacted road-film on white and light colored cars, it happens to all colors of paint.

This is why once in a while, if your car is a daily driver, you need to polish the paint.

Here's why you need to polish paint...