Any advice on this from anyone?

**93fox** · 03-01-2011, 05:30 PM

A few years ago when i had no clue about detailing or making a car look spotless i went to a outdoor car show they had, there was all these cars and most of them seemed to have debree and little particles of dust, but there was this one lady spraying her car with a sort of liquid that nothing was sticking to it at ALL! is there such thing to prevent the static attracting all these things? Because i just fully detailed my car and went out and saw soooo much little things stuck to it already! Little particles of dust! Just wondering of there is something to prevent this? The car is black by the way! Or is it just impossible to keep a black car clean?

**oldmodman** · 03-01-2011, 05:33 PM

I hope someone knows what that stuff was.

My cars are covered in dust, pollen, and kitty footprints in hours after a wash.

But if I put the car back into the garage right away then it's just dust.

**JonMiles** · 03-01-2011, 05:34 PM

it's going to be hard to do at a show...but grounding the car will break up the static.

**93fox** · 03-01-2011, 05:48 PM

Im starting to believe its impossible to keep a black car clean! I guess quick detailer is my only choice!

**James K** · 03-01-2011, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by JonMiles

it's going to be hard to do at a show...but grounding the car will break up the static.

I have seen cars running ground straps from the chassis that drag the ground. Doubt it was for this reason though.

I park in a gravel lot in the middle of a forest. If someone made such a product that I could spray on like you say, I would buy it in a 55 gallon drum!

**rocketman7** · 03-01-2011, 06:00 PM

De-ionized water perhaps?

Glenn

**93fox** · 03-01-2011, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by M.P. Cobra Fan

I have seen cars running ground straps from the chassis that drag the ground. Doubt it was for this reason though.

I park in a gravel lot in the middle of a forest. If someone made such a product that I could spray on like you say, I would buy it in a 55 gallon drum!

I clearly rember nothing at all being on the car... Ima look more into it! How was your autogeek visit?

Mike Phillips · 03-01-2011, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by 93fox

there was this one lady spraying her car with a sort of liquid that nothing was sticking to it at ALL! is there such thing to prevent the static attracting all these things?

I'd be curious as to what she was using too...

Originally Posted by JonMiles

it's going to be hard to do at a show...but grounding the car will break up the static.

Static Electricity and Dust Attraction to your Car's Paint

Excerpt

What can you you do?
Here's a few simple things you can do to help prevent dust accumulation.

Ground your car's body to a known good earth ground. Often times older houses will have a copper stake buried into the ground and then hooked up to the house via wiring.

If this is the case you can use something as simple as Jumper Cables to hook onto the car's frame and then attach the other end of the leads to a plumbing pipe or something similar that is metal and a major component of the house/garage.

Wonder what it was...

**aerogt01** · 03-01-2011, 06:07 PM

It wasn't FK 425? I've read about it's anti-static/cling properties here and elsewhere.

**James K** · 03-01-2011, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by 93fox

I clearly rember nothing at all being on the car... Ima look more into it! How was your autogeek visit?

Absolutely amazing! If you loom in the "can't make df so," thread on page five Mike posted pics. It was better then anything I would have dreamed about asking for. I guess I could make a new thread about it all since no one is probably looking in that thread.