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White 'haze' on my car
I'm guessing it's road salt, but is there anything else that could be causing the white haze on the mid-to-lower half of my black car? Haven't done any detailing over the winter, just a couple of trips through the touchless to try and remove the salt/etc. before it sets in...
Tried cleaning with ONR today, but it would not remove the haze. Even scrubbing really hard in a low, inconspicuous spot wouldn't remove the haze at all. The only thing that removed it was rubbing my finger against it. I'm guessing maybe clay would work but not sure.
Any thoughts as to what it is/what I can do about it?
Thanks!
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Re: White 'haze' on my car
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Re: White 'haze' on my car
Sometimes it takes a good old
fashioned hand car-washing
session (using *agitation*) to
remove stubborn road film/salt
and other stuck-on contaminates.
Your below "contaminate removal process"
surely points out *agitation* as being a key
element for your white 'haze' removal.
Bob
Originally Posted by newb001
I'm guessing it's road salt...
Haven't done any detailing over the winter,
just a couple of trips through the touchless
to try and remove the salt/etc. before it sets in...
The only thing that removed it
was rubbing my finger against it.
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
~Joaquin de Setanti
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Re: White 'haze' on my car
I'll post pics tomorrow (my phone was left inside earlier).
Even using the ONR soaked MF and agitating basically as hard as I could, nothing happened. Only my finger worked for some reason.
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Re: White 'haze' on my car
Here's what I mean.
I tried again today with a waterless wash, and really scrubbed hard an inconspicuous spot and it did nothing.
I tried claying as well which worked a little, but not perfect.
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Super Member
Re: White 'haze' on my car
Originally Posted by newb001
Here's what I mean.
I tried again today with a waterless wash, and really scrubbed hard an inconspicuous spot and it did nothing.
I tried claying as well which worked a little, but not perfect.
Instead of salt/salt stains, that looks
more like stains caused from the trips
through the touchless and the harsh
chemicals they make available for use.
(It even appears they're in/under the CC.)
Try a test spot using a mild polish/AIO...
without too much pressure...and see what
results you get. Being too aggressive can
result in breaching the CC.
Good Luck!
Bob
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
~Joaquin de Setanti
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Re: White 'haze' on my car
Ugh. Thanks for the info (though of course not what I was hoping to hear). I do have some Klasse AIO so I'll give that a try. I hope/assume it'll work, given that my my finger is able to rub off this 'gunk'.
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Re: White 'haze' on my car
Hello,
If your fingers are able to rub it off, then I would say a paint correction should remove this for you.
Since I don't know what tools and products you have I would start with the least aggressive product you have in your arsenal and work your way backwards until you find what works.
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Re: White 'haze' on my car
Also, if it is a stain, would something like Optimum Power Clean possibly work? Or should I stick with an AIO b/c it probably needs the polishing effect?
I don't want to try OPC without being able to properly wash it off, and I can't do that unless I go and turn my hoses on again. Which I could do as it's very warm this week, but generally prefer to wait until spring arrives...
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Re: White 'haze' on my car
Originally Posted by Killerheroin
Hello,
If your fingers are able to rub it off, then I would say a paint correction should remove this for you.
Since I don't know what tools and products you have I would start with the least aggressive product you have in your arsenal and work your way backwards until you find what works.
I don't have much in my arsenal (and no equipment to do any 'real' work). An AIO by hand is the most aggressive I can do. Other than that, Power Clean is the next most aggressive.
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