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Yeah, he should bring it back to the person that coated it and have them wash it once, in front of him, so he can see if the same thing happens there. If it doesn't, then he has learned what they did different to do it that way from now on.
At first I'm thinking bad water or poor technique but he said he didn't have issues before coating so can't just blame it all on that if he hasn't had problems before.
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I noticed there are smears/dried soap/etc on the glass too. Unless the detailer coated the windows with the same product, I'm starting to think it is a wash technique issue and not the coating.
I used to get similar, though not as bad, residue when I used Meguiars Gold Class in the bright sun and didn't rinse it off very well.
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I agree with the rinseless wash idea.
He should probably rinse off as he goes instead of waiting until the whole car is washed.
He definitely needs a drying aid and needs to go over with a final buff instead of thinking a drying towel doesn't leave any water on the car.
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It looks like the soap is drying up on the car before he gets a chance to rinse it. He's taking too long and letting the soap sit there and dry up. I suggest soaping and rinsing one panel at a time like @spazzz suggested and see if the problem persists.
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Originally Posted by Eldorado2k
I’m just glad it’s not somekind of semi permanent etching that had happened. Man what a relief... He said the towels he used to dry were brand new straight out of the bag.
Those were among the first i bought. Nothing but trouble with those. I had issues with them drying straight out of bag and 1st one.
Good thing i washed and inspected others after use and they had tiny “twigs”. Imbedded in them. If you wanna see picks i reviewed tbem on Amazon with pick
I dont order TRC’s from the A anymore
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Tell him to give reset a try....if this hasn't been mentioned.
When I use it on my UK3 and Gliss cars it rolls off with hardly any remnants of soap to rinse off.
5 cars deserve a pressure washer!!!
But it sure does look like he is washing the coating off his car the way the soap folding looks.
It looks like wet oil paint rinsed with water
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Originally Posted by Eldorado2k
And it’s actually bad advice to rinse off car soap before you’re done with the entire car because that’s when you actually get water spots. [this doesn’t include soaps like Gyeon Bathe+]
Remember, car wash doesn’t cause water spots. Water causes water spots.
I don't know if I agree with this. I will get water spots, but I've also had soap dry on the surface of a car when washing in less that ideal situations. It left a mess just like what was seen in the second round of pictures your provided and was far harder to remove than simple water spots. That stuff will bake onto the surface of a hot car. I learned my lesson the hard way.
It's for that reason alone I always wash and rinse each panel as I clean a vehicle. Goes double for when I do an SUV, when I will actually start on the shady side of the vehicle and finish with the one in the sun.
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Sorry, I (we?) didn’t mean to assume he wasn’t experienced maintaining vehicles. We just don’t know him and this is an odd situation. Since you spend times communicating with him I trust that your hunch is probably right. I hope he gets this figured out OR, even better, the coating people figure it out for him.
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Originally Posted by Desertnate
I don't know if I agree with this. I will get water spots, but I've also had soap dry on the surface of a car when washing in less that ideal situations. That stuff will bake onto the surface of a hot car. I learned my lesson the hard way.
Lets not forget that he washed his car at 6am. There was no hot car.
And the statement I made in regards to car wash soap [generally speaking] not leaving water spots, water leaves water spots was a quote from Nick Rutter. You guys may recall him saying that back when McKee’s released their SiO2 Car Soap which 1 of the claimed benefits was being able to wash in direct sunlight.
But regardless of that soap, his statement was bold and IMO it made alot of sense because if I ever had a choice of having car soap or plain tap water dry on a vehicle I’d choose car soap 100% of the time because odds are the car soap will re activate whereas tap water will dry on a surface and cause water spots.
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