keeping your car clean

[sportscarhiatus]

I might get flamed for this... but here is my process for "in-between" washes. Heck, my garage queen rarely gets washed because it never sees rain so it only has light dust.

I use a California duster, ensuring that no weight of the duster actually rests on the paint. I lift it up about 2 inches from the paint surface then let the bristles pick up the dust. Let it be known that NO MARRING or SCRATCHES result from this method. I know some of you will say otherwise, but I've been doing this for years, and my paint does not have duster-induced scratches.

After the dusting, I then hit it with Optimum Detailer or FK425. Tadaaaa... done. I don't like going straight to an MF/QD combo if there is dust on the car. I want to make sure I lifted off all the loose particles before QD'ing.

On the other hand, if the car is REALLY dusty, I proceed to do a full wash. This ends up being maybe 2 to 3 x a summer.

[Streetlife]

I use a thick soft plush microfiber with either ONR or PB Spray & Wipe, i'll be doing that this weekend ( i see very little dust on my daily driver that's garage kept), I just did the two bucket method last weekend. Trust me, here in Houston the two fore mentioned products are a life saver, i've never detailed with so much humidity and i've lived here all my life. It worked out for the better though, i was able to try a combo i had in mind for LSP's.