removing morning dew

[godfearingman]

I like keeping my car as clean and looking as good as possible. Especially paying so much for them these day's.

[Paul A.]

I also leave it alone on my black, clean car. Like others have said, i have never seen dew "spot". I also like to avoid any friction passes on my black paint

[allenk4]

Dew is condensed moisture (water) from the ambient air at ground level--think of it as natural distillation, without the boiling. It's cleaner and less contaminated than water from a faucet, well, or rain, and less likely to cause any spotting on your car.

Great point...I never thought of that

[GettingStarted]

Water-spotting comes from mineral deposits in water when it either runs through mineral-infused rock (source for faucets/wells) or pollutants in the atmosphere (rain). Dew is condensed moisture (water) from the ambient air at ground level--think of it as natural distillation, without the boiling. It's cleaner and less contaminated than water from a faucet, well, or rain, and less likely to cause any spotting on your car.

I remember reading that pollutants as well as acid can and do collect inside the drops of rain while traveling through the air. Although I'm not quite sure if I read the article correctly. Would love to have somebody correct me on this though.

[Kamakaz1961]

I would just leave it alone. It will dew again the next day...as everyone here states, if you waxed and prepped the car there should be no issues.

[godfearingman]

It dried up spotless nice shiny and sparkling. Wish I could keep it like this 24/7 365.

[DetailKitty]

Let that dew dissipate... better to leave it than touch the paint unnecessarily.

[greatwhitenorth]

I try to go about 70 on my way to work ;-) Pretty fun to watch the water collect then stream right off

Haha this way sounds best

[Don M]

In addition to what the others have said, if it's cold enough for dew to form, it's too cold for the dew to dry off, even if wiped with a good microfiber & a QD.

I agree with the others, just let it dry on its own, it won't leave marks, but trying to remove it might.

[CDot]

Great point...I never thought of that

I remember reading that pollutants as well as acid can and do collect inside the drops of rain while traveling through the air. Although I'm not quite sure if I read the article correctly. Would love to have somebody correct me on this though.

Check out this link from my alma mater. A lot of the pollutants are released into the atmosphere and condense in clouds before falling to the ground--especially the nitrogen/sulfur compounds that cause the acidity. Dew can have it, but only if the ambient air near the ground is very full of pollutants and normally dew contains much less than rain.

Another point for the OP: dew is formed when an object cools, more so when rapidly. As the dew forms on your car, if there are dirt/dust particulates then the dew will form around them--so wiping the dew off may run those particulates along your paint. Evidence for me is my observation of dew in late summer/fall and ice in winter on my glass/paint. If my car is clean, there will be much less condensation on it than when it's dirty. Just my experience.