Need help with truck hood

[ccm]

I have a 2011 F150 that is housed outside so it is exposed to the elements 24/7. The truck is solid white and I wash and wax as needed but the wax on the hood quits beading pretty quickly after waxing. It has been about 2 to 3 months since I waxed the truck and when it rains the sides of the truck bead up just like it did the day I waxed it but the hood does not bead up at all. I have the same problem with the roof of the truck. I understand that since the hood and roof are horizontal surfaces the wax job will not hold up like the sides but I feel the hood and roof should do better than they are now. I wash with an over the counter car wash and wax with Collonite 845. I have clayed the truck several times, in the past, but it does not give me a longer shine on the hood and roof.

Any suggestions to prolong the shine on these trouble areas would be greatly appreciated.

Charlie

[Rsurfer]

You might want to decontaminate the horizontal surfaces with IronX. Buff with a light polish if you have a machine, if not, use a paint cleaner and seal with two coats of 845.

[2black1s]

Dude... If it sits outside 24/7 there's not much you can do other than finding some shade or shelter. If that is not possible then you'll just need to clean/polish/wax those surfaces more often.

Probably not the answer you were hoping for but it's a fact of life.

[Billy Baldone]

Clean/clay/decontaminate/ polish/car pro eraser. Whatever you can do to get your surface clean for sealant. I use Power lock. I am seeing 8 months on a prepped surface

[ccm]

Clean/clay/decontaminate/ polish/car pro eraser. Whatever you can do to get your surface clean for sealant. I use Power lock. I am seeing 8 months on a prepped surface

Billy
Does your car stay outside 24/7?

Thanks for the advice.

Charlie

[custmsprty]

I've never gotten more than a couple months out of Power Lock down here in Florida with it outside 24/7. WG 3.0 and Blackfire WD both have proved themselves to me to hold up better under the hot Florida sun.

[Zubair]

Use 476 or 915 on the hood and roof instead and compare.

[Roger T]

I have a 2004 Chevy Silverado with a little over 200,000 miles on it. It is outside 24/7. I seal the paint in the fall and after surviving an Iowa winter, water still beads up on the paint surfaces.

I use Mequiars Mirror Glaze No. 21 Synthetic Sealant 2.0.

Roger T

[ccm]

Use 476 or 915 on the hood and roof instead and compare.

Sorry but I don't know what 476 or 915 is.

Thanks for the advice.

Charlie

[Mike Phillips]

I have a 2011 F150 that is housed outside so it is exposed to the elements 24/7.

The truck is solid white and I wash and wax as needed but the wax on the hood quits beading pretty quickly after waxing.

Have you ever done any pre-wax work besides washing?

For example have you ever clayed the hood?

Have you ever polished the hood with a dedicated compound or polish by hand or machine?

Here's a simple test... after either washing or wiping the hood clean

First - Feel the paint on the hood with your bare hand.

Second - Feel the paint on the hood with your hand inside a sandwich baggie

Tell us what you find out?

The Baggie Test - How to inspect for above surface bonded contaminants