Re: White 'haze' on my car
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
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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.
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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Re: White 'haze' on my car
Quote:
Originally Posted by
newb001
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
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'.
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.
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...
Re: White 'haze' on my car
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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.