wade001
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so, as others have said, you'll want to wash in the shade, on cool body panels/glass, if you just moved your car from the sun to shade to wash, rinse with water for a while to help cool the panels down before applying soaps and such.
after you're done washing, while still in the shade, i get the leaf blower out, and start from the top down.. at stubborn areas like trim, mirrors, emblems, grill, front bumper, rear bumper.. very quickly hit these areas with leaf blower to get majority of water out from behind them. im only hitting the areas that constantly drip or have lots of standing water with leaf blower, i then use a nice LARGE microfiber drying towel to actually dry the car. literally lay it on the surface and drag it over the panels. car is dry in no time.
ive also found a product made by carpro called "spotless" that works really well for light to medium water spotting. heavy spotting, that has been on the surface for a long time, will require multiple applications or even buffing/polishing out. this can actually remove the ceramic coating as well, depending on how deep the spotting actually is, so always try the least abrasive method first, then get more and more aggressive
after you're done washing, while still in the shade, i get the leaf blower out, and start from the top down.. at stubborn areas like trim, mirrors, emblems, grill, front bumper, rear bumper.. very quickly hit these areas with leaf blower to get majority of water out from behind them. im only hitting the areas that constantly drip or have lots of standing water with leaf blower, i then use a nice LARGE microfiber drying towel to actually dry the car. literally lay it on the surface and drag it over the panels. car is dry in no time.
ive also found a product made by carpro called "spotless" that works really well for light to medium water spotting. heavy spotting, that has been on the surface for a long time, will require multiple applications or even buffing/polishing out. this can actually remove the ceramic coating as well, depending on how deep the spotting actually is, so always try the least abrasive method first, then get more and more aggressive
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