JHZR2
Staff member
My 240d gets seldomly used, and is always garaged. It had collected some surface dirt over the last few years, and it really only ever got wet if it happened to rain when it was out of the garage. It always looked shiny and great, but recently had a few spots on the paint that looked like water spots that had dirt in them that we're causing some discoloration.
The car had backfire ivory carnauba wax a number of years ago (see the rate my beading thread), and so I wanted to wash (P21S), wax (backfire ivory carnauba), then use my new sonsx brilliant shine QD protectant on top.
I completely wet down the car, then used a little of the Auto Finesse Citrus Cleaner on the spots. Wanting to have a feel for the product, I used my finger to agitate it a bit. Nice lubricity and it was good at loosening spots that were organic residues. But it wasn't successful at these grey water spots - bummer.
But what I was disappointed to see was that the water beaded differently - less I think, where I had rubbed this "gentle" cleaner than everywhere else.
I took shots of my trunk lid first in normal light then set up so colors were much more washed out, which is easier to see how the water sits.
I'm not necessarily implying that the product is harsh, but it does seem to strip what wax might be on a surface... Or at least change it's beading characteristic.
Overall at the end of the day, it came out looking good.
Thoughts on this effect?
The car had backfire ivory carnauba wax a number of years ago (see the rate my beading thread), and so I wanted to wash (P21S), wax (backfire ivory carnauba), then use my new sonsx brilliant shine QD protectant on top.
I completely wet down the car, then used a little of the Auto Finesse Citrus Cleaner on the spots. Wanting to have a feel for the product, I used my finger to agitate it a bit. Nice lubricity and it was good at loosening spots that were organic residues. But it wasn't successful at these grey water spots - bummer.
But what I was disappointed to see was that the water beaded differently - less I think, where I had rubbed this "gentle" cleaner than everywhere else.
I took shots of my trunk lid first in normal light then set up so colors were much more washed out, which is easier to see how the water sits.
I'm not necessarily implying that the product is harsh, but it does seem to strip what wax might be on a surface... Or at least change it's beading characteristic.
Overall at the end of the day, it came out looking good.
Thoughts on this effect?