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Originally Posted by ramonesfreak
FYI i only use the fake clay sponge thing with detail spay only immediately AFTER I wash the car. for washing i use an adam’s polish 3.0 pressure washer with their best foam canon along with Adam’s soap, sometimes Chem Bros.
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Sounds good but you have to physically dislodge every bit that you can before the clay medium goes after the accumulation of micro environment on your paint. I don't mean to criticize your method.
I have never used a foam anything. I think I can understand the science behind foam being that it lubricates the surface as you lightly apply a microfiber mitt to agitate the dirt and get it in suspension. I see people power wash, apply foam and rinse w/o any agitation. To me that's a system developed for the lazy man.
If someone is using a foam system with no contact, you will end up moving around what's left on the surface with your drying towel. Which is another thing. I never dry in a circular motion. I often spread the drying towel out over as much area as it will cover and drag off in one motion. Flip it to do that again and use it after that for lower stuff and wheels. Not again on the paint.
I have seen what seems to be the "sacrificial" method of cloth washing in which many cloths are use in succession to be tossed in the to-be-washed bucket and using a fresh uncontaminated micro fiber wash cloth; maybe up to a dozen per small car and never bringing a cloth from a lower position to a higher one. Work down with gravity.
The last car I had that lived in the garage and was double covered first with very soft material, then soft rugs on the hood and deck for protection, and finally with a car cover. It did not get entirely washed for years at a time. I would wash the wheels and sometimes the valances if driven through a puddle. I didn't mind a light rain if it was already clean. I have been known to wash a car during a rain just to let rainwater do the rinse. But it doesn't rain here for 8 months a year. It's very dusty.
Anything left outside for hours gets dusty. I'm reluctant to use a duster but if the wax or ceramic is in great shape, a very light touch using a duster doesn't seem to do any harm. I follow that with a light detail spray and the aforementioned method of drying very carefully in one direction. I clean glass regularly (with foam!). It gets filmy no matter what. Our air quality is some of the poorest in the nation. It's full of sea salt, vehicle pollution and especially aircraft pollution living a mile from a major airport with up to 100 flights an hour. Nowadays I try to get outside work done by noon and then stay indoors where I have HEPA filter fans running 24/7.