Acid Rain - car paint protection

JJJJNR

With the ash in the sky at the moment which will be soon hitting us as acid rain is there anything we can do to protect our cars paintwork.

Would a simple wax do the job ?

turbogirl

A good wax and then use a sealant over the wax...thats what i plan to do:)

tossy

JJJJNR wrote: »

With the ash in the sky at the moment which will be soon hitting us as acid rain is there anything we can do to protect our cars paintwork.

Would a simple wax do the job ?

When is this happening? as far as i was aware there is no ash directly over Ireland,plus i presumed where there is ash it is higher than the cloud cover.

teednab-el

there were some reports that people were seeing traces of ash on their cars here in Ireland. I heard something on the radio there lately.

vectra

I get ash on my cart every day.. Bloody perished B!tch of a neighbour burning cheap sh!te coal

af_thefragile

Cool... that should strip the screwed up paint off my car and get it ready for a shiny new respray!!

tossy

teednab-el wrote: »

there were some reports that people were seeing traces of ash on their cars here in Ireland. I heard something on the radio there lately.

There is dust on cars,you get that all the time on the wind when we get a bit of dry weather here.

TomMc

turbogirl wrote: »

A good wax and then use a sealant over the wax...thats what i plan to do:)

Don't wish to be pedantic:D, but it is the other way around, sealant first, then wax.

tossy wrote: »

When is this happening? as far as i was aware there is no ash directly over Ireland,plus i presumed where there is ash it is higher than the cloud cover.

I swiped my wheel rims yesterday after they were cleaned and sealed on friday and the dust on my finger was more like soot (not brake dust either as car wasn't driven). Some of it must be making its way to ground, just like the Sahara desert sands we have had in the past.

tossy

TomMc wrote: »

Don't wish to be pedantic:D, but it is the other way around, sealant first, then wax..

+1

TomMc wrote: »

I swiped my wheel rims yesterday after they were cleaned and sealed on friday and the dust on my finger was more like soot (not brake dust either as car wasn't driven). Some of it must be making its way to ground, just like the Sahara desert sands we have had in the past.

What part of the country are you in? i detailed my car last week for a show and it was spotless,cleaned it again yesterday and there was only the light covering of dust you'd expect from a normal dry week.

TomMc

tossy wrote: »

What part of the country are you in? i detailed my car last week for a show and it was spotless,cleaned it again yesterday and there was only the light covering of dust you'd expect from a normal dry week.

Must be the Lilly white effect.

May be it is a Westmeath thing.:D

P.S. LOL on Felt spec, for all the aspirational red necks.

tossy

TomMc wrote: »

for all the aspirational red necks.

I love it!