Spray off the roads

Mc Love

What is it with this country...its impossible to keep a car clean! I dont know what it is, or maybe I am going mad, I find that after it has rained the spray thrown up by car in front has been getting worse for the last few months - totally wrecks the windscreen/rest of the car?

Anyone else find this?

Absurdum

yep, I've all but given up trying to keep mine clean

andyseadog

yeah, i got you.

i think its something to do with the various forms of grit thrown on the roads during the big freeze, because the dust in the dry weather lately too is unreal, much worse than i've noticed the previous few summers.

try having a white car im washing at least twice a week, glad i have a good quality wax to back it up

-Corkie-

Mc Love wrote: »

What is it with this country...its impossible to keep a car clean! I dont know what it is, or maybe I am going mad, I find that after it has rained the spray thrown up by car in front has been getting worse for the last few months - totally wrecks the windscreen/rest of the car?

Anyone else find this?

I suppose with a mixture of all that salt and grit the councils put on the road..:)

Mc Love

andyseadog wrote: »

yeah, i got you.

i think its something to do with the various forms of grit thrown on the roads during the big freeze, because the dust in the dry weather lately too is unreal, much worse than i've noticed the previous few summers.

try having a white car im washing at least twice a week, glad i have a good quality wax to back it up

The rain-x windscreen clean is great as the water just beads on it. Use a good wax for the bodywork too.

-Corkie- wrote: »

I suppose with a mixture of all that salt and grit the councils put on the road..:)

Thats what it must be...its fair annoying to put up with it though. One of those necessary evils i guess

CiniO

Mc Love wrote: »

What is it with this country...its impossible to keep a car clean! I dont know what it is, or maybe I am going mad, I find that after it has rained the spray thrown up by car in front has been getting worse for the last few months - totally wrecks the windscreen/rest of the car?

Anyone else find this?

To be fair with you, I don't thing there's any other country in Europe where car stays so clean as in Ireland.
I can't remember when was the last time my car got dirty in Ireland.
Anywhere on the Continent if it's raining, or especially when the road is gritted in winter, cars get extremely dirty.

Example:

andyseadog

Mc Love wrote: »

The rain-x windscreen clean is great as the water just beads on it. Use a good wax for the bodywork too.



Thats what it must be...its fair annoying to put up with it though. One of those necessary evils i guess

im using rain-x now, fairly happy with it, it was a bitch to get on without streaking, but the beading hasnt faded at all which is great, i expect the bottle will last years.

and likewise, ive recently switched back to auto glyms HD wax, probably just because i had half a tub left in the garage :P

tyres, now theres something you cant keep black. meguiars endurance gel is the best ive used so far but still not amazing.

101sean

Ireland puts very little salt on the roads compared the the UK and the rest of Europe but is trying to catch up I think!

bazz26

Mc Love

andyseadog wrote: »

im using rain-x now, fairly happy with it, it was a bitch to get on without streaking, but the beading hasnt faded at all which is great, i expect the bottle will last years.

and likewise, ive recently switched back to auto glyms HD wax, probably just because i had half a tub left in the garage :P

tyres, now theres something you cant keep black. meguiars endurance gel is the best ive used so far but still not amazing.

Yeah its a nightmare to get on, but very impressed with it thus far.
I use a wax, comes in a blue tin (cant remember name) but its excellent quality, i bought it from Separate

Would you recommend the Auto Glym?

andyseadog

Mc Love wrote: »

Yeah its a nightmare to get on, but very impressed with it thus far.
I use a wax, comes in a blue tin (cant remember name) but its excellent quality, i bought it from Separate

Would you recommend the Auto Glym?

yeah its a bugger to get on, im using a foam sponge applicator to put it on at the moment, but im thinking maybe a half inch paint brush might work better

the auto glym is very good, but in fairness your paying for the name. i was using this stuff before ( http://www.nubawax.com/shop.html ) the site wont let me give a direct link, but the product is the 'naviwax light' on page 2 of the shop. it gives equally as good performance/ beading as the auto glym, and you get literally twice as much, its also easier to work with, the depth of the shine leaves a little to be desired though. but at half the price of the auto glym, who cares.

slimjimmc

101sean wrote: »

Ireland puts very little salt on the roads compared the the UK and the rest of Europe but is trying to catch up I think!

Some councils preferred to use urea instead (not as a first choice though).
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/drinking-water-tested-as-fertiliser-used-to-melt-ice-2012979.html

Antiquo

slimjimmc wrote: »

Some councils preferred to use urea instead (not as a first choice though).
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/drinking-water-tested-as-fertiliser-used-to-melt-ice-2012979.html

I knew the tap water tasted like p!ss over the last few days

We need a really heavy downpour of rain to get some of the muck off the roads. Meanwhile just keep washing and waxing I use autoglym but any wax is better than none.

vectra

andyseadog wrote: »

yeah its a bugger to get on, im using a foam sponge applicator to put it on at the moment, but im thinking maybe a half inch paint brush might work better

the auto glym is very good, but in fairness your paying for the name. i was using this stuff before ( http://www.nubawax.com/shop.html ) the site wont let me give a direct link, but the product is the 'naviwax light' on page 2 of the shop. it gives equally as good performance/ beading as the auto glym, and you get literally twice as much, its also easier to work with, the depth of the shine leaves a little to be desired though. but at half the price of the auto glym, who cares.

Hey bud
I am sick and tired of trying to keep the white car as well..it gets way worse on the motorway than on B roads though..

I am also going round in circles i think with different products.
I am strongly thinking of returning to Wax as i feel it beats the other products for shine and protection..
I am steering towards a tin of Bilt Hamber Finis wax.
Have you got any pic of your white car waxed??
cheers

Mc Love

Antiquo wrote: »

We need a really heavy downpour of rain to get some of the muck off the roads.

We have had proper rain, the ****e is still there ingrained on the road

vectra wrote: »

.it gets way worse on the motorway than on B roads though..

Agree with you on that one

cena

I use the wash wax stuff all in one. Is this a good thing. It's made by simozn or something like that. I washed my mothers car on sat she then went too athlone a 20mins drive there. When she got back from the shopping I asked her were did she too get it that dirty. Was annoyed after I cleaning for her.

BanzaiBk

vectra wrote: »

I am steering towards a tin of Bilt Hamber Finis wax.
Have you got any pic of your white car waxed??
cheers

For a white car you'd see better results with a sealant kit. Something along the lines of Jeff's Werkstat acrylic kit.

andyseadog

vectra wrote: »

Hey bud
I am sick and tired of trying to keep the white car as well..it gets way worse on the motorway than on B roads though..

I am also going round in circles i think with different products.
I am strongly thinking of returning to Wax as i feel it beats the other products for shine and protection..
I am steering towards a tin of Bilt Hamber Finis wax.
Have you got any pic of your white car waxed??
cheers

BanzaiBk wrote: »

For a white car you'd see better results with a sealant kit. Something along the lines of Jeff's Werkstat acrylic kit.

interestingly, a friend of mine who runs his own place as a detailer gave me a bottle of werkstat prime, and werkstat carnauba jett during the summer to try out, great stuff, i just felt for the winter months a heavy duty wax was the man for the job seeing as protection was priority over looks. heres a few comparisons.

first with the werkstat, which i think gives great depth, the reflections are great for white. these pics were around july/ august of last year hence the sun :cool:









then the auto glym, certainly isint as blingy... but, protection is great. pics taken last weekend, thats HD wax over a coat of auto glym extra gloss protection.

i think its hard to appreciate the level of finish it does provide because the picutres were taken at 5pm on a stormy february evening, and my new phone has an auto flash that has so far ruined every photo i've taken with it.









i like to doccument my work i can custard prove the products are mine if neds be lol :P

vectra

I understand fully that for white an acrylic sealent gives better shine etc. BUT
I just feel for winter protection it just does not hold up.
This is my car las October after a coat of CG P40 and 2 coats of CG Blitz

This pic was taken as a pic..Not at any particular angle to show reflection or shine,
It certainly does not look like that now

BanzaiBk

andyseadog wrote: »

interestingly, a friend of mine who runs his own place as a detailer gave me a bottle of werkstat prime, and werkstat carnauba jett during the summer to try out, great stuff, i just felt for the winter months a heavy duty wax was the man for the job seeing as protection was priority over looks. heres a few comparisons.

first with the werkstat, which i think gives great depth, the reflections are great for white. these pics were around july/ august of last year hence the sun :cool:

then the auto glym, certainly isint as blingy... but, protection is great. pics taken last weekend, thats HD wax over a coat of auto glym extra gloss protection.

i think its hard to appreciate the level of finish it does provide because the picutres were taken at 5pm on a stormy february evening, and my new phone has an auto flash that has so far ruined every photo i've taken with it.

i like to doccument my work i can custard prove the products are mine if neds be lol :P

No confirmation needed, nice collection! I don't use Werkstat myself but my best mate only uses it on his white Scirocco. Nothing really has given a deep shine/reflection on white quite like the werkstat to my eyes. Autoglym HD is one of the nicest waxes I've applied, snagged two lots of it in a Halfords before Christmas which were reduced 'cos of damaged packaging....20€! Internet prices if Halfords

vectra wrote: »

I understand fully that for white an acrylic sealent gives better shine etc. BUT
I just feel for winter protection it just does not hold up.
This is my car las October after a coat of CG P40 and 2 coats of CG Blitz

You know the "living with it" better than I would My last dd was solid white and I used 2 coats of the cheap Collinite and topped it up with FK425. Beaded well for 6 months and washed off relatively quickly too, but as it was my dd I wasn't really looking for shine etc, just wanted it to look clean.

Seperate

A couple of layers of Werkstat prime is as durable as most waxes out there. It holds up really well, even in testing conditions. I look after 7 or 8 cars that have it applied when they come in, the ones i've seen since the 'freeze' all still show signs of protection.

It's your only man for silver & whites IMO.