How often do you use a QD?

Thanks guys. I asked this question because it seems that with a brand new truck one can get carried away. As I said in the original post, I have used a number of QDs during the past year and find that I like them so well I ues them all the time - according to some responders, maybe too much.



If the truck has been driving at all, I find all sorts of little marks and dirt and bug guts and I just have to get them off. Poorboys SW is used several times a week for this kind of cleaning and then I follow up with a more protecting QD. I don't wash all that often simply because of this routine (and the fact that I keep the truck in the garage all the time so there is no pollen that settles, bird bombs, etc.). Although I shampoo now and then, if I do wash it will usually be with nothing more than QEW or DP 4 in 1 (which I have on my shelf but have not used yet).



I guess what I'm hearing is that constant QDing is akin to the 3000 mile oil change - probably won't hurt but may be overkill. Thanks again for the replys.
 
cj99si said:
Thank God im not the only one one here treating my paint right......
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I guess I must be "pretty dumb" and not treating my paint right . . .



Add me to the list of frequent QDers. As long as the car is just dusty, I dust with a CCD and follow with QD (a mix-n-match variety) pretty much every day that the weather allows. I almost always QD after a wash, too, unless I'm very short on time.



Tort
 
TortoiseAWD said:
I guess I must be "pretty dumb" and not treating my paint right . . .



Add me to the list of frequent QDers. As long as the car is just dusty, I dust with a CCD and follow with QD (a mix-n-match variety) pretty much every day that the weather allows. I almost always QD after a wash, too, unless I'm very short on time.



Tort
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It depends sometimes for me, I wash my car the 'usual' way (or old-fashioned ;) )but if my wife's not been driving much OR it hasn't rained, I'll use DP Waterless wash, then a QD. I'll do that if I'm short on time as well.



I figure with the number of layers of sealant on the cars, a waterless wash every so often won't hurt.
 
shortspark said:
I guess what I'm hearing is that constant QDing is akin to the 3000 mile oil change - probably won't hurt but may be overkill. Thanks again for the replys.
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no it will hurt. The more you touch the paint when it isn't CLEAN the more you cut into that clear coat. I would wash a little more often and QD a little less when it comes to the paint.
 
TortoiseAWD said:
I guess I must be "pretty dumb" and not treating my paint right . . .



Add me to the list of frequent QDers. As long as the car is just dusty, I dust with a CCD and follow with QD (a mix-n-match variety) pretty much every day that the weather allows. I almost always QD after a wash, too, unless I'm very short on time.



Tort
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I've been doing this since I found Autopia about 4 years ago. I wash about once a week but my daily driver gets to where I can't stand it at the end of every day I drive. If it is sunny and dry, I get the bugs off, use the Cali Duster and lightly QD the car and the wheels.

I initially used David B.'s method of wet MF's followed by a QD but switched to the Cali/OXO duster (which BTW, he seems to have switched to this method as well) and I've never looked back. I can't find any micro marring, scratching or swirling but bear in mind, my old car was silver and my new one is Titanium Grey.

I never QD a dirty car or use it in place of a wash and if I have any doubts that there is too much dust or residue on the car, it gets a wash. Again, I find that I can't stand to go the distance between washes. I have to get that light layer of dust and pollen, etc. off the car ASAP.



QDing is my daily therapy. :cool:
 
TortoiseAWD said:
I guess I must be "pretty dumb" and not treating my paint right . . .



Add me to the list of frequent QDers. As long as the car is just dusty, I dust with a CCD and follow with QD (a mix-n-match variety) pretty much every day that the weather allows. I almost always QD after a wash, too, unless I'm very short on time.



Tort
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Dude you have a white and silver car...your just not seeing the damage.
 
Someone once told me, there was a guy with an Audi, who at lunchtime would QD his car everyday, when it wasn't raining.
 
waxman said:
Someone once told me, there was a guy with an Audi, who at lunchtime would QD his car everyday, when it wasn't raining.
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Well, you know, if someone is THAT particular (and I come close), uses the good stuff that adds protection - something like Menzerna's HGAS - and the car is not dirty, what's the harm? I can see a problem to the paint however, as one poster mentioned, if you are constantly QDing over dirt.



I use a home brew QD sometimes made up of Klasse SG and distilled water. My lsp is SG and so I think by using the home brew I am extending the original protection and rejuvenating the shine each time I use it. It does not clean that well so I use it only when my truck is clean and free of dust. I use Poorboys SW if it is barely dirty or QEW or a shampoo if it is dirtier still. In effect, I guess I am using my QD as a gloss and protection enhancer more than as a cleaner.
 
cj99si said:
Dude you have a white and silver car...your just not seeing the damage.
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Haha your telling Tort...A senior moderator here at autopia he just isnt seeing the damage?

Ive looked into the posts you've made cj99si and you seem to be pretty "know it all" when it comes to threads and telling other people there ways are wrong or damaging paint. You can see damage on white and silver it just isnt as easy as a dark colored vehicle...You remind me of a recent member who was banned :think2
 
Joshua312 said:
Haha your telling Tort...A senior moderator here at autopia he just isnt seeing the damage?

Ive looked into the posts you've made cj99si and you seem to be pretty "know it all" when it comes to threads and telling other people there ways are wrong or damaging paint. You can see damage on white and silver it just isnt as easy as a dark colored vehicle...You remind me of a recent member who was banned :think2
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Your probably right on some things, Im just used my Maine climate and a black car. My neighbor just bought a black GMC duallie 3 weeks ago and he used his quick detailer on it almost everyday (when it was just alittle dusty) Its all swirled already and I polished it for him. Same for me If I use my QD(ccd'ed) on my car when im in a bind I find my self polishing within the week. Just because he is a moderator on a website(internet) doesnt mean he knows everything about detailing. Thanks for the investigation.
 
If you have a good layer of wax on your car and it is only light dusting you shouldnt swirl the paint such as your saying to need polishing- Maybe review your QD techniques
 
I QD every other day. Every day I use either a Kozak dry wash cloth or a CCD depending on how dusty my car is. If the car is to dirty I wash it, at least once a week somethimes twice a week. I may wash it at a coin car wash or use QEW again depending on how dirty it is. The QD or spray waxes I use are Perfect Detail, Turtle Platinum, Eaglo One WnS, Eagle One Nano Spray, and Mothers FX spray, depending on my mood. I wax my car every 6 weeks , and again depending on my mood I may use Meguiars, Mothers,Wolfgang, or Poorboys. For cleaning I use Clay or AIO. My car sits outside 24/7. It does not know what a garage is. My friends marvel on how clean my car is. Yesterday I went to Chicago to visit a friend, and it rained. Before I got home I washed my car. Somethimes being obsessive is a good thing, somethimes its not.
 
cj99si said:
Dude you have a white and silver car...your just not seeing the damage.
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Now I'm dumb and blind. Man, this just isn't my day . . . :rolleyes:



You're also sort of missing the point I was trying to make. You could have easily expressed your original opinion without being condescending; instead, you imply that those who don't do as you do are "dumb", and "not treating their paint right". If you think that QDing any time other than a wash isn't the right way for you, that's fine. If you think it's not the right way for the rest of us, that's fine, too, but there are much better ways to express it. That is, unless you intended to imply insult to all those who don't think as you do . . . in which case, your choice of words was perfect.



Just because he is a moderator on a website(internet) doesnt mean he knows everything about detailing.
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It doesn't? Damn. I thought I was granted omniscience when I took the moderator job . . . I'll have to gripe to the boss about my benefits package. I stayed in a Holiday Inn last night; does that help? :chuckle:



Tort
 
TortoiseAWD said:
Now I'm dumb and blind. Man, this just isn't my day . . . :rolleyes:



You're also sort of missing the point I was trying to make. You could have easily expressed your original opinion without being condescending; instead, you imply that those who don't do as you do are "dumb", and "not treating their paint right". If you think that QDing any time other than a wash isn't the right way for you, that's fine. If you think it's not the right way for the rest of us, that's fine, too, but there are much better ways to express it. That is, unless you intended to imply insult to all those who don't think as you do . . . in which case, your choice of words was perfect.



It doesn't? Damn. I thought I was granted omniscience when I took the moderator job . . . I'll have to gripe to the boss about my benefits package. I stayed in a Holiday Inn last night; does that help? :chuckle:



Tort
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the dumb part was not nessesary.....
 
shortspark said:
Well, you know, if someone is THAT particular (and I come close), uses the good stuff that adds protection - something like Menzerna's HGAS - and the car is not dirty, what's the harm? I can see a problem to the paint however, as one poster mentioned, if you are constantly QDing over dirt.



I use a home brew QD sometimes made up of Klasse SG and distilled water. My lsp is SG and so I think by using the home brew I am extending the original protection and rejuvenating the shine each time I use it. It does not clean that well so I use it only when my truck is clean and free of dust. I use Poorboys SW if it is barely dirty or QEW or a shampoo if it is dirtier still. In effect, I guess I am using my QD as a gloss and protection enhancer more than as a cleaner.
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Klasse SG is great as a QD!!! When I had a black car, I would QD every few days, I just could not see doing it at work. People seem to laugh at ones obsessive-compulsiveness. :)
 
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