Nopstnz8
Member
Hey guys so I have a pretty bad hard water problem at my house when I wash my car that I'm trying to resolve before I do paint correction. I've been using no rinse for years as I've already accepted the fact that I can't get a spot free finish to Autopian standards any other way. I even wash at night in my garage to prevent spotting as much as possible.
Within the last year I've been really busy lately and only have time to wash my car about once a month, compared to every two weeks or earlier. My solution to that was buying a pressure washer and foam lance so that I can still clean my car marring free, but less often. What I do is rinse the car down with the hose, hook up the pressure washer with foam lance and foam the car, then pressure wash it to remove the foam. I then pull my car back in the garage and clean with no rinse using the TBM. I spray down my car per panel with a spray bottle mixed with ONR as well to keep the panel lubricious to minimize scratching. This process takes about 2hrs, has worked perfectly for me. I have only a few light scratches visible under halogens, and no marring.
The problem arises with etching. I have noticed faint water spot etchings on the flat panels that are only visible under halogens with very close inspection, but they're still there. I'm attributing this to the water from the foam lance process that sits on the paint while I go around the car no rinsing. This is where I need help because I really can't change my wash process to maintain the results I get. I've been debating a CR Spottless, but it's a lot to invest when I can't even be certain it'll prevent water etching. I already had a pure water products filter in the past that made things worse because whenever I tried to wash my car conventionally with it attached, I ended up having to ez-creme glaze the entire car by machine just to remove the spotting.
The only ideal solution I see at the moment would be going back to spraying my car down with ONR in a sprayer with DI water for the pre-soak, but with that method, I wouldn't be able to go as long between washes in order to guarantee virtually no damage from the car being too dirty.
If anyone has any suggestions to help me, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Within the last year I've been really busy lately and only have time to wash my car about once a month, compared to every two weeks or earlier. My solution to that was buying a pressure washer and foam lance so that I can still clean my car marring free, but less often. What I do is rinse the car down with the hose, hook up the pressure washer with foam lance and foam the car, then pressure wash it to remove the foam. I then pull my car back in the garage and clean with no rinse using the TBM. I spray down my car per panel with a spray bottle mixed with ONR as well to keep the panel lubricious to minimize scratching. This process takes about 2hrs, has worked perfectly for me. I have only a few light scratches visible under halogens, and no marring.
The problem arises with etching. I have noticed faint water spot etchings on the flat panels that are only visible under halogens with very close inspection, but they're still there. I'm attributing this to the water from the foam lance process that sits on the paint while I go around the car no rinsing. This is where I need help because I really can't change my wash process to maintain the results I get. I've been debating a CR Spottless, but it's a lot to invest when I can't even be certain it'll prevent water etching. I already had a pure water products filter in the past that made things worse because whenever I tried to wash my car conventionally with it attached, I ended up having to ez-creme glaze the entire car by machine just to remove the spotting.
The only ideal solution I see at the moment would be going back to spraying my car down with ONR in a sprayer with DI water for the pre-soak, but with that method, I wouldn't be able to go as long between washes in order to guarantee virtually no damage from the car being too dirty.
If anyone has any suggestions to help me, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.