How to Safely Remove Dust from Your Z - The Videos!

[Junkman2008]

Okay boys and girls, The Junkman is back with another video series. This time I cover the proper technique of using a waterless wash product on your paint without damaging the paint. A lot of people experience scratches when using waterless wash products (even detail spray), because they use it at a inappropriate time. Adam's Waterless Wash (or an equivalent waterless washing product) is an outstanding solution and will yield exceptional results when used at a time that it was designed for. However, if you use it at a time when your car should be 2-bucket washed instead, you could end up being your paint's worst enemy. It is not the product that is at fault, it is your technique.

There are 2 types of dirt that will end up on your car: dust and everything else (everything else as in mud, film, a herd of bird droppings, etc...). Waterless Wash products are made for dust, finger prints or something else that has just landed on your paint can also be removed with Waterless Wash. If a major area of the car is covered with anything else, you need to wash it, especially a car covered with a dirt film (which is what you find covering the car after driving it in the rain). A caked on spot of something like bird droppings can be removed using Waterless Wash but you have to soak the spot a good deal and make sure that the substance is fully diluted enough to remove. Rubbing on it too soon will do nothing but scratch the paint.

Common sense is the key here. I can't list all the situations that a Waterless Wash product can be used for but after watching these videos, you will have a good idea. With that said, on to the videos!



The Videos!


Waterless Wash - Part 1


Waterless Wash - Part 2


Waterless Wash - Part 3


Waterless wash - Part 4

[Gunzero]

Thanks a lot!

[kenchan]

if it's just dust use your QD and MF towel.

[Gaiiden]

if it's just dust even better is to use a swiffer!! Seriously, I use one all the time on my MB Z and never leaves a scratch. Watch out for the plastic handle tho! Best to just hand wipe

[Zaggeron]

Spam?

Post edit: New guy. His posts seemed helpful. Giving benefit of the doubt. Conclusion: not spam.

[Junkman2008]

Originally Posted by Zaggeron

Spam?

You need to see my introduction thread.

Guys, a QD and microfiber towel is only effective if the dust is loose and you need to remove as much dust off the paint BEFORE you go that route. I am led to believe that if you think it can be done any other way, then you didn't watch the videos.

Originally Posted by Gaiiden

if it's just dust even better is to use a swiffer!! Seriously, I use one all the time on my MB Z and never leaves a scratch. Watch out for the plastic handle tho! Best to just hand wipe

As for the Swiffer suggestion, your method definitely will scratch and swirl the paint to death. You don't have to believe me, you can see it for yourself. Take your camera and set it for macro mode. This will enable you to take a picture of your paint from less than 12 inches. Then, shoot the flash off into the paint and capture it in the picture. I will bet the house that this is what you'll see (because I do this all the time and have never lost this bet ).

This guy swore that his paint was flawless. This is what he saw:




This is what I showed him:




This is what it looked like after I fixed it:



His daughter (in the picture) was going to get the car when he croaked. She made him buy the stuff necessary to fix the car.

How about some more examples.

















I would love to see a macro burst shot of your paint...

[Xan]

Nice work!

I like the leaf blower concept to dry the car... As long as you don't blow dirt and dust on your car while using it...

Any recommendations on quality towels?

[Junkman2008]

I wash my car inside my garage so blowing dust around is not a concern because the area is soaking wet as I begin to dry. If you are outside in your driveway, make sure the area is wet around your car (it should be as you have just rinsed the car).

The best microfiber in the world is coming out of South Korea right now. Both Zaino and Adam's sells the microfiber towels that you want to use and can be found at either of their websites. Adam's also sells the shorter nap microfiber cloths that are best when using a quick detailer or waterless washing product.

[SoCal 370Z]

Junkman2008,

Please don't take this wrong, but are you a vendor, planning to become a vendor, or just a guy saving swirls...one swirl at a time?

[Junkman2008]

Just a guy saving paint jobs, one car at a time. I don't own any detailing companies or work for one, but I get sent a lot of stuff from detailing companies all over the world who ask me to try out their stuff. When I find something that I actually believe in because of how well it works, I share that product with the world. Sort of my way of paying it forward.

I don't do this with just detailing, I also do it with fifth generation Corvette repairs, as that's the car I have a lot of passion for too. Here's just one of a many write-ups that I have done on that subject.

The job that I actually get paid for and the taskmaster who signs my check is this guy. He's a brute to work for but I manage to survive somehow...

[JakeZ34]

Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

Junkman2008,

Please don't take this wrong, but are you a vendor, planning to become a vendor, or just a guy saving swirls...one swirl at a time?

I think this whole Adam's car wash product thing is getting out of control lol. I saw all his videos and most are featuring Adam's car wash products. Anyway I'm not here to start anything.

[tsolin01]

I think the main thing you should get out of all the videos isn't the products but the technique and attention to detail. Although I don't have the patience to stop swirl marks all together, following some techniques will at least limit it.

So how is the california duster any different from a swiffer? Especially if you follow the same barely touch the car technique? Just wondering because if I have them for the house anyway, I can just use them on the car too instead of getting a separate thing.

[Junkman2008]

Originally Posted by JakeZ34

I think this whole Adam's car wash product thing is getting out of control lol. I saw all his videos and most are featuring Adam's car wash products. Anyway I'm not here to start anything.

Check out what Tsolin01 says. He gets it. Guys who use Meguiar's products can substitute the appropriate products in place of the Adam's stuff and get the same exact results. So can Zaino users, along with a host of other professional product brands. It's not about the name on the bottle, it's about the process and technique itself.

The reason I do most of my demos with Adam's products is because the line is extremely simple and for a novice, they won't get lost in the choice of products. Their line fits a majority of the paint issues that you will see today which makes it ideal for a novice who just quit using the drive through car wash.

Originally Posted by tsolin01

I think the main thing you should get out of all the videos isn't the products but the technique and attention to detail. Although I don't have the patience to stop swirl marks all together, following some techniques will at least limit it.

So how is the california duster any different from a swiffer? Especially if you follow the same barely touch the car technique? Just wondering because if I have them for the house anyway, I can just use them on the car too instead of getting a separate thing.

It is totally a mindset. The way you have worded your post has a feel to it that you have accepted your paints condition as a way of life. Yet, you understand that my techniques will severely limit more paint damage. You're 50% of the way there in your understanding which is why you can't see the brutality of using something like the Swiffer on your paint.

It would take you completely correcting your paint for this to sink in. Right now, you can't see the damage it does because of the damage already on your paint. If your paint was corrected, you would see the damage began to show up over multiple uses of a device like that. Every time you touch your paint, you risk the opportunity to damage it. That's why you limit the touching of the paint as much as possible, and then use the proper products when you do.

You're at the edge of the pool. We just need to push you in.

[fullmonty]

Another one from Junkman. Very good write up!

[370Zsteve]

I like this guy. Has a Zen feel to it. First reaction was Spammer! but no specific product endorsement seen, in fact just the opposite...and the kicker is he's not a brand snob either. +1 rep