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-   -   Pollen (https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102756)

zc06_kisstherain 04-21-2016 06:59 PM

i hate pollen!!!
i just used duster to remove it but if car is little wet then it gets dirtier!
i just gave up lol

Wonger 05-03-2016 03:04 PM

I am also in GA and feel your pain. I also have to leave the car parked under pine trees so I get crazy pollen and sap. Need to build the extra garage as the other two cars aren't getting parked outside.

Si_Chris 05-13-2016 02:14 PM

Given that it hasn't rained, and it's just pollen build up.

I just use the following:

https://deepakreddy9999.files.wordpr...acarduster.jpg

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5678/...f6dab67f_b.jpg


Takes me no more than 15 minutes if you work fast. End result is a "just detailed" or "just waxed" look. Meguiars D156 is one awesome quick detailer/spray wax. And I've used many brands (Chemical Guys, Griots, Mothers etc.).

Packofcrows 05-13-2016 03:45 PM

I use detailer to remove light dust or wash.

angadam 05-13-2016 09:11 PM

I park under Oak trees so yellow pollen plus the bird droppings make this time of year bad. Luckily for me its spring in Ohio so it rains all the time so I don't bother with washing all the time just once a week or so.

86geek 05-14-2016 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Packofcrows (Post 2651832)
I use detailer to remove light dust or wash.

Yups I do the same. I use Optimum Instant Detailer which I leave a bottle of it in my car trunk. Bird crap galore sometimes so it's handy to have it in trunk.

Shady195 05-15-2016 01:17 PM

If you enjoy your paint looking its absolute best, DO NOT use a California brush. if swirl marks and shit don't bother you than carry on and ignore the rest.

Use a decent wax, use a decent quick wax in between full waxes. If you want an "easier" way to clean it off without ruining your paint and doing a full wash, use something like optimum no-rinse with some microfiber towels to wipe the car down carefully.

Fold the towel into fours, make 1 pass sweeping upward with each fold.

Tcoat 05-15-2016 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shady195 (Post 2653080)
If you enjoy your paint looking its absolute best, DO NOT use a California brush. if swirl marks and shit don't bother you than carry on and ignore the rest.

Use a decent wax, use a decent quick wax in between full waxes. If you want an "easier" way to clean it off without ruining your paint and doing a full wash, use something like optimum no-rinse with some microfiber towels to wipe the car down carefully.

Fold the towel into fours, make 1 pass sweeping upward with each fold.

If you are us ing the brush properly and just Kuching the surface to allow it o draw the dust up you will not have swirl marks and sure as hell ruining the paint. Dragging dust around with a detail spry and microfibre towel will give you swirls for sure though.
A simple coat of wax makes all the difference though.

stevesnj 05-15-2016 05:44 PM

I hose it off best I can, let it air dry, then use Meguiars quick spray and wipe.

humfrz 05-15-2016 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevesnj (Post 2653203)
I hose it off best I can, let it air dry, then use Meguiars quick spray and wipe.

I agree. I have found that pollen in these parts (mainly from fur trees) is best dealt with by washing it off with water.

Anything else just seems to smear it around ..... :iono:


humfrzx

Jfheisenberg 05-17-2016 12:31 PM

I bee having this problem as well... Clean up my car this past sunday, yesterday i went in for a drive and my car look like shit wtf...

Anybody knows a good car cover? Im going out of country early june and my car sits on the drive way and looking for a car cover to protect the car from dust and bird poop.

stevesnj 05-17-2016 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jfheisenberg (Post 2654818)
I bee having this problem as well... Clean up my car this past sunday, yesterday i went in for a drive and my car look like shit wtf...

Anybody knows a good car cover? Im going out of country early june and my car sits on the drive way and looking for a car cover to protect the car from dust and bird poop.

I have one, PM me

Dadhawk 05-17-2016 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wonger (Post 2641613)
I am also in GA and feel your pain. I also have to leave the car parked under pine trees so I get crazy pollen and sap. Need to build the extra garage as the other two cars aren't getting parked outside.

Yea, in Georgia for one month, everybody has a greenish yellow flake coat on top of their "OEM" basecoat.

I have an electric leaf blower that I use to dust the cars with that sit outside at our house. As long as it hasn't gotten wet that will get 90% of it off if the cars have a decent coat of wax on them.

notout86 05-22-2016 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humfrz (Post 2653264)
I agree. I have found that pollen in these parts (mainly from fur trees) is best dealt with by washing it off with water.

Anything else just seems to smear it around ..... :iono:


humfrzx

Coming from fur trees it would be dandruff perhaps from drop bears in the trees.


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