Keeping white, white???

Funkize you · 03-15-2005, 01:01 AM

Hey guys, Anyone have a white truck or car? You know how if you dont wash it for a long time (Or buy it used when it hasnt been washed) you have lots of little "Black Dots" and you can feel them embedded in the paint? Well, I have A LOT of that, and no matter how hard I wash and scrub I cant get that SH!T out!

Would a Clay bar work????

Thanks.

Waynestowels · 03-15-2005, 02:45 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Funkize you

Hey guys, Anyone have a white truck or car? You know how if you dont wash it for a long time (Or buy it used when it hasnt been washed) you have lots of little "Black Dots" and you can feel them embedded in the paint? Well, I have A LOT of that, and no matter how hard I wash and scrub I cant get that SH!T out!

Would a Clay bar work????

Thanks.

Wash, then clay, then polish.
If that does not work, (most likely it will), you may want to do an acid wash...
Remember to re-seal or wax when finished cleaning or polishing.

CASANOVA · 03-15-2005, 02:55 AM

acid wash...? well if that dont work buff it out with some good compound then glaze it

xtreme3411 · 03-15-2005, 03:16 AM

First i would wash it really good, then use some solvent to get excess tar and gunk off, then claybar, then nice coat of polish/wax

Funkize you · 03-15-2005, 12:26 PM

K thanks!

I use Meguiar's Gold Car wash solution, and Meguiar's NXT tech wax (GREAT stuff btw)

And no matter how hard I scrub, I just cant get that sh!t out... so I think a clay bar will do me right.

Dallas@2020Kustoms · 03-15-2005, 12:48 PM

The claybar should do the trick for you. Otherwise you might want to try cleaning your paint with a good non abrasive polish. You could try something like Poorboys Pro Polish or Adam's Revive using a Porter Cable 7336 random orbit polisher. Meguiar's also has a paint cleaner you could try but the polisher will make a world of difference no matter what product you choose.

Derek@2020Kustoms · 03-15-2005, 02:50 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 02-X

The claybar should do the trick for you. Otherwise you might want to try cleaning your paint with a good non abrasive polish. You could try something like Poorboys Pro Polish or Adam's Revive using a Porter Cable 7336 random orbit polisher. Meguiar's also has a paint cleaner you could try but the polisher will make a world of difference no matter what product you choose.

Claybar should do the job.

X-2000 · 03-15-2005, 08:29 PM

yea...like everyone says give it a good wash and then the clay bar will do the trick but remember you must at the very least wax it when you are done clay baring it because the clay bar will take everything off.....i would suggest a good wash, clay bar, a nice polish, and then finally one or two coats of wax...that should do you great

2002ZQ8 · 03-15-2005, 08:33 PM

i do this process....strip the wax using dawn liquid soap and warm water, then clay the truck, then wash the truck with car wash, dry, wax...this process can take a while if your like me and have to have things perfect when it comes to the truck

bg's · 03-16-2005, 01:16 AM

I have a 92 and it has GM's infamous 1 stage artic white paint. It was messed up pretty bad, and still
is but was able to get rid of a LOT of the mess ups by using Liquid Glass precleaner and then
Liquid Glass polish sealer..It takes a lot of work, but you'd be surprised how nice LiqGlass makes
old paint look..But it'll only get that way if you use the pre cleaner first then the polish sealer.
Link >
http://www.liquidglass.com/product.htm

JesterTac · 03-16-2005, 08:14 AM

My white pickup is less than two years old and when I claybar'ed it, the paint looked 100% better. I used the Mothers clay bar kit.

Acid wash will make it look dull and it is really hard on paint (duh, it is acid wash). Our 18 wheelers used to get acid washed and they looked dull and faded. Acid wash makes aluminum tarnish very quickly.

Funkize you · 03-16-2005, 01:04 PM

Cool, Thanks a lot guys! I'm probably gonna pick up a Meguiar's clay bar kit 'Cuz Im a consumer whore and love meguiar's... And thats what they sell at the closest shop by my house.

scrubz · 03-16-2005, 01:06 PM

yeah I got that too it's tar from Road Construction, I hate it with a passion. Cool thread I'ma do this too

Funkize you · 03-16-2005, 04:21 PM

Cool, I started Clay baring it at about 9:00 a.m. ish, and finished around 10:20, I washed it with Meguiar's Gold car wash (GREAT stuff) Then 3 layers of Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax (GREAT stuff as well) Finished around 12:15 p.m.

It looks a LOT better, Not perfect, but WAY better than it did before, I plan to eventually paint it, so for now this is MORE then "Good enough"

Thanks for the help guys!

Derek@2020Kustoms · 03-16-2005, 04:30 PM

Good to hear everything worked out. :thumbup:

A note on Meguiars NXT. NXT has mild cleaners in it so you can't really layer it because the new coat will remove some or all of the previous one. I think 2 coats is fine but anything after that your probably just wasting product.

lebowski1 · 03-16-2005, 04:39 PM

THAY SHOULD WORK.

Quote: Originally Posted by Funkize you

Hey guys, Anyone have a white truck or car? You know how if you dont wash it for a long time (Or buy it used when it hasnt been washed) you have lots of little "Black Dots" and you can feel them embedded in the paint? Well, I have A LOT of that, and no matter how hard I wash and scrub I cant get that SH!T out!

Would a Clay bar work????

Thanks.

xtremefour · 03-16-2005, 06:42 PM

yeah clay bar works great. I live by cleveland hopkins airport. right in the runway path and you could not imagine the amount of crap that gets on my truck. (white) I use a claybar on my truck in the summer time every couple of weeks. Does miracles...

Matt

Funkize you · 03-17-2005, 01:29 AM

hehe, It was crazy, the whole thing was SH!T brown after doing half the hood!

I thought I cleaned it pretty well

Good times.

03-15-2005, 01:01 AM	#1
Funkize you [ sic ] Age: 24 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Location: westminster, Ca User is: OffLine	Keeping white, white??? Hey guys, Anyone have a white truck or car? You know how if you dont wash it for a long time (Or buy it used when it hasnt been washed) you have lots of little "Black Dots" and you can feel them embedded in the paint? Well, I have A LOT of that, and no matter how hard I wash and scrub I cant get that SH!T out! Would a Clay bar work???? Thanks.
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03-15-2005, 02:45 AM	#2
Waynestowels Registered User Age: 47 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 805 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? Quote: Originally Posted by Funkize you Hey guys, Anyone have a white truck or car? You know how if you dont wash it for a long time (Or buy it used when it hasnt been washed) you have lots of little "Black Dots" and you can feel them embedded in the paint? Well, I have A LOT of that, and no matter how hard I wash and scrub I cant get that SH!T out! Would a Clay bar work???? Thanks. Wash, then clay, then polish. If that does not work, (most likely it will), you may want to do an acid wash... Remember to re-seal or wax when finished cleaning or polishing.
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03-15-2005, 02:55 AM	#3
CASANOVA no more truck:( Age: 39 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 552 Location: MILWAUKEE,WI User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? acid wash...? well if that dont work buff it out with some good compound then glaze it
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03-15-2005, 03:16 AM	#4
xtreme3411 CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS Age: 26 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 637 Location: STL AREA User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? First i would wash it really good, then use some solvent to get excess tar and gunk off, then claybar, then nice coat of polish/wax
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03-15-2005, 12:26 PM	#5
Funkize you [ sic ] Age: 24 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Location: westminster, Ca User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? K thanks! I use Meguiar's Gold Car wash solution, and Meguiar's NXT tech wax (GREAT stuff btw) And no matter how hard I scrub, I just cant get that sh!t out... so I think a clay bar will do me right.
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03-15-2005, 12:48 PM	#6
Dallas@2020Kustoms Registered User Age: 32 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 965 Location: Deep South Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? The claybar should do the trick for you. Otherwise you might want to try cleaning your paint with a good non abrasive polish. You could try something like Poorboys Pro Polish or Adam's Revive using a Porter Cable 7336 random orbit polisher. Meguiar's also has a paint cleaner you could try but the polisher will make a world of difference no matter what product you choose.
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03-15-2005, 02:50 PM	#7
Derek@2020Kustoms Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,536 Location: Windsor, Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? Quote: Originally Posted by 02-X The claybar should do the trick for you. Otherwise you might want to try cleaning your paint with a good non abrasive polish. You could try something like Poorboys Pro Polish or Adam's Revive using a Porter Cable 7336 random orbit polisher. Meguiar's also has a paint cleaner you could try but the polisher will make a world of difference no matter what product you choose. Claybar should do the job.
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03-15-2005, 08:29 PM	#8
X-2000 Just order a large Farva Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 657 Location: Naptown, OH User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? yea...like everyone says give it a good wash and then the clay bar will do the trick but remember you must at the very least wax it when you are done clay baring it because the clay bar will take everything off.....i would suggest a good wash, clay bar, a nice polish, and then finally one or two coats of wax...that should do you great
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03-15-2005, 08:33 PM	#9
2002ZQ8 Headturners Age: 25 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,913 Location: Lilburn, Georgia User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? i do this process....strip the wax using dawn liquid soap and warm water, then clay the truck, then wash the truck with car wash, dry, wax...this process can take a while if your like me and have to have things perfect when it comes to the truck
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03-16-2005, 01:16 AM	#10
bg's crap Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 8,097 Location: Who cares.. User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? I have a 92 and it has GM's infamous 1 stage artic white paint. It was messed up pretty bad, and still is but was able to get rid of a LOT of the mess ups by using Liquid Glass precleaner and then Liquid Glass polish sealer..It takes a lot of work, but you'd be surprised how nice LiqGlass makes old paint look..But it'll only get that way if you use the pre cleaner first then the polish sealer. Link > http://www.liquidglass.com/product.htm
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03-16-2005, 08:14 AM	#11
JesterTac Fossil Fuel Burner Age: 32 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 137 Location: Tacoma, WA User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? My white pickup is less than two years old and when I claybar'ed it, the paint looked 100% better. I used the Mothers clay bar kit. Acid wash will make it look dull and it is really hard on paint (duh, it is acid wash). Our 18 wheelers used to get acid washed and they looked dull and faded. Acid wash makes aluminum tarnish very quickly.
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03-16-2005, 01:04 PM	#12
Funkize you [ sic ] Age: 24 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Location: westminster, Ca User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? Cool, Thanks a lot guys! I'm probably gonna pick up a Meguiar's clay bar kit 'Cuz Im a consumer whore and love meguiar's... And thats what they sell at the closest shop by my house.
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03-16-2005, 01:06 PM	#13
scrubz 355 member Age: 24 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 12,081 Location: Charlotte, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? yeah I got that too it's tar from Road Construction, I hate it with a passion. Cool thread I'ma do this too
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03-16-2005, 04:21 PM	#14
Funkize you [ sic ] Age: 24 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Location: westminster, Ca User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? Cool, I started Clay baring it at about 9:00 a.m. ish, and finished around 10:20, I washed it with Meguiar's Gold car wash (GREAT stuff) Then 3 layers of Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax (GREAT stuff as well) Finished around 12:15 p.m. It looks a LOT better, Not perfect, but WAY better than it did before, I plan to eventually paint it, so for now this is MORE then "Good enough" Thanks for the help guys!
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03-16-2005, 04:30 PM	#15
Derek@2020Kustoms Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,536 Location: Windsor, Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? Good to hear everything worked out. :thumbup: A note on Meguiars NXT. NXT has mild cleaners in it so you can't really layer it because the new coat will remove some or all of the previous one. I think 2 coats is fine but anything after that your probably just wasting product.
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03-16-2005, 04:39 PM	#16
lebowski1 Long Duck Dong Age: 31 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 235 Location: near chicago User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? THAY SHOULD WORK. Quote: Originally Posted by Funkize you Hey guys, Anyone have a white truck or car? You know how if you dont wash it for a long time (Or buy it used when it hasnt been washed) you have lots of little "Black Dots" and you can feel them embedded in the paint? Well, I have A LOT of that, and no matter how hard I wash and scrub I cant get that SH!T out! Would a Clay bar work???? Thanks.
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03-16-2005, 06:42 PM	#17
xtremefour xtremefour Age: 29 Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,786 Location: cleveland User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? yeah clay bar works great. I live by cleveland hopkins airport. right in the runway path and you could not imagine the amount of crap that gets on my truck. (white) I use a claybar on my truck in the summer time every couple of weeks. Does miracles... Matt
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03-17-2005, 01:29 AM	#18
Funkize you [ sic ] Age: 24 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Location: westminster, Ca User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping white, white??? hehe, It was crazy, the whole thing was SH!T brown after doing half the hood! I thought I cleaned it pretty well Good times.
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