After wash film removal

[William Henglein]

I’m not sure how much I should worry about car washes and the extra width of the Raptor so I’m trying to see if I can develop a system to quickly wash my truck on the weekend.

I have a foam cannon and pressure sprayer. After washing by hand and rinsing, I’ve been filling a spray bottle with water from my reverse osmosis system a spraying the truck over before hand drying. I have a lot of calcium and even with the low solute rinse I still get the follow film on my truck(see pic). I’m trying to add the minimal car soap and doing extra rinse. Any suggestions how to avoid this film? Thanks!




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[B E N]

Hand dry with a cloth lubed up with a little quick detailer would probably do it.

 

[TripleE44]

The best thing I've found for when its so hot out that the water dries too quickly is waterless wash. Mist one panel at a time and wipe and move to the next. This seems to work a whole lot easier than quick detailer.

I use EcoShine from Shine Supply, but I assume others would work as well.

Ceramic Coating would help these issues as well, because you can blow dry it to about 95% if you're quick about it.

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

I've had good luck with Chemical Guys V07 quick detailer. I also usually do small portions of the truck at a time. I also use a large canopy over the area I'm working on to minimize that residue. It can be a life saver when the sun is full bore with no cloud cover.