bytespc Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Yep as title...woke up this am to find the car looks like it's a swiss cheese..absolutely covered in the nasty stuff and it's damn sunny too so no washy today as paints too hot... Quote
chirag1988 Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 I feel your pain! I spent 5hrs on Sunday washing her and now with the few drizzles of rain it's now covered in the sand hopefully with a quick wash it should just come off as she's been waxed 1 Quote
JEMAN Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Mine too.....covered in it, so will wait until the wind dies down before I even think about washing.....I'm down on the south coast 1 Quote
bytespc Posted April 18, 2015 Author Posted April 18, 2015 South Coast yep that's the place....live by the sea .....it's relaxing....yeah right, everything rots and most of the year it's blowing a bloody hooley and everything in your garden dies with salt wrot 1 Quote
RobPhoboS Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Call me crazy (or just wrong in this case ) but can you not spray a load of QD over it and use a mf cloth (decent one) to get rid of the dusting ? (as you have lubricant on the paint so it shouldn't scratch) Quote
bytespc Posted April 18, 2015 Author Posted April 18, 2015 nope it's large grains and it's dried on needs a proper hosing/foaming/two bucket but it's very sunny and blowing a gale so no go today or possibly the rest of the week if you believe the forcast Quote
RobPhoboS Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Ahhh ok. For me up here in London I just have a dusting over the car which then had some rain splashes on it. When it's like this I'm glad my neighbour (back in Surrey) donated a gazebo for me to work on the car 1 Quote
chirag1988 Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 I'll prob give her a quick wash tomorrow. Gonna be working on my missus TT to service it anyway Quote
GMballistic Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 My house is a few miles from a Quarry, ...car regularly gets covered in sandy/dusty rain. Weekly washing keeps on top of it but still it's gutting when it does happen. 1 Quote
Commander Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Mine are covered in it.. Gonna clean it tonight when things have cooled down. Quote
bytespc Posted April 18, 2015 Author Posted April 18, 2015 mines garaged I would kill for a proper double garage with power and water....git Quote
bytespc Posted April 18, 2015 Author Posted April 18, 2015 Mine are covered in it.. Gonna clean it tonight when things have cooled down. Best of luck ....don't scatch it Quote
choptop Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 I am in Bristol. we got hit with it as well. 1 Quote
jimboy2 Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Mine is covered in it too! It was spotless yesterday. Took it out earlier and got a massive stone chip in my bumper. Not happy! Quote
JEMAN Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 South Coast yep that's the place....live by the sea .....it's relaxing....yeah right, everything rots and most of the year it's blowing a bloody hooley and everything in your garden dies with salt wrot but other than that.......it's not bad living on the coast lol. don't think we're gunna be washing tomorrow either.....bloody wind ! Roll on next week.......less wind 1 Quote
ATTAK Z Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 We used to get this every year when I lived in Nigeria ... it was so bad it stopped planes flying, just like fog ... called the Harmattan 1 Quote
JetSet Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 My house is a few miles from a Quarry, ...car regularly gets covered in sandy/dusty rain. 2 rather large disused clay quarries close to me both within a quarter of a mile. They've both been worked out in the last couple of years and currently resemble The Mojave Desert. So when we get a dry spell like this not only the cars but anything you put outside gets covered in fine dust if the wind is from the south or south east. Pete Quote
Wendy Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 And...........where, did the sun go. Maybe not the best for washing and waxing the car, but still cheery and warmer. Cloudy and cold here today. Quote
Southpaw89 Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 We've got builders in at work extending the car park so mine keeps getting covered in brick dust and sand. No matter how far away I park it still gets coated in crap! Quote
bytespc Posted April 19, 2015 Author Posted April 19, 2015 Managed to get it off today....yay ( with the help of the Mrs ) 2 Quote
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