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When I bought my Prius, the service manager warned me about fogging the headlight covers by using certain products at self-serve car washes. Long story short - I couldn't remember well, so I've been reluctant to use any products on my car, just wash and rinse at the car washes, and I've bucket washed with Meguiar's purple Deep Crystal car wash. Since August 2007, I haven't waxed it, much less polished, clayed, or cleaned the paint.
I've driven in salt air and industrial air. My windows get water spots from rain - even heavy, extended rain - and seem to get blue streaks, too. Water at the car washes often seems to have residues, even though I let the water spray for a while onto the ground to clear it out (or I wash the wheel wells first). Perhaps it is recycled water.
Now I want to just bucket wash and care for the exterior by hand. Buffers are too heavy for me, so it will all be by hand. I bought the Deep Crystal series of products, but I haven't used them yet, and I think I'll actually want to use the NXT series (after many hours of research on, and past experience with, many varieties of products, including Zaino, Mother's, Zymol, Adam's, Turtle Wax, and others).
So - should I give my Deep Crystal series to a friend and just start with NXT products, so they bond to the paint, which is as bare and exposed as it is ever going to be? Which are the best products for my car? Also, MF vs. cotton terry????
TIA!!!
I've driven in salt air and industrial air. My windows get water spots from rain - even heavy, extended rain - and seem to get blue streaks, too. Water at the car washes often seems to have residues, even though I let the water spray for a while onto the ground to clear it out (or I wash the wheel wells first). Perhaps it is recycled water.
Now I want to just bucket wash and care for the exterior by hand. Buffers are too heavy for me, so it will all be by hand. I bought the Deep Crystal series of products, but I haven't used them yet, and I think I'll actually want to use the NXT series (after many hours of research on, and past experience with, many varieties of products, including Zaino, Mother's, Zymol, Adam's, Turtle Wax, and others).
So - should I give my Deep Crystal series to a friend and just start with NXT products, so they bond to the paint, which is as bare and exposed as it is ever going to be? Which are the best products for my car? Also, MF vs. cotton terry????
TIA!!!
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