I wash my car with Meguiar's Gold Class (Yes, it class not glass, read the label yourself). Also Meguiar's Wheel cleaner and a tire shiner. I washed it a couple days ago, but unforntunately my car gets covered with a sandy type dust, from trees or whatever. Its a light film of debris. Since my car is black you can notice it very well, and it doesn't shine as well, as it does when clean (of course).

What's a good way to clean off this stuff, without having to get the car wet again? So far I've taken a 100% cotton rag to buff it off, looks good afterwards too. But isn't buffing off dirty type stuff gonna scratch my paint? How can I keep my car clean, without washing it every day?

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6 months and counting... the search for a Camaro goes on...
... and now finally I got one, hell yeah!!!

Would you like it if the next generation of kids, start sayin daddy, daddy buy me a fast and powerful car, like a Honda Insight?! NO!
Muscle is muscle, stop this fighting between american cars, we must join and defeat the world!

1989 IROC-Z Camaro
5.7 Ltr
Ram Air
Cat-back Flowmasters
K&N Filters
-my first car, my dream now reality

 

i don't have any insight on your problem, but congrats on finally getting your thirdgen. too bad mine is going to go bye bye soon. clubgp.com for me soon.

 

The ways I know of.

First, buy some zaino. It reduced the amounth that seems to collect on my car greatly. Plus the Z7 is made to do exactly what your talking about.

Second, the california duster. It's supposed to work. Lastly, the mist clear type stuff such as meguiars and such. Can use those every day.

Those are the best ways I know of.

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91 Z28
Best Time Slip:
60' - 2.098
1/8 - 9.137 , MPH - 76.21
1/4 - 14.213, MPH - 97.55
Performace Mods: SLP Catback
Appearance Mods: SS wheels, 2.5" Cowl Hood (not on at the moment), Clear Side Marker Lights
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Yep, get the California duster, works great. Especially up here at college when my car sits and collects dirt. 2 mins and the car looks good. I picked mine up at Wal-Mart.

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Gas= $20
Sitting 20ft. from MJ= Priceless
'86 IROC T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK HEADERS Hooker CatBack
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat, just switched to 180* b/c of winter coming and going to college in the mts.
3:73 Posi Rebuilt 700R4
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Thats cool u got your car!! Thats a good sig u have there also.

What is this thing u guys are talking about??

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89 RS
STILL Looking For:
An 87 IROC-Z28 350 TPI

Yeah I have an RS, but I want an IROC-Z!!

 

Congrats on the car, I just recently got my black 89 IROC Z as well. Any pics of yours?

Anyway, I would recommend the California Car Duster. Its like $10.00 at Wal-Mart and worth it. Good luck and enjoy the 'ROC.

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New owner of:

1989 Camaro IROC-Z
5.7L TPI
Ravin' Exhaust
K&N's
My 1989 Camaro IROC-Z

Previous owner of:

1992 Camaro RS
5.0L TBI
K&N Airfilter
My 1992 Camaro RS

 

I use Ibiz car wax...wax every 6 months...dust and pollen just wipe right off.

 

The California Car Duster is okay for just dusting the car off real quick. I give it a 5 on a scale of 10. It leaves waxy streaks on the car, especially if the paint is at all warm. If I just washed the car the day before, I'll use it. If it's been more than a few days, I'd just wash the car again. They say the duster won't scratch the car, and they're right. It won't. But that's not saying dragging a heavy layer of dirt around on top of the paint won't scratch it.

 

I love the california duster its really good for light dust but it wont replace a car wash

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87 IROC-Z
No Computer
No Emissions
Makin it the way it should be.......

 

JZA, did you try removing the wax by letting it sit on a newspaper for a few days?

IROCZTWENTYGR8, did you try any of those methods?

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91 Z28
Best Time Slip:
60' - 2.098
1/8 - 9.137 , MPH - 76.21
1/4 - 14.213, MPH - 97.55
Performace Mods: SLP Catback
Appearance Mods: SS wheels, 2.5" Cowl Hood (not on at the moment), Clear Side Marker Lights
ICQ: 1437212
AOL: normalmatt9

More Pictures are Here

 

Meguiar's Quick Detailer Mist & Wipe

 

So using just a 100% cotton rag on the car... is that bad?

 

"IROCZTWENTYGR8, did you try any of those methods?" Which??

I have the Quick Detailer and its good, but I wouldn't want to clean the ENTIRE car with it when it gets like that.



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89 RS
STILL Looking For:
An 87 IROC-Z28 350 TPI

Yeah I have an RS, but I want an IROC-Z!!

 

have any of u tryed using the eagle 1 wet and shine it works great to clean off the lite dust or stuff from days.

 

hey ChevyLuva3, where in NJ are you from? I'm from Caldwell up north in Essex County.

 

Just plan on washing that Black car twice a week. I do Mondays and Friday's, religiously. California duster in between and lot's of monitoring in between, especially in the summer. Keep that Black car buffed out also.

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86 Camaro Black SS Coupe, T Tops, ASCD Daytona Twin Turbo hood, Flowmaster, Custom Black Paint, Dunlop Road Kings S/R tires, Wheel Country Directional Chrome Wheels,new charcoal & gray interior including seats and door panels, leather wrapped steering wheel, shifter and emergency brake, new carpet and headliner, complete front end suspension rebuild, new Valve seals, and more mods to come
'91 RS 5.0 TBI = Waiting to be modded, but has all of the toys inside.

http://www.angelfire.com/sports/niterider/86camaro.html
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I have the california duster and it leaves scratches on the car when its warm. the only way to keep the dirt off would be to put some sort of car cover on it when not driving. it might be a hassle but no dirt on car, that or wash it.

 

Ions: yeah, I did do that. I think it's probably just residiual wax, plus an incompatability with Zaino. I dunno.

 

To clean your white letters and or side walls I have made the souls of more running shoes wet and then rubbed the white area on the tire with the runners.

 

http://www.dri-wash.com/
try this stuff it works very well I use on all my toys.

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Jza, I actually noticed that recently. It used to do pretty good, but now it seems to not work nearly as good. Maybe the zaino? who knows.

 

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- David
88' GTA 5.7L TPI MODS---> air foil, K&N, Shift Kit, 180* therm, TB bypass, Gutted CAT, Flowmaster 80 Series Muffler added to Unkown CatBack, Ported Intake, and an Energy Suspension Poly trans mount that is worse then the broken rubber tranny mount

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