"Film" on the car at night. HELP

[Rct851]

Car color= sterling grey metallic

typical wash= car soap and wash mit, dry with micro fiber, wipe down with meguires quik detailed using a micro fiber.

problem= during the day it looks great. At night, a "film" becomes visible. You can see the wipe marks of the microfiber. The roof gets real hazy looking. It's like the temperature change cause moisture or something that looks like morning dew or something

My thinking is it's time to do a wash with dawn. I've wiped the car down with this detailing a ton of times as it is garage kept and never really gets dirty.

What say you svtp?

 

[mavericks-03svt]

sterling grey is one of those colors that you will see every flaw at night under florescent light no matter what you do. is this film like a dew that is on the car or something else. Please post a photo so we can see what it looks like.

 

[03dsgcobranc]

It's probably just moisture in the air, not much you can do about it. Happens around here.

 

[Rct851]

It doesn't look at all like flaws in the paint. What I'm seeing sits on the car, that's why I'm guessing it's product related. I will get the best pictures I can tonight night. I'm not sure if my camera will pick it up

And I also told myself for months that it's just the humidity or something, but it only be my car out if hundreds in a parking lot.

 

[POPPAJ]

Use a separate MF towel for your final wipe down, not the one you use to spread around your detailing spray. Using too much maybe? Do you wash your towels correctly with extra rinses and add white vinegar to the final rinse?

 

[Rct851]

^^^no after I wipe on the detailing spray I'm done. I never went back over with a unused microfiber because I thought rubbing it on the car dry, with nothing as a lubricant could be bad for it. The car has been wiped with this stuff a ton of times and never clay bared or waxed.

And no I've always done a normal wash. I'll research what your talking about and probably buy some better quality towels to begin with.

 

[Drive XR7]

Are you using carnauba waxes? I have found that carnauba waxes look strange when the paint gets really hot.

 

[Rct851]

http://www.detailedimage.com/Meguia...m_medium=cpc&gclid=CKXk5aauzcACFVJo7Aod7B0ALw

That's all that's gone on the car besides car wash soap. Either way I guess it's time to buy a PC starter kit or something and try a real detail.

1.wash with dawn
2. Clay bar
3.wash with car specific soap
4. Wax
5.polish

Is that about right? I know there's a ton of threads to go through

 

[spray'n mach 1]

Mine does it too its moisture in the air. Nothing really can be done its always humid here

 

[Mach1USMC]

FYI - Dawn/dish soap leaves a film. That's why it's not recommended. If clay didn't work you might want to step up to a nanoskin pad on a DA. Then use say M205 and an MF polishing pad to see if that might do the trick. If not go a little more aggressive and use M105 or M101 and a cutting pad with about 10 lbs of pressure on 5 or 6.

 

[soccerman002]

Does it happen year round, regardless of changes in temperature, humidity, etc.?