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My better half has an Obsidian/Parchment 3RX. Since she's not into taking care of cars at all, I all but begged her to buy a light metallic color. Since the black one was "the prettiest," all my efforts were in vain
Anything other than a careful hand wash is going to either not get the car clean or introduce flaws into the paint, or both. It's not a question of if, just how bad.
Needless to say, I'm doing my best to keep the car from looking like it's 10 years old in 6 months, and she's under strict orders to never let the car come within 50 feet of an automatic car wash
I also made her a "no wash" sign that's stored in the glove box for her to put on the dash when the car goes in for service.
Even with hand washing keeping a black car looking good is problematic, especially if you''re like me and don't have a lot of free time and experience with paint correction. That said I'm doing my best to keep the paint sealed and to find the 2 hour blocks that it seems to take to get the car washed, dried, and vacuumed. And of course the car has visible dirt/pollen on it within minutes, and looks like hell again within 2 or 3 days.
But for that few minutes, the GF is right. Obsidian is "the prettiest."
Good luck OP.
Anything other than a careful hand wash is going to either not get the car clean or introduce flaws into the paint, or both. It's not a question of if, just how bad.
Needless to say, I'm doing my best to keep the car from looking like it's 10 years old in 6 months, and she's under strict orders to never let the car come within 50 feet of an automatic car wash
I also made her a "no wash" sign that's stored in the glove box for her to put on the dash when the car goes in for service.
Even with hand washing keeping a black car looking good is problematic, especially if you''re like me and don't have a lot of free time and experience with paint correction. That said I'm doing my best to keep the paint sealed and to find the 2 hour blocks that it seems to take to get the car washed, dried, and vacuumed. And of course the car has visible dirt/pollen on it within minutes, and looks like hell again within 2 or 3 days.
But for that few minutes, the GF is right. Obsidian is "the prettiest."
Good luck OP.
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My better half has an Obsidian/Parchment 3RX. Since she's not into taking care of cars at all, I all but begged her to buy a light metallic color. Since the black one was "the prettiest," all my efforts were in vain
Anything other than a careful hand wash is going to either not get the car clean or introduce flaws into the paint, or both. It's not a question of if, just how bad.
Needless to say, I'm doing my best to keep the car from looking like it's 10 years old in 6 months, and she's under strict orders to never let the car come within 50 feet of an automatic car wash
I also made her a "no wash" sign that's stored in the glove box for her to put on the dash when the car goes in for service.
Even with hand washing keeping a black car looking good is problematic, especially if you''re like me and don't have a lot of free time and experience with paint correction. That said I'm doing my best to keep the paint sealed and to find the 2 hour blocks that it seems to take to get the car washed, dried, and vacuumed. And of course the car has visible dirt/pollen on it within minutes, and looks like hell again within 2 or 3 days.
But for that few minutes, the GF is right. Obsidian is "the prettiest."
Good luck OP.
Anything other than a careful hand wash is going to either not get the car clean or introduce flaws into the paint, or both. It's not a question of if, just how bad.
Needless to say, I'm doing my best to keep the car from looking like it's 10 years old in 6 months, and she's under strict orders to never let the car come within 50 feet of an automatic car wash
I also made her a "no wash" sign that's stored in the glove box for her to put on the dash when the car goes in for service.
Even with hand washing keeping a black car looking good is problematic, especially if you''re like me and don't have a lot of free time and experience with paint correction. That said I'm doing my best to keep the paint sealed and to find the 2 hour blocks that it seems to take to get the car washed, dried, and vacuumed. And of course the car has visible dirt/pollen on it within minutes, and looks like hell again within 2 or 3 days.
But for that few minutes, the GF is right. Obsidian is "the prettiest."
Good luck OP.
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