Need help please

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3.0 Si Anderson

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 Belfast
Hi guys I hope you are well. I have a query that I need some help on.

I came home at the end of last week to find my Z4 Coupe covered in a fine coat of dust and after thinking this ash from the volcano really was bad I realised that the house 2 doors up was getting re-pointed and the dust was in fact masonary cement from between the bricks that they had been drilled out and had blown down on top of my car.

Ok so at first I had a joke with the builders and asked them if they are any good at cleaning cars but the more I thought about I realised that this may not be very easy to remove and maintain my paintwork. At the end of the day it is not just dust but in essence a fine layer of grit all over the car. So far I have power hosed the car once (from a distance to try and disperse the grit) and it has removed some of the grit but not all and I am heart scared to go near it with a sponge for fear of giving my car the vehicle equivalent of a facial "scrub."

My question is should I continue to power wash until the dust is no longer visible when the car dries and then wash as normal or does anyone have any other ideas.

I wish they had just told me they were going to do it and I would have just moved the car!!
 
I would take professional advice on this from a Car Detailer in Belfast ... before you do anything yourself...
 
I would try snow foaming the car as I believe this is exactly the sort of thing it's meant for; removing loose dust and grit :thumbsup:
 
When you say power hose do you mean a preasure washer ? if so would not be doing that just keep hosing it down with a normal hose or try foaming as said above.

Should be OK as sometimes after a good downpour my car is covered in sand spots.
 
A trade client I deal with quite regularly had builders carrying out a large amount of work and it buggared 2 cars which I had previously done enhancement details to ( One stage machine polish, engine, interior etc, both cars = 19 hours ).
One was a black range rover vogue the other was a black range rover sport.
Once they had been rinsed thoroughly I foamed them both with AS brushwash which is pH balanced but little cleaning ability mixed with AS G101 ( approx 10ml ) for added cleaning bite, left to dwell and washed very carefully from top to bottom with 2 gritgaurd buckets and lambswool mitts, re-foamed then rinsed thoroughly once again.
The paint was rough as a badgers behind and both ended up being clayed again and machine polished.
If you have caught it early enough then you may be lucky otherwise it will mean some good old elbow grease and man hours or a reasonable amount spent with a detailer.
 
Cheers for the advice guys will have to wait to the weekend till I tackle it and at that stage I will continue to rinse until I get rid of the majority of it and then very gently wash down and re-rinse etc. Scottb I will take your advice and see what I can do and hopefully all will work out ok.

Paddy I am from just up the road from you. Was brought up in Drumbo but live in Belmont now - where are you based now yourself?
 
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