Owners of Black cars

[Tattooboy]

How do you cope with trying to keep them clean !

As a few will know, I like to keep my car clean and getting a Black car is really starting to take the pleasure away of ownership !!

Really not sure how long I'll be keeping this one.

[fastbikes76]

Tattooboy said:

How do you cope with trying to keep them clean !

As a few will know, I like to keep my car clean and getting a Black car is really starting to take the pleasure away of ownership !!

Really not sure how long I'll be keeping this one.

You simply give up mate... I have OCD with my cars but my black GTO now gets a wash before a meet and nothing more, so generally once every 6 weeks or so. As its stands now I've not driven it for a month to the day and it is absolutely filthy from all the rain and dust, she will need a damn good scrub before the meet on Saturday :shock:

I find a GOOD detailing session once every 3 months with a good polish and wax helps as its much easier to clean then. I use Autoglym Ultra deep shine polish and the AutoGlym HD wax afterwards. Both I find are great on black paint.

Cheers
Elton

Edited by fastbikes76 on Tuesday 8th July 14:35

[Magic919]

I feel your pain. I always said to people 'never buy a black car' and then had a Monaro and VXR8 in black. I now take my own advice.

I found it hard to wash the car as the bodywork was so hot for half the year.

[007 VXR]

I could see your pain at Silverstone

Only so much you can do to keep a car clean and use it, but Silver helps

[EmmaJ]

Simple!

Drive it like you stole it for a few hundred miles on derestricted Autobahn and once you've got dozens of stone chips having clean shiny paint suddenly drops down your priorities

Cars are for driving, not polishing! Next you won't drive it if it's likely to rain....

[H5V VE]

fastbikes76 said:

Tattooboy said:

How do you cope with trying to keep them clean !

As a few will know, I like to keep my car clean and getting a Black car is really starting to take the pleasure away of ownership !!

Really not sure how long I'll be keeping this one.

YOu simply give up mate...

What he said.

You have to learn to accept it. It looks great when you do it as long as it doesnt rain for a while afterwards. A really good coat of wax does make the process easier though.

[MyM8V8]

H5V VE said:

fastbikes76 said:

Tattooboy said:

How do you cope with trying to keep them clean !

As a few will know, I like to keep my car clean and getting a Black car is really starting to take the pleasure away of ownership !!

Really not sure how long I'll be keeping this one.

YOu simply give up mate...

What he said.

You have to learn to accept it. It looks great when you do it as long as it doesnt rain for a while afterwards. A really good coat of wax does make the process easier though.

+1. Live with it and enjoy the other benefits.

(Having got the Ro in very nice ordfer, I do hope you won't regret trading it Ian?)

[VinceM]

Agree with above. However cleaning it well does help here.

[Tattooboy]

Don't regret trading in the Monaro one bit MYM8V8 and knew getting black again would be a PITA, just don't recall it being such a PITA !!

[007 VXR]

Tattooboy said:

knew getting black again would be a PITA, just don't recall it being such a PITA !!

memory failing?

[SturdyHSV]

Tattooboy said:

Don't regret trading in the Monaro one bit MYM8V8 and knew getting black again would be a PITA, just don't recall it being such a PITA !!

For what it's worth mate, even by Sunday night yours still looked really great

[007 VXR]

SturdyHSV said:

Tattooboy said:

Don't regret trading in the Monaro one bit MYM8V8 and knew getting black again would be a PITA, just don't recall it being such a PITA !!

For what it's worth mate, even by Sunday night yours still looked really great

Only because he was parked behind you

[willisit]

I keep it under two covers in the garage and never drive it... somehow, it still gets filthy! :P It's just a black car problem - it's my favourite colour but I won't own another (of any make).

[SturdyHSV]

007 VXR said:

Only because he was parked behind you

That may have helped

I'm surprised the state mine's in didn't trigger off some sort of psychological event!

[ARAF]

007 VXR said:

Tattooboy said:

knew getting black again would be a PITA, just don't recall it being such a PITA !!

memory failing?

Four doors?
Memory failing?

He'll be wetting himself next.

Maybe the polishing builds up an electrostatic charge on the paint that attracts dust?

[Tattooboy]

ARAF said:

007 VXR said:

Tattooboy said:

knew getting black again would be a PITA, just don't recall it being such a PITA !!

memory failing?

Four doors?
Memory failing?

He'll be wetting himself next.

Maybe the polishing builds up an electrostatic charge on the paint that attracts dust?

Just got myself a California Duster thinking along the same lines !!

[ARAF]

Tattooboy said:

Just got myself a California Duster thinking along the same lines !!

Is that a cross between a Ferrari California and a Dacia Duster? If so, I hope for the sake of your sanity that it's not black.


Does this duster have an earth strap, to ground the collected charge?

[Tattooboy]

No, nothing like that, it's just a wooden handle with permanately treated long cotton strands on a head that picks up the dust off the body work without scratching it. A lot of classic car storage places etc use them.

They seem to be rated on the internet etc, thought I'd give one a go before losing all interest in it.

This could be the shortest car ownership in history

[moif]

H5V VE said:

fastbikes76 said:

Tattooboy said:

How do you cope with trying to keep them clean !

As a few will know, I like to keep my car clean and getting a Black car is really starting to take the pleasure away of ownership !!

Really not sure how long I'll be keeping this one.

YOu simply give up mate...

What he said.

You have to learn to accept it. It looks great when you do it as long as it doesnt rain for a while afterwards. A really good coat of wax does make the process easier though.

Learn to enjoy cleaning it as you enjoy driving it without doubt when clean Black is the best colour for shiney shiney but it means you have to clean them more often
Also they only look dirty when stood still

[badboyburt]

Give it a good snow foam and a wash then a coat of poorboys black hole.

I do mine every other month or so then inbetween just a quick wash.