Just can't win, now I got rail dust

[yARIC008]

So I moved recently and park my vehicles in a big parking garage. I was really happy to get here to keep my vehicles out of the sun to prolong the paint life by avoiding UV. So finally, I'm getting to giving the van a nice wax job. The paint had been neglected for far too long and a few more years and it might have been too far gone to make pretty again, it is 20 years old now after all...

So I am doing one panel a day, about one hour a panel; just taking my time. I estimate it will take me at least 16 hours total for everything including the roof. So I'm on day three and I've noticed the sections I've done the previous days are already getting a fine dirt on them. ***... I thought it was pollen as that's heavy right now, but it wipes off as blackness.

So i get to walking around on the sections I haven't done yet and there is little metal fillings all over the place. The garage is about 20 feet away from a rail road and the train probably comes 3 times a day. So I'm almost positive at this point it must be coming from the train. So crappy... I guess I can add not living next to a rail road to my list of things to keep the van away from.

Any advice or will a nice coat of wax protect it fine? I'm mostly worried about the roof as I already have rust problems with it, this probably isn't going to help anything. Also, not to mention the little fillings are probably just going to get into everything and start rusting away... UGH!

 

[icanfixall]

A cover is need now..... Anything will work... even a WWII parachute.....

 

[idiabuse]

sounds like a scene from the movie MY COUSIN VINNY...

 

[yARIC008]

A cover is need now..... Anything will work... even a WWII parachute.....

Yeah.. good idea, but what a pain the ass... I guess I can just park high up in a corner somewhere in the garage and cover it.

 

[SLC97SR5]

Run your hand over the freshly waxed paint. Does it feel rough or pitted?

Those contaminents can be removed via a clay bar system. This is a long process but will yank all the crud and rail dust that has embedded itself in the paint.

Mothers and Meguiars both make a clay bar product.

After washing the Van, perfom the clay bar process and then wax as normal...this will add an additional 5 hours to your project but the results are well worth it!

 

[yARIC008]

Run your hand over the freshly waxed paint. Does it feel rough or pitted?

Those contaminents can be removed via a clay bar system. This is a long process but will yank all the crud and rail dust that has embedded itself in the paint.

Mothers and Meguiars both make a clay bar product.

After washing the Van, perfom the clay bar process and then wax as normal...this will add an additional 5 hours to your project but the results are well worth it!

Aye, as or right now I'm using mothers 3 step stuff, seems to be the best of everything I've ever used. In between step 1 and 2 I am using the clay bar were needed. The rail dust really isn't pitted or anything it just seems to be settling on there at a slow rate. I'm going to wait to see if it continues happening after all this pollen is done with. Maybe it is just pollen??? Sure doesn't seem like it though as the dust wipes of black. I guess a magnet would tell me too...