Came out to my car this morning and saw this all over the roof, trunk and windows. I had intended on doing a wash with ONR but now I'm a bit nervous and leaning towards a traditional 2-bucket wash.
That would be pollen. Looks like it was covered in it then the morning dew trapped some of it and it streaked down. ONR wash would be fine for that.
I don't want to scare you, but pollen needs to be washed often. If you leave pollen on paint and you get hit with a sun shower, pollen will etch into your paint just like acid rain. I'm not saying to wash it on a daily basis, but try to wash it and maintain it a little more often that just in the summer/winter months. I believe you used PNS on this vehicle ... use the brilliant detailer after every wash and you should be golden.
Washed it yesterday, woke up to pollen all over the car again...I'm really annoyed. Would it be advisable to spray it heavily with Detail Spray and wipe down or is that a no-no? Or heck, even a touch-free car wash since I really don't have the time to wash the car until the weekend.
I think a true touch free couldn't be bad, just watch for water etching if you don't plan on drying it off afterward. You could trying blowing it off with compressed air and then gauge how much is left, I'd be careful just soaking it with Detail Spray and wiping.
pollen already????? lol when it does get warm enough by me and with all the trees i too get alot of pollen ive had great results with using adams detail spray to remove pollen right away or even adams waterless wash (using proper technique i.e. keeping lubricated and alot of microfibers and folding lol)
