I've got a black exterior. Yea - granted black looks dirtier more quickly and gets hotter in summer than other colors, but there is nothing sexier than a freshly waxed black exterior!!!

But for some reason, my black CL is picking up dust at a record pace! Being Spring, the tree I usually park under now sheds a lot of weird tree dust thingy-mic-jigger, so I moved it to a clear area and still picks up a lot of dust.

When I say a lot of dust, that means that I will wipe it down this morning and overnight, it will have picked up a layer of dust where I can write something on the body with my fingers!

WTF?? Is this happening to anyone else? Is it the wax I use? I'm using TurtleWax's Synthetic ICE and love it. Never gave me this problem before and I'm just frustrated having to wipe the dust off every f'king morning!

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where do you live?
in my area, since it's winter->spring, there is dew in the morning, which by the time i drive the car, has evaporated and left dust/dirt on the car.

as well, i dunno if this is with the regular CL, but my trunk with a lip spoiler picks up dirt faster than any other part of the car.

solution? buy a lighter colour that hides dirt well (silver) or park in a garage.. no other way around it.

 

I have the same problem as you, one night i park my car on the street and it is covered with dust the next day.
Luckily i did super detail wax the other day, and so i can wipe off the dust easily without scratching my paint. I guess only way is get a car cover and put it on everytime u park

 

buy a bubble

 

You cant avoid it, only way would to keep the car in the garage! Its just the time of season fellas just hang in there and dont let the allergies get to ya!!

 

Don't know the reason for the dust attraction but I use a car cover from Acura and it seems to keep the car pretty clean for a while...

 

yea, i use a car cover, but some cats just love to freaking lay on top and use their nails and sh*t.......

 

It's springtime so naturally there's going to be more pollen in the air, and the wax is probably causing the pollen to stick to the car more than usual.

If it's getting really bad, invest in a cover. They're really useful in the winter/rain too

 

wow, this Saturday was the first day I washed my car since November... hmm.... and it wasn't dirty at all... I guess i got a lucky color, hahahha

 

It's a design flaw with the CL. They issued a TSB for it.

 

Holy Shitamole.

Allergies totally own me every Spring and now I got to wake up in the morning, sniffly and sneezing, and wipe crap off my car that causes my allergies so they can be all flying in the air and going up my nose???????????????????????

I will sell my Cl and get a Toyota Prius. At least that car won't attract dust ... I mean, it's a HYBRID, AFTER ALL, right?

 

kidding right lol, its not the car... its not the color really... its not like black attracts more dust, it just shows up more on a black car.... black is the hardest to take care of

 

i live off a dirt road i feel your pain

 

"but some cats just love to freaking lay on top and use their nails and sh*t......."

Damn Pussies!

 

You need to adjust the magnetic surface tension (MST) of the paint job. Ask your dealer about it. Its not that difficult. Have them set it at about 5.68 hz.

 

Same prob. here. 5 minutes after washing the car I swear mine has dust on it. esp. in the spring with all the pollen in the air. sucks!

 

california duster and quick detailer... done deal

 

did you buy this car to drive or to meet some men on this forum? c'mon! wtf is this?!!! who cares about dust, hows your tranny, whats mods you have, etc...ive heard people crazy bout their cars, but never felt the need to rip on them...wow. try wiping and scraping snow off your car eevry morning...id pay someone to dump dust on my car instead of snow...

 

wheres my cookie?

 

buy nice sunglasses so you dont see the dust...and the lousy wax job for that matter. hey and after you finally see the dust again, go on a forum and tell people about it

 

My dealer said I can't pay cash to have my MST adjusted. I can only trade in my warp drive and death star for that service. It's like their secret menu ... kinda like In & Out.

 

Hey if I SARAN wrap my whole car, would that keep the dust away?

Or improve drag?

 

paint flat back and all you have to do is wipe the dust off with your hand

 

some waxes attract alot of dust

 

Try another dealer for the MST service. Its that good. They use it at NASA. Ok, maybe I am full of shit.

 

Pick up one of the small California Car Dusters. They sell them at Autozone, etc for like $7. I have one I keep in my car, works great. Doesn't scratch, traps the particles so it won't just push the dust around the surface.

My Aegean blue turns green a lot lately because of all the pollen down here in SC right now. Pain the ass!

 

Don;t have a dust problem here, but do have a water spot problem from hard water. At least I have a ton of Zaino coats to protect it.

I have heard that most spray on touch up detailer's attract dust.

 

I have black too and it gets dirty pretty fast. Glad I got a garage now.

 

rubbing the car too much when buffing will cause it to produce static.

 

So how does one wax without buffing?

 

I can't remember what I read a while back but there is a way to somewhat "ground" the car so when you do buff off wax and such it does not create that static that will attract as much dust.