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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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Water Beading

My black tsx beads great on front and back of car, but sides of car always tend to keep the water spots on the surface requiring me to wipe car after each rain. any suggestions to make side of car bead better?
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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Welcome to the joys of having a black car!

There's really not much you can do but maybe Zaino would work a little better.
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 05:33 PM
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Odd thing. Because of the problems water beads can cause, a lot of wax mfrs (I understand) are making wax so that water sheets off. Make it easier to dry too.

This also makes it harder to tell, for conventional wax users anyway, when you need a new wax.
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 06:17 PM
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What kinds of problems do the beads cause? Most of them fall right off the car while driving. The wax I have makes it so nothing shows up on front or rear of car- falls off while driving but sides of car retain the spots. By the way I love having the car in black-looks great but does require lots of effort to keep clean.
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 07:30 PM
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Water beads on car, after rain, in sun, dark paint = spots.
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 08:06 PM
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agreed, but on a well kept car, those beads barely are visible in the first place, and if you wipe off the few beads left after driving, then all is well. Have found that the quick detail sprays tend to bead water well.
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