White paint guys...
 

The guys with white trucks, what have you found as been the best to getting your white white again, and what has been the best wax you've used for the white paint?

claybar it before you put any kind of wax on it. I use meguiars nxt 2.0, tech wax i think its called, every month. works good enough for me

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Yeah I was def going to claybar it before anything. To get the dirt and grime off I've mixed bleach and purple power when I first got it. I never got a chance to wax it though so as soon as it warms up enough I'm going to get on it.

Noone else with a white truck? I just want to know what you guys do for your paint! Thanks 01vortec for chiming in already!

ahah i own a white one................ but i dont wash it .. ever. i wash my s10 religiously though. hand wash and handwax only................. but a clay bar is a good way to go.

Haha well before I lived in apartment my Jimmy got washed once every week or 2. I hate my truck being dirty

OMFG!!!! DON'T EVER USE BLEACH ON PAINT!

it'll strip everything off-including all the good stuff in your paint. :icon_doh:

Yea I know its horible for it but there was honestly no other way to get it white again. Trust me its not somethign I do every time man. Bleach is a no-no unless its supposed to be white but turning cream color.. its not something Id do again trust me.

Yeah, the Purple Power diluted with water should have worked fine alone.
\I've heard of people using a highly diluted mix of bleach and water, bu I still wouldn't try it. At least you aren't going to again, haha.

I agree with clay bar, buff and wax the truck. It'll be as close to white as possible after that.
My Xtreme is white, and I clay barred and waxed it after I bought it. Came out looking pretty darn spiffy. :D

Yea I mean its not like I used straigtht bleach. It was a HIGHLY diluted mix.

Ive seen alot of professional detailers use highly diluted bleach to clean, as long as your applying and washing it off quickly I see no problem with it. If you let it sit however, problems will arise.

Yeah it was on and off asap. I wash (as I'm sure most of you do) one panel at a time. I'm picky about washing my truck so.

I always was my truck with dawn dish soap. People will swear up and down its extremely bad, but again, I've seen many, many people do it with no adverse effets. I honestly believe it does a better job than any car soap I've tried.

They say dishsoap strips off the wax because of the chemicals in it. I haven't really researched it so I can't say for sure.

claybar then wax.

I've heard the same. I use a Wash and Wax soap on my truck.

Bleach is highly corrosive to metal. Even if diluted and "washed off quickly" residue remains on the surface. It will get itself into cracks and crevices you can't reach and water alone won't remove. It will slowly strip the clear coat and paint from your truck and eat away at the rubber too (causing door seals etc to harden and crack prematurely).

You won't notice it at first (especially with very weak dilutions), but over time it will cause more harm than good.

i get mine washed and get rain x on it or whatever the carwash uses

i work at a carwash soooo i get free washes but i do need to wax my truck

my 98 jimmy is white. it looks mint when its nice and clean. usually i wash and wax it and use a bug and tar remover on all the little ****s that dont come off when u wash it. i still havent figured out how to get the aluminum rims looking as good as i want them to.