Hi, I have a question. My son just turned 16 and I just gave him my "work" car. I will now by driving my 2012 white G37 to work and I am worried about protecting my finish. It is an industrial environment (papermill) and I might get ash or some other non desireable on the car at times. What do you recommend to protect the finish? Would like to keep it like new! Thanks.

 

Industrial Fallout (IFO) - emissions from power generation, manufacturing plants and combustion engines emit Sulphuric acid from their exhaust stacks etc, vehicular catalytic converters emit carbon compounds that mixed with ozone (an oxidizer) and water becomes Sulphuric acid. Nitric oxide is an additional IFO component especially around Paper Mills.

When these pollutants alight on a surface they are neutral; forming a dry concentrate of acid (a dioxide, or dry substance of the compound). Water is added in the form of morning dew, fog, smog or rainwater, which contains two hydrogen atoms, and an oxygen atom. Oxygen is an oxidizer, ozone is an allotropic form of oxygen, and an oxidizer is any component that emits oxygen; many chemical compounds react to slight heating and an oxidizing process.

I would recommend a polymer sealant or one of the newer coatings (Opti-Coat)