Stupid Pollen
04-02-2007, 06:28 PM
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
Stupid Pollen
Anyone else getting raped by the pollen? I had a date last night so I washed the vette, cleaned the wheels and everything. It looked great so I dried it off and drove about a mile home. Got there and it looked ALMOST as bad as before I washed it. So i drove to pick the chica up but stopped about a block away to dust the pollen off again 
so it looked decent when she got it. I noticed walking into the restaurant even your footsteps in the parking lot sent a little cloud of pollen up so theres no help till pollen season is over!
Anyone know when the pollen should let up?
so it looked decent when she got it. I noticed walking into the restaurant even your footsteps in the parking lot sent a little cloud of pollen up so theres no help till pollen season is over!Anyone know when the pollen should let up?
04-02-2007, 06:43 PM
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St. Jude Donor '07
Buy a CALIFORNIA DUSTER, it will save your sanity. Having a BLACK car makes it a huge challenge for me and I am just so damn glad I have the duster.
Micah
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04-02-2007, 07:11 PM
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Not soon enough...I rinse it down, but unless I have a show, I avoid at all cost wasting my time washing the Vette in pollen season...but I will say that canned air (for computers) works a wonder in quickly cleaning the yellow monster off the dash.
04-02-2007, 07:22 PM
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I hear ya - I'm in Raleigh, too. The yellow stuff is falling faster than you can wipe it off, literally. Not much you can do about it. Washing the car is a waste of time for about 3 weeks this time of year here. I wait until it's over then spend a day detailing, inside & out.
04-02-2007, 08:18 PM
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Washed mine 3 times last week. It's a never ending battle. Be careful about using the California Duster on pollen. Could scratch the paint.
04-02-2007, 08:28 PM
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Oak pollen is terrible in Texas. It leaves a green film on everything. 
04-02-2007, 09:44 PM
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Raleigh Too - Pollen Central!
Im in Raleigh too with a black C5. I gave up! Washed/rinsed it 3 times this weekend. I garaged it and put the car cover on it and will let it rest for a few days until the yellow pollution ends!
Ed
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04-02-2007, 09:50 PM
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Well it rained here yesterday, not hard, but enough to keep it from flying around as bad. I wiped my car off today, and it didn't get bad at all. I was AMAZED. The worst part is the rear fascia. It gets NASTY. And the tail light holder thingys (lol
) are freaking pollen MAGNETS!!!
) are freaking pollen MAGNETS!!!
04-02-2007, 10:36 PM
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Burning Brakes
The pollen is just as bad here in Wake Forest! 
I took the leaf blower out and blew all the green powder out of the garage this weekend!
Is it the pollen from the pine trees or the oak?
I took the leaf blower out and blew all the green powder out of the garage this weekend!
Is it the pollen from the pine trees or the oak?
