Any suggestions for an obsessive compulsive auto detailer?

New job has me out of town and all over the place for a week to weeks at a time. I want a truck cover for my Ford for the times I am out of town. In my Chevy I have a spot free water tank, pressure washer and all the mobile detail stuff to keep her clean when I'm out and about. The Ford sits at home inside it's circus tent that I got from Costco a few years back. It keeps the sun off of it, but it chaps my hide when i come home to a dusty rig. I'm not impressed by how rough the insides of the off the shelf covers at Walmart and Costco, but I'm not crazy about spending $4-500 on a custom California Car Cover.

Swirl and fine scratches from a cover would break my heart, I use my rotary and orbital polishers sparingly on my rides to keep as much paint as possible.

Any of you have experience with using a cover for extended periods of time?

Thanks!

Pat

 

why not just let it get dusty then either wash it or spray detail it when you get home.....car covers of any kind are more harmful than dust on a vehicle

 

Wow man your trucks must be spotless!

 

She is, I get a little OCD at times. I see the value in the previous post about a thin layer of dust being less harmful than what a bad car cover can do... Where the truck is positioned being protected from sun, rain and condensation I may be looking more toward an indoor dust cover. The morning sun hits where the tent doesn't protect and it's beating sun on either the freshly rechromed bumper and other new chrome parts/new headlights, hood in front, or if I nose it in, it beats on the anodized aluminum tailgate accent.. Which could use some sort of restoration as aluminum anodizing gets that milky haze after 14 years, but WD40 or kitchen stainless polish hides for a week or so. I just have always focused on preservation, that's my dilemma. Thanks.

Pat

 

not even a bad car cover, any car cover. What happens is car covers are NOT air tight, so wind can and will still get under it and create friction between the paint and cover bottom, no matter the material, softness etc it will create that friction and start creating scratches, swirls, marring etc from that friction and then you have not only a still dusty vehicle, but also a vehicle that now AGAIN needs paint correction.