As you may know, my 9 is black (the fastest color) and I like to keep it clean. Wednesday I put a coat of wax on all the painted parts and a coat of chrome polish on all the chrome and it was looking fine. I come home from work yesterday and the bike is just covered in dust. I love the black when it's clean, but it shows the dust like crazy.
I'm getting sick of having to get out a bucket of water and the micro fiber cloths to wipe the bike down every time I want to go for a ride, but that's the only method I've found so far to get rid of the dust. Even this method isn't without it's flaws. After I go over a part with a wet cloth, I then have to go over the same part with a dry cloth to prevent water spotting, and then I'm chasing around the little particals left behind by the dry cloth.
The biggest problem I see is the static electricity that's built up when rubbing a cloth over the painted surface, especially on the plastic pieces. It attracts the small particals to the surface of the paint. I've been thinking about getting one of those California Dusters, but I think you'd almost have to spray it with Endust or something similar to get these particals to stick to it. What do you guys use?
I'm getting sick of having to get out a bucket of water and the micro fiber cloths to wipe the bike down every time I want to go for a ride, but that's the only method I've found so far to get rid of the dust. Even this method isn't without it's flaws. After I go over a part with a wet cloth, I then have to go over the same part with a dry cloth to prevent water spotting, and then I'm chasing around the little particals left behind by the dry cloth.
The biggest problem I see is the static electricity that's built up when rubbing a cloth over the painted surface, especially on the plastic pieces. It attracts the small particals to the surface of the paint. I've been thinking about getting one of those California Dusters, but I think you'd almost have to spray it with Endust or something similar to get these particals to stick to it. What do you guys use?