Help with paint etching

[testdr.79]

Hi all,
I've been using gyeon ceramic coats on my car. For the last three years.
Some context the paint on the car is about 10 years old since a respray.. Popped in shelter in the open air driven four times a week mostly out of the rain.
The past 2 years I have experienced etching on the paint I assume from water spots or the tap water at home. I used to use a blower to dry off the water on the car if I didn't have time to wash a car.
No I have a small etching marks all over the car. They can be polished off but I would have to use a wood pad if I wanted to get rid of it. It's gotten 50% worse over 9 months.
Any ideas on what could cause this? Solvent pop? Or external factors, acid rain?

 

[testdr.79]

A close up

 

[Setec Astronomy]

I thought we didn't have acid rain anymore? I think acid rain was specific to us in the northeast, is that where you are?

How often do you wash the car? Possibly other atmospheric stuff and bird/insect "stuff" could do that over time if it sits on the car.

 

[testdr.79]

I live in Singapore. Don't have much insect or bird droppings, always gets washed off ASAP. One thing that I've started doing is using a leaf blower to try to blow off rain water off the car if I dont wash the car, sometimes not completely dried. In an attempt to reduce water spots. It may have made it worse?

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Oh, I think you definitely have acid rain there, if I recall Meguiar's was selling a coating into that market way before they sold coatings here, specifically because of the environmental conditions in your area. Maybe consider a wipedown of the horizontal surfaces with a waterless wash product or one of the many ceramic detailers.

Gyeon has a rinseless product, EcoWash, that is ceramic-infused that can be mixed as a rinseless, waterless, or drying aid. You might try a rinseless as a quick wash of the horizontal surfaces just to minimize anything sitting on the paint.

 

[Bunky]

I live in Singapore. Don't have much insect or bird droppings, always gets washed off ASAP. One thing that I've started doing is using a leaf blower to try to blow off rain water off the car if I dont wash the car, sometimes not completely dried. In an attempt to reduce water spots. It may have made it worse?

You can use a rinseless. From my many trips to Singapore, most residential parking is below the residential building so plenty of time to do it. I saw a lot of commercial detailers washing in the garages like at work.