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And don’t worry… when you need to apply a matte final inspection spray to remove finger prints, dust spots and the like, that premium microfiber towel you’re using won’t be doing damage to the matte finish. Removing water stains gets easier, getting bird crap off your car gets easier, and most importantly, it all gets much less damaging to your paint when you have a protective barrier on top of your clear coat. Truth is, everything covered in Rule #3 becomes a whole lot easier when you protect your paint. I cannot stress enough the importance of protecting your paint, as that is the only way to preserve it’s factory no-shine look. Matte Rule #4 is arguably the single most important rule for matte car owners.As far as Matte Rule #4 goes, it’s safe to say BMW left a little out… Other than that, the only damage a traditional detail spray would do to your paint is leave a shine – typically most final inspection sprays use large amounts of fillers and silicones to leave a “normal” car with a deeper shine. Lastly, final inspection type products usually use microfiber towels, and as I stated before, if you have a crappy microfiber towel, you’re probably going to do a bit of damage. That said, they can be damaging if there is an exposed seam coming in contact with the paint, or in the event that the towel is soiled – yes – any towel will do damage. They don’t drag contaminants across the surface like a chamois or cotton towel, they don’t leave streaks, and their water retention is nothing short of admirable.

#Red frost car paint free

Microfiber towels are the absolutely safest towel to use on the market due to their absorbent, plush, and lint free characteristics ( read more on microfiber). So what do we mean by homework? Well let’s start with microfibers. Yes, some of the products they mention (microfiber, wax, sealants, and detail sprays) can damage your paint… unless you’ve done your homework.

This last point is important, and it’s in response to some…questionable advice BMW gives in its video.

Matte Rule #3: Clean stuff off your paint immediately.

This one’s super simple, but given their next claim, you’d think it’d be tough to do, but you’ll soon see it’s not as hard as it looks.

Call it a hat-trick, always remove insect remains, tar, sap, oil, overspray, bird poop, etc., etc., etc.

Matte Rule #2: No mechanical means of cleaning.

Always wash by hand with a pH balanced matte specific car wash soap. Any sort of high-speed (buffer) or repetitive motion (twirling brushes, dragging noodles, etc.) will cause harm to the matte finish. Basically it boils down to NEVER buffing your matte paint, and NEVER taking it to an automatic car wash.

Somebody get a bell, BMW got another one right… do not use any mechanical or automated means of cleaning your matte paint.

Think about waxing over a tiny scratch on a “regular” car… when you wax over it, it will become less visible because light reflects more easily off of the less-imperfect surface. Similarly, waxing your car with any sort of paste or carnauba will fill those same imperfections, leveling the surface once more. When you polish, you’re effectively diminishing your matte car’s ability to retain light. Problem is, matte paint appears flat because of imperfections in the clear coat layer. Polishing, an abrasive process, is meant to smooth out the surface and level off imperfections.

BMW’s experts are exactly right, do not use polish or wax on your matte paint.