i recently bought a hot rod black truck and no matter how i wash it it always comes out spotty, im sure there is some way to care for the paint. i dont think you can wax it.

 

Hard water will leave spots. So will washing in sunlight.

Wash the truck in the shade and dry it off right away with a chamois. Those Sham-wow's work great and can be washed and re-used over and over. I get a clone of them at the local flea market, nice & big like 18" x 24" for a buck a piece or 5 for $4.

Then put you a good wax on it...

 

are you sure i can wax hot rod black? there is no clear coat on hot rod black paint, thats what worries me about a wax

 

WTF? With no clear coat you should be waxing that vehicle MORE often than a vehicle with a clear coat. Clear coating automobiles started gradually being done in the 70s, You never saw older TV shows or movies from way back like in the '50s showing people waxing their ride?

I'd be much more concerned with the soap I was using than worrying about waxing.

If it were me, I'd wash it with a product like Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner, then after drying check the surface for any contaminants. If you find anything bonded to the paint that didn't come off with washing, then clay it.

Then you'll want to apply a good polish then a coat of wax as the clay bar will leave the paint completely clean and unprotected.

Clear coats basically mean you can skip the polish phase and go straight to waxing after claying (or washing, if you don't clay).

Polishing is CRITICAL if there is no clear, although there are some excellent polish/wax one-step products out there. Meguiars ColorX is a great product for this SPECIFICALLY made for vehicles without clear coats...

 

Hot rod black? do you mean flat black if so and if it was done like it should have been it should be just a matte black or flat with low gloss clear over top.

 

First of all....we need a picture

secondly, like Hammer said, clear coats are not old in the paint world, but wax is. They did single stage paints even into the 80s. You need to wax that stuff, get turtle wax black box and I bet it will work wonders.

Last advice, get a auto squeegee. Its a plastic bar with a rubber blade and you just scrape it over the paint and run the water off. Its soft rubber so it wont scratch (but I wipe it on my shorts often just in case) and works freaking wonders. No rubbing so no chance of contaminants scratching the paint!

 

Hard water, poor quality soap, dirty water during wash/rinse, not dying fast enough when sun...just a thought.

As for hot rod black, find out what was used I.e. manufacturer, type, etc. and use their reccomended procedure in caring for the paint. I've done 3 cars in "hot rod" black, none with problems after washing when using quality products and in the shade.

On a side note, i never used paste wax on a flat or semi-flat.

 

no its not flat black, theres a picture in my "garage"

 

looks about as flat as all the other "flat black" paint schemes I see on here.

 

its really not flat. google flat and then google hot rod, im sure you can tell a difference off of there.