"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
11/25/2018 at 20:30 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
11/25/2018 at 20:30 • Filed to: None | 5
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Trying out new products.
It got the bugs off easy, as promised. I would rank this as above others I have tried for bug removal, which is a big deal to me. I kill many bugs with my car, and I do not like scraping them off. I liked this product, and would buy it again. The convertible top cleaner is an unknown. My top wasn’t that dirty. We will see how the protectant does. A gap has appeared between the rear top and weather stripping that will leak significantly in the rain. This will offset the benefits of the protectant if it rains for Radwood.
The boy was unhappy that he had to wash the Subie outside the gate. He thought I should wait for him to wash his car first. Teenage entitlement is strong.
I did not like this product. It wasn’t bad, but I do not think it was more effective than regular soap. It is also very goopy which I did not like. I would not buy this product again.
I liked this product, but hated its packaging. This is like a quasi-paste liquid wax. It separates, and you have to shake it. Because it is chunky, it works very poorly in a spray bottle, meaning not at all. The spray bottle was dad safe, and I could only get it to where I could squeeze it on to a microfiber applicato r while making a horrible mess. But it applied easily, and buffed up nicely. It really made the color pop, as you can see from the pic under the lights. This wax gave a really nice result, and I would buy it again in a different bottle that I can pour on an applicator . Some of you like the butter wax, and I may try it next.
After Radwood, the Sunchaser is going in for some winter work. It needs smog by January for registration, and if business ends well this year, I am going to have the paint cleaned up and a few small restoration items worked on. For the first time, I am ok with it being unavailable for periods of time in the winter because I am really enjoying the GTI, and my wife wants to take a road trip in it.
I think the tinted windows came out well.
random001
> ImmoralMinority
11/25/2018 at 20:47 |
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Pro tip, use Collinite 845
https://www.amazon.com/Collinite-Liquid-Insulator-Wax-845/dp/B000JK2D06
Use it on the paint, and on all the glass, and the wheels. This will be the only wax you ever use after you use it once. It’s a miracle in a bottle.
The CG citrus wash is my go to, as well.
Ash78, voting early and often
> ImmoralMinority
11/25/2018 at 21:00 |
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Top pic: Witness Protection Foam for the Astra and the Allante?
/gm never loved us!
wafflesnfalafel
> ImmoralMinority
11/25/2018 at 21:17 |
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Shininess everywhere - that hawkeye subie still looks nice too. I really need to wash mine and give it a pre-winter waxdown...
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> ImmoralMinority
11/25/2018 at 21:18 |
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Tryin product, that’s what they call it these days!
f86sabre
> ImmoralMinority
11/25/2018 at 21:27 |
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Where are you roadtrippin to?
Svend
> ImmoralMinority
11/25/2018 at 22:13 |
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For a good wheel cleaner look out for Valet Pro Bilberry Wheel Cleaner. You can dilute down for whether the wheels are lightly soiled or heavily soiled.
His Stigness
> ImmoralMinority
11/25/2018 at 22:55 |
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I always liked Citrus Wash. It always did a good job of loosening bugs and bird crap. Once you finish that you can get Gtechniq’s W4 =] That stuff is amazing.
I have the CG convertible top cleaner and protectant. The cleaner worked quite well coupled with a good, but not too aggressive brush. I used it on a 6 Series with a beige top *shudders*. I don’t know how the protectant. But I know Gtechniq’s Smart Fabric will be perfect for it, but the key is to apply it to a dry top.
Instawax is definitely just a show type wax, the synthetic sealants are much better for everyday protection. That’s odd the sprayer didn’t work, but then, CG uses cheap ass sprayers for their bottles, you have to buy the bottles separately with the good, adjustable sprayers.
And the Sticky Gel: I have that (no idea why), but have yet to use it. It’s a gel so it dwells. Wheels have tons of shit on them so you want the cleaner to dwell. The Sonax Full Effect I use is a gel so that it can dwell and get all the iron out, and that’s why I use soap in foam form for it.
Pro tip: Never use the same water/bucket/tools for the wheels as you do on the paint. You want to be using three different buckets. One bucket just for the wheels, one bucket of paint shampoo, and one bucket of plain water which use to rinse the paint sponge before putting it back in the shampoo bucket before going back to the paint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo8vs7dEIwk
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His Stigness
> Svend
11/26/2018 at 00:45 |
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We can’t get it here in the US, unfortunately. I looked last time I asked about a wheel cleaner. But I really like Sonax Full Effect; I’ve always found it to work really well.
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Svend
> His Stigness
11/26/2018 at 01:50 |
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I got in touch with Peter Hamber at Bilt Hamber U.K. and there is a supplier of Bilt Hamber products in the U.S. at hstuning.
The Bilt hamber Autowheels is a fantastic wheel cleaner and fallout remover in one. and their Surfex HD Degreaser is amazing even down to 200:1 ratio.
https://www.hstuning.com/bilt-hamber-laboratories