"Svend" (svend)
03/28/2018 at 11:49 • Filed to: None
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"Svend" (svend)
03/28/2018 at 11:49 • Filed to: None | 3
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Was asked to clean a colleagues car again.
It was last done on the 16th of February.
Went up and got the pressure washer out, very light traffic film and had seen some country and farm roads.
Literally turned the water onto the car and ALL the dirt came off.
I could of just dried it from there but foamed some shampoo on instead and rinsed, dry with Gyeon Cure as a drying aid and buffed.
Took out the front mats and vacuumed them, quick vacuum around the interior, wiped off the foot scuff marks on the front door interiors.
The colleague also has a Tassimo coffee machine so after making a coffee, I set the Tassimo on to descale, cleaned the car.
Descaling the Tassimo took slightly more time than cleaning the whole car.
Boring.
Started raining as I started taking a few pictures.
Snowrydr01
> Svend
03/28/2018 at 12:13 |
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what wash mitt do you like? I have been chasing super fine mirroring on my black cars for years. Proper bucket technique, grit guards, pre drying with a leaf blower, super delicate on actual drying, ect. Its got to be my wash mitts and i even replace them twice per summer. The mirroring is so fine that 2 seasons of spring and fall detailing with 3 progressively finer compounds doesn’t get rid of it. god i hate black cars!
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Svend
> Snowrydr01
03/28/2018 at 12:28 |
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Ye’, the owner of this car has gone from metallic mid blue to silver to white and now black. I’ve asked if she’s trying to kill me.
I use a regular microfibre noodle wash mitt. About £3 from a supermarket.
I’ve tried the others from the even more basic mitts up to Arizona wool wash mitts and the noodle ones just work for me.
Most damage is inflicted to the paint in the wash process. So the trick is to use minimal physical contact.
Pressure rinse any heavy debris from the vehicle, then a mild degreaser such as a citrus spray or snow foam to soften and emulsify the dirt, pressure rinse, then I snow foam shampoo onto the car and use the two bucket method to wash using just the weight of the mitt to shift the remaining dirt, pressure rinse and then open hose rinse to aid drying as the water cascades down the body it collects water droplets then use a drying aid to dry the remaining water off.
I use Gtechniq Gwash, it’s a super ‘lubricious’ car shampoo and the mitt just glides over the body.
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Snowrydr01
> Svend
03/28/2018 at 13:46 |
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I snow foam too between major washes and have cquartz UK on both black vehicles. I found that the the noodle microfiber mits were too hard to properly clean. There were always bits of leave and debris that would be in them that even the grit guards in both buckets couldnt loosen up. After clean up and prep for next time i could never get them fully cleaned and was worried the extra material in them could be causing more damage.
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Svend
> Snowrydr01
03/28/2018 at 13:59 |
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That’s odd. I never get any debris lodged in the noodles or have any large debris left after snow foaming and rinsing to become lodged in the mitt.
Non of the cars are coated in anything more than Si02 based sealants.
I am tempted to get a wash board for the rinse bucket though.
But presently I dunk the mitt in the rinse bucket, then use my other hand to knead any debris from the mitt. Lift it out and squeeze it before recharging in the shampoo bucket.
What other wash tools are you using, ie car shampoo, pressure washer lance type, snow foam type, etc...
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Snowrydr01
> Svend
03/28/2018 at 15:20 |
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wow, i realy like that verticle surface. I have two grit gaurds in each bucket now so that i have a surface to clean the mit on in both clean and dirty buckets thats a good 5 inches off of the bottom.
I have gone through so many foams and shampoos but i am currently using the rest of my chemical guys mrs pink as the foam (since i didnt like it as the wash) and maquires ultimate as my shampoo.
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Svend
> Snowrydr01
03/28/2018 at 15:51 |
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If you’ve Cquartz UK on the car a simple shampoo and drying aid should be all you need with the occasional booster to help the coating along. Though if your compounding or polishing your almost certainly removing or removed the coating.
Cquartz UK offers good scratch resistance and a degree of chemical resistance but any semi aggressive polishing will remove it.
That’s not to say it’s a bad coating. Ravi out in Cyprus made it solely for U.K. weather conditions some five or six years ago now (Ravi is a good bloke, very helpful).
I think you need more cleaning action in your snow foam to aid shifting as much dirt and debris before you get onto the 2BM wash.