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What's the aqua wax a11y ? Any recommendations for wheel sealants? Just to make them easier to clean.
And if anyone has a good technique for cleaning the inside of the windscreen I'm all ears
@big yim:
Autoglym Aqua Wax: wash car, no need to dry, spray aqua wax over paintwork (and glass exc windscreen), buff it off with cloth. Takes a bit of time/effort to buff it off but nothing extreme. Surprisingly good stuff.
Everyone has their own preferences, mine are:
Wheel sealant: Race Glaze Nano Wheel Sealant because I'm lazy and it's not silly expensive Works best if starting with really clean wheels. Spray it on, rub it in to ensure total coverage, wait 5 mins then buff off. I do 2 layers. Makes wheels much easier to clean afterwards. G Techniq G5 is same idea, apparently even better, but expensive and takes effort to apply correctly .
Autosmart red 7 to wash wheels - spray it on, wait a few mins, then blast with pressure washer and majority of grim/brake dust comes off (assuming wheels are sealed). Again, think it's great because its less effort!
Windscreen inside: normal Windolene and kitchen roll for me. Cheaper alternatives from Mr Muscle etc are crap and smeary in comparison.
What snowfoam and applicator is recommended, I have a Karcher one and its pretty poor, foam comes out really watery.
Many moons before marriage & sprogs I had a clean car. Used Meguirs stuff mainly. Two bucket wash. Mind you, also had a reasonably tidy house. That was when I was time rich and cash poor. Now I'm time poor and cash poor.
These days, usually throw £5 at the local magic washing machine wash every month or so, sometimes with the kids in the back because they like watching the robot car washer.
Although I did go over both cars with two buckets the other day, did the wheels, hoovered the interior, did the windows, shone the dash. Should probably write that down in the calendar, it won't happen again for a while.
The surf bus. I've got a karcher gun but use a meguiars snow foam and it seems pretty good. Smells lovely too
Cheers bigyim
Don't worry about the amount of foam, worry if it actually cleans!
Bilt Hamber Autofoam is pretty watery but cleans really well.
I only get a spare day to clean my car (06 golf - go me!!) once in a while - - but find time cleaning it to be quite therapeutic.
Wet car down
Angelwax revenge to remove dead flies
Snow foam
Wash down
Angelwax shampoo
Two bucket wash, meguirs mitt / bucket guards
Microfibre cloth to dry
Angelwax to wax then buff
It's not the worlds best practice, but the car looks ok after it.
It's traditional for the weather / roads to be ******* filthy the following day, hiding any effort made.
it's an hour or so, outside, waiting for the on-call pager to go off. Works for me
What snowfoam and applicator is recommended, I have a Karcher one and its pretty poor, foam comes out really watery.
AutoBrite Lance and currently using Bilt Hamber snow foam too as it was recommended but as I haven't used the AB one yet that came with the lance so I might try that soon to compare.
Bear in mind it might take a while to work out the correct mix percentage.
https://www.autobritedirect.co.uk/exterior-cleaning/hd-foam-lance-and-snow-foams
Autoglym aqua wax is good but there are better quick sealants/detailers/ drying aids now. Sonax brilliant shine detailer for a start.
I need to get my yearly full detail done.... Struggling to find the time with 4yo and 2yo. Sonax to maintain the protection works. Ok I garage my car, but with it outside last week while I was on holiday I could see it was beading pretty well still and it's something like 15 months since the last full Decon, wax and seal.