Wash today today! Not a great day for it as drizzling on and off, but managed to get it cleaned……eventually.
Car was pretty dirty to start off with, especially the front Pretorias, which I was not relishing cleaning. But start with the worst bit, get it over with, lol. Hose hooked up to water filter first – many use it for final rinse only but I use it for whole wash process to avoid any hard water marks.
Pre-wash - Bilberrry wheel Cleaner sprayed on all wheels first and tailpipes. Decided the wheels also needed a going over with Iron X as a fair amount of brake dust on them. So snow foamed car with ValetPro Advanced PH Neutral Snow Foam, left to dwell then pressure washed off. As just using Iron X on wheels only today, at this point I washed the wheels and wheel wells using a WoWo Wheel Mitt and Wheel Woollies and shampoo. Wheels then thoroughly rinsed and Iron X sprayed on, left for 5 mins, then rubbed over with a microfibre and thoroughly rinsed off, wheels then given another quick wash and rinse. Wheels nice and clean and free of iron deposits.
Wash - onto the body work - 2 bucket wash using Swissvax Car Bath – first time trying this shampoo as a change to my normal DoDo Juice Supernatural shampoo. Gave a good amount of suds and nice slick solution, good lubricity and glided well over the panels on the WoWo Lambswool Wash Mitt. Car washed from roof down, rinsing the mitt after every panel. Used a separate mitt for the lower panels. Tailpipes cleaned with big Wheel Woollie rotated to remove as much carbon build-up as possible. The Bilberry pre-wash had done its work, as the soot came off very easily. Rinse – thorough pressure wash rinse from roof down, followed by final rinse with open ended hose to leave the minimum of standing water.
Dry – bodywork dried off with WoWo Drying Towels – working roof down and gently blotting the little water remaining on the car after the final rinse. Wheels dried off with WoWo Wheel Towel which is such a great size for wheels.
Detail – no waxing today due to the on off drizzle but went around the car attending to the various details:
Tailpipes cleaned with Mothers Mag and Aluminum Metal Polish and buffed off to a high shine.
Wheels sealed with 2 coats of Gtechniq C2v3
Windscreen sealed with 2 coats of Gtechniq C2v3
All other external glass cleaned with Gtechniq G6 Perfect Glass
Tyres dressed with Achem Hi-Shine Long Lasting Tyre Dressing.
A few before pics:
The gear:
Snow foam:
Snow foam rinsed off:
Wheel cleaning:
Iron X:
2 bucket wash:
Metal polish: 
Not the best day for photos, dull and overcast, but here’s today’s effort:
