Took my chances with the weather today to give the car a more in-depth clean, it's first since I bought it in February. So following two snowfoams and a wash, I went around it first with de-tar, then with IronX. I don't have too much experience with removing iron deposits, when I did my last car not much showed up. But on this car it was unbelieveable! Pretty much the whole car turned purple! It was so bad I think I'll have another go at it when I next get a chance, there's bound to be bits I missed.
Anyway, another wash then I gave it a go with my clay mitt, the paint at last felt really smooth. Then a hand polish which was hard going. Pretty pleased though as there was a rather long and nasty scratch on the bonnet which although is not 100% gone, it is much more difficult to spot. I'll perhaps give it another go soon. Then just before I was about to wax it the rain started, luckily not for long and very light so after a quick dry, just one coat of wax, some QD on the glossy black plastic bits and some Fast Glass on the glass and matt black mirror covers.
So, still to do, the wheels, another go with the IronX, another polish of the bonnet scratch and another coat of wax. Pretty pleased with how it's turned out so far but a DA polish will need to be done at some point plus attending to the few stone chips.