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Warm, soapy water for the C5'd wheels, Jaff. Spray it off with a high pressure sprayer. It contains grit (birds eat grit to aid digestion), so get rid of it as best you can with a touchless option before going anywhere near it with a mitt. I know pressure washers are not always to hand, so...

As Chris has said, 3M foaming glass cleaner. Re trim, depends on whether you want to reapply every month or prep properly once, apply once, leave for two years... Former, AF Revive. Latter, C4.

It's only in Petrol Station shops gang. I looked in the huge Tescos near me first of all, nothing other than the usual 3M and Simoniz products. Then checked the petrol station in it's car park - success! Danny, it's good for unprotected wheels. Protected wheels will just jet wash clean with a...

Used this again today. Superb on uncared for wheels (I.e. not sealed). Mine desperately need a refurb so excuse the god awful condition. Sprayed on at the local jet wash. Dwell for five mins. Washed off. Fronts were soiled, backs were not too bad. Washed of to an immaculate finish!

That description is something else.

AF and PB should. I recognise PB as one of the best detailers in the game, hence my surprise at seeing that. Now pipe down ex dedicated hobbyist.

AF - fair points in your opinion/experience, although I disagree (QDs offer more protection than water from stray dust particles etc) - agree to disagree. But for goodness sake, recognise advice and advise!!! And "ammeter" and "misted"?! :)

Also, just to add, I'm more surprised at Clark/PB to be honest. Taken from their advice site; "Although you are now working on clean surfaces, you still want to minimise the risk of inflicting swirl marks when drying off. For this reason, we recommend pat drying with a microfibre drying...

Thanks for that, guys. I completely agree that at some point a cloth will be used on the paint and that might inflict swirling. However, surely you want to minimise the chances, so pat drying is the safer option? I could understand it if the car was to be corrected, I guess... was the car...

The sarcasm wasn't aimed at you, Dave. I'm hurt you think I'd lambast you for that ;)

Oh, well that makes it OK then... Regardless, lovely car and Citrus Power is a wonder product.

Glad to see someone else noticed this. A tad odd, since there is no machine correction involved to remove any drag drying swirls inflicted...

Without a pressure washer at the moment, I take the car to the local jet wash and give it a once over. Removes anything that is more trouble with just a low pressure hose.

Still not converted. And now I've for a tap again it'll be safe washes for me.

Likewise. Bought four bottles. Not sure about using it on paint work unless its a track ****... But it is pH neutral like IronX!

See "MOT bailout" thread for more sarcasm.

And fails MOTs... oh no wait...

Actually with detailing stuff, I'm quite cut throat. Don't like it or doesn't work it gets thrown/sold/sent to Gally. G1 was used up on my and family cars. Still have the G4 that came with it though.

True, but the difference between G1 and G5 is insane. G1 if you're constantly on the motorway doing 70mph is fine, but most of us drive at 30mph to our houses at some point. So for the sake of a quick top up (and my God, it really is simple/fool proof) G5 would be my advice every time.

Likewise fella. Heard some good banter about the place, so looking forward to it. When's the next meet anyway?

At the moment, my wheels are a mess as I've not topped up the protection (FK1000p) for months and the DS2500s are starting to produce very hard stuck on dust. So I just IronX them when I get a chance as I had no way to clean them. At some point I'll refurb them, but at the moment, this stuff...

To the latter part of that post, I understand well! Although I feel better as I've just cleared out my shed from moving in two months ago. Chucked out so much wood, old tiles, random other stuff the previous owner had stored in there, as well as a load of stuff I'd brought with me from my rental...

Re: JDM Y0 - My new project **** PG34 - Crashed **** Christ mate, not again, just not your luck! Are you OK?

I know what you mean. I detailed dad's car over the weekend, so the R8 has taken over as the pampered car in the NW. So I need to buy all new stuff; Citrus, CarPro wash mitt, some new buckets and hyper wash, EZ brush etc etc. SHOPPING TIME WHOOP!

Sure it's brake dust and not tar? Worth going through the process of decontaminating the wheels fully (detar, deiron, clay, polish, IPA wipe down), then protecting them with something like C5. Makes them much easier to clean, especially after track days, even with performance brake pads.

Just realised I have an outside tap. Granted it's right at the back of my house, but no longer need to use the jet wash!! Winner! So AF Citrus Power and other bits will be coming soon to make up my Southern Detailing Kit. Fun times!

Try aggitating the spray/gel with a detailing brush. Multiple hits may be necessary.

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Make sure it is the purple spray bottle, not a box with a brush.