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As above, been discussed before, but only when someone has something to swap. Very rare. Stick to DW or do what Gallister says.

Thanks for taking the time to sign up and reply, Rich.

Does this count? It's not mine, strictly speaking. It's "ours". Grandfather left it to my father, uncle, cousin and I in his will.

Not to mention the best service! Loves the sweets Mat puts in!

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I'll bring one to The Unit when I get over that way mate. No doubt the Panzer will be filthy, so I'll show and tell :D

There are some on DW, Ant. If you can't find them I'll hunt them down at lunch. Basically, the outcome was that WWHW reacts with dirt as well to turn red (from purple liquid) so not quite as easy to see the colour change, nor as effective, being a grime cleaner rather than dedicated fall out...

As above. But at least you have the sense to forewarn others :) Good; BBAADD;

Meant to be going to the same area this weekend. If I find some, I'll buy some and shove it in the post to Budgicles and you, Danny.

Surprised the PW didn't remove most of the grime. C5'd wheels should be piss easy to clean and bead when sprayed. Do yours bead when they're clean? A wheel brush should only be necessary for intricate areas around and behind spokes.

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.