FAO detailing geeks - I cant get my car cover on!
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Rapide has a Car Pro C Quartz coating. She needed a huge clean after the Highlands, so gave her the usual pressure rinse, snow foam, rinse, 2 bucket mitt and shampoo, rinse. And then I tried something new - Hydro Foam. Diluted it 1-9 and foamed it on without further dilution, gave her a quick mitt over and then rinse. Blow dried her - it was just flying off. Ended up very very glossy and very smooth and slick. So slick I seriously couldn't get the car cover back on in the garage - it just kept slipping off. V impressive.
The say you can use the foam as the shampoo itself and just rinse that off. That could be a good solution for light dirt as all the other steps are quite time consuming.
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The say you can use the foam as the shampoo itself and just rinse that off. That could be a good solution for light dirt as all the other steps are quite time consuming.
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I have done so. With all dirt and dust removed before I would say it is better. After washing you are able to foam, mitt and rinse without getting swirls. And the result is just perfect. But it depends on the condition. I think if your car is more or less clean and you want to have it glossy and shiny, just rinse it before and foam it.
Great result Anthony!
I tried it on the missus car and DD today - both a bit old and swirly. After a pressure rinse I foamed both of them and then gave a seriously quick light wipe over all panels with a microfibre mitt. Really great result for 20 mins for two cars! So good I even sold one of them and he thought it looked amazing and so shiny for a 12 yr old car!
The Aston unless really super lightly soiled will probably always get the Bilt Hamber thick pre foam, 2 bucket shampoo and lambswool mitt as before by hand, but if it just needs a quick little spruce up for handprints and light dust and to add some extra glossiness then this alone is absolutely great!
I tried it on the missus car and DD today - both a bit old and swirly. After a pressure rinse I foamed both of them and then gave a seriously quick light wipe over all panels with a microfibre mitt. Really great result for 20 mins for two cars! So good I even sold one of them and he thought it looked amazing and so shiny for a 12 yr old car!
The Aston unless really super lightly soiled will probably always get the Bilt Hamber thick pre foam, 2 bucket shampoo and lambswool mitt as before by hand, but if it just needs a quick little spruce up for handprints and light dust and to add some extra glossiness then this alone is absolutely great!
paddy328 said:
Get some of the reset shampoo too. Its my new favourite shampoo.
Can you post a link please Francis as my Q2M Bathe+ has nearly run out? So if my car isn't very dirty (which it rarely is) then how many stages do I need to do? Can I just snowfoam it then use the stuff Dewi recommends or do I need to do 3 stages: snow foam, 2 bucket wash and then the Hydrofoam? Does the Hydrofoam go in a bucket or via a foaming lance?paddy328 said:
Get some of the reset shampoo too. Its my new favourite shampoo.
There's a recommendation :-) This is the stuff Pete https://carpro.uk.com/products/reset-maintenance-s... Nicer than what my missus uses (and more expensive)! Some sites do it carriage free.On the Hydrofoam they said to dilute it 1:9 first and close the valve on the foam lance (so as it doesn't get diluted more). If car is dirty I would personally do the std process of thicker foam/shampoo etc first . The Hydrofoam will add less than 5 mins at the very end and literally halves the blow drying time. Sorry I sound like Vidal Sasooon!
Ken Figenus said:
There's a recommendation :-) This is the stuff Pete https://carpro.uk.com/products/reset-maintenance-s... Nicer than what my missus uses (and more expensive)! Some sites do it carriage free.
On the Hydrofoam they said to dilute it 1:9 first and close the valve on the foam lance (so as it doesn't get diluted more). If car is dirty I would personally do the std process of thicker foam/shampoo etc first . The Hydrofoam will add less than 5 mins at the very end and literally halves the blow drying time. Sorry I sound like Vidal Sasooon!
On the Hydrofoam they said to dilute it 1:9 first and close the valve on the foam lance (so as it doesn't get diluted more). If car is dirty I would personally do the std process of thicker foam/shampoo etc first . The Hydrofoam will add less than 5 mins at the very end and literally halves the blow drying time. Sorry I sound like Vidal Sasooon!
CarPro said:
Derived almost entirely from natural, organic and biodegradable ingredients; free from the harsh sodium and lauryl sulfate derivatives found in many shampoo products
What is "harsh" about SLS in a car shampoo?Ken Figenus said:
This is the stuff Pete https://carpro.uk.com/products/reset-maintenance-s... Nicer than what my missus uses (and more expensive)! Some sites do it carriage free.
On the Hydrofoam they said to dilute it 1:9 first and close the valve on the foam lance (so as it doesn't get diluted more). If car is dirty I would personally do the std process of thicker foam/shampoo etc first . The Hydrofoam will add less than 5 mins at the very end and literally halves the blow drying time. Sorry I sound like Vidal Sasooon!
Thanks Dewi. Maybe I'll give them both a try then. Ashamed to admit that I'm still a towel drier. I think if I started blow drying my car my wife would just rip the piss out of me more than I could take.On the Hydrofoam they said to dilute it 1:9 first and close the valve on the foam lance (so as it doesn't get diluted more). If car is dirty I would personally do the std process of thicker foam/shampoo etc first . The Hydrofoam will add less than 5 mins at the very end and literally halves the blow drying time. Sorry I sound like Vidal Sasooon!
I think they're mostly for clearing water traps (door handles, mirrors etc). You'd still need a towel.
Ideally you'd dry with water.. :-)
Ideally you'd dry with water.. :-)
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