I find metheylated spirit makes a great glass cleaner. Mix it 1:1 with clean water in a spray bottle and it's cheaper than most dedicated glass cleaners. Shifts dirt and grease well, and evaporates quickly so doesn't leave a lot of streaks.
Used Autoglym polar seal over the weekend, quite impressed. So much easier than manually applying wax and the results are practically the same.
Just avoid the windscreen. Alternatively you can get a spray version like below, they're usually stronger.
https://youtu.be/tyIyz1b63vY?t=424
What kind of stains?Cleaned my dash, but there are still stains , mainly around gear box , any ideas how to do a deeper clean? I used demons cleaner
Multiple hits with fallout remover as a first step. If that doesn't work try clay. If you still get nowhere near removing it, try the acidic wheel cleaner. They can be pretty aggressive, especially on corroded paint or on diamond cut alloys, so always a last resort.
Can someone explain what snow foam is, I normally just bucket wash my car with a decent shampoo and soft microfibre sponge.
I have a Karcher pressure washer, so wondering if I can use that for doing this snow foam thing, but what do I need to do it and what are the benefits?
Thanks
So, I have baked in dust on one of my front wheels following a sticking brake running down to the bare metal.
This has led to baked on, orange roughness on the face of the alloy. Would an acidic wheel cleaner improve this or am I looking at a wheel refurb? A mate mentioned using a clay bar but, not sure where to start really.
It's a pre-clean to loosen and remove dirt basically. Before going at it with wash mitt and bucket method. Lessens chances of swirls / scratches.
You'll need a snow foam (Bilt Hamber Auto Foam) and a foam lance from ebay (£16 - no point spending any more than that).
Thanking you!
Any particular fallout remover that is recommended? Can I use that across the car or just for the wheels (never used a fallout remover)
I have a few scratches on my car, quite light but noticeable as its a black car, I'm thinking about getting a machine polisher to make easy work of this stuff hopefully.
I have seen the DAS 6 machine polisher, is it a case of then just purchasing the correct polishing pad and polish to get the scratch out, was looking at Meguires scratch X
ScratchX is mediocre. Try Ultimate Compound on a light cut or polishing pad, or Scholl S20+ on a Purple Spider pad. You can also try using a glaze or filler polish (like Autoglym SRP) to mask the scratches