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Any recommendations for tyre shine?
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Do you prefer gloss or matte look?
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Same as me, and I use Megs endurance as @Street suggested. To get a glossy finish, apply quite a heavy coat, leave it for 5 mins then lightly wipe with a dry microfibre. Then give it some time to dry fully before driving, otherwise it'll sling all over the wheel arches
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what about one of these ?
i saw Fanntik sell one, but out of stock at present
Intrigued where this takes you. I assume you want it for your waterless washes?
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yeah
rather than using a trigger sprayer to do the whole car, want something compact and quick
There's also the option of getting a 9L sprayer and just attaching one of those portable tyre inflators to it (if the sprayer has a pressure valve). Should be fine as long as the sprayer has a auto release value to release excess pressure.
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as i said previously the 12L can be battery powered from IK sprayers, but the 9L version you cant, i like the idea of manual or battery, but i also like the idea of the the ones like the Karcher as its easier to store like the boot of the car or on a shelf indoors etc
not sure why you need a battery powered one have used a 5L garden sprayer for touchless and compared to a dedicated foam cannon and firing up the KarcherQuattro
it's a close call - used about twice as much touchless 100ml in the karcher, with quite a lot of overspray due to the power of it, but the less foamy output from the garden sprayer
seems just as penetrating, just pumped the garden sprayer once.
it's a close call - used about twice as much touchless 100ml in the karcher, with quite a lot of overspray due to the power of it, but the less foamy output from the garden sprayer
seems just as penetrating, just pumped the garden sprayer once.
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Cool I'll goto garden centre and get one
Hopefully won't have to keep pumping
Hopefully won't have to keep pumping
Some of the Marolex range seems decent @ShiWarrior but they are manual. They always seemed better to me than the IK range but never get plugged by YouTube and detailing places.
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I have a marolax foamer, it's good
What is the recommended Wheel protection, between cleaning? I had been using spray on cheap stuff on focus but it has ran out.
On the previous car I used poorboys wheel world (pink stuff, going from memory), I imagine it would be a pain to apply on the style of wheels on the mustang.
I have used autoglym extra gloss protection when in a pinch before, again not easiest to apply.
On the previous car I used poorboys wheel world (pink stuff, going from memory), I imagine it would be a pain to apply on the style of wheels on the mustang.
I have used autoglym extra gloss protection when in a pinch before, again not easiest to apply.
I use the gtecniq wheel armour stuff, not cheap but does a really good job, might be a bit cold to apply at the moment though...
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same one you use on the car body
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just come back from garden centre
5L sprayer for £17
that will do
5L sprayer for £17
that will do