Okay, I might try to get round to waxing the car in march, i've had it since the end of december and have 900 miles so far.
problem is, I work nights so my weekends are a little limited, since I have a nap after work saturday morning and I tend to sleep in sunday morning so I can stay up sunday night to get back into the routine, so i don't have a lot of time on my hands to do the car fully, nor enough daylight.
My car is tar spot free so far, but tonnes of iron deposits from the train ride in germany from the factory.
I got an idea, how I could get around this.
One week - use tar remover on car
Next week - use iron X
Week after - clay bar + wax.
(Obviously do this after I washed it each week, I'm not doing that with the dirt still on lol - OR can I?)
My thinking is, since I don't touch motorways or country roads I just won't be collecting much tar/iron deposits in a week or so, plus the ones I do, the claybar will remove it.
I'm thinking doing that because I believe once I use iron X/tar remover, I have to wash it off and dry it again, my microfibre will be wetter than a fish out of the ocean and it won't dry the car properly, so I don't want to mess the whole thing up.
What are your thoughts? If I should do it all in one day i'll obtain a few more drying towels. I do need to buy some wheel woolies too but the ghastly price is putting me off for now. I'm not a massive detailing nut, I just like my car presentable.
I just need some advice, i'm not sure if you can Iron X and tar remove before you wash the car, so if someone could shine some light that'd be great
problem is, I work nights so my weekends are a little limited, since I have a nap after work saturday morning and I tend to sleep in sunday morning so I can stay up sunday night to get back into the routine, so i don't have a lot of time on my hands to do the car fully, nor enough daylight.
My car is tar spot free so far, but tonnes of iron deposits from the train ride in germany from the factory.
I got an idea, how I could get around this.
One week - use tar remover on car
Next week - use iron X
Week after - clay bar + wax.
(Obviously do this after I washed it each week, I'm not doing that with the dirt still on lol - OR can I?)
My thinking is, since I don't touch motorways or country roads I just won't be collecting much tar/iron deposits in a week or so, plus the ones I do, the claybar will remove it.
I'm thinking doing that because I believe once I use iron X/tar remover, I have to wash it off and dry it again, my microfibre will be wetter than a fish out of the ocean and it won't dry the car properly, so I don't want to mess the whole thing up.
What are your thoughts? If I should do it all in one day i'll obtain a few more drying towels. I do need to buy some wheel woolies too but the ghastly price is putting me off for now. I'm not a massive detailing nut, I just like my car presentable.
I just need some advice, i'm not sure if you can Iron X and tar remove before you wash the car, so if someone could shine some light that'd be great
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