Buying Some New Cleaning Products

JohnnyN

I've hi-jacked Matt's DoDo juice thread for long enough so I thought that it was time to start my own today. :thumbup:

I've just taken delivery of a Snow Foam Lance attachment and 5ltrs of Super Snow Foam. I've been thinking of buying this for nearly 2 years now but been too tight to buy it. What with all the recent bad weather and the car not being cleaned since well before Christmas, it was looking a little sorry for itself and that was the clinching moment for me.

I got in touch with http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk and ordered the 2 items on Thurday afternoon. I paid the extra £16 for a Saturday delivery and it arrived without fuss at lunchtime.

I've been busting to use it but the weather was a little cold this morning and the frost was down heavy overnight and my hosepipe frozen solid. Consequently I didn't get to use my new toys today. :cry:

I have been back on the site again this morning and I fancy buying some more bits tomorrow. I've chosen to buy a 1ltr bottle of Bilberry Wheel Cleaner, 1x bottle of Chemical Guys Maxi Suds 2 and a Hand Pump Despenser for the Snow Foam. By the way, I blame Matt entirely for his bad influence in buying cleaning products! :wave:

Hopefully we will get some warmer weather soon and I can give these new items a proper review. Meanwhile here's a couple of pics.

Matt

What wheel brush to do have John? If you are using the bilberry for them, it works a treat along side EZ Detail Brush
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wheels-an ... d_480.html

I've got my £30 pot of DoDo Juice just sat in the shed, and the brand new PC to use, but I was in the same boat yesterday. As soon as the water hit the car, it froze solid.

Hopefully be able to use it on Wednesday.

JohnnyN

I've got an angled head Meguiars wheel face brush. Not very suitable for getting in and cleaning properly. I also had a Meguiars Wheel Spoke brush but it was shit! The bristles collapsed and rendered the brush useless. There is one other brush from AutoGlym but that's no good either!

I'll call them tomorrow and add this EZ Detail brush to the list. Thanks for that Matt, that's another £18.95 gone! pmsl..

Matt

:thumbup:

Definately worth it though with that brush. Gets right to the back of the inside of the wheel.

I've spent over £100 this month :thumbdown:

JohnnyN

Well, the ice caps melted around Bristol this afternoon just after 2pm so I went out and checked the hose again and it was flowing freely. Time to use the new toy!

I poured about an inch of Snow Foam into the bottle and topped off with water. I had a bit of a play with the settings during the time that I used it and found the large spread to be best. The car was covered fairly quickly in a thick layer of foam and there was loads left in the bottle. I adjusted the foam concentration knob on the top of the bottle to apply a thicker amount of foam. The foam was clinging to the car for about 10 minutes before I gave it a rinse off with the jet washing attachment.

The majority of the dirt came away but there was some stubborn stuff along the bottom of the doors. Bit of a greasy film really that needed some extra work.

I then went around the bottom of the car with Meguiars NXT Shampoo and my soft brush. Then the wheels had a clean. I then jetted the car again. Then off with another bucket with NXT and my wash mit. Car cleaned from top to bottom and jetted off again.

I then dried off with my AutoGlym Synthetic drying cloth. Meguiars Endurance Gel for the tyres and all done for today. It came up lovely even without a waxing.

I can highly recommend this Snow Foam and Lance combination. Well worth the money!

Applying the foam...

Whilst waiting for the foam to work, 2 pictures of my crappy wheels brushes. The Meguiars Wheel Brush with collapsed bristles and no longer used. The Other is an AutoGlym wheel brush which is so hard that the bristles don't bend at all and is a waste of time to use!

10 minutes later...

Fast forward to the end results...

:thumbup:

Daz

Its a good bit of kit aint it john....done mine and alys agin today....forgot to take pics of alys tho,but heres some of mine.

Matt

Excellent John, really is good fun to work with as well.

JohnnyN

Matt said:
Excellent John, really is good fun to work with as well.

I know, the kids loved it!! pmsl..

rofl..

JohnnyN

Put in another order this morning at 9am. Bilberry wheel cleaner, EZ Detail brush, Maxi suds 2 and a pump dispenser!

Ker ching!

:thumbup:

Matt

Good stuff John.

MikeS

does that stuff unblock drains and take the road markings off lol

Sjdickso

Told you, you would like it.

JohnnyN

Another parcel just arrived!

blue_se2

you could have use a toilet brush for ya wheel save some money??? lol

Matt

Excellent John, that brush will be so much better than the megs one you have

JohnnyN

blue se2 said:
you could have use a toilet brush for ya wheel save some money??? lol

Gee, thanks Neil. I know who to ask for money saving tips from now on. :thumbup:

I just need to drive the car and get it dirty now so I can use my new products.

;-)

JohnnyN

I used the Bilberry Wheel Cleaner on the Zafira wheels today along with the Snow Foam/Maxi Suds mix on the car. Came up lovely again! I found that the wheel cleaner foams up well when worked in with a brush. I used my old brush on the Zafira. I'm saving my special new EZ Detail brush for my car only! lol!

Matt

Nice one John, I'm exactly the same with my stuff.

What ratio did you mix the bilberry to?

JohnnyN

I went a bit 'finger in the air' with it really. 10%??

Matt

That's quite weak then John, I usually did mine 4:1