Dal
A2OC Donor
After the snow, ice and general grubby roads have now hopefully gone, I gave the little A2 a wash this weekend.
Started by snow foaming the crud to soften it up, then pressure washed it off. Then a 2 bucket wash with G3 detox shampoo to get as much previous wax etc off. Next was some Iron-X and then Tardis rinsed off each time before a G3 clay mitt applied. This was my first time using it and I must say it's a revolation compared to regular clay. It's just so easy to use and you can hear it coming off and then silky smooth. You lubricate it with the shampoo so the thick and slippery detox was perfect. I'd say it's about the same as a medium / fine clay - well of the Bilt Hamber clays I usually use.
After drying I started with a medium Menzerna pad and some Menzerna Power Finish PO85 RD3.02 to see what cut I needed. This turned out to get rid of about 90% of defects is one pass! I followed this up with Poorboys Black hole as I find it's slight filler qualities for that last 10% along with it's great shine make it a great all rounder. That was then topped off with some Autoglym HD wax which is about an easy wax to use as is possible and leaves a great finish.
The blacks were finished with Auto finesse Revive (ran out of GTechniq C4 trim restorer), the glass cleaned with good old white vinegar and finished with Clearkote Vanilla Moose Wax Hand Glaze of all things as I find it created a great weather proof surface without smearing.
Tyres were dressed with Meguirs tyre endurance gel : allowed to dry and then buffed so as to not be too shiny.
Then I hoovered it out (t'was manky!) gave the matts a bit of a scrub with some APC and allowed to dry. The interior plastics were then washed with a weak APC soloution and then dressed with Poorboys Natural look for a non silicone and matt finish.
Enough waffle, more pictured:
Before:
During:
After 15 minutes of snow foam:
Started by snow foaming the crud to soften it up, then pressure washed it off. Then a 2 bucket wash with G3 detox shampoo to get as much previous wax etc off. Next was some Iron-X and then Tardis rinsed off each time before a G3 clay mitt applied. This was my first time using it and I must say it's a revolation compared to regular clay. It's just so easy to use and you can hear it coming off and then silky smooth. You lubricate it with the shampoo so the thick and slippery detox was perfect. I'd say it's about the same as a medium / fine clay - well of the Bilt Hamber clays I usually use.
After drying I started with a medium Menzerna pad and some Menzerna Power Finish PO85 RD3.02 to see what cut I needed. This turned out to get rid of about 90% of defects is one pass! I followed this up with Poorboys Black hole as I find it's slight filler qualities for that last 10% along with it's great shine make it a great all rounder. That was then topped off with some Autoglym HD wax which is about an easy wax to use as is possible and leaves a great finish.
The blacks were finished with Auto finesse Revive (ran out of GTechniq C4 trim restorer), the glass cleaned with good old white vinegar and finished with Clearkote Vanilla Moose Wax Hand Glaze of all things as I find it created a great weather proof surface without smearing.
Tyres were dressed with Meguirs tyre endurance gel : allowed to dry and then buffed so as to not be too shiny.
Then I hoovered it out (t'was manky!) gave the matts a bit of a scrub with some APC and allowed to dry. The interior plastics were then washed with a weak APC soloution and then dressed with Poorboys Natural look for a non silicone and matt finish.
Enough waffle, more pictured:
Before:
During:
After 15 minutes of snow foam:
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