Review: BLACKFIRE Wash and Wax by Mike Phillips

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Review: BLACKFIRE Wash and Wax by Mike Phillips


New addition to the BLACKFIRE line of pro detailing products!

BLACKFIRE Wash & Wax

From the Autogeek store page


BLACKFIRE Wash & Wax is a concentrated car wash shampoo that removes tough dirt and road grime while leaving a layer of carnauba wax protection behind! Safe for use on all surfaces, BLACKFIRE Wash & Wax rinses away freely leaving no splotches or streaking. Boost your existing carnauba wax or paint sealant protection with weekly washes from BLACKFIRE Wash & Wax!


BLACKFIRE Wash & Wax features:

• Super slick formula repels dirt and grime
• Contains polymer-infused carnauba wax for increased depth and clarity
• Rinses away clean - no streaking!


Time to take this car wash out for a test drive
The above reads good to me and I currently use the BLACKFIRE One Step cleaner/wax on my Lexus RX350 so I'm down with testing out this new car wash on my own car. Best of all, I don't think I've washed the Lexus for 3 months! So she's not just dirty but filthy and covered with road grime I'm sure. (Hey give me a break, it's been raining a LOT here in Florida and I've been travelling, so bad timing for regular washing)k


It's HOT OUTSIDE
Lately it's been in the mid to high 90s and by 8:00am it's not just hot outside it's HUMID outside. So in order to was a car without going insane, you have to start early. According to my watch, it's 6:30am and the sun is just starting to rise over the furthest tree line.

It's dark enough outside I'm actually shining a SCANGRIP Swirl Finder Light on my detailing cart to light it up.

Here's a tip

DON'T add your car wash until AFTER you fill your bucket with water.

Why?

Because you'll tend to end up with a bucket full of suds, not soapy water solution.

This is 4 gallons of clean water....

Next I add the car wash solution, directions say one ounce to a gallon so I pour some in....

Now I use my stir stick, (which I take with me wherever I go) to mix the water and the Wash & Wax into a uniform solution.

Nice sudsing action considering I only used my hand to create the suds....

Washing - Of course I started at the roof and worked my way down but there wasn't anyone here at work to take a picture until Yancy arrived.

For the Lexus I use the Gentle Approach for Washing a Car

She's all washed and rinsed off and ready to dry. Before I chamois off the water, below are some water beading pictures...

Good water beading considering how dirty she was, my guess is this is from the build-in wax in the wash.

Clean and shiny!
A great wash job looks as good and sometimes even better than some people's detail job....

Review
I found the mixture of water to be very silky or slippery to the touch. Even though the exterior was very dirty, the wash pad glided easily over the body panels. When it came time to rinse, the wash and loosened dirt rinsed off easily and there was no soap film or streaks on the glass, something I've found other wash and wax product to do.

If you're using a traditional carnauba wax or synthetic paint sealant for protection on your car and you keep you car's finish in good shape, then this is a great maintenance wash. This product rounds-out the BLACKFIRE line of car washes, something for everyone,


BLACKFIRE Car Wash - for those prepping a car for a detail that ONLY want cleaning or for those with a ceramic coating on their car that don't want any wax in their car wash.

BLACKFIRE Foam Soap - for those that like to use a Foam Gun or a Foam Cannon.

And now...

BLACKFIRE Wash & Wax - for those looking for a great maintenance wash that also leaves behind some gloss and protection.




On Autogeek.com


BLACKFIRE Wash & Wax

Stop bending over when you wash your car and get yourself one of these carts. Besides not having to bend over it also gives you a place to store all your car wash tools.

Grit Guard Universal Detailing Cart


Jumbo Green Microfiber Wash Pad

Fire Hose Nozzle



Available in 32 ounces and 1 gallon sizes

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

***Bump***

BLACKFIRE Wash & Wax is now available on the AG store!

 

[acuRAS82]

Mike,
(sorry, this isn’t specifically about Wash and Wax) I think the old Blackfire WD Conditioning Shampoo has polymer gloss enhancers. I notice in your description of Blackfire Car Wash that it leaves no protection.

Was I wrong about the old label car wash, or was the re-labeled Blackfire Car Wash changed to leave nothing behind?

 

[Belo]

nice review mike. Would have liked to have seen some before pics of the dirty car and how she was beading prior to the application.

I assume you can't use this in a foam gun? I like to apply the foam let stand for a bit to help with bugs and grime. then 2 bucket wash.

 

[mwoolfso]

Nice review... but @ $80/gallon I am just not seeing the "save you money" part per the marketing material.

 

[acuRAS82]

Nice review... but @ $80/gallon I am just not seeing the "save you money" part per the marketing material.

$60/gal.
On sale for $53 + 20% off = $42.40 for those who want it now.

 

[acuRAS82]

Note also that Mikes review mentions 1 ounce per gallon, but directions on AG call for 1-2oz per 5 gallons.

 

[Dr Oldz]

Note also that Mikes review mentions 1 ounce per gallon, but directions on AG call for 1-2oz per 5 gallons.

I was going to ask the same thing. The sample bottle I have says 1-2 oz per 5 gallon also. At that dilution it’s a great value. Especially with the current sale


Nice review, Mike. Thank you.

 

[mwoolfso]

$60/gal.
On sale for $53 + 20% off = $42.40 for those who want it now.

I didn't pay attention to the dilution ratio. Now I get it. At the sale price it's a very good value going on $0.40 per oz. and at full price ($0.75/oz) it's still competitive with Meguiars Gold Class ($0.81), Wolfgang ($0.66), Mothers ($0.62), Duragloss ($0.49). CG Maxi Suds blows them all away at $0.17/oz. I've used all and even have some Pinnacle XMT still.

 

[Dr Oldz]

I didn't pay attention to the dilution ratio. Now I get it. At the sale price it's a very good value going on $0.40 per oz. and at full price ($0.75/oz) it's still competitive with Meguiars Gold Class ($0.81), Wolfgang ($0.66), Mothers ($0.62), Duragloss ($0.49). CG Maxi Suds blows them all away at $0.17/oz. I've used all and even have some Pinnacle XMT still.

Dilution ratio should matter. It’s not the price per oz some people are interested in, it’s price per wash.
A shampoo may be .50 cents an oz at 1 oz per gallon dilution costing 2.50 per wash compared to a wash that is .75 cents an ounce but only requires 1 oz per 5 gallon thus being .75 cents a wash. Follow me? Some people are thrifty and need to budget. Personally I use what I like.

 

[Finick]

Dilution ratio should matter. It’s not the price per oz some people are interested in, it’s price per wash.
A shampoo may be .50 cents an oz at 1 oz per gallon dilution costing 2.50 per wash compared to a wash that is .75 cents an ounce but only requires 1 oz per 5 gallon thus being .75 cents a wash. Follow me? Some people are thrifty and need to budget. Personally I use what I like.

Thats why I find it hard to justify something other than a product as concentrated as Hyper Wash.

Admittedly, I don’t traditional wash very often. So price really doesn’t factor in as much for me.. but I just can’t help but be value oriented when I’m shopping.

Ive just never tried a car wash that really blew me away. Most seem to work on the usual stuff like dirt and grime, whereas some bugs and tar ends up potentially needing a pretreat of some kind.

I’m just an all around value shopper in most instances when it comes to consumable items.


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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

nice review mike. Would have liked to have seen some before pics of the dirty car and how she was beading prior to the application.

Well the car was dirty. Had not been washed for around 3 months. I'm pretty good at not only taking pictures but just look at the volume of pictures I post to this forum, not just "attach" at a tiny thumbnail, but in focus, cropped to show the meat of the topic and then resized to 800 pixels wide so no one has to horizontal scroll.

If I could have captured the "dirty car look" on metallic gold paint I would have taken the picture but it really doesn't show up on film. This is also why when someone that does NOT want to detail their car asks me what color to buy I tell them beige or gold because these colors don't show dirt like other colors. And it is this same reason your eyes have a harder time seeing that these colors are dirty that the camera doesn't show it.

But yeah.... please take my word for it and my almost 40,000 posts and thousands of pictures that --> the car was in fact dirty and covered in road film as it's been raining here a lot.


Don't know what Road Film is? Click the link below and read my article and look at the pictures, it will all make sense then...


Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film

I assume you can't use this in a foam gun?

I like to apply the foam let stand for a bit to help with bugs and grime. then 2 bucket wash.

I did not try it in a foam gun, there's already a dedicated product for that and I showed in in the first picture of this review.

I almost always wash our cars with a foam gun and when I do I use the BLACKFIRE Foam Soap. I only used the new Car Wash to experience it first hand and write this review. (plus my car was really dirty so I was able to use my job to get a free car wash)