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I find this to be very worrying. As I have not been shy to point out, a lot of the marketing is utter and total nonsense. In my opinion, this practice actually slows down progress. Apologies, I was referring to the royal 'your'! I was being totally generic and would never presume to comment on...

There is definite merit in being as fastidious as possible. It might not be necessary but it decreases the chances of problems. There are certainly a lot of nonsense claims which come from marketing people. What I read online typically leads me to believe that many detailing brands (not all)...

Fillers are an interesting topic. I have not had time to get beyond a skim of this thread so i will try to catch up over the weekend. Initial comments are that fillers are ubiquitous (almost). I see loads of comments in the UK from people who are totally against fillers and wouldn't touch them...

I guess ricorocks is likely to extend his question as to what is an 'aggressive' or 'strong' wash. IMO, such a description is something that fits when using a strongly alkaline wash (ph 8-10 do NOT count). I don't believe the shampoo in discussion is actually like this so one does wonder what CG...

:dblthumb2: I think the feeling is mutual! I have been telling people this for years and it bugs the life out of me when you see people who play the detailing guru and discuss how a squirt of dawn in a water bucket will strip anything. The other nice thing is that you and I are in total...

Certainly the purified water which we use will only be minimally acidic, nothing of consequence. The more important feature is the low dissolved solids which you rightly point out will mean that the water will be more corrosive than tap water (a feature few people ever think about). This is, of...

The truth is much more significant - a text book definition of a shampoo would be a blend of surfactants. Without surfactants, they won't be shampoos. Shampoos will range from 10-30% surfactant, with limited amounts of anything else. Snowfoams or alkaline products will generally be something...

Mike is on the button about perception. As someone who manufactures/designs this sort of product, I probably have a better grounding to comment than most. What i will tell you is that EVERYONE wants beading. I might be selling products to a non specialist brand or it could be to a niche...

As far as I am aware, there are a handful of surfactants which are even slightly effective against tar. The only one I have confirmed this with is likely not even available on the US market. Unfortunately surfactants are often as bad as solvents for washing down the drains. For instance, nonyl...

I have never used BDX so I am limited to suppositions based on the ingredients. For wheel cleaning, that solvent in BDX cannot be ignored, it will certainly help. For iron removal, I would favour IX because (using the MSDS which I have seen as a basis) it has a higher activity for the functional...

Evening. I hadn't gone too far but an expanding business and a growing baby have taken up a lot of time! Someone on p2 commented on FerreX, I think. Theory819? I like to understand comments like these as they often turn our to be inaccurate.

Interesting review. To clarify a few facts: 1) Iron-X DOES contain surfactants. Whether it is lacking, comparatively, in some other components or specific surfactants which make it a less potent wheel cleaner is another matter. Looking at the BDX sheet, my inclination is that they both have...

Enzyme type cleaners may well work but you really should be looking at a peroxide type bleach if it is bad. There are other ways of doing it but they tend to be rather aggressive - you should never be using strong acids or bases on something like carpet. For reference, you should not go mixing...

A neutral bleeding type cleaner will not do any harm with regular use. The only real downside is the cost - so if that is not an issue, stick with it. As others have already said, many dedicated wheel cleaners will be strongly acidic or alkaline. In truth, many will do little harm with regular...

I have, likewise, no experience that layering does any good. I do know that many people will insist on 'sealing in' a glaze and my experience it that this is worse than useless - the sealant does not enhance the durability of the glaze and the glaze will tend to damage the durability of the...

I agree in the least aggressive approach but lets look at the options. 1) Dawn or safe detergent product - they don't work. 2) High pH/caustic/heavy solvent product - really quite aggressive and may well not work 3) Mild polish - only slightly aggressive and will work If you break it down that...

Dawn isn't a magic product. Think about it, you can soak your hands in it for prolonged periods and it will do no harm. The truth is that dawn is a close relative of your car shampoo. In fact, our biggest selling car shampoo is sold to another market. You guessed it, save for colour and...

I'm one of those who is vocal about this. If you want to see dawn stripping, hide in the bushes with a pair of binoculars and prepare to run if you hear sirens. The simple fact is that any good modern wax will be designed to be resilient to some pretty strong chemicals. With many, you can wash...

This, I believe.

As I alluded to. Think about it, carnauba wax can hold up for weeks, months and perhaps years of UV exposure. However, the same plants are somewhat dependent on the fact that it does NOT block UV (photosynthesis won't work too well!). Unfortunately, most of the information which gets from...