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For this week's wash on the Ranger, I decided to go a little deeper than usual.
To start, I removed the neoprene seat covers and put them into the wash with Rags to Riches.
For the washing, I wanted to do a bit of a reset in preparation for a topper. This vehicle has had Gyeon Pure EVO on it since December 2023 and its holding up very well. In this case, I washed with KCx Active Foam, which isn't as aggressive as some, but stronger than a normal pH neutral soap. Normally, you'd use Active Foam as a pre-wash, but I used it for a contact wash today. On the rinse off, I noticed the Active Foam smartened up the water behavior, so clearly it did its thing.
Once blow dried, Carpro Reload went down on the paint, glass and black plastics. I think Reload 2.0 lives in the shadow of its predecessors' poor reputation, many overlooking it because they may have struggled with the original. But 2.0 is so easy to use and is one of the glossiest spray sealants on the market. I also LOVE it on black plastic, it really adds a lovely richness to the finish.
After finishing the rest of the car, it was time to clean out 5-years worth of dirt and junk out of the tool drawer. I last did this in April 2025, and it showed..................
You could have sowed seeds in this and grown a mobile garden...................
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With the drawer emptied, I removed the rubber mat and foamed it with the remainder of Bilt Hamber Touch-less from Sunday. While that was soaking, I vacuumed the dirt, leaves, gravel and twigs out of the drawer, soaked it with Green Star, then wiped up with a couple of Rip-n-Rags. The drawer was soaked down with ONR to neutralize the Green Star, then dried with another towel.
From here, I rinsed off the mat and then blow dried with the EGO. This section of mat was originally in the tray, so its pretty brittle and sun aged, but that doesn't matter here as it still does the job of suppressing vibration.
Tools then went back, a little more organized than before. I actually threw out a roll of 10-year old trimmer line that I was keeping in there for no valid reason.
This also reminds me to look into buying a new set of hedge shears and branch loppers, both of those are pure junk...............and they weren't cheap either. Typical of the rubbish sold at Bunnings (think Home Depo), even when you buy the "premium" product on the shelf, that premium-ness is relative. Because of the "lowest prices are just the beginning" tagline, every product on the shelf has to live up to that. So, instead of offering a true premium product to serve the professional, they cost control everything to meet a price point. And this mentality flows through to other retailers as they try to compete. So, its a race to the bottom and the ones who lose out the most are those who rely on tools to make a living.
Off to Forestry Tools I go....................
https://www.forestrytools.com.au/?g...g9F1-tpK7hJYqnKnbNfwv1EFiRmvuFsgaAh8eEALw_wcB
To start, I removed the neoprene seat covers and put them into the wash with Rags to Riches.
For the washing, I wanted to do a bit of a reset in preparation for a topper. This vehicle has had Gyeon Pure EVO on it since December 2023 and its holding up very well. In this case, I washed with KCx Active Foam, which isn't as aggressive as some, but stronger than a normal pH neutral soap. Normally, you'd use Active Foam as a pre-wash, but I used it for a contact wash today. On the rinse off, I noticed the Active Foam smartened up the water behavior, so clearly it did its thing.
Once blow dried, Carpro Reload went down on the paint, glass and black plastics. I think Reload 2.0 lives in the shadow of its predecessors' poor reputation, many overlooking it because they may have struggled with the original. But 2.0 is so easy to use and is one of the glossiest spray sealants on the market. I also LOVE it on black plastic, it really adds a lovely richness to the finish.
After finishing the rest of the car, it was time to clean out 5-years worth of dirt and junk out of the tool drawer. I last did this in April 2025, and it showed..................
You could have sowed seeds in this and grown a mobile garden...................
/
With the drawer emptied, I removed the rubber mat and foamed it with the remainder of Bilt Hamber Touch-less from Sunday. While that was soaking, I vacuumed the dirt, leaves, gravel and twigs out of the drawer, soaked it with Green Star, then wiped up with a couple of Rip-n-Rags. The drawer was soaked down with ONR to neutralize the Green Star, then dried with another towel.
From here, I rinsed off the mat and then blow dried with the EGO. This section of mat was originally in the tray, so its pretty brittle and sun aged, but that doesn't matter here as it still does the job of suppressing vibration.
Tools then went back, a little more organized than before. I actually threw out a roll of 10-year old trimmer line that I was keeping in there for no valid reason.
This also reminds me to look into buying a new set of hedge shears and branch loppers, both of those are pure junk...............and they weren't cheap either. Typical of the rubbish sold at Bunnings (think Home Depo), even when you buy the "premium" product on the shelf, that premium-ness is relative. Because of the "lowest prices are just the beginning" tagline, every product on the shelf has to live up to that. So, instead of offering a true premium product to serve the professional, they cost control everything to meet a price point. And this mentality flows through to other retailers as they try to compete. So, its a race to the bottom and the ones who lose out the most are those who rely on tools to make a living.
Off to Forestry Tools I go....................
https://www.forestrytools.com.au/?g...g9F1-tpK7hJYqnKnbNfwv1EFiRmvuFsgaAh8eEALw_wcB
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, Toyota & Mazda do have a relationship....
