Listen to my tales of woe due to trying to do too much in a short period of time.
I was on vacation the first half of the week and planned on doing a light detail on my Mazda CX-5 (Iron-X, Clay, wash with ONR, light polish with AIO and top with TW seal and Shine. I was planning on doing the wash steps later on the first day in the driveway when the sun was low and then the polish and sealant steps on the second in the shade of the garage. But, of course, it rained the first two days so i had to squeeze everything into one day.
I started at 9 in the morning and washed the tires, wheels and wheel wells. So far so good. Next was the Iron-X step. The car was not that dirty, so I wasn’t too worried about having to wash it first before Iron-X. My dilemma was that it was full sunshine at this point, so I didn’t want to do it outside in the driveway in direct sunlight. I decided to apply it in the garage and then wipe it off with ONR since I couldn’t hose it off with water. When I did this, the Iron-X and ONR combined to form a greasy foam which left an oily film when wiped off. I thought I was still okay because the next step was to use ONR as a clay lube please, so that would get rid of the film. This did seem to work, but I was still worried that the amount of ONR used as clay lube wasn’t enough to flush the Iron-X completely,
As a result, I ended up doing an extra ONR wash just to be safe. After that, things went off without any more hitches, but it was a loooong day. I had a couple of breaks for A/C and food and drink and finished up the polishing step around 7. I did the TW S&S, tire shine and quick interior vacuum and protectant application the next morning before leaving on vacation.
I’m tired now. LOL.
I was on vacation the first half of the week and planned on doing a light detail on my Mazda CX-5 (Iron-X, Clay, wash with ONR, light polish with AIO and top with TW seal and Shine. I was planning on doing the wash steps later on the first day in the driveway when the sun was low and then the polish and sealant steps on the second in the shade of the garage. But, of course, it rained the first two days so i had to squeeze everything into one day.
I started at 9 in the morning and washed the tires, wheels and wheel wells. So far so good. Next was the Iron-X step. The car was not that dirty, so I wasn’t too worried about having to wash it first before Iron-X. My dilemma was that it was full sunshine at this point, so I didn’t want to do it outside in the driveway in direct sunlight. I decided to apply it in the garage and then wipe it off with ONR since I couldn’t hose it off with water. When I did this, the Iron-X and ONR combined to form a greasy foam which left an oily film when wiped off. I thought I was still okay because the next step was to use ONR as a clay lube please, so that would get rid of the film. This did seem to work, but I was still worried that the amount of ONR used as clay lube wasn’t enough to flush the Iron-X completely,
As a result, I ended up doing an extra ONR wash just to be safe. After that, things went off without any more hitches, but it was a loooong day. I had a couple of breaks for A/C and food and drink and finished up the polishing step around 7. I did the TW S&S, tire shine and quick interior vacuum and protectant application the next morning before leaving on vacation.
I’m tired now. LOL.
