Iron X should everyone do it?

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I ask because, although I watched Mike's video, I wasn't sure if it should be a normal part of a good detailing from start to finish and how often it should be done. Thank you for setting me straight. Teri
 
Personally, I just use it when I clay, and I only clay when I'm going to polish, which is 1-2 times per year.
 
I can't stand the smell and it lingers for days. The Lemon scent is better but the lingering scent is brutal. My shop smells bad for days. That being said.... the IX paste works great for wheels and I use occasionally but I have stopped using it with no Ill effects. Claying(or substitute) process takes care of the IX step IMO. IX actually works very slow but people are amazed by the purple color. It's just a hype. And here comes the flack.......
 
fwiw, did my car recently which needed to be clayed badly. Other than around emblems and door handles, I had very little red streaking. I expected a lot more given how rough the paint felt. I assumed embedded road grime necessarily meant a lot of iron. Been about 10 months since I last IronX'd that car.
 
I never used an iron remover until the other day on my brothers hyper blue crosstrek. Reason being we noticed a lot of iron spots in the paint that clay wasn't taking out.

The McKee's 37 was nice to use, smells bad obviously but easy on the nose meaning I wasn't really dying of the smell. It definitely worked but it seemed tocdo better in some areas than others. Granted it was the first time I did it and was working against the sun so next time I will try again on a cooler less sunny day but it will work.

Now do I think it's always necessary? Personally no. My immediate family owns only daily driver type vehicles so I don't necessarily need a show car finish on there's or even mine. I have always felt that clay/polish/wax yielded results I was more than satisfied with for my car and my family's.

I would say it doesn't hurt to do once a year as previously mentioned to see if there's any bonded iron particles and just to see if you find it a necessary step for your process on your vehicle.


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For my dd that's now almost 4 years old (longest car I ever kept lol) I clay, ironx and polish just once a year now.

And usually in the spring right after winter. It should be done at least once a year on a daily.
 
I agree with Chet. If the paint is in need of claying you can be sure that it'll probably need iron x, well, according to my local conditions anyhow. I live close to the city so the iron is pretty thick here.

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Dr Oldz said:
I can't stand the smell and it lingers for days. The Lemon scent is better but the lingering scent is brutal. My shop smells bad for days. That being said.... the IX paste works great for wheels and I use occasionally but I have stopped using it with no Ill effects. Claying(or substitute) process takes care of the IX step IMO. IX actually works very slow but people are amazed by the purple color. It's just a hype. And here comes the flack.......
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Only minor flack. The advantage of IX over clay is that it can attack portions of iron particles that are embedded. Clay will only sheer off the portion above the clear and perhaps pull some fragments out with it. That said, there are plenty of other contaminants embedded in clear that we don't address. I think the reason iron maybe more important is that when it oxidizes, it expands which has the potential to damage the clear; though I have seen zero evidence to support this. I mean, neither IX or an acid/fallout bath has been part of a consumer regimen for the last 30+ years of clearcoat. I think of typical consumer process and wash and wax or wash, clay, wax; I don't see consumer maintained clear failing prematurely in areas we expect heavy iron deposits (behind the brakes) when looking at the plastic parts where the base material isn't going to corrode.
 
Once a year for me and the neighbours wonder were the smell comes from. Lingers for days in the driveway. And it if happens to get tracked into the garage oh boy.

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Thank you, all. I live in San Antonio, TX. I'm in the middle of detailing my truck which really needed it��. It's a red Tacoma and it's been sitting outside. I recently had a garage sale so now my truck can be properly housed. Teri
 
Thanks to all. I'm having trouble posting so if this posts (after three replies now) I will continue.
 
Ok, my age is showing��. Didn't notice there was a page 2! Got it now.
 
Talk about a potent smell. I had removed the bottle cap of a large Iron X bottle and left it in my basement while I went outside to detail my car. Hours later when I went back down there, there was a noticeable foul smell in the basement that I couldn't quite identify at first (basement already has the typical basement moist/mildew concrete smell so it was sort of masked).

I soon realized that it was the small cap emanating the ferocious smell. I tossed it outside in my garbage can and the foul smell disappeared. :) Brutal!
 
RippyD said:
fwiw, did my car recently which needed to be clayed badly. Other than around emblems and door handles, I had very little red streaking. I expected a lot more given how rough the paint felt. I assumed embedded road grime necessarily meant a lot of iron. Been about 10 months since I last IronX'd that car.
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Gotta say that this pretty much mirrors my experiences; although I still de-iron every car I do, I'm usually saddened by the lack of visible 'bleeding'. Living in Cleveland, OH you'd think every car would have some kinda environmental contamination but only once (on a fleet vehicle) did I see significant bleeding. I guess it's a good thing but seeing a car bleed like that is proof of actually getting something done; dunno, maybe i just like the smell of iron removers? Nah, that likely isn't it...
 
Case by case. I personally feel a product such as a fallout remover should have no time based usage. If it needs it, use it. If it doesn't, don't just use it because it's been a year since the last time.

However, more often then not, if it's a daily driver it will need it annually/semi annually. Typically.
 
PouncingPanzer said:
Case by case. I personally feel a product such as a fallout remover should have no time based usage. If it needs it, use it. If it doesn't, don't just use it because it's been a year since the last time.

However, more often then not, if it's a daily driver it will need it annually/semi annually. Typically.
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Unless the vehicle's white, how can you tell just by looking at it that it needs it? As far as I know the answer to that question isn't discovered until the liquid either turns red or not.

FWIW I only use DUB Wheel Cleaner for Iron Decon.. Alot of people hate on using that, but I've seen it make enough of a difference + it doesn't stink [unlike all the others]

I'm not convinced any of the others do a dramatically better job, and even if they do, it shouldn't be so much left on the paint that the clay can't handle.
 
Does anyone bother to chemically decontaminate a car that's just getting an AIO correction?

Is the extra time / cost justified? Perhaps more so if you don't know the car's history?
 
Thanks everyone! I appreciate the feedback! I'm still working on the detailing but it's coming along well. Will post pics when finished.
 
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