Need Some Direction

Eldorado2k said:
I wish I could see those posts of people stating that it damaged their OEM wheels.
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Ill try and find them again and show ya. It has been awhile since ive researched it.


I typically seal my car and use hydro blue to maintain it. I dont have a lot of time to spend on my car, so I use hydro blue since it is quick and offers some protection until I can reseal the car or wax it.

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r1racer said:
It's been a while since I really gave a sh!t about washing my cars but I recently bought a Gray GT350 and need some suggestions on some good products to use. Biggest issue is the brake dust that gets all over the wheels and lower panels. I don't want to have to wash it after every drive so I am thinking some sort of waterless. Just looking for an overall decent setup for wash, wax and maintenance. Also a good tire dressing (non glossy and dark) that lasts. Budget is 150-200.

I have a DA polisher, pads, hand pump and that's about it.
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As you mentioned above, "don't want to have to wash it after every drive", with that statement I suggest that you ditch the pads. Putting on top notch products won't change a thing. You will still have to clean those wheels with or without top notch products until you get rid of those pads.

If it were me, I'll put in the $$$ for cleaner pads before spending any $$$ on cleaning products.

Tom
 
TMQ said:
As you mentioned above, "don't want to have to wash it after every drive", with that statement I suggest that you ditch the pads. Putting on top notch products won't change a thing. You will still have to clean those wheels with or without top notch products until you get rid of those pads.

If it were me, I'll put in the $$$ for cleaner pads before spending any $$$ on cleaning products.

Tom
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That makes sense but the brembo pads are excellent and I plan on tracking the car...with that said I still may switch over to ceramic...but in the mean time in between short 100 mile or so drives I want something to maintain the car as easy as possible. Would a waterless work or a pressure washer rinse down and dry?
 
DETAILROOKIE said:
Ive never used Wheel brightener, but I've always wanted to try it just wasnt sure how safe it was since I've read mixed reviews about it damaging wheels. Thanks for the input!

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Warning about saying that you want to or actually use WB some guys on here will think you're practicing black magic, like Eldorado said just be smart.

Eldorado2k said:
I wish I could see those posts of people stating that it damaged their OEM wheels.
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Sir, what is OEM wheels?
 
DogRescuer said:
Warning about saying that you want to or actually use WB some guys on here will think you're practicing black magic, like Eldorado said just be smart.



Sir, what is OEM wheels?
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I dont understand your comment. Im just stating the fact that I've wanted to try it, but haven't because of mixed reviews so WB users can chime in on whether they have or have not had any damage done to their wheels. No black magic here, only the use of different products and looking for education on other products. After all that is what a forum is all about.

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Getting back on topic

I think I’m good on wheels...back to the car wash, polish (one step one time), coating (sealant/wax) and an in between wash sYstem...waterless followed by hydro for maint?
 
DogRescuer said:
Sir, what is OEM wheels?
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Stands for original equipment manufacturer. Could also be referred to as OE [original equipment] or basically original factory equipment/in this case wheels.

It’s a known fact that 99% of todays normL vehicles purchased from the dealer will come with factory coated wheels, therefore Wheel Brightener and every other wheel cleaner will be perfectly safe to use on them unless of course that particular maker decided to go super cheapo on their wheel finish and then become known for having produced cheap wheels, the same way some older Hondas are known for having cheap paint that fails.
 
r1racer said:
That makes sense but the brembo pads are excellent and I plan on tracking the car...with that said I still may switch over to ceramic...but in the mean time in between short 100 mile or so drives I want something to maintain the car as easy as possible. Would a waterless work or a pressure washer rinse down and dry?
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Want something as easy as possible? One word----McKee's Hydro Blue as the others have mentioned above, can't get any easier than Hydro.

Wash the wheels, paint with soap and rinse off. While car is still wet, spray Hydro on wheels, hose off, then spray hydro on paint one panel a time, hose off and when done--dry off the car, done.

Next time it'll be much, much easier to wash.

And when it's time, change the pads...

Tom
 
If you want to go the easy way I would look into mckees37 line of products. They have small samples bottles to test if you like it or not. If their is a product that you are not satisfied with you can look into other products. Since I recommend mckees37 is that the most of products I have seen on here nobody have bad experience with. Easy to use products is their way to go. And you would not be sitting on much of products left if you don't like it. Plus if you like it most of it comes in gallon sizes.

Look in the mckees forum part to see which products you want to use. And look in the ago shop for kits that will suit you to save some $$$.
https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/mckees-37/

https://www.autogeek.net/detailers-pride.html

Here is some suggestions of products.

McKees 37 360 AIO
McKees 37 n-914 rinseless wash and much more!
McKees 37 Hydro Blue
McKees 37 xtreme iron remover
McKees 37 Foaming wheel cleaner gel
McKee's 37 Cleanse-All Exterior Cleaner

What DA do you have?
 
DETAILROOKIE said:
I dont understand your comment. Im just stating the fact that I've wanted to try it, but haven't because of mixed reviews so WB users can chime in on whether they have or have not had any damage done to their wheels. No black magic here, only the use of different products and looking for education on other products. After all that is what a forum is all about.

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Sarcasm sorry
 
I've found that Finish Kare 1000P really helps with brake dust clean up on wheels and it holds up pretty well.

How are you sitting on microfibers? If you want to do waterless, plan on using most of budget going on microfibers and adding more regularly as your towels gets consumed by brake dust. Waterless is not the place to skimp on towel quality or trying to stretch 12 towels to do a 20 towel job. You'll also need to launder, sort, and inspect all those towels. I think over the life span of the factory brake pads you'll spend as much on towels as ceramic pads and labor.

I think waterless washing is lot more labor and time intensive than the people selling waterless products let on. There's not a lot of margin for error, if you're not committed to doing it correctly all the time, you're going to swirl your paint really fast.

At your budget, I think you'd be better off with a traditional wash until you can get ceramic pads and/or a pressure washer.
 
pcford said:
I've found that Finish Kare 1000P really helps with brake dust clean up on wheels and it holds up pretty well.

How are you sitting on microfibers? If you want to do waterless, plan on using most of budget going on microfibers and adding more regularly as your towels gets consumed by brake dust. Waterless is not the place to skimp on towel quality or trying to stretch 12 towels to do a 20 towel job. You'll also need to launder, sort, and inspect all those towels. I think over the life span of the factory brake pads you'll spend as much on towels as ceramic pads and labor.

I think waterless washing is lot more labor and time intensive than the people selling waterless products let on. There's not a lot of margin for error, if you're not committed to doing it correctly all the time, you're going to swirl your paint really fast.

At your budget, I think you'd be better off with a traditional wash until you can get ceramic pads and/or a pressure washer.
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Nice post.
 
Stay away from Wheel Brightener. You can only get it in gallons and it's known to be nasty stuff health wise. I don't see why anyone who's not detailing professionally would buy it.

If your wheels are nasty enough to need it (new car - I doubt it), have a detailer get them back in shape and get a safer wheel cleaner to maintain them. Even if you insist on doing it yourself, you could buy a few ounces off a detailer to do your wheels once. Just make sure if you use the product, you cover up appropriately - nitrale gloves at a minimum.

The guys who steered you to the Hydro2 type products did you a favor. You could wash off with a citrus based apc and probably seldem need a wheel cleaner. Quick and easy with great results.
 
ducksfan said:
Stay away from Wheel Brightener. You can only get it in gallons and it's known to be nasty stuff health wise. I don't see why anyone who's not detailing professionally would buy it.

If your wheels are nasty enough to need it (new car - I doubt it), have a detailer get them back in shape and get a safer wheel cleaner to maintain them. Even if you insist on doing it yourself, you could buy a few ounces off a detailer to do your wheels once. Just make sure if you use the product, you cover up appropriately - nitrale gloves at a minimum.

The guys who steered you to the Hydro2 type products did you a favor. You could wash off with a citrus based apc and probably seldem need a wheel cleaner. Quick and easy with great results.
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I thought he said that he was getting back into detailing thus he'd put WB to good use.
 
Ok this is the plan...im going to go the full ceramic route on the a6 since it's the daily. For the Shelby, I'm just using the hydro blue on everything. In between trips ill foam and power wash then throw on the hydroblue and call it a day. My question is how will the hydro blue do on an already waxed surface? I really don't want to touch the paint.

BTW I detailed my girlfriends car today with a one step Ultimate Compound, DP sealant and black fire carnauba on top and man the car looks good. Makes me wonder if should stay old school.
 
Humm...full ceramic, sealant and hydro all are excellent choices. You are going to have 3 different set-ups. Ceramic on A6, sealant on girlfriends car and hydro on the Shelby.

You'll have front row seat on how these products pan out for you.

Not sure about hydro on wax---I'll let the others chime in on that.

I personally love sealant in general. Haven't tried the ceramic yet. As of today, have tried McKee's high def sealant, Blackfire sealant and Rupes P808.
Blackfire and McKee's are about the same. P808 is few notches down ladder--I think. It doesn't last as long as the other two. But in defense for the P808, it is a spray on and wipe off. That makes it easy but easy equates short time.

All are great stuff. Believe I'll go with McKees, a very close 2nd---Blackfire and lastly P808. Who knows---I'll probably change my mind next week! Grin...

You are of to a good start!

Tom
 
Speed master brush!

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r1racer said:
Ok this is the plan...im going to go the full ceramic route on the a6 since it's the daily. For the Shelby, I'm just using the hydro blue on everything. In between trips ill foam and power wash then throw on the hydroblue and call it a day. My question is how will the hydro blue do on an already waxed surface? I really don't want to touch the paint.
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I don't have any experience with hydro blue. I don't think that my cars get clean enough for a sealant/wax/coating with just a pressure washer. I don't use a foam cannon often, but even when I do there is always some film and grime left on the car. You can always get some white microfiber gloves or towels and do some spot checks after you pressure wash.

Foam cannon, pressure wash, blow dry, and blot up any leftover spots, will still get your car clean enough and have minimal paint contact. If you're garaging the car, a full wash every 5-7 times out will be plenty. That's if you can live with that.
 
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