Mike Phillips
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Review: GTechniq W6 Iron and General Fallout Remover & W4 Citrus Foam - Mike Phillips
Loaner car = test victim
We had a white Mercedes-Benz rental car here at Autogeek which worked out perfect for me to test out these two new products from Gtechniq, the W6 Iron and General Fallout Remover & W4 Citrus Foam. This is a 2016 C300 and while dealerships are not always known for high quality car washing and/or car detailing, the paint on this car was actually very swirl-free.
Knowing it was a dealership loaner car, I figured it's washed often but probably not much more than that, for example it's probably not clayed, polished or waxed, just washed.
Gtechniq W6 Iron and General Fallout Remover
First up is to test out the new iron and fallout remover.
Most products in this category are labeled simply iron remover. This product also includes the words general fallout in the name. Now I don't know if that means this product includes more chemicals in the formula than those needed to remove iron particles or if the same chemicals that remover iron particles also remove other forms of contamination. What I do know is this product worked to remove iron contamination as you can see by the color-changing effect on the white paint.
BEFORE
Below are shots of the hood and trunk lid on the car before spraying it down with the W6 Iron and General Fallout Remover.
Before
Time to spray down the body panels and see what happens....
The red color showing up on the white paint is a sign that the paint is in fact contaminated. In the pictures below this first picture of the hood I'll zoom in to give you a better view of what's taking place at the surface level.
White residue?
If you look at the aluminum trim, the W6 Iron and General Fallout Remover is turning white and kind of gooey. At first this kind of freaked me out because it looks like it's staining the trim. But when I went to wash the car the white residue liquefied and washed right off.
Thoughts and impressions....
The car appears to be contaminated and the new Gtechniq iron and fallout remover works as advertised. These pictures also make the case for my analogy comparing the use of an iron remover on your car's paint to having car insurance for your car. The point being is that you won't know if your car's paint is contaminated unless you get and use an iron remover like the Gtechniq iron and fallout remover. Like in the way you want to have car insurance but you don't actually want to use it, (that means you were in an accident), you want to have an iron remover and use it at least once but it's actually better to NOT see it working as that would mean your paint was contaminated.
If you use an iron remover and see the bleeding-effect this means your paint is or was contaminated and contamination means deterioration and that's never a good thing considering how thin factory paint is and how important it is to have the paint intact to last over the service life of the car.
Fragrance?
On the odor topic, like most iron remover this was smells just as bad similar product in this category. The big pictures if this step only takes minutes to do and after the initial spray of the product onto a panel the odor goes away so I wouldn't use the odor issue as a deal breaker.
Loaner car = test victim
We had a white Mercedes-Benz rental car here at Autogeek which worked out perfect for me to test out these two new products from Gtechniq, the W6 Iron and General Fallout Remover & W4 Citrus Foam. This is a 2016 C300 and while dealerships are not always known for high quality car washing and/or car detailing, the paint on this car was actually very swirl-free.
Knowing it was a dealership loaner car, I figured it's washed often but probably not much more than that, for example it's probably not clayed, polished or waxed, just washed.
Gtechniq W6 Iron and General Fallout Remover
First up is to test out the new iron and fallout remover.
Most products in this category are labeled simply iron remover. This product also includes the words general fallout in the name. Now I don't know if that means this product includes more chemicals in the formula than those needed to remove iron particles or if the same chemicals that remover iron particles also remove other forms of contamination. What I do know is this product worked to remove iron contamination as you can see by the color-changing effect on the white paint.
BEFORE
Below are shots of the hood and trunk lid on the car before spraying it down with the W6 Iron and General Fallout Remover.
Before
Time to spray down the body panels and see what happens....
The red color showing up on the white paint is a sign that the paint is in fact contaminated. In the pictures below this first picture of the hood I'll zoom in to give you a better view of what's taking place at the surface level.
White residue?
If you look at the aluminum trim, the W6 Iron and General Fallout Remover is turning white and kind of gooey. At first this kind of freaked me out because it looks like it's staining the trim. But when I went to wash the car the white residue liquefied and washed right off.
Thoughts and impressions....
The car appears to be contaminated and the new Gtechniq iron and fallout remover works as advertised. These pictures also make the case for my analogy comparing the use of an iron remover on your car's paint to having car insurance for your car. The point being is that you won't know if your car's paint is contaminated unless you get and use an iron remover like the Gtechniq iron and fallout remover. Like in the way you want to have car insurance but you don't actually want to use it, (that means you were in an accident), you want to have an iron remover and use it at least once but it's actually better to NOT see it working as that would mean your paint was contaminated.
If you use an iron remover and see the bleeding-effect this means your paint is or was contaminated and contamination means deterioration and that's never a good thing considering how thin factory paint is and how important it is to have the paint intact to last over the service life of the car.
Fragrance?
On the odor topic, like most iron remover this was smells just as bad similar product in this category. The big pictures if this step only takes minutes to do and after the initial spray of the product onto a panel the odor goes away so I wouldn't use the odor issue as a deal breaker.
