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Good point Cav, thanks for the heads up

I've copied the below from Polished Bliss which always offers good, impartial advice. I'm going to email them tomorrow and ask about the PH as there pretty good at responding to technical queries, and they suggest Auto Foam is fine to use with sealant.

No worries. Slims detailing show it has a PH 13/14.

I know its great for road film hence its such a strong cleaner and it isn't caustic which causes no end of annoying after problems.

It is of course possible that it's damaging protection due to under dilution.

Let me know what you find out though

Will do

Any suggestions for carbon fibre protection?

When I did the car I put fusso wax on the paint but didn't know what to do with the roof so left it.

Your car has a carbon-fiber roof??
I'm impressed.

D41 wrote:Your car has a carbon-fiber roof??
I'm impressed.

Yes I think its standard on the M4.

Oh that's right. I keep forgetting you bought that. I had your Porsche in mind when I wrote that.

It's lacquered carbon fibre isn't it? You should be fine using paintwork protection. That said, don't take my word for it cause I can't afford to buy it if I broke it haha.

On my cheap carbon fibre swing arm protectors I use Silicone Shine from WD40 but your car definitely deserves better.

Got a picture of your car? I'll ask in the FB group I'm on.

Blade wrote:Will do

Any suggestions for carbon fibre protection?

When I did the car I put fusso wax on the paint but didn't know what to do with the roof so left it.

It will be lacquered and sealed so whatever you use on your paint will be fine

I just checked with a professional who just detailed an M3 and they said they use the same protection on the carbon roof as they do for the paintwork as it shared the same lacquer top coat as the paintwork.

Cheers Cav

Cheers Perkles

Blade I've just had another realisation.. check the PH tolerance of your Fusso Coat.

I want to get Gyeon Wet Coat as a protectant topper and it's tolerance is PH 2-11 meaning that BH Autofoam will kill it and I'll be wasting money.

Oh my God......... Oh FFS!! How much can you guys talk about cleaning shit!!

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To answer your question, I haven't found a way yet. There are a few threads that I wish I could not see when I log on too.

Frankie wrote:Oh my God......... Oh FFS!! How much can you guys talk about cleaning shit!!

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In the end you will join us, its just a matter of time

This is like D6's worst nightmare realised.

Frankie don't read this

I finally got round to the chemical decontamination wash I've been needing to do last night and it came up great!

Products (in order of use):
**** Autoglym Polar Blast at 3:10
***** Bilt Hamber Surfex HD at 1:10
*** Autoglym Magma (iron fallout remover)
***** Angelwax Nemesis (tar and glue remover)
**Chemical Guys Clean Slate at 8:1000
***** Gyeon Wet Coat
**** Carpro PERL at 1:3 (Plastics, Engine, Rubber, Leather dressing)
***** Koch Chemie Speed Glass Cleaner
***** Meguiar's Endurance Tyre Gel

(The asterisks represent a rating out of 5)

Why they lose marks:
Autoglym Polar Blast - Great product and quite cost effective but it lacks a little bit of cleaning power.
Autoglym Magma - A bottle has lasted 2 cleans of the bike and 1 clean of the car. I'm also not convinced it's mega powerful but maybe it's just because my car is well maintained and therefore there wasn't a lot to clean.
Chemical Guys Clean Slate - I originally kinda liked it on the bike, but this stuff is actually really bad so I'm just trying to blow through it. It's not very lubricating and thus prone to scratching if there's dirt in the mitt. It quite a powerful cleaner but it doesn't live to any of their claims.
Carpro PERL - Great product and it gives a very smooth and satin appearance to black plastic trim but being very watery it can run over your freshly protected paintwork very easily. It is multiuse though and can be used for tyre dressing, interior dressings and engine bays.

Why these are so great:
Bilt Hamber Surfex HD - It's an absolute powerhouse! Destroys bug splatter easily, gets rid of exhaust soot, brake dust, the lot. It has so many other uses such as interior plastics and fabrics too. Everyone should own this.
Angelwax Nemesis - Another powerhouse! It got rid of every bit of tar on the car without a problem. Spray all around the car then loop back and wipe off the tar spots. A 2nd application was required on a small number of spots then one wipe and they've disappeared.
Gyeon Wet Coat - so glossy and so beady! The only test remains longevity but it's expected to last 2-3 months on a well prepped car and it has proven self cleaning capabilities.
Koch Chemie Speed Glass Cleaner - I've spoken about this before and it was all confirmed again yesterday. Powerful and impossible to get streaking when using 2 microfiber cloths.
Meguiar's Endurance Tyre Gel - This stuff lasts! It's a semi-gloss appearance which I like and I've had this stuff for a couple of year but only just gone past half of the bottle. Never had sling and being a gel it doesn't dribble all over the rim.

Car looks amazing and some good info there, cheers

Leather Cleaning.. slow progress but therapeutic.

I'll keep this short and simple. Every product I used was great!
Autoglym Leather Cleaner
Autoglym Leather Care Balm
Wheel Woolies Leather Upholstery Natural Horse Hair Brush
(^^^Full name for Googling purposes. I purchased it from In2Detailing)

I think the brush may be the reason this stuff did so well, I was mighty impressed with it. It's very gentle and did no damage to the 'stickers' whereas the buffing microfiber did do damage.

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