Just found your channel and your doing an awesome job Heather. I’m here in America (Texas) and love to see how it’s done in GB. Few tips (not at all saying your doing anything wrong either, quite the contrary - just might help make it easier for you): 1) Get a pump sprayer (say around 2-gallons) that has a wand (I’m not talking about the handheld iK hand-pumps although iK does make one that I’m trying to describe) and use that for your pre-rinse decon when you remove the traffic film. You kill your hand/forearm spraying it like your doing. Any hardware store will have these (I’m not familiar with the stores over there). 2) Saw your other videos and trust me here, go out and get THE GAUNTLET drying towel from The Rag Company. Microfiber Madness sells it as well under the name CHIPMUNK I believe. 3) One last tip: whatever you do, keep doing what your doing and don’t pay attention to the “detailing police” that like to act like there are these laws that never can be broken. Do what works best for you, as your environment and your situation is unique to you. Don’t be close minded and I can tell your not but ignore the haters and people who think there is only 1 way of doing things.
Thanks very much for the comment! Really appreciate the tips and feedback. I’m actually getting a pump sprayer hopefully this week, when I decide what else I’m gonna get as well 😂 I’ve heard really good things about that drying towel, I’ll add it to the list of products I’m going to try!
Love your channel. A lot of the time you are actually tackling cars that are genuinely dirty rather than some of the other channels that just scrub up a car that was cleaned about 5 days ago anyway. Nice work. :D
Thank you! I always find these cars a lot more satisfying to clean. I’m doing an interior video on my car in a few weeks and to be honest it’s clean to start with but just want to talk through my routine as I rarely clean interiors! I’ve got plenty of very neglected cars to clean in the next few months though too! 😂
@@AutoCareHQ Brilliant. :D I don't blame you not doing interiors much. I always neglect the inside. It's a hassle working in the cramped space haha. I look forward to more. :)
Another great transformation video. I guess the problem for people who look after their cars is you never get the satisfaction from dealing with a really dirty car. My neighbours Mercedes A180 is doing my head in. They've gone away in their other car and, yes, I have been tempted to do a secret wash on it. The alloys would be a challenge in themselves.
That’s so true, it’s very satisfying getting hold of a car like this and seeing a proper transformation! Hahaha they’d have probs been happy about it 😂
"I always feel a bit odd if I don't snowfoam a car" 😆😆 Brilliant way of putting it, I'm the exact same. Feels like your cheating or something 😆. Great job 👌
Great video Heather! Could be the reason they have some "wax" components in the TFR to help the slickness further to the contact wash, and help the contact wash stage like that? I have heard from a german car detailing guru: Many car shampoos which has "wax" in it, doesn't really give "wax like" protection, instead, the purpose of having "wax" in the shampoo is that to help the wash media glide on the surface more easily and prevent marring. I was thinking throughout your video and this makes sense to me if, I'm trying to find some similarities between shampoo with wax and TFR with wax. However, I am absolutely not even close to be an expert to this :) I have enjoyed watching this video tonight! Thank you Heather, looking further for next Sunday.
Hi Road To Detailing, Solution 61 here. The reason we added wax to TFR is to enable rinsing easier & ultimately lessen the risk of TFR being left on the vehicle and causing staining of left to dry or bake on. We always try to make our products as safe and user friendly as possible. Hopefully this explains the name a little for you 👍 Regards
Thanks! I’d definitely recommend looking into getting a glaze if you’re not wanting to get into polishing. I’ve used Poorboy’s Black Hole in the past and i can’t fault it, it won’t fill anything deeper than very light swirls but it does add some really nice gloss 😊
Not sure I've ever heard of a wax-infused prewash product... Seems pretty pointless to me! I do have to question your maths though Heather - you said it's £8 for 500ml and you used 50ml which works out at £1.60... 🤔🤔 Great job with the cleaning though, another happy owner 😁👍🏼
What do you do if you get stuck on TF? I gave my car a good wash yesterday and there is TF on the skirts behind my front wheels, used surfex HD at 10% let it soak, then foam wash with BH auto F, then re applied surfex on the stubborn TF and gave it a good scrub, then did a full hand wash and once done and dried that FT was still there behind the wheel. There was no ceramic or wax on it. The only thing I can think of trying now is to clay bar it.
Wow that sounds a nightmare! I’ve honestly never come across traffic film that was that hard to remove I’m afraid. I really would’ve thought surfex at 10% would’ve shifted it. Only thing I can think of is maybe upping it to 20% possible but I’ve never had to use it that high
@@AutoCareHQ thanks. I might just use neat sufex as a lubricant and get a clay bar on it. Only had the car 2 months so think it’s years worth caked on, probably never had a decon and likely been waxed over numerous times at the local car scratch... erm I mean car wash places 😊
btw sometimes they use waxes to clean rather than protect but they mention it at the bottle as a marketing technique am not sure if that is the reason why the pre wax says that on it but am assuming that it is.
Thank you! I’ve just got an older generation Karcher k4 and I use the in2detailing short trigger gun. They’ve got a few different ones but I’ve linked the exact one I’ve got in the description 😊
Nice video again 😊 can I ask how are you finding the Optimum No Rinse...I'm not using mine as a rinseless wash but I'm wondering if it can bring back the finishes of waxes due to masking by other products
Thanks! Ive used it quite a bit over the past couple of months so my next video is gonna be on some of the alternative uses of it. It does help to bring the finish back a bit from my experience, it won’t work miracles of course but it’s worth trying for sure!
Hi Heather, question on fall out removers (sorry not related to this video), as i get more and more into this hobby i'm considering either BH Korrosol or GT Zero Ion Oxide. However i never seem to notice any imbedded metal contamination so part of me is thinking that this might just be an unnecessary step for me. Any opinion to influence me would be appreciated. Best wishes.
Hey thanks for the comment! It’s pretty much impossible to see any iron fallout on the car from my experience but often it’ll be on there especially if the car hasn’t had a full decon before! It can depend on where you store the car of course but it’s worth doing on most cars I see
Great video Heather, really not sure about wax in a TFR 🤔 surely the would remove the wax as its applied? Unless it simply means you use this prior to washing and waxing?? Just me initial thoughts, and their website wasn't much help either 😂
Thank you! Solution 61 have added it to make rinsing easier and prevent staining. It's an interesting one though, I've never seen it on any other TFR labels but maybe it's in more of them and we have no idea haha!
Auto Care HQ interesting, I can see the logic for this if your using this in a commercial environment, when you just chuck this on and pressure wash off and send the truck back out on the road, I'm not sure anyone washing a car would do the same, well I know we wouldn't 😂
I never noticed it was a pre wash with wax before, we use all sorts of finishing products so like pure cleaning products but imagine you just had this pre wash with wax, their wash and wax and wax drying aid.. you’d probably have a really glossy and well protected car if you used them 3 things every couple of weeks and be able to live a minimalist lifestyle 😂
Hi Chris, Solution 61 here. The reason we added wax to TFR is to enable rinsing easier & ultimately lessen the risk of TFR being left on the vehicle and causing staining of left to dry or bake on. We always try to make our products as safe and user friendly as possible. Hopefully this explains the name a little for you 👍 Regards
TFR & WAX? Come on Solution 61 WTF are you doing?, I don’t know if this was a review or a clean up of a dirty Renault as there was other products involved too 😆 I liked the look of the shampoo but other than that for the others ........ meh!
Hi GM Details, Solution 61 here. The reason we added wax to TFR is to enable rinsing easier & ultimately lessen the risk of TFR being left on the vehicle and causing staining of left to dry or bake on. We always try to make our products as safe and user friendly as possible. Hopefully this explains the name a little for you 👍 Regards
Nice video Heather straight to the point I think we could do with you on our Podcast 😉
Thanks very much Paul! Haha if you’re ever after any guests I would be well up for it!
Paul that's a brilliant idea
first time see a woman detailing a car good job subscribed.
Very impressed, presenting skills have come along way now Heather.
Thanks very much Paul!
Great job which demonstrates that a good choice of products can be time-efficient for some customer vehicles.
Just found your channel and your doing an awesome job Heather. I’m here in America (Texas) and love to see how it’s done in GB.
Few tips (not at all saying your doing anything wrong either, quite the contrary - just might help make it easier for you):
1) Get a pump sprayer (say around 2-gallons) that has a wand (I’m not talking about the handheld iK hand-pumps although iK does make one that I’m trying to describe) and use that for your pre-rinse decon when you remove the traffic film. You kill your hand/forearm spraying it like your doing. Any hardware store will have these (I’m not familiar with the stores over there).
2) Saw your other videos and trust me here, go out and get THE GAUNTLET drying towel from The Rag Company. Microfiber Madness sells it as well under the name CHIPMUNK I believe.
3) One last tip: whatever you do, keep doing what your doing and don’t pay attention to the “detailing police” that like to act like there are these laws that never can be broken. Do what works best for you, as your environment and your situation is unique to you. Don’t be close minded and I can tell your not but ignore the haters and people who think there is only 1 way of doing things.
Thanks very much for the comment! Really appreciate the tips and feedback. I’m actually getting a pump sprayer hopefully this week, when I decide what else I’m gonna get as well 😂 I’ve heard really good things about that drying towel, I’ll add it to the list of products I’m going to try!
Love your channel. A lot of the time you are actually tackling cars that are genuinely dirty rather than some of the other channels that just scrub up a car that was cleaned about 5 days ago anyway. Nice work. :D
Thank you! I always find these cars a lot more satisfying to clean. I’m doing an interior video on my car in a few weeks and to be honest it’s clean to start with but just want to talk through my routine as I rarely clean interiors! I’ve got plenty of very neglected cars to clean in the next few months though too! 😂
@@AutoCareHQ Brilliant. :D I don't blame you not doing interiors much. I always neglect the inside. It's a hassle working in the cramped space haha. I look forward to more. :)
Another great transformation video. I guess the problem for people who look after their cars is you never get the satisfaction from dealing with a really dirty car. My neighbours Mercedes A180 is doing my head in. They've gone away in their other car and, yes, I have been tempted to do a secret wash on it. The alloys would be a challenge in themselves.
That’s so true, it’s very satisfying getting hold of a car like this and seeing a proper transformation! Hahaha they’d have probs been happy about it 😂
That came up really nicely. D&D Si always leaves a nice glossy finish.
Enjoyed the transformation of vehicle. Nice detailing as always. Stay safe.
Thanks very much for watching 😊
Great video Heather, what a transformation i bet the owner was well happy 😃
Thank you!
Awesome! Video
Brilliant video 👍 Appreciate your hard work and honesty 👍
Thank you very much! 😊
Wow well-done cracking clean 🙌
Thank you!
Nice thorough clean.
Thank you!
Another quality video Heather 👍
Get on that podcast and sort out that Paul Dolden Fella 😆😆
Haha thank you very much!
It’s always fun to see what products are available in other countries. Sometimes, they make their way to the U.S. ...like Bilt Hamber
So glad Bilt Hamber products have become more available, everything I’ve tried from them has been great!
Looks good, nice job!
"I always feel a bit odd if I don't snowfoam a car" 😆😆
Brilliant way of putting it, I'm the exact same. Feels like your cheating or something 😆.
Great job 👌
Great video Heather! Could be the reason they have some "wax" components in the TFR to help the slickness further to the contact wash, and help the contact wash stage like that? I have heard from a german car detailing guru: Many car shampoos which has "wax" in it, doesn't really give "wax like" protection, instead, the purpose of having "wax" in the shampoo is that to help the wash media glide on the surface more easily and prevent marring. I was thinking throughout your video and this makes sense to me if, I'm trying to find some similarities between shampoo with wax and TFR with wax. However, I am absolutely not even close to be an expert to this :) I have enjoyed watching this video tonight! Thank you Heather, looking further for next Sunday.
Thanks very much! That’s a really interesting point, it could definitely be the case! 😊
Hi Road To Detailing, Solution 61 here.
The reason we added wax to TFR is to enable rinsing easier & ultimately lessen the risk of TFR being left on the vehicle and causing staining of left to dry or bake on. We always try to make our products as safe and user friendly as possible.
Hopefully this explains the name a little for you 👍
Regards
12:50 my ocd was saying you missed a spot :P nice video lol.
So you can get decent results without a polisher. Which is something I didn't want to get into. Good video. Earnt a sub
Thanks! I’d definitely recommend looking into getting a glaze if you’re not wanting to get into polishing. I’ve used Poorboy’s Black Hole in the past and i can’t fault it, it won’t fill anything deeper than very light swirls but it does add some really nice gloss 😊
@@AutoCareHQ Thanks. The car I've bought is two years old and in decent condition.
Didn't wash any car this weekend, so I'll watch you do a satisfying job in instead 👍🏽😂
Haha a good alternative! 😂
Not sure I've ever heard of a wax-infused prewash product... Seems pretty pointless to me! I do have to question your maths though Heather - you said it's £8 for 500ml and you used 50ml which works out at £1.60... 🤔🤔
Great job with the cleaning though, another happy owner 😁👍🏼
Good spot, I had a litre written down but said 500 ml instead for some reason 😂 thanks Mark!
How hot was it on the day, Hoodie and track pants made it feel cold as a Aussie
Great work as usual! 🐨🇦🇺
Thank you! Haha it was about 10-15 degrees so the thick hoodie was a bit overkill 😂
@@AutoCareHQ 10 to 15 degrees is perfect detailing weather
25 to 35 now that's a bummer to clean in. 🏄♂️
What do you do if you get stuck on TF?
I gave my car a good wash yesterday and there is TF on the skirts behind my front wheels, used surfex HD at 10% let it soak, then foam wash with BH auto F, then re applied surfex on the stubborn TF and gave it a good scrub, then did a full hand wash and once done and dried that FT was still there behind the wheel. There was no ceramic or wax on it.
The only thing I can think of trying now is to clay bar it.
Wow that sounds a nightmare! I’ve honestly never come across traffic film that was that hard to remove I’m afraid. I really would’ve thought surfex at 10% would’ve shifted it. Only thing I can think of is maybe upping it to 20% possible but I’ve never had to use it that high
@@AutoCareHQ thanks.
I might just use neat sufex as a lubricant and get a clay bar on it.
Only had the car 2 months so think it’s years worth caked on, probably never had a decon and likely been waxed over numerous times at the local car scratch... erm I mean car wash places 😊
btw sometimes they use waxes to clean rather than protect but they mention it at the bottle as a marketing technique am not sure if that is the reason why the pre wax says that on it but am assuming that it is.
Keep going 👍👍👍👍
Love your videos. How long did that take you start-to-finish after taking into account camera setup, etc.
Thank you! I think this one took just over 3 hours, filming probably added about an hour onto it I reckon! 😊
Another great video! What pressure washer and trigger you using and would you recommend?
Thank you! I’ve just got an older generation Karcher k4 and I use the in2detailing short trigger gun. They’ve got a few different ones but I’ve linked the exact one I’ve got in the description 😊
Nice video again 😊 can I ask how are you finding the Optimum No Rinse...I'm not using mine as a rinseless wash but I'm wondering if it can bring back the finishes of waxes due to masking by other products
Thanks! Ive used it quite a bit over the past couple of months so my next video is gonna be on some of the alternative uses of it. It does help to bring the finish back a bit from my experience, it won’t work miracles of course but it’s worth trying for sure!
Hi Heather, question on fall out removers (sorry not related to this video), as i get more and more into this hobby i'm considering either BH Korrosol or GT Zero Ion Oxide. However i never seem to notice any imbedded metal contamination so part of me is thinking that this might just be an unnecessary step for me. Any opinion to influence me would be appreciated. Best wishes.
Hey thanks for the comment! It’s pretty much impossible to see any iron fallout on the car from my experience but often it’ll be on there especially if the car hasn’t had a full decon before! It can depend on where you store the car of course but it’s worth doing on most cars I see
Awesome
as always very good content would you ever consider looking at some products out of FX protect line would love to see them
Great video Heather, really not sure about wax in a TFR 🤔 surely the would remove the wax as its applied? Unless it simply means you use this prior to washing and waxing?? Just me initial thoughts, and their website wasn't much help either 😂
Thank you! Solution 61 have added it to make rinsing easier and prevent staining. It's an interesting one though, I've never seen it on any other TFR labels but maybe it's in more of them and we have no idea haha!
Auto Care HQ interesting, I can see the logic for this if your using this in a commercial environment, when you just chuck this on and pressure wash off and send the truck back out on the road, I'm not sure anyone washing a car would do the same, well I know we wouldn't 😂
I never noticed it was a pre wash with wax before, we use all sorts of finishing products so like pure cleaning products but imagine you just had this pre wash with wax, their wash and wax and wax drying aid.. you’d probably have a really glossy and well protected car if you used them 3 things every couple of weeks and be able to live a minimalist lifestyle 😂
Hahaha that would be a very efficient process 😂
🤣 I mean we all know someone who likes to clean there car with minimal effort 💪 We've got the Solution 👍
great job but your tfr mix is 9 to 1 not that it matters really the car was filthy
TH-cam
The best way to use a foam cannon throw away grit guard.
From Dallas paint correction
The TFR and Wax confused the hell out of me too - Doesn't appear to be a natural combo.
Hi Chris, Solution 61 here.
The reason we added wax to TFR is to enable rinsing easier & ultimately lessen the risk of TFR being left on the vehicle and causing staining of left to dry or bake on. We always try to make our products as safe and user friendly as possible.
Hopefully this explains the name a little for you 👍
Regards
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TFR & WAX? Come on Solution 61 WTF are you doing?, I don’t know if this was a review or a clean up of a dirty Renault as there was other products involved too 😆 I liked the look of the shampoo but other than that for the others ........ meh!
There's a clue in the title.
Hi GM Details, Solution 61 here.
The reason we added wax to TFR is to enable rinsing easier & ultimately lessen the risk of TFR being left on the vehicle and causing staining of left to dry or bake on. We always try to make our products as safe and user friendly as possible.
Hopefully this explains the name a little for you 👍
Regards