Went to an open day yesterday with a friend of mine to a place called ikustoms who also had a wax company come along to show off their products. Seen alot from these two companies on instagram and was keen to see the stuff in action. Theyre quite big on the VAG scene and they have a stand today on at DC12 which a friends car was on it, which i didnt know about till a couple of days ago! Small world eh!

Anyway, this guy called Michael was showing us the way they have designed their products to basically to have as little contact as possible.

The conventional way i would wash a car is to snowfoam it, rinse off then with a bucket of shampoo, wash the car. He pointed out with his stuff is that you snowfoam first, rinse off and then using the same principle as you would with snowfoam, is to spray on the shampoo and using a mitt with only water on it, is to then wash it off. Never struck me before but thats quite a good way of doing it.

One point he made is how much products can change their ability when re-acting with other chemicals. So when he said about mixing up shampoo, which is a ph neutral product, to anyways use de-ionised water, as it doesnt contain any chlorine or fluorine, which in turn can turn it into a more alkiline product.

At this point it's going to sound a bit extreme. But ( and i wish i had taken more photos at this point ) was telling us this the cars that were being washed at the time were spotless, really was blown away by how good they were.

One thing that struck me aswell is that the range is very shot and simple. I've done all the reseach over time finding the best ways to detail a car, that this took the time scale down by a country mile. It goes like this

Snowfoam>wash>wax>detailing spray. Thats it!
Couldn't believe it was this short, and upon asking him why he doesnt polish or anything, he said because it doesnt need it.

So his test vehicle, which was a 2 yr old mk6 golf, he said he's never done any correction on it or polished it or whatever, Only waxed.

So he freely let us have a go with this wax he had, to try out on his car. The stuff you can use on anything, paint and trim! As he was using it he was using an applicator and doing it by hand aswell. Also to note, when i wax im normally re-appling wax about 5 times onto a pad from the pot to do one side of a car. This stuff you only have to have one application of wax onto the applicator to cover one side. Unreal stuff!

At the time when he was saying, there was this mint g60 rallye that had only been waxed. The bloke had actually at one point left the wax on for 3 days and when he came back to it it was still malleable like it had just left the pot, no drying out no nothing! He did actually have a specfic wax made for his colour code which was pretty handy!

So yeah some photos. The van has had the same work done, and it was on air ride!


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Two things i bought ( being a clever ttwat i had small change with me ) all of their stuff was £6 each which i thought was good. The wax is a little bit more at £40 but he said if you used the amount he used, once a month the wax would last 10 years

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Thats all, sorry for the mouthfall! Just thought i'd open up some eyes to different ways of doing things! Going to try these two out this week and see whats what

Thanks for Reading.

Looks decent stuff, they got a site to order from??

interesting.
I actually do spray wash on car all over, I just use some cheap wash, spray on all over, leave it to soften any muck then rinse off, then commence my usual two bucket method with my main wash.
I use detailer quite often and only ever polish car once a year, rest is Collinite every few months and detailer often.

Wish I went

Never got round to going to dc12 either

Damn girlfriends birthday ha

Defintely should have come james! Was worthwhile just hearing how to do stuff properly

Interesting

ah ok, nice one mate, thx

Jack it this what you will be doing from now on or will you stay the way you was doing your car before ???

Kenny. Gonna give this stuff a try, going to get the wax on order and trial it and see what i Think i feel would be a better deeper shine.

Did a 50/50 with the kleenfreaks detailer and autoglym rapid detailer and the kleenfreaks gave a deeper shine Just gotta get the wax and will do the lot like i was shown!

Will put up the results then!

Okay so i tested out the new stuff the other day. The car didnt need a snowfoam as it was hardly dirty to start with so got on and filled up the shampoo in the karcher attachment, covered the car and washed it off with water as i was shown.


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Dried it all down then hit it with the Detailing spray to finish it off.
For a car thats not had any polish or waxing in over two years the finish this stuff did compared to the rapid detailer from autoglym or quick detailer from meguiars, this stuff is on another level


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What a beautiful Porsche

Oh and just on another note that i thought i had already mentioned. I got in contacted the Guy after trying out the Spray before i did the wash above saying how good it was compared to Autoglym rapid detailer.

He mentioned that the detailing spray is silicone free ( says on the bottle ) but it actually contains wax also, so the more you put on the better finish you're going to get

Really am very happy with the results, have got a couple more things planning to head my way at somepoint soon to try out!

for a car that has not had any polish etc,its come up fantastic imo, of course its not going to come up like as if you done a full detail but still looks fantastic


might have to try this stuff

how easy does the detailing spray come off and how well does it bead and last.

When you say come off you mean dry off? Just the same as any other you spray on, wipe over than use a cray side to buff up!

Beading cant comment on yet, the 911 is in the dry and has not rained since earlier and was just a light spit!

Got some new products from the brand earlier.

Some acid free wheel cleaner. Seen this stuff use in the flesh and you wouldnt believe what it did to the wheels on this 150k mile passat, they were gleaming after!

More detailing spray, running low

And finally the wax. Giving it a go tomorrow when i finally polish my dads car, it needs it and this stuff is going to get put to the test!

put some before and after pics up mate

Okay so here's what we had.


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I always seem to get my thumb in every photo



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Heres the products i was using today!


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After a goood 5 min of soaking on the alloys with the acid free wheel cleaner, jet washed them off and they ended up looking like this fantastic stuff very very good! Only one wheel i had to agitate some dust but it came off with ease


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After a washdown, clay and wax here's the end results....couldnt get a decent set under the sun as it was on/off rain


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The old boy is very very pleased and so am i with the way it came out can't knock these products atall!

Looks spot on, ur old man should be ashamed.......... like i say to my old dear, YOU CANNOT HAVE A DIRTY PORSCHE!!!

Shame not to use it!!

My mums sits under a cover 5days a week

woah, bet that was fun, they're hard enough in the wet let alone snow

How you getting on with these mate? still going strong?
Did you use his brand of snow foam or your own?
Do you need the snow foam thing for the shampoo?
How come you need to use the detail spray after the wax?

Detail spray is normally used after waxing to help remove any wax oils/ residue that you missed when buffing off and some companies insist on using it after waxing as it apparently gives that bit of extra gloss

Oh right fair enough

cool beans! Cheers bud might have to order some!

First time washing it since i last did the detail on it ( it has only been driven twice bare in mind )

After i got it out


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Jetwashing


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very happy it came out like this

Was going to put another layer of wax on but honestly dont feel the need!

Stunning

very nice

Had a go with a rotor the other day. The painter for my car picked up a mk1 mx5 for sod all and was going to respray it, before that i asked if i could just do some general practice with my G220 to better my skills. The car had been sat for 2 years and the paint was faded on some parts ( it was red, shock! ) so he let me have a go on a wing and a bonnet. Looking at how cautious i was, asked how long it took me to fully go over and do swirl removal.
Generally for me its anywhere between an hour to and hour and a half on the fiesta, he proceded to go and get his rotor and said, " blast the bonnet in half the time " the paints years old and has no clearcoat, you should have seen how red the pads were! although it was okay i'd say i still need more practice with one. So going to buy a bonnet from the scrappy and buy a £40 rotor of ebay and give it a shot and see how we go.

Then i need to do a full correction on my dads L200.... await photos

thats what im planning to do once i get mine. (get a bonnet from a scrappys :P

I've got an ep3 type R in black to do this week, just a small swirl removal as its just got a few lines coming through, will be another first for me as i think japanese paint is quite sold compared to the usual european ( or just rock hard german stuff! )

Will take plenty of photos

The paint on an EP3 will be very soft so take caution. You will probably see a good level of correction with a finishing pad and a light conpound, obviously you'll have to find something that works for you but the results should be great, can't wait to see pics =]

Nice one Jack! Looking forward to some pictures

Sounds good Jack

It went okay, paint came out good but was running out of daylight i'd like to try and go at it again, it was more of an experience as it was a different paint to work on.

Those EP3's have some right flimsy bodywork though, both rear quarters doors were causing alot of vibration when i was rotaring!

Didn't get any befores sadly, got a real nice depth on it now though


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Dont even have time to wash my own these days


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Looks great Jack, black is definitely the best colour to work on, the difference after polishing is unreal.

so seriously Jack, what are we talking about to get you to do this on my car?
how long do you need?

Nice work, looks great

nice work

jack think you need to come and do my RS for free

Looks great

So made use of an empty garage this afternoon, gave my engine bay a bit of attention!

Tbh, it's not something i spend alot of time over ( if anything nearly none at all ) and it was getting rather filthy, especially after the crappy winter we had!

Whilst the bonnet was up i added in something i should have done after i bought it, 2 off rubber grommets to fit in the hole of the top mounts to stop any water coming in. Its only the off side that needs it but it would look odd if it didnt have it the other side!


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Went at it with some APC ( 4:1 ish ) and a couple of brushes then washed it off after and got as much water marks off as possible, i got at the majorly bad bits but still looks minging in the photo One thing i did do but not photo'd is clean the underside of the bonnet, that was proper filthy!

I need to get hold of a decent engine dressing tbh, because with all the heat everything is so dry, but whilst i was there i tried out kleenfreaks ( yes i've been buying more ) trim dressing which you can use on any plastic, rubber or vinyl inside and out.
It leaves a nice clean finish without looking shiney and greasy, in the photo below i've applied some to the loom cover and the rear cam cover to show the difference!


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Think i neeed a steam cleaner on the job tbh, anyone had experience in the past with them being okay to clean the bay with?

As for an engine dressing, the only thing to use is 303 aerospace protectant. So easy to use and leaves brilliant results.
Chemical guys barebones is pretty good too...

Nice one mate i'll probs go for the chemical guys stuff!

Need to get all the wheels off and clean all the arches anyway so this will be perfect

Jack you have too much time on your hands

Amazing work

Gotta have a clean bay and definitely underside of the bonnet

Haha bexx i know i do

Picked up another snowfoam gun today ( brand new, was cheap) and also got some poorboys black hole to try out as another swirl removal compound.

Seen good reviews about it, anyone on here used it?

Black hole is great but a heavy filler

I've used black hole on mine. I'm no expert, but it does seem to give the paint a noticeably deeper shine.

Will give it a go on mine, got a panther black mondeo st220 to do soon so hopefully it will be good on that

Fezza25 swears by it jack that's what he used on his

Black hole is brilliant. Like Elliot said though, it's a glaze so is full of fillers. It had no compounding ability at all so it won't remove swirls, it just hides them. I used black hole on mine after compounding to give it a deeper gloss.
If I only had a couple of hours to make a car look better, I'd definitely use black hole and protect it with a good wax.

Luke I'm goin to be a cheeky idiot and ask if I can pinch you and your paint correction magic skills for my van as it needs reviving and I don't have tools or know how I will cover diesel and pay you to do the work if you can do it

Sure I'll be able to come over mate, I have weekends off every 3 weeks, although my next one is fitp but if you can wait h tip after that I have no problem coming over =]

That is fine by me mate

Used black hole for 3 years now great stuff

Reasons why i never bought a White car and never will


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Snow foam, wash, clay, wash and waxed.


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Looked stunning when finished though!

Always loved my white looking spot on there Jack

Why's he selling???

that's fair enough I guess....

So yeah small update, not an awful lot with my car i've got a few products lined up to try out but i end up doing loads of projects and tinkering with stuff to keep myself busy so these get sidelined!

I still didn't bother cleaning the engine bay, it's not an area that gets alot of attention and should really put more effort into it but tbh it's not got anything to showoff in it!

Parked up mine next to a friends new mk7 ST recently, really does show it up and make my paint look dull!


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My prep for ford fair..


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Results in the rain... small beads are the best!


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Nothing else new really, only Katies evo which i had the pleasure of detailing! Pretty sure its the same colour as my dads l200 ( which i'm glad i got the practice in on ) except the paint on Katies EVO is a damn slight better than my dads car. Really pleased about how it came out i'm very happy


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Then parked up next to my mates Evo X

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Well be requested to do an e60 535d next month ( swirl hell, cant wait to have a go! ) and a mountuned focus St 260 in orange also then possibly another evo 8.

Making good $$$ doing it mate????

its not a business. All peoples i've done so far are work colleges, friends and family!

But you're charging a bit tho yeh????

Whilst waiting for a tree surgeon to turn up yesterday, found time to wash my bike for once

I've found apc ( at around 4:1 ) is a damn slight better than some mud-off i had!


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A few from a friends E60 today...


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Pretty pleased, the paint took my by surprise its probably the hardest stuff i've worked on to date. I could have done with a bit of a harsher compound to use but its much better than it was!

That reflections like looking in a mirror its that good

Jack, you really need to be doing this full time!

Awesome results

Baz should be up next Steph

Mines been washed once since ff, only time to do my own is saturday at this rate!

Lol I know how you feel jack. It's had a quick snow foam and that's it, I have tomorrow morning to give it a quick wash, so it's not going to look good for Trax =[

Supposed to be crap weather tomorrow, i've got much to do, i'll get at least a quick wash in i know that!

Either of you 2 will still have clean cars jus not your clean standards

I went for it anyway


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Does look pretty

Haha thanks lads, the front bumpers peppered though, need that respraying next year!

Have you touched up the front bumper cause i cant see any...If so how and what have you used because mine are terrible.

stunning

You won't see unless its up close, just like peppered in a couple areas and whatnot.
I could paint pen them in then wet sand the whole lot then machine it back but i think i'd rather just get it done properly, nothing like fresh paint!

Can't remember ever posting this on here before, forgot i did it i've even got 1k views on it!

Fiesta ST Snowfoam

Mine never stays that thick

Yeah fantastic stuff mate, i haven't washed mine in about 6 weeks or so now ( yes, really! ) so will do another video to show you what it pulls off and ends up on the floor without having to push it about on your body work, preventing swirls etc

Is there a snow foam system that doesn't require a jet wash, I use a very powerful standard hose attachment that does a great job

There is attachments you put on hoses or theres also citrus degreasers that do the same job but i can't recomend the way i do it enough

oh really, U haven't got a link to one have ya, I didn't know they did one

Going to a meet at silverstone next sunday, so as any opportunity for a car to look clean this was one of them! I would have been pushed for time next weekend so did all the major prep the last two days. Car needed a bit of light correction ( a bit more than expected ) and the end result was okay but i could have done with another go all round with a lighter cut just to get it a bit better but never mind.

washed clayed and washed again to be sure all contaminants were off the car. Last time i clayed it was before trax so call it 6 months ago, it was pretty minging. Although we haven't had an icy winter i did go for long periods without washing it so it was to be a bit expected!

Photo aftershot of roof, bonnet and one whole door!

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No photos of any correctional work, i wanted to leave it overnight with wax on to cure but didn't get the chance as i was off out. so this morning i was up bright and early, one layer of wax left it to cure in the shade for 2 hours then took it off.


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Pleased with the finished result but my bumper is even worse for wear these days i was toying the idea of entering the novice concourse this year at ford fair but would mean i really should get it resprayed.....oh the decisions!

( oh and thats not swirling down the bottom i just hadn't removed the wax at the time!

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looks lovely mate

As always, looking goood

Looking good, following other cars too close for all those stone chips

Such a good job

It's been like it for a while but i think it's got worse. It originally happened when a grittier hammered it past me once

Just a quick wash for a friend today.

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EvoX?

Love the colour

Oooooh nice

nice work

Nice!

Any more pics of it Jack....??

Cars looking good. Can you use one bit of clay to do the whole car with?

New products to try out.
The mitt is basically a clay bar in itself, larger area of spread will get the car done in no time at all it will take massive amounts off doing a full detail!!

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Sounds good, where's it all from??

http://carboncollective.eu

It's friend of mine who i went to college with.

Ah nice one

Always keen to try new stuff, i used their wheel sealant on my old pro race 3's

Prices look reasonable, bit limited on products mind you, is it a new company??

Yeah only setup within the last 18months i think? He's a big detailer, way bigger then me obviously wanted to do his own products and is doing really well atm. Selling over in america and all sorts!

Awesome, any freebies at all???

I wish my car was that shiny

Bit of effort and it could be

All down to the products

I never know what to do really. I wash mine with Autoglym Bodywork Shampoo and Conditioner and then use Autoglym Super Resin Polish. It looks pretty shiney at that point, but i wouldn't know what else to use

I don't like either of those AG products, not a patch on Auto Finesse imo

Look in the Recommendations thread Tom