Russell Fryett
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Hi there,
A tip I picked up from the cleaning guide that came with from Mothers was to NOT use a chamois to dry the car, but to use a microfibre cloth.
I had heard this elsewhere too, e.g. Zymol's guff about using english cod-tanned chamois only (do cod have nationalities? :? ) .
Chamois can remove wax due to a suction effect created by the water being absorbed or something. This effect does not occur with microfibre cloths.
I tried using a microfibre cloth and I think that Mothers are right! Not only is the car quicker to dry, the cloth is easier to maintain and the wax DEFINITELY lasts longer.
I use a coarse-weave cloth initially to do the heavy soaking up, then a fine-weave cloth to finish off (make sure this one only feels lightly damp, not waterlogged, for best results) and a separate fine-weave for the windows. The results are close to faultless.
Hope it helps - anything to preserve the wax, especially Concourse :wink:
Migration info. Legacy thread was 35128
A tip I picked up from the cleaning guide that came with from Mothers was to NOT use a chamois to dry the car, but to use a microfibre cloth.
I had heard this elsewhere too, e.g. Zymol's guff about using english cod-tanned chamois only (do cod have nationalities? :? ) .
Chamois can remove wax due to a suction effect created by the water being absorbed or something. This effect does not occur with microfibre cloths.
I tried using a microfibre cloth and I think that Mothers are right! Not only is the car quicker to dry, the cloth is easier to maintain and the wax DEFINITELY lasts longer.
I use a coarse-weave cloth initially to do the heavy soaking up, then a fine-weave cloth to finish off (make sure this one only feels lightly damp, not waterlogged, for best results) and a separate fine-weave for the windows. The results are close to faultless.
Hope it helps - anything to preserve the wax, especially Concourse :wink:
Migration info. Legacy thread was 35128