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      08-31-2018, 09:50 AM   #23
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Ditto. Sometimes simpler is better; it's a touchy-feely thing.


Rejex has been my #1 care product for over a decade now. Love, love, love it.

Hint: Just tried their Mr. Detail product for the insides of my window glass. It's a MUST-have, also!
Steve, why is their glass product so great?
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Steve, why is their glass product so great?
I'll message you, to keep the thread topic on track.
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I'll message you, to keep the thread topic on track.
post it here, I'm curious also, always looking for new products to try that get recommended here.
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I'll message you, to keep the thread topic on track.
post it here, I'm curious also, always looking for new products to try that get recommended here.
Trying to get me booted off, eh??

Here's what I messaged to Marco, plus pics of the product label...

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'Mr. Detail' isn't a glass-specific product. It came in a RejeX bundled purchase. I had been wanting to try out more of their product line since I think so highly of RejeX. Mr. Detail claims a multitude of applications for dust, road grime, bug splats, bird poop, water spots, streaks, smudges, exhaust, and fingerprints. Good for "all hard surfaces" including (enumerated) paint, glass, Lexan, polycarbonate, other plastics, etc.

For cleaning off-gassing scum (the only task that I've used the product for, so far), Mr. Detail worked faster and easier than any other product and technique I've tried during 42 years of detailing and concours. Even in low afternoon sun when streaks and residual grime usually show up at their worst, this product left the glass flawlessly clean with no touch-ups needed. It's the cleanest I've ever gotten interior window glass on a single (and quick) attempt.

Good luck!
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I use this brush from Amazon. No problem fitting between the brake assembly and the rim.
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Interesting.. I may have to try this. So do you just spray your wheels off with water? And how often do you have to reapply the Rejex?

5 stars on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rejex-High-Gl.../dp/B00GM6NF0I
Try this link for the speedy scrubs: https://www.mcmaster.com/#scrubbers/=1edrlv0. The scrubbers are in the middle of the screen.
Actually I just use a microfiber rag. I guess I have not really needed to "scrub" the wheels since mine never get super dirty or caked on. In any case, I'm gonna apply the Rejex soon
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My rims are coated with CarPro Dlux, and the pressure washer usually gets 90% of the dirt off with a few seconds of spraying.

For maintenance regimen, I have wheel woolies as brushes, CarPro Reset for the coating and Iron X to deal with industrial run off/iron particulates.

Reference video by another member:
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My rims are coated with CarPro Dlux, and the pressure washer usually gets 90% of the dirt off with a few seconds of spraying.

For maintenance regimen, I have wheel woolies as brushes, CarPro Reset for the coating and Iron X to deal with industrial run off/iron particulates.

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I use DLUX in my Detailing business and it makes my life so much easier when customer come back for maintenance washes. I didn't coat my 228 wheels with it since they are pitted a bit on the spokes from brake dust sitting on them too long and some road damage after 80k miles.
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I don't use a brush!
I don't even touch the wheels!!
So, how do I do that?
First, I clean the car every other week so the wheels don't get extremely filthy.
I buy Sonax Full Effect Wheel cleaner in the handy 5 liter containers (it's cheaper that way and you use more with this method than you would with the dainty size spray bottle).

I put the 5 liters in a 3 gallon pressurized tank sprayer :
(Don't worry you are not going to use 5 liters to clean the wheels)


Then I pressurize the sprayer using my handy portable pancake air compressor to 100psi:


Then disconnect the air compressor walk around with the sprayer to each wheel and blast the holy bejeezus out of them with the Sonax. I let the whole shebang sit for 3-4 minutes and pressure rinse off the Sonax using my Costco PowerStroke 3100 psi pressure washer with a 40° nozzle, (don't go ape sh%t, hold the nozzle at least 3-4" away from the wheel).

After that it is just a regular wash, including the wheels, with Snow Foam and a foam cannon attached to the PowerStroke.

I then dry the wheels with a Toro leaf blower on high:

and presto sparkling shinny wheels without touching them.
Jesus. I'll stick to my $10 micro-fiber Wal Mart wheel brush.
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