I have come to the conclusion that I farkin’ hate cleaning the insides of windscreens/windows. It’s like an exercise in Yoga/Pilates but without the toight clothing 
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(Well some of it is toight, but that’s to do with cake).
…(Well some of it is toight, but that’s to do with cake).
SJR202
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I was thinking about this on my way to work this morning and the sun was low, how with the cabin air filter etc does the inside of the windscreen get so so dirty, I dont even drive with the windows down?!?I have come to the conclusion that I farkin’ hate cleaning the insides of windscreens/windows. It’s like an exercise in Yoga/Pilates but without the toight clothing
(Well some of it is toight, but that’s to do with cake).
I have come to the conclusion that I farkin’ hate cleaning the insides of windscreens/windows. It’s like an exercise in Yoga/Pilates but without the toight clothing
Why don't you just dress up for yoga before doing it? And maybe put Fame on the radio.
GRistopher
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Dressing up for yoga when you're not doing yoga is very popular these days. I'm not complaining.
Oh no, Youtube might be starting to work it voodoo magic on me again ... £95 for the complete set on the Fix8 Website 
Dal3D
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Oh no, Youtube might be starting to work it voodoo magic on me again ... £95 for the complete set on the Fix8 Website
I am very sceptical it's actually working... either way, wouldn't it be cheaper and more 'sustainable' to buy some neodymium magnets and drop to the bottom of your own bucket? So you don't have to use their 'proprietary' design?
Good idea! I have a stack of them in the garage that I bought from AliExpress over a year ago. A bit of Araldite and I'll be good to go I reckon!
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Their system is good as the particles will be easy to get out of the bucket once the magnets are removed.
However the same effect can be obtained if you make the magnet removable on the outside, or put it in a bag of some sort under the grit guard.
Trying to pick pieces of metal off a permanently attached magnet would be a pain in the arse
midlife_sportscar
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I was going to suggest a big old circular speaker magnet cable-tied to the bottom of the grit-guard, but then thought that having the magnet directly in the water is a bad idea...
Spray it, let it dwell but not dry, wipe it off with a microfibre. On a car you've just cleaned and dried.
Personally think it's a waste of time and money, but my cars don't do many miles. If I had severe metal contamination or piles of iron in places from heavy braking then sure iron x it.
You'll be claying anyway I assume, so just clay it unless you think it warrants the iron x too.
Oh no, Youtube might be starting to work it voodoo magic on me again ... £95 for the complete set on the Fix8 Website
Where this system shines is when washing the wheels.
If I use an iron remover on the wheels, I agitate with a brush and then jet wash the wheel and brush, and then I put the brush in the rinse bucket, so non of that iron goes back in the soap bucket anyway. And that's why I'm out.
But surely the act of agitating the wheel has just dislodged all the deposits and spread them across the wheel surface? By the time the brush goes into the rinse bucket the damage is done.
It's satisfying to do but it doesn't do the paintwork any favours.
I think they’re just a direct replacement for a standard 3 bucket set, but with the added magnets as a ‘security blanket’. My 20L white buckets cost me £3 each some years ago, so maybe I’ll glue some magnets underneath and see if my ‘Blue Peter’ method will work just as good.
At least the whole thing has generated some conversation, which is always a bonus within a forum.
I think they’re just a direct replacement for a standard 3 bucket set, but with the added magnets as a ‘security blanket’. My 20L white buckets cost me £3 each some years ago, so maybe I’ll glue some magnets underneath and see if my ‘Blue Peter’ method will work just as good.
At least the whole thing has generated some conversation, which is always a bonus within a forum.
It would be an interesting test to wash as you usually would, but with some magnets in your bucket to see if they do anything.
Yeah that's pretty much what I do, let it dwell as long as possible then just jet it off, if it needs another go for stubborn spots that's probably when I'd consider using a wash mitt.
I think the bucket magnets are literally like a last line of defense. If you use a good technique, most of the crud is coming off with a pressure washer, I can't imagine there will be hardly anything on the magnets.
It's a routine for sure, but as for being 'proper' I'm on the fence. Putting APC onto surface dirt is just a waste of expensive product and should be done after a 'cheaper' snow foam and subsequent rinse has removed most of the looser stuff, thus leaving the more stubborn detritus behind, which is when the chemical arsenal comes into play.
I can't fathom out why he'd use snow foam as his contact wash instead of a dedicated shampoo stage, unless trying to save time (as I do when skimping on the wife's tatty 4x4) - plus you never actually get to see him use the 'rinse' bucket at all, so his method is no different to my Dad's One-Bucket-One-Sponge routine on a Sunday
... IMO, the mitt should never go from a panel directly back into the Wash bucket, it should be wrung out on the deck then thoroughly skooshed through in the Rinse bucket. That way a clean mitt is always used to draw up the next load of shampoo from the Wash bucket, reducing the amount of grit and detritus going back on the next contacted panel. If the 2 bucket method is done correctly at the end of the whole process the Wash Bucket solution will be almost clean and the Rinse bucket will be dirty. My Fix-8 buckets demonstrate this perfectly - the Rinse bucket magnets are always more heavily contaminated than the Wash bucket ones, which remain almost spotless.
Each to their own though eh?
I can't fathom out why he'd use snow foam as his contact wash instead of a dedicated shampoo stage, unless trying to save time (as I do when skimping on the wife's tatty 4x4) - plus you never actually get to see him use the 'rinse' bucket at all, so his method is no different to my Dad's One-Bucket-One-Sponge routine on a Sunday
... IMO, the mitt should never go from a panel directly back into the Wash bucket, it should be wrung out on the deck then thoroughly skooshed through in the Rinse bucket. That way a clean mitt is always used to draw up the next load of shampoo from the Wash bucket, reducing the amount of grit and detritus going back on the next contacted panel. If the 2 bucket method is done correctly at the end of the whole process the Wash Bucket solution will be almost clean and the Rinse bucket will be dirty. My Fix-8 buckets demonstrate this perfectly - the Rinse bucket magnets are always more heavily contaminated than the Wash bucket ones, which remain almost spotless.Each to their own though eh?
