Winter Cleaning: The EZ Way
Cleaning Guide
It’s that time of year again when you look outside and the weather is frightening and the salt is being lashed onto the roads … I know what you car lovers are thinking … It’s going to be a nightmare to keep the car clean. Well we have you covered, sit down, grab a brew and have a read!
So you can have an easy winter and keep your car shining like a new penny after a very quick wash we have dedicated a blog to show you that ceramic coatings don’t have to be complicated and costly and will keep your car clean and protected through everything a British winter can throw at your car.
What will you need to get this completed? A few hours of your time and some IGL Coatings goodies, it’s as easy as following the steps below
WHEELS
Pressure rinse wheels, tyres and arches to remove loose debris and allow cleaners to work better.
Spray IGL Iron on the alloy wheels and IGL Multi in wheel arches and onto tyres
Agitate! Get in amongst it with a variety of brushes and mitts
Rinse and you have clean wheels and arches.
PRE WASH
A very important step and a step we have covered pretty well with IGL Blizzard and IGL Multi.
Pressure rinse paint, take your time, get into them nooks and crannies
Apply IGL Blizzard to the full vehicle through a foam lance and please … just appreciate that smell and cleaning power! (If your vehicle is extremely dirty then apply IGL Multi to the paint and snow foam over the top)
Allow to dwell for two to three minutes before pressure rinsing off
CONTACT WASH
Grab two buckets and fill with warm water before adding a couple of squirts of IGL Wash to one bucket and activate the shampoo by firing your pressure washer into the bucket. You’re good to wash!
Working a panel at a time, dunk your wash mitt into the IGL Wash bucket and wash one panel using straight lines only! No circles or we will shout at you.
Dunk mitt into clean water bucket to clean the mitt before repotting step one until the car is complete
Pressure rinse off the suds and you will notice some beading straight away from IGL Wash.
DRYING
This is where most people scratch their paint … don’t be that person. You have two options here as below
Using an air blower tool to remove water or
Two sprays of IGL Enhancer into a drying towel and wipe over the paint panel by panel. This adds lubrication, gloss and immense beading however lubrication is our goal on this occasion.
PROTECTION
Give your paint a wipe down with IGL Precoat (this ensures a perfectly clean surface)
Open up your IGL EZ ceramic coating and give the bottle a shake
Stick the spray head on the bottle and spray twice into a folded microfibre towel
Wipe over a small panel such as front quarter panel in straight lines
Grab a second towel and level the coating so you cannot see any high spots
Continue around the car and your pride and joy will be protected for 12 months with a high solids ceramic!
Turn your attention to your alloys and coat the faces of the alloys as you did the paint.
FINISHING TOUCHES
Grab a microfibre applicator or foam applicator and stick a bead of IGL Tyre on and wipe in to the tyre for a deep black look
Clean your glass with IGL Glass by spraying into a microfibre towel and working into the glass
If you have the time we would always advise coating your glass for safety of driving in the winter months and to stop the annoying moments when your car takes 15 minutes to defrost before you can see out the window! IGL Window is the chosen coating for this task.
Your vehicles exterior is now protected and your routine wash will now take half the time and your car will stay cleaner for longer not to mention the gloss and beading of the paint!
One point we would like to apologise for before you send us an angry email … Once completed you will look at your bottle of EZ Coating and realise that there is loads of coating left … Yip your better half will be looking at you saying “Its mine next”. We are sorry but we all know the rules, you will have to do what the boss says.
TAG US!
Now the most important step … take two steps back, have a look at your pride and joy and make a slightly strange noise such as ohhhh look at that! Grab a few photos and tag us @iglcoatings_
Unfortunately its now time to face the music your going to have to go back inside and see the family …
We hope you love our products as much as we do and we cannot wait to hear your feedback and please remember to tag us on social media when you use our products!