A couple of reasons; 1. Wd40 leaves a light residue behind. Your wheels will look nice and shiny then 5 minutes into a ride, dust and bits of debris will have stuck to them. They'll look filthy in no time. A small amount of chain cleaner/ brake cleaner/ degreaser is just as good but leaves no sticky residue behind. 2. I've seen people manage to get wd40 on their brake discs and calipers whilst trying to wipe their wheels down. Its not pretty when they go to slam on the anchors.....
Bit late to this; last year I ceramic coated my bike myself after detailed wash +clay bar, including wheels, inside of swing arm fairing etc. long story short; nowadays washing the whole bike takes 15mins Instead of the endless scrubbing of 2+hour detail very similar results and made my life shit lots easier
Car pro cquk3.0 Well everything i can get to without taking engine out of the frame; excepts fork stanctions and brake obviously works wonder on the wheel with brake dust and chain grease particularly
I'm sure I'll end up with it at some point. I would love to do the cars too but I havent got anywhere to put them for 24hrs to dry. The cars dont fit in the garage so I think bikes could be a good starting point Did it apply ok as I've read some are better than others in terms of application.
Did the car and bike in Gtechniq, don't have a big enough garage so the car was prepped the day before outside, then first thing in the morning IPAed then coated, after about 3 hours cure a topper can be applied. My blade is black the less forgiving colour to show up streaking, absolutely had no problem, apply sparingly in a criss cross pattern, level off with a microfibre, then polish off with a second microfibre, as I said no streaking or grabbiness - easy! Spent most of the lockdown just cleaning the bike, not much more I can do
It’s pretty forgiving to apply but be prepared to spend an whole evening doing it and make sure the bike is as close to 100%clean as possible; do have a check out on YouTube and there are lots of long term test video before making decision on which brand
Whow, I’m reading this after just spending the afternoon on my arse giving the bike a rite clean with a half inch brush and I was pretty pleased with myself. I come in to pick the thread where I left of this morning, Jesus I know what I’m doing tomorrow same again. Credit where credits due guys there’s some awesome finishes out there and some top tips cheers
Ride it around, chuck a bucket of water over it when it gets really manky, when that doesn't work buy new fairings. Some impressively clean bikes on here, they look great.
Used many things over the years now use. Williams waterless wash, once a week. Unless it's really filthy.
Optimum No Rinse Wash and Shine is also highly regarded, I've used Vulcanet wipe as waterless washes too. You do need to be more careful with your towel technique and usage, as said already wouldn't use if filthy though. I used to use it when I was a serial washer so the bike never really got that dirty. Now its either spotless or minging!
Nice, will give them a look as well. I used the turtle wax waterless wash years ago and also the Tru Tension snow foam in a can - both were pretty good to be fair but not cheap and as you say, not ideal for filthy grime covered washes. I like the vulcanet wipes to be fair but not cheap at £40 odd a tub. I bought a tub of the miyagi ones as they were only £20 or so but they’re nowhere near as good as the Vulcanet. Because I only ride the blade in the dry, I can get away (I think) with using waterless options, I do it a bit more frequently so it never gets too much dust/crap
If looking for a nano coating. R&G are offering a free one if spending £80 with them. Just popped into inbox.
I use it on my car between proper washes to get the dust n shite off it. Mercedes do one as well but it’ll be more pricey just cos it’s mercedes
Ive ordered 50ml of carpro Cq uk3.0 with a new clay bar too. Got 2 cars and 2 bikes to sort out so the bigger 50ml bottle should allow for a couple of coats as well. Just waiting for the post office to get their shit together and I can get started My dilemma is which vehicle to start first in case I make an arse of it??? ( it wont be the blade!)
I'm sure you know this but the surface must be prepped first. Ideally after the wash the surface is decontaminated (tar and iron), washed again, clayed, polished then finally IPAed to remove all waxes and oils. You can skip this but it wont last as long and will only seal in marring and swirls
