pad/compound combination

[bull6791]

I am really curious to read your new book Mike. Since all your other books are out of print the information may be out of date

 

[bull6791]

Mike
Sorry but I have a good question: I watched a lot of your videos and I don’t know if I missed it but I never hear you talk about iron removers in your videos. If a person washes, drys their car then clay towels it. Do they really need an iron remover. What is your take and opinion on iron removers. Thanks

 

[Mike Phillips]

Mike
Sorry but I have a good question: I watched a lot of your videos and I don’t know if I missed it but I never hear you talk about iron removers in your videos. If a person washes, drys their car then clay towels it. Do they really need an iron remover. What is your take and opinion on iron removers. Thanks

A few years ago, I used a BIG NAME iron remover on a Volkswagen passenger car, I don't remember if it was a Passat or something else? It was silver and mundane. I take care of the owner's 1932 Ford Roadster so when he asked me to detail his wife's car, of course I said yes.

After washing and drying, all of the anodized aluminum trim surrounding the windows was STAINED. The stains were like white clouds in the trim. I was able to remover it but it took be about an hour on each side of the car. I used a RUPES Nano in rotary mode with a 1" microwool pad and I forget what product. If I couldn't remove the staining, all of the other options were going to be more time-consuming and costly, for example, replacing the trim.

I took pictures of the staining and sent them to the representative for that brand. Never heard back from him.

Since that experience, I stopped using iron removers.

Here's my opinion. For the most part, most people are using iron removers to remover iron contamination off of the paint. Of course, any iron contamination that bleeds off other surfaces is a bonus, but I do think it's fair to say, most people using an iron remover are doing as a part of prepping the car for paint correction.

The above being true, if you're going to do ANY type of paint correction with any type of abrasive compound, polish or AIO, then you will remove the iron contamination when you do the paint correction. Thus you can skip using an iron remover and completley put yourself out of RISK for staining your car's trim or any other car's trim.

Just my take, but after that experience, I never used another iron remover.


Mike

 

[bull6791]

Just curious when does your new how to book come out. Thank you

 

[Mike Phillips]

Just curious when does your new how to book come out. Thank you

Hopefully before the end of the year.


Mike