lol why la XD

huh? RRP without discount or anything ady rm80 for the claycloth wo (i just went few days ago btw)

yeah probably just old pricing, maybe they able to sell more, import/manufacture more hence lower cost, similar to most of ikea's products

it's more of a cloth instead of mitt, buying it tomorrow if Henry/erik/kj's around for better discounts lol

As per Osren or our sifu Krismas , keep it damp or soaked in water

i think those are synthetic chamois? imho they may tend to leave streaking and you do have to wring out a lot.
and yes osren does have synthetic chamois

AFAIK even autoglym have natural expensive as hell drying chamois, fancy packing too

if you already have waffle weaves, or something like duragloss/dodo juice drying towels, i think you're better off sticking with those.

there are cheaper waffle weaves for similar or even better performance

While it's double work, you'll definitely have a more thorough drying and would be getting the best of both worlds or rather, eliminating the streaks that chamois would cause

Osren/duragloss pricing not bad

thanks to sifu KrisMas i totally found the holy grail of wheel cleaner:

basically sonax wheel cleaner and/or megs WB combo (atm i'm using TW until i can get my hands on megs)

1) just the sonax alone, spray product (i spray a lot, basically almost finished KrisMas febreeze in just 2 front wheels, rear drums anyways)
2) leave on 30sec - 1min +/-
3) water down (slightly high pressure)

VOILA CLEAN NO NEED SCRUBBING LOL

i then proceed to spray some TW wheel cleaner (http://www.turtlewax.com/detail-F21%20Wheel%20Cleaner-44-117.aspx) just to further wash off sonax and whatever else that sonax loosened up (but isn't meant to clean, kinda complicated and it took a while for krismas to explain it to me haha) and yeah, i finally get what everyone meant by sonax wheel cleaner's smell LOL

anyways after i did a second water down for the TW wheel cleaner (obviously did this for the rear wheels as well haha), i did a minor test by poking in my finger to the rotors, did a few rubs on the surface and guess what...


i totally and absolutely no longer need to use the wheel brush anymore! effectively cut down AT LEAST 20-30 minutes on scrubbing all 4 wheels!

now... where can i get more of that product? need a gallon or something keeping stock
oh and what should i do with the wheel brush

Update:

as the wheels dried up and i was applying tire/rubber dressing, i took a few rubs with my fingers between the rim spokes and crevices. sadly there are still some dirt, however its really light and just mere water is capable of washing them off my fingers easily.

bear in mind though, it's around 3 weeks no car wash (i think since TT? LOL), a lot of spirited driving (which means a lot of hard braking) including a touge trip at genting sempah/genting highlands/karak just 2 days ago (friday night saturday morning) and again, no scrubbing or whatsoever at all

sorry bro, was 4am, sorta forgotten after all the excitement that i didn't have to lift the damn brush

it's just a simple brush la, iinm was mr clean brand you see in ace hardware/supermarkets XD

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: May 20 2013, 02:30 PM

ah so i didnt really overspray it or something; noted will leave it longer next time for more lazy wheel cleaning

btw pm me on further details, need to know how expensive it is and how to get it

hmm i may not be using it on every wash depending on the wheel conditions; but yea as i said, need to be more hardworking in keeping up a weekly washing schedule and not slack off so dirt can build up

also, i never really encounter any product that can last me a full week on my wheels (even the meg's wheel wax, pink ish color)
maybe some sealants could, however never really tried any, got recommendations?
i'd assume probably because my wheels tend to heat up so much that the wax just literally melts off from them... they can easily go up between 300-400 Celsius on an almost daily basis lol.

and yeah, what you said is totally true as i did a rub test on the crevices/spokes and there are still some minor dirt

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: May 20 2013, 02:35 PM

yeap did just that, had to spray a lot as its a bit harder to get into the spokes/crevices. so almost used an entire febreeze bottle just for 2 wheels ><
the remaining was a little hard to spray already as it bubbled as i shake it prior to spraying and the straw couldn't suck the product out ><
tried to open it up to take a peek to see how much product is left and what not, and i quickly threw that idea away and closed it back thanks to the smell

eh i thought that was for megs... uh lol
hmm now that i looked back in the thread, yea you did mentioned.... (yeap this post: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=59733763 )
that is an... OK price if i don't have to squat/bend down and spent few minutes per wheel! getting old la dey, back/knee/ass pain LOL
btw got anywhere retailing? maybe can get a few bottles or something while we wait for the 5L? Eneos got sell Sonax product, but wafak they didn't sell the AWESOME wheel cleaner

hmm, yea maybe could give those a try. what kinda spray waxes you recommend? optimum? megs?

=edit=
actually, i cant exactly spray directly, right? else waxes would get onto my rotors and i'd be having f***ed brakes for a while LOL!

if so, might as well just go for liquid waxes?

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: May 20 2013, 03:32 PM

haha maybe will arrange a trip to SS18 Subang

eh next TT your portion on me la, need to return the febreeze bottle to you anyways

haha maybe i can do simple wipes on the wheels prior to applying the wax (since there are still some bits of dirt on the spokes/crevices, and what arj said earlier basically)
but damn, in the end still need to squat down LOL (well i did in fact need to squat while spraying the sonax... lowered car )

hmm can maybe try out with megs... was thinking optimum, but lol everyone is on that bandwagon so i supposed that's no surprise the price shot up.

Looking at duragloss, that seems like a damn good option too since it's a sealant, and its only rm43! (well slightly less than 500ml, but hey, can always order the gallon since that option is readily available from their website)
i'm leaning towards duragloss since the gallon option is much readily available compared to lol megs

thanks for the recommendations bro

lol i think i'll throw it away since it tends to drip a bit after some spraying

and yeah, the risk of spraying it on to sofa or anything that needs de-odourizing...you're SO IN for a surprise! ROFL (damn that sounds like a damn good prank!)

that's what i'm gonna do for my 2nd set of rims LOL! (ETA this june/early july)

bring rims home first, slowly prep it nice nice... clay, wax 3-4 layers ROFL

hmm i wonder what kinda long lasting coatings available out there that can withstand extremely high temperatures rofl...

i remembered patrick from dodo juice mentioned something for wheels, however it was extremely expensive so i kinda forgotten about it

what's your experience with them btw?

http://www.autogeek.net/dodo-juice-nano-wheel-sealant.html

anyone tried this out? iinm that's the one Patrick mentioned (coating also cost 1/4 the price of my rims ROFLMAO)