What is Iron X and why should I use it?

**conman1395** · 12-09-2014, 11:30 AM

Dear God, that car looked like a murder scene.

**Hermes1** · 12-09-2014, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

Just to make sure there's no confusion with other people that will read this into the future,

I wrote,

So just so I'm clear, I've only had one cup of coffee so far this morning),

So my two times of spraying the car down is with two different products. Not spraying the car down twice with Iron X.

That's what I meant. Is that what you thought I meant?

Correct. I wrote a few minutes instead of 3-4 because it's all close enough to be good. The big picture is the manufacturer recommends not leting the product dry on the paint so the dwell time is probably fluid depending upon surrounding climate.

Buy a smaller truck?

(just kidding)

I have the same problem here in Stuart, Florida. That is it's often times windy and the air moving over the car tends to dry the Iron X faster than no wind. It can also be warm to hot out even through the winter so the heat tends to cause the Iron X to dry faster than I like.

What I do for smaller vehicles is hustle and do the car all at once.

For larger rigs like my own truck, a full size 1987 Silverado, I break the truck up into sections.

Make sense?

Good questions, happy to do my best to clarify...

Thanks Mike as Ricky Ricardo would say, that splains it.

**GOATMAN06** · 12-09-2014, 10:23 PM

Lies asked above, what's the best way to apply it. To a dry dirty car, and let it work then power wash off then foam the car? Or to spray off the car to remove all loose dirt and grime then spray on the iorn x? Thanks

**HD.Detailing** · 12-09-2014, 10:42 PM

Wash car first

Sent from my Alien ship

**GOATMAN06** · 12-09-2014, 10:44 PM

Thanks for the reply. That's what I have been doing.

Mike Phillips · 12-10-2014, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by hilld

Mike,

just to clarify, are you spraying Iron X onto a dry surface or something that might already be wet, especially if you are doing this after cleaning the wheels.

Just want to make sure I understand correctly.

Thanks.

I spray the Iron X onto a dry surface if I'm already planning on buffing out the paint. This is approach is in keeping wiht my practice of only claying or using tools like Nanoskin products if I'm already planning on buffing out the paint. See my comment down below about how the cars I work on, at least when doing this type of work are already in bad condition and I post the "bad condition" shots below to.

I used to wash the car first to remove any loose dirt so it's r-e-m-o-v-e-d off the car and out of the way so the Iron X can go right to work without a layer of dirt in the way impeding the chemical reaction.

After using Iron X over time I found leaving the dirt on the car helped to trap the Iron X ONTO the car so it doesn't simply run off and onto the car. The dirt film helps to provide what's called dwell time.

PLUS - Often time I share pictures on the forum and if you look at any of my Iron X pictures I tend to use very neglected white cars as this shows the bleeding effect in the most dramatic manner.

It's the picture impact that has so much value.

Now knowing this... for pictures purposes, it also helps to spray the Iron X onto a dirty, dry car.

As I stated in post #2 - the first sentence after the caption,

Originally Posted by Mike Phillips

This is how I use Iron X.

You can modify this approach to suit your own tastes.

When cleaning the wheels and specifically rinsing the wheels and wheel wells, I just be careful not to be a slob about it and get water everywhere.

In this write-up here, note that these pictures were taken at my last Detailing Boot Camp Class so this means I'm teaching the wheels first approach and the students are learning the wheels first then the car order of washing a car.

The Aggressive Approach to Washing a Car

When they were rinsing the wheels off

they actually sprayed some water onto the car. The pictures I didn't take or have taken was the picture of me gently patting the water spray off the hood to remove it so I could get these dramatic pictures.

Start at the top and work your way down
After washing the wheels and tires first, next start at the top and work your way down. This is also explained in detail in my first two books.

Bleeding like a Stuck Pig
The first step for our aggressive approach is to chemically decontaminate the paint using Iron X. Here you can see the white paint on this Camaro bleeding like a stuck pig.