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No 5 litre pressure sprayer
The point I was making is that I’ve tried it at 40:1 meaning it’s the strongest I’ve tried.
I first tried it at 60:1, then 50:1 and last batch I made up 40:1
I’d love to get some of the contactless wash results but it just doesn’t seem to play ball with me.
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Sounds like expectations... No product is "hands-free" regardless of brand. A "pre-wash" is only to lift the bulk of dirt. But anything that's ingrained or has been left sitting for a while will need a bucket wash. Especially if there's not a lot of protection underneath.
Dirt will be more visible on black than on white. Etc.
There's no miracle cure.
Finally, there's a balance between how "aggressive" a cleaner is and how "friendly" it is to waxes, unpainted plastic, etc.
Articulate is friendly. It won't affect waxes, for example.
In the worst of winter I mix in another 50:1 of Lazer with articulate to shift all the greasy winter grime. But that's on a coated car, I don't need to worry about waxes.
At the extreme end, I sometimes use neat Cleanse on the car when it's really bad. It's fine on a quality coating. There is nothing that won't shift, but it will definitely strip waxes and lesser coatings.
Horses for courses and all that.
There's Citraclean too. That at 20:1 iirc is a little more effective than articulate on it's own and is still friendly to waxes. But it's less cost effective as well.
Whatever floats your boat basically.
Dirt will be more visible on black than on white. Etc.
There's no miracle cure.
Finally, there's a balance between how "aggressive" a cleaner is and how "friendly" it is to waxes, unpainted plastic, etc.
Articulate is friendly. It won't affect waxes, for example.
In the worst of winter I mix in another 50:1 of Lazer with articulate to shift all the greasy winter grime. But that's on a coated car, I don't need to worry about waxes.
At the extreme end, I sometimes use neat Cleanse on the car when it's really bad. It's fine on a quality coating. There is nothing that won't shift, but it will definitely strip waxes and lesser coatings.
Horses for courses and all that.
There's Citraclean too. That at 20:1 iirc is a little more effective than articulate on it's own and is still friendly to waxes. But it's less cost effective as well.
Whatever floats your boat basically.
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Come on down to me some day and I’ll wash it for you at the recommended dilutions dudeI don’t seem to be able to get the same results as others with articulate.
I’ve used 40:1 applied, let it dwell and then rinsed with power washer - barley touched it.
Same results with adding foam over it
Have you tried CitraClean
It may just work better for you
If you haven’t I’ll send you a free sample next time you’re grabbing something for me mate
Same for you @Andy55
Big delivery arrived today for me to try (9 Litre sprayer and assortment kit 5). Haven't used any Anachem products before but had to give it a good try given the reviews they keep getting
Only issue is I'll have to wait until I get the car dirty again as I only cleaned it yesterday
Dropped right to the door in a van that had no right to make the sounds it was making with that Bluetooth exhaust
Thanks
Only issue is I'll have to wait until I get the car dirty again as I only cleaned it yesterday
Dropped right to the door in a van that had no right to make the sounds it was making with that Bluetooth exhaust
Thanks
I’ll leave mine round to you to try it all out onBig delivery arrived today for me to try (9 Litre sprayer and assortment kit 5). Haven't used any Anachem products before but had to give it a good try given the reviews they keep getting
Only issue is I'll have to wait until I get the car dirty again as I only cleaned it yesterday
Dropped right to the door in a van that had no right to make the sounds it was making with that Bluetooth exhaust
Thanks
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So that should be today then at this time of year
Working from home today and tomorrow, but Wednesday I'm sure will give it a headstartSo that should be today then at this time of year
Ross, regarding the 20L drum of Articulate, if you were in the area or around Lisburn I could meet you and give you my empty drum to fill instead of waiting for more to come in? I do love to do my bit for the environment too.
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I thought I seen Ross talking about deals on Instagram
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I don’t know if they’ve officially taken over that title but I know that is how they got AVA stocked.
I’ll call AVA tomorrow and clarify for you
Yes mate.
P40; P55; P60 all on offer
All existing AVA customers (as well as new ones) can get the 90^ angled lance for £25 instead of £45
I’ll have a few other Black Friday deals but these are running live at the minute on my site
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Tell me more Ross. Had a quick look on the website but couldn't see anything!
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You’ll not mate. I kept it off the discount off the website deliberately to stop people who aren’t customers of mine getting them at a discounted price. I’ll pm you the discount code but I sent an email out to all existing customers last week mate so check your junk folder!
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Found it, thanks! Was just about to look for another P40, perfect timing 
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Feck sake... Just emptied all my email folders yesterday. Got a warning from Google that my email storage was over 90% full so went though and deleted several thousand emails. I'll check here and see it it survived the cull!