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Another CYBERBRITE review reposted, this one goes in depth, huge thank you to user Dazureus for this in depth review.
Not sure if we're supposed to post our results to this thread or start a new one, but here are mine.
Background: Foundation Beast in Michigan, second winter. First year I cleaned all the post winter road contamination with a wash and synthetic clay bar. Did a good job removing nearly all the stains. Had to remove remaining stains with a scotchbrite pad, which caused some mismatched swirl marks, but not super annoying. Treated with the recommended Citrisurf and maintained clean with waterless wash and Sprayway.
This winter I might have washed the truck twice with a touchless car wash. My main concern was the front fenders and right in front of the rear wheel well fairings. I've noticed a white crust that accumulates after the winter that required mechanical removal. I suspected it was from salt accumulation, but washing alone doesn't remove it.
Process:
I washed the car with a foam canon and wash mit to remove the bulk of dirt. Left with surface staining. Sprayed with Iron-X (new to my process this year) and power washed to remove. Dried and applied Cyberbrite as suggested with two coats for 10-15 minutes dwell time each. I found that, even when applied in the garage out of the sun on a mild day (65 degrees), the application would start to dry within the 10-15 minute time, but I ran with it and still had good results.
On to the pictures.
Front fender contamination on the leading edge of the metal, pre-wash.
Front fender contamination after soap/hand wash. This would be removed by the Cyberbrite application either by chemical process, or mechanical buffing with the cloth.
A stainless steel badge pre-hand wash. Some rusting on the badge itself, and notice the dark contamination on the truck steel.
Badge during application of Iron-X
Badge and truck after application of Cyberbrite. I didn't attempt to decontaminate with the Cyberbrite alone since I was looking at so much contamination. The Cyberbrite certainly brings back the silver color or the steel, removing the general brown discoloration.
Passenger side door panel. A good look at the contamination I was dealing with.
Tailgate post wash, pre Iron-X. The little spots of contamination were all over the vehicle. Spraying the Iron-X requires less labor than applying the Cyberbrite, so I think it's a good step.
Tailgate post Cyberbrite. You can see how much more silver the stainless steel becomes. Even after the Iron-X, some of the brown patina remains. The Cyberbrite appears to remove this discoloration.
Two areas that will require more attention. The weep hole on my driver door has some rust that wasn't sprayed with Iron-X, but I did attempt to use Cyberbrite to remove. It didn't remove the rust completely, but did lessen it. Also the passenger side still has some slight discoloration near the edges of the door panels even after all cleaning and treatments. I plan to target these areas with additional applications of Cyberbrite or precleaning with with BKF, then passivating it with Cyberbrite.
Conclusion:
Cleaning this year with wash/Iron-X/Cyberbrite was much less labor intensive than previous methods of wash/claybar/BKF/acid neutrilizing/Citrisurf and will probably be my spring cleaning regime going forward. I'll probably still maintain via waterless wash and sprayway during the warmer months.
Additional information: I test applied DIY Detail Metal coating to the hood and front to see if gaining some hydrophobic properties could help keep it cleaner. While it felt a little slicker, it does not appear to prevent water staining after rain. Perhaps I didn't apply it properly, but it doesn't appear to be an effective way to keep the truck clean.
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Not sure if we're supposed to post our results to this thread or start a new one, but here are mine.
Background: Foundation Beast in Michigan, second winter. First year I cleaned all the post winter road contamination with a wash and synthetic clay bar. Did a good job removing nearly all the stains. Had to remove remaining stains with a scotchbrite pad, which caused some mismatched swirl marks, but not super annoying. Treated with the recommended Citrisurf and maintained clean with waterless wash and Sprayway.
This winter I might have washed the truck twice with a touchless car wash. My main concern was the front fenders and right in front of the rear wheel well fairings. I've noticed a white crust that accumulates after the winter that required mechanical removal. I suspected it was from salt accumulation, but washing alone doesn't remove it.
Process:
I washed the car with a foam canon and wash mit to remove the bulk of dirt. Left with surface staining. Sprayed with Iron-X (new to my process this year) and power washed to remove. Dried and applied Cyberbrite as suggested with two coats for 10-15 minutes dwell time each. I found that, even when applied in the garage out of the sun on a mild day (65 degrees), the application would start to dry within the 10-15 minute time, but I ran with it and still had good results.
On to the pictures.
Front fender contamination on the leading edge of the metal, pre-wash.
Front fender contamination after soap/hand wash. This would be removed by the Cyberbrite application either by chemical process, or mechanical buffing with the cloth.
A stainless steel badge pre-hand wash. Some rusting on the badge itself, and notice the dark contamination on the truck steel.
Badge during application of Iron-X
Badge and truck after application of Cyberbrite. I didn't attempt to decontaminate with the Cyberbrite alone since I was looking at so much contamination. The Cyberbrite certainly brings back the silver color or the steel, removing the general brown discoloration.
Passenger side door panel. A good look at the contamination I was dealing with.
Tailgate post wash, pre Iron-X. The little spots of contamination were all over the vehicle. Spraying the Iron-X requires less labor than applying the Cyberbrite, so I think it's a good step.
Tailgate post Cyberbrite. You can see how much more silver the stainless steel becomes. Even after the Iron-X, some of the brown patina remains. The Cyberbrite appears to remove this discoloration.
Two areas that will require more attention. The weep hole on my driver door has some rust that wasn't sprayed with Iron-X, but I did attempt to use Cyberbrite to remove. It didn't remove the rust completely, but did lessen it. Also the passenger side still has some slight discoloration near the edges of the door panels even after all cleaning and treatments. I plan to target these areas with additional applications of Cyberbrite or precleaning with with BKF, then passivating it with Cyberbrite.
Conclusion:
Cleaning this year with wash/Iron-X/Cyberbrite was much less labor intensive than previous methods of wash/claybar/BKF/acid neutrilizing/Citrisurf and will probably be my spring cleaning regime going forward. I'll probably still maintain via waterless wash and sprayway during the warmer months.
Additional information: I test applied DIY Detail Metal coating to the hood and front to see if gaining some hydrophobic properties could help keep it cleaner. While it felt a little slicker, it does not appear to prevent water staining after rain. Perhaps I didn't apply it properly, but it doesn't appear to be an effective way to keep the truck clean.
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