Review and How-To - NEW BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond Glass Cleaner

My wife Stacy used and reviewed the new BLACKFIRE glass cleaner here,

The House Detailer - Review: NEW BLACKFIRE Moisture Diamond Glass Cleaner

The above is her have on this new BLACKFIRE drinking glass cleaner... the below is my take...

I don't do windows...
Yeah I know, that saying is an old clich� that comes from Maids in the house cleaning industry. And the truth is I actually practise clean windows when detailing cars merely the plain fact of the affair is... like most of you... I don't similar cleaning windows. At to the lowest degree not the within windows.

Why?

Because when it comes to the front and back windows you take to some kind of contortionist to movement your body effectually in the automobile in a way to navigate your arms and easily into but the right positions to effectively make clean the windows and not exit whatsoever streaks. (that'due south two things).

The exterior glass is easy. If I'grand going to machine polish the paint, then before I wash the car I but machine buff the exterior drinking glass to remove water spots, route grime and traffic film because,


A: These types of built-up contaminants don't wipe off with any glass cleaner.

B: Car polishing restores a glossy surface to the glass and so the glass will match the paint afterward I auto polish information technology.

C: I motorcar smoothen the drinking glass before I wash the car thus when I wash the machine I remove any splatter left by the machine glass polishing process.

And then the outside is easy peasy... information technology's the inside that'southward a pain in the rear .

I detest doing things twice
Just read enough of my posts almost machine detailing procedures and it's pretty easy to encounter that I like to do things in one case and do information technology right. That's just one of the reasons whatever of y'all reading this that too read my other posts and articles know I harp a lot on using meridian notch annoying technology when doing paint correction, paint polishing or even using one-footstep cleaner/waxes. If the annoying technology is junk not only will the results Non look good only to fix the problem you'll have to buff the motorcar out a second time. And taking the fourth dimension to tackle a auto all over over again is frustrating and a huge waste of time, energy and resource.

The same thing applies to cleaning glass and not just getting it clean but leaving it articulate and streak-free.

There are hundreds of glass cleaners on the market. Even here at Autogeek we carry dozens of them and nearly of them, if not all of them are VERY GOOD. This makes information technology very difficult to introduce a new product that's as practiced or better than the currently available drinking glass cleaning options.

That all said, this new drinking glass cleaner in the BLACKFIRE line rocks!

That'southward right. But put... it works GREAT! It cleans all the dirt, oily road film off the outside and it besides removes all the gunk that builds up on the inside of automotive glass like smoker's film and vinyl fog .

Smoker's Film - Smoker's Film is the oily residue in the fume exhaled by the smoker that coats everything with an oily picture. Smoke from ciggerettes smoke contains carcinogens. My guess is the smoker'southward film created by the build-up of ciggerettes smoke as well contains carcinogens.

Vinyl Fog - Vinyl Fog is the oily remainder that builds up all surfaces on the within of a new car including the glass when all the NEW vinyl, plastic, safe and another artificially manufactured parts, fabrics, foam, insulation, etc. outgas or requite off fumes. The thing out vinyl fog is that yous just see it on the glass just think about it? When all these new components outgas the fumes are touching all of the inside of the machine non but the drinking glass. It's merely your eyes only encounter it on the drinking glass.

A little trivia tidbit - vinyl fog tends to be fabricated up of carcinogens , that is cancer causing substances. Some of you may recognize vinyl fog from its other well known proper name, New Motorcar Odour50.

Performs as promised...
The formula works as promised. The only fashion you'll notice out how bang-up of a glass cleaner this formula is would be to put the product to a examination yourself. But don't take my discussion for it... have my wife Stacy's give-and-take for it because she's a lot pickier than I am when it comes to drinking glass and mirrors. I'one thousand confident y'all'll hold and it will go your new favorite glass cleaner.

When I first tested this product I tested it on a 2007 Mercedes-Benz SL 550 AMG. While a cool car, the glass on the inside and the outside only had calorie-free dirt - and so after looking at the pictures I knew I needed a improve candidate auto to really test the product and to write this review and how-to.

Hither'southward my demo motorcar - a BMW Z4

The biggest safety result with windshield glass is the glare acquired by the sun causes when it'due south depression in the heaven, similar early in the forenoon or late afternoon equally the dominicus is setting. Headlight glare from oncoming traffic at nighttime is some other time when dingy drinking glass can be chancy to your wellness. To re-create glare from the sun I positioned two spotlights at low angles to shine onto the glass in the same way the sun or oncoming headlights would cause.

The windshield is only as dirty as the rest of this car and for the record, this auto is muddy!
(Stay tuned for another article on outside black paint detailing)

Peradventure the worst condition windshield I've ever cleaned!
Here'southward a few more Earlier shots showing the heavy accumulation of smoker's flick plus normal dirt and dust build-upwards on the inside of the windshield

Here yous can see where I've used my finger to write the words Smoker's Movie on the inside of the windshield

Here's the greasy finger smears looking at them from the outside...

Yes... those are on the within!

This windshield is then muddy on the inside it's a real safety result.

How To Directions
Here's a few tips and techniques to make you a more effective window washer!

Make at least two wipes per window using two glass towels. One for the get-go or initial wipe and 1 for the follow-upward or secondary wipe.

1. For the initial wipe, use plenty of glass cleaner to break-upwards and make information technology easy to remove the majority of dirt and film off the glass. Spray the glass cleaner onto one side of a folded towel to avoid getting drinking glass cleaner overspray on the dash pad or surrounding surfaces.

First - Focus on the corners of glass, forth the outer edges of glass and around anything mounted to the glass like rear view mirrors, electronic transponders for cost roads or glass mounted radar detectors. Since these areas are naturally more difficult to get to and wipe clean they will tend to have more dirt and oily residues congenital upwards next to them and if y'all don't become these areas clean during the initial wipe they will exist the crusade of streaks during the final wipe.

2nd - Focus on the major section of drinking glass. The gunk you loosened our of the corners will at present be mixed into the smoker's moving-picture show, dirt and dust on the larger more open department of glass and it is during this wipe that you'll remove the majority of these residues. Once more, use enough of glass cleaner to break-up the dirt and oily moving-picture show to make it easy to go the majority of this gunk off the glass.

2. For a secondary wipe of a unmarried window, assuming you removed the bulk of whatever dirt or oily films with the first wipe, reduce the amount of glass cleaner to a light mist onto a clean dry towel. As you work around the window, continually fold to a fresh, dry side of towel or bandy out to a fresh make clean towel, continue to mist the glass cleaner onto the towel instead of the glass.

3. Optional step - Use a Glass Master Pro for the final wipe on the inside drinking glass for the finishing touch.

Technique tips

A: For your terminal wipes on interior glass utilise an upwardly and down directional motility. For the terminal wipe on exterior glass employ a side to side motion. And so if you do see a streak after cleaning the drinking glass yous'll know which side the streak is on.

B: When making the final wipe on either side of the windshield or back window, have a friend play the part of Streak Spotter. That is while yous're on the inside cleaning the drinking glass take someone on the outside inspecting your work and pointing to whatever areas where you need to continue wiping for perfectly clear glass. This mode, if in that location is a streak you won't have to get in and out of the motorcar to inspect our piece of work.

C: Re-inspect the drinking glass at sunset or dawn when the sun is depression in the sky and casts a glare on the glass.

D: Have a collection of glass towels that are Defended for ONLY cleaning glass and always wash them with themselves and no other fabrics, towels or other laundry items. Also use a dedicated microfiber cleaner to maintain the performance of the microfiber.

Allow's clean some glass!

BLACKFIRE Moisture Diamond Glass Cleaner and lots of microfiber glass cleaning towels

Pace 1: For the outside, only spray BLACKFIRE glass cleaner directly onto 1 one-half of the windshield.

Step 2: Spread the glass cleaner over the drinking glass.

Step 3: For the final wipe, fold to a clean, dry side or section of towel and brand your final passes using a side to side direction similar the pointer shows below.

Exterior dirt and road crud = blackness

Here'southward the dirt I remove from just the driver's side. I took a pic of this to show the colour of the dirt and road grime removed off the drinking glass. Note the color is predominantly black.

I accept multiple articles that share and explain how the pigment on your car because stained and cloudy over time due to the fact that airborne clay and road crud accrue on your car's finish and touch on onto it to the indicate that it will non launder off. The only way to get impacted dirt stains and road crud of your machine's paint is to periodically utilise a pigment cleaner, a pigment smooth, a combination of chemical compound followed by a polish or a quality 1-step cleaner/wax also called an AIO or All-in-One. A product with some blazon of cleaning or abrading activity is needed to remove the clay stain and road grime that builds up on your car's finish.

See these two article for more data

Road Motion picture - If you bulldoze your car in the rain your car has route film Here's why yous demand to polish paint... Dirt in Pigment or DIP - Stained Paint - Dirt Embedded Paint How to remove stains and embedded dirt out of paint

Once the outside is make clean, it'due south time to motility inside...

How to remove smoker's film, vinyl fog and other oily films on the within of your car'south windows

Smoker's picture show and vinyl fog are the well-nigh difficult types of oily films to remove from interior glass. Follow these directions and use a high quality glass cleaner with defended microfiber glass cleaning towels and you'll make a hard task piece of cake.

Pace 1: Spray glass cleaner direct onto microfiber towel. The reason for this is to avert getting glass cleaner overspray onto the nuance or any other nearby surfaces.

Tip: For the initial wipe, employ a lot of glass cleaner so you take a lot of liquid cleaners on the towel to transfer to the oily movie and thus interruption it upwardly and dissolve it so it will wipe off the glass and onto the cloth.

Color Change
Hither's just ane side of the first microfiber glass towel I used to wipe the driver'south side of the windshield clean.

Note the color is more than of a Brownish color, different the blackness color of the dirt and route grime removed off the outside of the windshield.

Ii very different kinds of dirt - one glass cleaner takes care of it all

The towel on the left was used on the outside of the driver's side windshield and the towel on the right was used on the inside of the driver'due south side windshield.

Repeat the initial wipe to the rider side
Call back to spray the glass cleaner straight onto the towel, (non onto the glass), and utilise enough of glass cleaner to suspension-upwardly and dissolve the oily smoker's motion-picture show to remove it off the glass and transfer information technology onto the microfiber glass towel.

Technique tip: For the concluding passes when cleaning the inside of glass windows, use an upwardly and downward management for wiping.

Motion sequence shots -showing the direction to move your towel

Don't fight yourself and avoid frustration

Smoker's film is very oily and to avoid fighting yourself , you lot must use lots of towels. After you lot have made the initial wipe using lots of glass cleaner, if you don't switch to a fresh, make clean dry towel - all you're going to exercise is cross-contaminate the glass. That is you'll take oily smoker's picture removed from one section of glass and transfer information technology to another department of drinking glass. This will cause you to get frustrated considering the more than you wipe, the more than yous just motion the oily film over the glass . You lot MUST get rid of these start or initial towels that you used for the first wipe because they are going to accept the majority of the oily smoker's film or vinyl fog on them from the start glass cleaning step.

Optional Step - Drinking glass Master Pro

I love this tool but most people apply it the Incorrect fashion. The Glass Master Pro is a unique tool that enables you to do iv things better than you lot can exercise using only the human paw.

i: Brand the final wipe for streak free results.
two: Get close to the glass where it meats the dash pad.
3: Get into corners.
iv: Go around rear view mirror brackets.

So first, let me share the wrong style to utilise the Glass Main Pro and that's for the INITIAL wipe. It'south easy to see why people would make this mistake. The tool is for cleaning glass correct? Why not only get after it then?

The reason why is because if y'all spray a heavy concentration of glass cleaner onto the Thin microfiber bonnet (over the Glass Master wedge-shaped head), you'll make it moisture and soggy. Using this tool like this will loosen and dissolve the oily smoker'due south film but you lot'll end up pushing it all over the place.

What works better is to the grunt work by hand using a microfiber glass cleaning towel exactly like I show above. Save the Glass Master for the final wipe or for getting into corners, shut to the dash pad or effectually rear view mirror brackets.

How to apply the Glass Principal Pro for the final wipe

Mist a piddling glass cleaner onto a clean bonnet
Think about it... you lot already removed all the oily films off the glass. All yous need now is make a final wipe to get any of those concluding remaining streaks or smears and to do this all you demand is a LITTLE liquid. In other words, a picayune glass cleaner . Remember, microfiber by itself excels and removing oily films off smoothen surfaces. So for this concluding wipe you lot have 2 things working for you, the glass cleaner and microfiber.

Clean corners and drinking glass around brackets offset
To go into the corners and around the brackets, again only employ a light mist of glass cleaner and so use the pointy tip to get into the tight corners and effectually rear view mirror brackets.

Cleaning the major sections of glass
Next, piece of work the Glass Primary Pro over the within drinking glass using the upwards and down directional passes.

ane: For the major portions of the glass, first install a clean, dry out bonnet as the first bonnet will likely accept dirt and smoker's moving-picture show on the edges and the tip from cleaning the corners and around brackets.

2: And then flip the caput of the Glass Master Pro so that that apartment border will contact the glass next to the dash pad.

3: Apply up and down directional passes to make the final passes and exit behind perfectly articulate, streak gratis glass.

To get across the top of the windshield you can turn the Glass Main Pro sideways and make a finishing touch laissez passer or simply give it a wipe by hand.

Motility sequence shots -showing the direction to movement your towel

Just similar looking through drinking glass....

In this first shot the focus in on the pack of cigarettes - the words Smokers Film are no longer visible because the glass is crystal clear and streak-free.

In this 2nd shot the focus is on the dorsum wall. Because there'due south no longer a film or any dirt on the windshield, my camera has nothing to focus on and that's a sign of perfectly clear drinking glass.

The more important end results?

The driver can encounter where'due south going no matter the position of the sun or when driving at night when the headlights from oncoming traffic are beamed at his car'south windshield.

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