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The best TFR, fallout remover or engine bay cleaner

<p>It is often asked on detailing fora and social media&colon; &&num;8220&semi;what is the best TFR&comma; Fallout Remover or Engine Bay Cleaner&&num;8221&semi;&period; Off course there is a difference between certain products and brands&comma; but it is important to know what you are asking&period; In this guide I will try to explain what the problem is with this question unless it is asked more in-depth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>The general problem<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>When somebody asks what the best shampoo is&comma; they are not letting other people know what they mean with &&num;8220&semi;best&&num;8221&semi;&period; A shampoo is developed with several characteristics in mind&period; It has to be slick&comma; good soluble in water&comma; good cleaning properties&comma; wax&sol;sealant-safe and several more&period; These properties can be very different between products and&sol;or brands&period; In the question &&num;8220&semi;What is the best shampoo&&num;8221&semi;&comma; it is nowhere specified if that person is looking for a shampoo that is very slick&comma; if it just smells nice or if it is the least protection-affecting&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;So it is almost impossible to give an answer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>What to keep in mind when you ask the question<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Many detailers are searching for a certain product that offers good quality&period; This could mean that they are looking for a cheap product&comma; one that smells good&comma; etc&period; Before you ask the question which product is the best it is important to know what you are looking for&period; Are you looking for a wax that offers mainly gloss&quest; Or is easy to buff off&quest; Or one that offers as much gloss&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is important to know what you are looking for&comma; and to know that there will be cases in which 2 properties can not be combined&period; A shampoo that is really awesome at washing away stubborn grease can not be wax safe&period; Simply because you need a certain harshness to remove the grease&comma; harshness that is more then the wax can handle&period; Even sealants are likely to be affected by this&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>A list of things to consider<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Here is a list of properties you might consider including in your question&period; These can be your own preferences&comma; or just things you find important&period; This list is simply made to help you find out what you exactly want to ask&comma; so you will get better answers that suit your search&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>TFR&comma; Fallout remover or Engine Bay cleaner<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Chemical based or polymer based<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Removes stubborn grease &lpar;be more careful with the product&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Removes general grease &lpar;easier to use in more situations&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Acidic&comma; pH neutral or alkili<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Price<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Size of bottle<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Can be used as a snowfoam<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Can be diluted<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;

Vinnie van Rooij

Vinnie started the DetailingWiki Project in december 2015, and his quest is still going strong. Hoping to create a solid and informative center of information for anybody who is into detailing.

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