Product of the year 2010! Although we may be only half way through the year, Cquartz Iron X is a brand new product that is going to take some beating for the aforementioned title. Like the other products in the new Cquartz car care line it does not sit alongside existing products in the marketplace as a rival, but rather defines an entirely new treatment step that offers profound benefits to people who like to care for their vehicles as thoroughly as possible. Hitherto, paint decontamination (when done properly) has always involved two steps; an initial chemical treatment to remove bonded organic contaminants such as tar, bug remains and honeydew, and a second treatment with detailing clay to remove bonded inorganic contaminants such as industrial fallout, brake dust and exhaust soot. After conducting this process thoroughly, we are usually convinced that we have cleaned our paint and glass properly. Well, at least we used to be.

After reading up about Cquartz Iron X on various detailing forms we wanted to test it for ourselves, and being somewhat sceptical, we decided to clean the paint on one of our cars the old fashioned way (tar and glue remover followed by detailing clay) and then use it, to see if it could liberate any further contamination from what we considered to be perfectly clean surfaces. Suffice to say, we were quite frankly shocked by what happened next. Over the five minute application period hundreds of tiny purple spots appeared all over the car, indicating that the solution was dissolving iron-containing compounds and particles still stuck either on, or within, the paint system. After rinsing off and drying the car, the paint felt even smoother than before, and subjectively looked a little brighter (a feel good effect maybe?). In many subsequent tests in our studio, we have been similarly amazed by what this product can do.

So, there we have it - a brand new product that does not aim to replicate what other products currently do, but rather enable us to do something we have not been able to do before; intensively clean the uppermost layer of our paint and remove sintered iron particulates quickly and efficiently. As a result, we have now modified our own in-house decontamination process to: (i) an initial chemical treatment with Kleenzit to remove bonded organic contaminants such as tar, bug remains and honeydew (ii) a second chemical treatment with Cquartz Iron X to remove bonded iron-containing inorganic contaminants such as industrial fallout and brake dust, and (iii) a third treatment with detailing clay to remove any remaining bonded surface contaminants such as paint overspray and non-ferrous metal particulates (although this last step is frequently not required).