Venture Services

Iron Contamination Test

If I had a pound for everytime a new customer asks "what's that?" pointing to the deep purple bleeding affect, I would be a rich man.


What is it?

On the first clean, and then six monthy, I use Bilt Hamber Korrosol on the bodywork, and their Auto Wheel on the wheels.

The purple bleeding affect indicates that iron brake dust particulates are in the paint, but its more previlent on wheels.


Why it Happens?

When you use your brakes, microscopic metal shavings fly off at temperatures exceeding 150 Centegrade. They aren't just sitting on your paint; they are hot enough to melt a tiny pocket into your clear coat and fuse to it.

Normal shampoo just glides right over them.

If you don't chemically dissolve them, they will sit there, react with moisture, and begin to rust. As iron rusts, it expands to four times its original size, slowly rupturing your clear coat from the inside out.


100% Urban Driver = Extreme Brake Fallout

City driving is where iron fallout thrives. In a city like Colchester, you're constantly accelerating and braking between traffic lights, junctions, and roundabouts.

If you mainly drive in the city, your paint is constantly flying through dense, fresh clouds of hot metallic dust from your own brakes and every vehicle of around you.

Hence the extreme reaction received when a customer see's the river of purple streaming down their car.


Never Used a Pro Detailer?

I guarantee you'll see purple streaming down your car.

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