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5th Gen 1LE owner here, and all I have ever done on mine is soap and water and the Chemical Guys Meticulous Matte Detailer. When I lived in Southern California we had really hard water and it was very important that you dry it immediately after soap and water. I would always make the hood the last part of the car I washed and then immediately dried it with a microfiber drying towel. Then I would hit it up with the Matte Detailer and it would look really good. There would usually be a few water spots left over but it was impossible to make sure all of them were gone unless you use softened water. Now that I live in North Carolina the water here is very soft and I can dry it when I feel like it and I never get any spots. It's stupidly easy to care for if you have soft water.
I am reluctant to recommend anyone put sealers/wax or any other kind of protectant on the wrap if you want to maintain the matte finish. They tend to add a shine to the wrap and they can be hard to remove if it turns out you don't like it. The wrap is pretty rugged and resistant to any damage so they really aren't needed anyways. Polishers are also a big no, and I would also recommend you stay away from claying it since that can leave scratches that you would normally follow up with a good polish on paint but since you can't polish the wrap you may end up just leaving scratches. I don't know about Iron-X, I used it on the painted portions of my car when I got it, but skipped using it on the hood wrap and I have never felt like it needed anything like that.
TLDR: Hard water areas will have to take extra steps to make it look really good, but if you live in an area with soft water then you really don't have to do anything extra. Chemical Guys Meticulous Matte Detailer is good.
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