Car Cleaning & Detailing - Whats Your Loadout?

Looney · Post by **Looney** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:05 pm

Ok time for everyone to get involved. I own 0 car cleaning products i always paid someone to do it for me (eastern Europeans!)

Now i have a car in which i would like to keep in optimal condition inside & out i need to buy some products..

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2x Bucket (purchased)
2x Grit Guard (purchased)
1x Wax That Harly stuff, i got some from amazon (purchased)

?? Karcher K4 Pressure Washer ??
?? Snow Foam ??
?? Pre Wash De Greaser/ Waxer ??
?? Polisher ??
?? Microfibre Clothes In Bulk ??

Please help and ill update the thread, tell me your Detailing / Car Washing LOADOUT!

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:08 pm

Polisher should be a DA & not a rotary unless you’re an expert, lambswool mitt, claybar or clay mitt

Rob

1000rr · Post by **1000rr** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:17 pm

I’m lazy.

I take it to the local hand wash, they use 2 buckets with a grit guard. Snow foam first, then they Jet wash, hand wash, then they rinse it and dry it off. They do the wheels by hand and dress the tyres with tyre gel...Costs me a fiver.

If it’s good enough for this lambo whom I see every week there, it’s good enough for me.

Then I go home and wax it.

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RustyZ4 · Post by **RustyZ4** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:23 pm

Some Bilt Hamber wheel cleaner brilliant stuff for the alloys, I have a Karcher 4 and I love it (tho there is a thread on pressure washers), buy good micofibre cloths not the cheap ones, and what you have mentioned is just for the outside

ihadablackdog · Post by **ihadablackdog** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:55 pm

...and pull the tabs off the new microfibres.

RustyZ4 · Post by **RustyZ4** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:40 pm

1000rr wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:17 pm I’m lazy.

I take it to the local hand wash, they use 2 buckets with a grit guard. Snow foam first, then they Jet wash, hand wash, then they rinse it and dry it off. They do the wheels by hand and dress the tyres with tyre gel...Costs me a fiver.

If it’s good enough for this lambo whom I see every week there, it’s good enough for me.

Then I go home and wax it.
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Noooooooooo,,,, there's nothing like spending a whole day cleaning your car

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:43 pm

RustyZ4 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:40 pm
1000rr wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:17 pm I’m lazy.

I take it to the local hand wash, they use 2 buckets with a grit guard. Snow foam first, then they Jet wash, hand wash, then they rinse it and dry it off. They do the wheels by hand and dress the tyres with tyre gel...Costs me a fiver.

If it’s good enough for this lambo whom I see every week there, it’s good enough for me.

Then I go home and wax it.
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Noooooooooo,,,, there's nothing like spending a whole day cleaning your car

Agreed, I find its brilliant therapy & leaves a feeling of deep fulfilment and inner peace

Rob

Gaffa22 · Post by **Gaffa22** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:47 pm

Join detailing world forum that will keep you busy reading all info on there
Have a look at the videos in the Ask Mike Philips section

1000rr · Post by **1000rr** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:03 pm

I’ll clean the bike all day, but the car I’m lazy with. I like the interior mint though, so I’ll spend an hour a week on that...... the guys down the car wash do as good as me, and they jet wash the inner arches too... and you get a free air freshener when they’ve done. Happy days indeed

LordOxygen · Post by **LordOxygen** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:48 am

Bilt Hamber stuff is good.
Ive bought all sorts of products over the last 5ish years. BH is my default choice now, shampoo, snowfoam, wheel cleaner, fallout remover, polish wax ( which seems to always win big group tests) and detail spray.
Poor boys interior cleaner and wheels sealant are worth buying as well imo.

Get some decent microfiber cloths, avoid the cheap ones.

ph001 · Post by **ph001** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:40 am

These microfibres are superb.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fluffy-Detaili ... dpSrc=srch

Phoenixboy · Post by **Phoenixboy** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:08 am

get my mate the detailer at my local Porsche centre to do mine twice a year.
then I just wash it and use detailing spray to keep it topped up.
jobs a good un.

LordOxygen · Post by **LordOxygen** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:05 pm

ph001 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:40 am These microfibres are superb.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fluffy-Detaili ... dpSrc=srch

Just ordered 2 of those. They look good value.

GAZA62 · Post by **GAZA62** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 2:04 pm

Get my products from here http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/index.php quick delivery and never any probs over the last 15 years I also use Halfords for some products the range there is getting better by the year.

ph001 · Post by **ph001** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 2:14 pm

LordOxygen wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:05 pm
ph001 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:40 am These microfibres are superb.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fluffy-Detaili ... dpSrc=srch
Just ordered 2 of those. They look good value.

Yeh, they are very good quality, completely edge-less and no labels. Very nice and plush. They are my go to cloth for anything glaze, wax, QD related. Amazing value too (which I learned after spending almost 4 times that amount on other inferior microfibres).

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