💦 Detailing What is in your car detailing tool chest?

[IDAFC21]

Yesssssssss

Maybe now I'll have some motivation to wash my car this weekend. Tho it hasn't all been laziness, its been getting windy as shit here lately in the afternoons blowing dust and shit all over, so its been pretty pointless to try and clean anything. Hopefully that'll hold off this weekend

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Strong or mild leather cleaner ? Either way, I suggest a small bucket of clean water to rinse the brush. The cleaner stays pretty foamy in between the bristles

 

[IDAFC21]

Strong or mild leather cleaner ? Either way, I suggest a small bucket of clean water to rinse the brush. The cleaner stays pretty foamy in between the bristles

Not really sure, I bought it based off Pan's vid for cars with "older" leather, as in 3-5+ years old. Gonna be real curious to see what this does to my shiny smooth GTO steering wheel

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

the colour lock stuff is real good

 

[DEEZUZ]

So a mother 3d power ball thingy and some generic buff compound on my wheels?


Sounds great

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

 

[greasy]

Wants fresh looking wheels, but complains about putting in the work. Guess you'll just have shitty looking wheels then

 

[DanJ]

 

[greasy]

Yesssssssss

Maybe now I'll have some motivation to wash my car this weekend. Tho it hasn't all been laziness, its been getting windy as shit here lately in the afternoons blowing dust and shit all over, so its been pretty pointless to try and clean anything. Hopefully that'll hold off this weekend

Paul you are going DEEP on the supplies as of late! I like it

 

[IDAFC21]

Paul you are going DEEP on the supplies as of late! I like it

You know as well as anyone, once you jump in that rabbit hole, it goes deeeeeeeep

I couldn't wait, I had to play with my new toys, so I washed my wheels after I got home from work today. Mixed up a batch in the foamer (ROUGHLY 5:1), And tried just spraying it on my passenger front tire to see what would happen. Let it dwell a bit, rinsed it off, got off SOME of the filth, but much still remained. No big surprise really. Like I said earlier, my wheels arent coated, and I'm not blasting it w/ a pressure washer either. So when I got to my drivers tire, I took my usual approach. Here it is in all it's glory!

Rinsed it down first, I love watching all the black soot wash down the driveway even from just a rinse . Then I foamed it up and let that dwell while I hit the insides w/ my barrel brush

Rinsed it all off, foamed it up again and gave it a proper wipe down/rinse

So much better! The water in my bucket was COMPLETELY black. Also had a little mr pink in it for some added suds while cleaning

Overall I'm happy w/ it. I love the foamer. Kept the "medium" foam plug in there that it comes with. Sprayed out nice and thick. Tho the damn button on top is so large and easy to press, several times when I was pumping it up I'd knock the button and........prematurely foam. I swear its the first time its ever happened to me!

I mostly just like that this stuff is gonna last me a loooooong time now. I always seem to be out of wheel cleaner whenever I go to wash my car. Not anymore! Tomorrow I'll wash the rest of the car.

 

[greasy]

Damn I may have to go this route! Although I just picked up some Sonax Wheel Cleaner that I’m going to try out.

 

[DanJ]

I liked the Sonax wheel cleaner, but cost vs performance was a bit high.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

 

[IDAFC21]

I really wish I could thru one time washing my car where a neighbor doesn't walk out and say "My cars over here when youre done with yours!!!"

 

[BIGONTS]

It looks like a lot of you know what you are doing so I figure I'll put it out there. I have a truck that needs a full outside only detail. It's pretty clean, just the paint needs to be going through. It's a gray 2012 Tundra Crewmax. Not a work truck at all that is all trashed. I'm located out south near Burbank. Please let me know if you are interested in this job. Thanks,

 

[greasy]

It looks like a lot of you know what you are doing so I figure I'll put it out there. I have a truck that needs a full outside only detail. It's pretty clean, just the paint needs to be going through. It's a gray 2012 Tundra Crewmax. Not a work truck at all that is all trashed. I'm located out south near Burbank. Please let me know if you are interested in this job. Thanks,

This is Gav'sPurpleZ territory

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

It looks like a lot of you know what you are doing so I figure I'll put it out there. I have a truck that needs a full outside only detail. It's pretty clean, just the paint needs to be going through. It's a gray 2012 Tundra Crewmax. Not a work truck at all that is all trashed. I'm located out south near Burbank. Please let me know if you are interested in this job. Thanks,

I will send you a PM... Full size trucks are tough since they do not fit in my garage.
More to follow.

This is Gav'sPurpleZ territory

thanks bruh

 

[BIGONTS]

I will send you a PM... Full size trucks are tough since they do not fit in my garage.
More to follow.



thanks bruh

Nice. LMK. Thanks

 

[greasy]

Got tired of having my bottles sitting on a shelf had some spare aluminum stock laying around when I was cleaning my garage yesterday and put this together. Worked well!

 

[SleeperLS]

I need to figure out a glass polish that will fix my vette up. There is a fair bit of hard water etching and scratches in the rear and front glass. Tried clay a clay bar and some paint polish stuff I had laying around and it didn't do anything. I am thinking I need a dedicated glass polish and pad. Thinking about the car pro stuff.

Anyone polished glass before?

 

[DanJ]

Interested in this as well. I’ve read reviews on the CarPro Ceriglass but never used it.

 

[greasy]

Sorry Andy, I have no experience with getting etching out of glass.

 

[Mook]

Got tired of having my bottles sitting on a shelf had some spare aluminum stock laying around when I was cleaning my garage yesterday and put this together. Worked well!

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That looks like wood to me.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

I would try whatever compound you have and a MF cutting pad.
The ceriglass + rayon pads will only help so much for certain defects. Glass is very hard so it is very hard to "correct."

 

[DanJ]

That is clearly aluminum and not wood.