I'm in the process of thinking of Christmas gift ideas and thought that this would be a good point to ask for some of the essentials for a good detailing kit...

What all do you recommend beyond the obvious?

Thanks...


RP

 

55 Gallon Drum of Pro's Cherry Suds

 

Hrrm, that's all you use Intel?

RP

 

get the essentials--soap, wash mitten, chamois, wax or polish, applicator pads, cotton towels, bleache white and tire shine, other chit ya might need. Tell your better half that if she'll get this stuff for ya, youll get her that new vaccum cleaner shes been needing for a while
-Patrick

 

Intel: I've got a question for you. I've got a little wax residue on the area surrounding my tailgate handle. What can I use to remove it? There's not much there, but it bothers me when I look at it.

 

Glaffer...

Try the endless numbers of posts that deal with wax on trim. You'll find suggestions from peanut butter to WD40...

Do a search for "WAX TRIM" and that should yeild a slew of results...


Thanks for the suggestions on ideas for the kit. At this point, I have just about everything that has been mentioned... Anything else?

RP

NEW SMILEY!!!

 

my detailing box and wash bucket even match my truck...black with red 3mm pinstripe. LoL! just dirty and bad lighting in the pics

i've got everything i need in the box, and the stuff i don't use so often, or larger bottles or whatever of stuff in the basement so all i have to take to a show with me is teh box, bucket, and a duffle bag with towells in it.

but anyway, here's my stuff




have a detailing job this sunday washing/waxing/interior/trunk on a few state trooper cars

 

Well... No but like Harley#356 I also have a travel detail kit. Here it is



Get a paintbrush and cut the bristles down so they are short and stuff. Next time you wash your truck scrubt he plastic trim with it and some of your car soap/water solution.

If that doesn't work, then a dye like Forever Black will dye it black. A dressing like Pro's Bumper Renewer will also work and it lasts awhile.

Peanut butter puts a coating of the peanut oil on your paint. It really doesn't remove the residue but covers it up like a dressing.

 

Harley#356's detailing box...the Amateur seup, Intel's detaling truck bed full of stuff...the pro setup

got enough spray bottles there intel?

 

Im armed with...

Porter Cable DA Buffer with tons of pads and backing plates

The whole Zaino collection.

6 Different tire dressings for different things

Microfiber towels up the ying yang

Sea Sponge

Several Buckets

100% Cotton and Microfiber Applicator Pads

Mothers Alumn Mag Polish

Window Polish

Assortments of Window Cleaner

Carpet/Floor mat cleaners

Leather Protection

Basically, i got what harley has up there, times about 4, LOL Of course, this is collected over umm, 4 years now.

 

Can you please explain why you have 6 different tire dressings?

 

i've got about 6 different tire dressings, but its mostly cuz i was trying to find the best one and ended up not liking them so bought another. i only use the zaino tire shine now.
but not sure how he has 6 different tire shines for 6 different things

 

use the tire dressing that you don't like on the inner wheel wells. i thought i had alot of cleaning stuff,but i am truely impressed with what i have seen here.

 

Good advice there footwart.