Washing:
Turtle wax ice shampoo
I love this stuff; it smells great, cleans well and is cheap. Also available at your local walmart
Ultimitts
I use the red one for all over, and the yellow one when something is heavy contaminated. These are the best wash mitts I’ve ever use
Poor boys bug squash/ pre wash
Its some good stuff, really does a good job with getting tire shine off the paint, available in semi large quantities and is great diluted 50/50
Poor boys Bio apc
It’s a good all purpose cleaner/ degreaser available in semi large quantities and is great diluted 50/50
Grit guard
Goes in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket and really helps with reducing swirl marks, it goes in your rinse bucket.
Soft brush
You can get these any where; I use it for wheels, and wheel wells.
Drying
California jelly blade
Gets the majority of the water off, you have to be careful and thoroughly wash the car so you do not have any contaminants that can be dragged across the surface and scratch it.
Big waffle weaves drying towels
These are awesome, dry well and are reused many times before I wash them

Polishing
Flex
Great random orbital buffer, higher speeds than a pc, and larger pads. This buffer has never let me down
Menzerna polishes
P106 ceramic clear coat polish
I use this as my final polish, with a white pad
Super intensive polish or SIP
This is my heavy duty polish; I use it on heavily swirled vehicles, and follow this up with the P106 so I have no swirls/ scratches. Applied with an orange pad
I use lake country pads exclusively orange and white. And bunches of them.

Wax/ sealant
Menzerna FMJ
I’ve never used it, but the results it shows are worthy of mention
Turtle wax ice polish
It’s not a polish more of a synthetic wax. It offers no real protection that I’ve seen, but it does bring out metallic flake/ pearls very well, I top it with a good carnauba
Pinnacle souveran
My favorite wax of all time, I use this on every color vehicle and it has never let me down. Kind of pricey at 80 a jar though. Pure Brazilian carnauba
S100
Available at Harley stores. It’s a very good carnauba and has also never let me down.
Clay bars
Mothers Kit
The detailing spray that comes with it is great for claying and the clay bars that come with it are large enough too be split in two.
Clay magic
The industry standard, it needs no real explanation. Its good stuff

Miscellaneous
Tire shine applicators
I use the curved ones available at AutoZone and similar places
For normal applicator pads I use foam, or good quality microfiber ones.
Tire shine
Meguiars hot shine (gel)
It does sling a little bit, but it looks damn good and lasts for quite some time
Aerospace 303 protectant
A very good interior/ trim spray. Not greasy, and has more of a matte/ clean shine to it.
Poor boys wheel sealant
Adds good protection to the wheels, and makes cleaning very easy
Towels
Microfiber/ terry exclusively, I will only buy towels that touch my paint from a reputable detailing company, such as our vendor detailer’s domain.

I highly recommend most products be purchased from detailers domain, or detailed image for their vast knowledge and great service.

 

well this is sad all the views and no comments?

 

Nice list. I like your wax and polishes. Some high end stuff on there.

 

yaa recognition. Thankie sir. I have you too thank for much of that list.

 

Not sure what type of response you were looking for?

very good product list, though.
The only items I object to are the water blade and (only slightly object to) the Megs hot shine.

Granted I'm not really using anything 'better' than the water blade since I like using the absorber...
And the hot shine: if it's what I recall, doesn't this product have a lot of splatter after driving? Great for that show look, though.

I'm just waiting for the spring to get closer (unless I get too eager) so that I can use my newly acquired:
SIP, PO106, Red Moose Machine Glaze, Natty's Blue

Should look outstanding!

 

I agree with the water blade comments, hence the warning. I use a waffle weave towel instead and much prefer it. The meguiars hot shine tire shine, the non aerosol one anyway has no sling atleast in my cause, I do not just dump it on, also everytime I wash my wheels I remove all old tire shine. So I guess it going on a clean tire helps.

 

That hurts my eyes to try and read. Space it out or reformat it or something so that there are some SPACES in the text lol

 

nice list. good products on there. LOL all them good products then you mention turtle wax? come on.

 

hahah those are the only 2 products from turtle wax worth a damn.

 

nice write up mackie, wanna detail my car sometime?

 

I sampled the entire Menzerna product line- including the much-praised polishes and FMJ sealant. Sorry to say, I've been underwhelmed. Particularly with FMJ- it looks good freshly applied, but doesn't seem to have the durability I've come to expect from a poly sealant.

 

Hmm u put a wax over it? Any problems doin that?

 

nice write up, i have most of those products clogging my garage

 

I dont use a water blade or towel to dry the Z. If you already have a good base of wax use your leaf blower and the water is gone. There is probaly a downside to usuing the leaf blower but sure make life easy.

For cleaning I use everything Zaino, I used it once and just cant stop.

 

nope, no problems. You can layer carnauba wax over a synthetic sealant. It's a little trick show cars use to get a little extra kick in the paint at car shows. But most will do it for added protection.

 

I might try this when the weather gets warmer and after reading ur guide looks like i need some new products.

 

When i get my car back Im actually gonna use zaino as much as I hate to. My new sealants not In. :-( z-2 probably. I hate this whole multiple sealant thing. They look the same anyway.

 

After 60,000 miles and reading recommendations for 303 Aerospace Protectorant, I finally found some at a marine store for $14. Compared to my favorite, Mothers Back-to-Black, 303 is a winner:

Easy to apply
Less blotching
Shine is subdued
Less “greasy” to the touch.

Two thumbs up.

 

^^ most importantly, it really does protect like non other which is the reason why i use it. NO fading is a great thing that most other products say they do but dont' come through.

 

I also really love the 303 Aerospace Protectant. I use it all over my interior, around the home, boat, etc. I really like the nice light matte finish it leaves behind compared to other more glossy and oily products. Best of all like Superblack mentions the protection is amazing. I hate seeing faded black interiors and discoloration from the sun. The Protectant is a very strong UV blocker and I highly recommend it to anyone.

Greg @ Detailed Image