Cleaning Products
10-05-2016, 08:29 AM
#11
Ford Truck Lover
10-16-2016, 05:49 PM
#13
Senior Member
From the forum I learned about two products that I have since purchased and tried:
Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealent - best trim dressing I have ever found. It actually keeps the trim on the top of the bumper, front bumper pads, bed trim etc black. Not like other products that fade after they dry. Highly recommend.
Torinova wheel shine - another great product. Tire shine really last.
Plus... I ordered these products off Amazon. The Trinova showed up with the spray gun trigger broke off. I eamailed the company InstaNatural to let them know and their sending me a new bottle!
Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealent - best trim dressing I have ever found. It actually keeps the trim on the top of the bumper, front bumper pads, bed trim etc black. Not like other products that fade after they dry. Highly recommend.
Torinova wheel shine - another great product. Tire shine really last.
Plus... I ordered these products off Amazon. The Trinova showed up with the spray gun trigger broke off. I eamailed the company InstaNatural to let them know and their sending me a new bottle!
10-17-2016, 05:07 AM
#15
Washing - Chemical Guys Citrus Wash & Gloss, Chemical Guys Honey Dew Snow Foam, Chemical Guys Bug & Tar, Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine, CarPro Iron-X Snow Soap
Wheels & Tires - Sonax Wheel Cleaner Full Effect, Adam's Rubber & Tire Cleaner, Adam's Tire Shine.
Chrome - Mother's Chrome Polish
Plastic Trim - Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant
Interior - McKee's 37 Total Interior Cleaner, Wolfgang Cockpit Trim Sealant, Adam's Total Interior Detailer
Quick Detail Sprays - Chemical Guy's V7, McKee's 37 Waterless Wash, Poorboy's Bird Sh#t Remover, Meguiar's M135.
Sealants - Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0, Duragloss 105/601, Wolfgang Deep Gloss Liquid Seal, CarPro Hyrdo2 Touchless Silica Sealant, Sonax Polymer Net Shield
Waxes - Wolfgang Fuzion, Pinnacle Black Label Synergy, Meguiar's D156 Spray Wax,
Coatings - Optimum Opti-Coat, McKee's 37 Paint Coating
Wheels & Tires - Sonax Wheel Cleaner Full Effect, Adam's Rubber & Tire Cleaner, Adam's Tire Shine.
Chrome - Mother's Chrome Polish
Plastic Trim - Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant
Interior - McKee's 37 Total Interior Cleaner, Wolfgang Cockpit Trim Sealant, Adam's Total Interior Detailer
Quick Detail Sprays - Chemical Guy's V7, McKee's 37 Waterless Wash, Poorboy's Bird Sh#t Remover, Meguiar's M135.
Sealants - Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0, Duragloss 105/601, Wolfgang Deep Gloss Liquid Seal, CarPro Hyrdo2 Touchless Silica Sealant, Sonax Polymer Net Shield
Waxes - Wolfgang Fuzion, Pinnacle Black Label Synergy, Meguiar's D156 Spray Wax,
Coatings - Optimum Opti-Coat, McKee's 37 Paint Coating
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10-17-2016, 05:09 AM
#16
I used to be hooked on all chemical guys products. However as of late, and doing more research. There are better or comparable products for less cost. Chemical guys is a marketing machine.
Checkout Autogeek.net they are an invaluable resource for detailing.
Checkout Autogeek.net they are an invaluable resource for detailing.
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10-17-2016, 10:46 AM
#18
What's everyone's favorites? There are so many options on the market it's not even funny.
Favorite products for washing, wheels and other "chrome", quick detail sprays, sealant or wax, etc. Trying to decide what I want to do to keep up with the truck.
In regards to KR leather, does it require special products or any quality cleaner/codnitioners?
Color is blue jeans if that makes a diference in choice for wax/sealants...
Favorite products for washing, wheels and other "chrome", quick detail sprays, sealant or wax, etc. Trying to decide what I want to do to keep up with the truck.
In regards to KR leather, does it require special products or any quality cleaner/codnitioners?
Color is blue jeans if that makes a diference in choice for wax/sealants...
Cut - Meguiar's Ultimate Compound/105
Polish - Meguiar's Ultimate Polish/205
Paint Correction - Porter Cable 7424 random orbit
Pads - Harbor Freight 6.5" cut (orange) polish (blue)
Wax - Meguiar's Ultimate Paste Wax
Quick Detail - Mother's Showtime
Leather - Quick Detail and Microfibre - leather cleaners are a joke.
Plastic trim - Mr Clean magic eraser which works incredibly well. I DO NOT use a trim restorer as it is very temporary and runs when wet.
I used 3M products for many years and while they are very good, they are just too hard to find OTC. Meguiar's has come a long, long way with their OTC line and the Ultimate line up is just fantastic. The Ultimate Compound is one of the very best on the market - it goes on so easy and corrects paint with amazing speed, even with a random orbit polisher.
10-17-2016, 02:48 PM
#19
There is a trick to the 476: put it on thin. If you put it on too thick it is a pain to remove.
Collinite is also a great value. Far less expensive and much better product than most others.
10-17-2016, 03:46 PM
#20
I like to keep it simple.
Wash...any good sudsy wash will do, however if you want to really remove all wax use some gentle dish soap like palmolive.
Wax...I like Zymol cleaner wax as well as the Zaino products, but Collinite is probably the best bang for the buck. In a pinch I use a good spray wax like Mothers.
Protection. Optimum Opti Seal. Zaino makes a good "system" as well but I find the opti is the easiest to apply
Interior and rubber 303 aerospace and Einzett cockpit both are good for plastic and interior rubber/vinyl. 303 is the best product ive ever used on exterior plastics and dash although I hear good things about Wolfgang.
Leather....zaino z-9/10 leather in a bottle literally smells like saddle bag leather. Goes on matte and looks great. There are more expensive options here but most leathers have a coating on them that really does a good job protecting them so a mild saddle soap and shoe brush will get them really clean for the most part. Its up to you if you want to condition the leather...even though its really not needed.
Wash...any good sudsy wash will do, however if you want to really remove all wax use some gentle dish soap like palmolive.
Wax...I like Zymol cleaner wax as well as the Zaino products, but Collinite is probably the best bang for the buck. In a pinch I use a good spray wax like Mothers.
Protection. Optimum Opti Seal. Zaino makes a good "system" as well but I find the opti is the easiest to apply
Interior and rubber 303 aerospace and Einzett cockpit both are good for plastic and interior rubber/vinyl. 303 is the best product ive ever used on exterior plastics and dash although I hear good things about Wolfgang.
Leather....zaino z-9/10 leather in a bottle literally smells like saddle bag leather. Goes on matte and looks great. There are more expensive options here but most leathers have a coating on them that really does a good job protecting them so a mild saddle soap and shoe brush will get them really clean for the most part. Its up to you if you want to condition the leather...even though its really not needed.