imported_jayhkr
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I have decided to get "serious" about making my truck shine like I've never seen it before. She's an '06 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 with a young 50k on her! Since I've had her for just over a year the paint has never really "popped" at me. I've spent countless hours, by hand, trying to polish this gem in the rough. Obviously with such a large vehicle by the time I'm done washing, claybaring, drying, doing the wheels/tires, windows then trying to put some polish and wax on her, I'm so damn tired I sleep for 2 days! :sosad So part of my reason to get serious is to:
1) save some time (the above takes about 10-12 hours with, IMO, poor results)
2) I want to see how good my truck can look after it gets a real detail :buffing:
3) I love hobbies and this will probably last me the rest of my life! (maybe even help my friends out and get a few bucks out of them) :LOLOL
So anyway, before I put my first big order in I wanted to get everyone's opinion on my shopping cart and if I need to add anything important. First let me tell you a little of what I already have. I use the 2 bucket method with Megs Gold Class shampoo, a MF sponge and everything you see here: Detailing pictures by jayhkr - Photobucket plus a small 2.5 gallon wet/dry vac. Here is what I want to order from AG:
This is about the amount I want to stay within since this IS just a hobby. Don't want to get to crazy to fast! :LOLOL
and then I'm going to order some towels from a different vendor:
I already have a decent amount of towels, but since I'm starting "fresh" I thought these would be good for the paint and my old ones used for non-paint. So I'm thinking of 12 of these, maybe 24 but I want to keep cost down initially.
Then 2 of these for drying:
So all in all what is everyone's consensus? I will be adding as time goes on, but for the initial purchase to get me going for a while I thought this was a good starting off point. Kind of hoping to make this last for a year as I'm already planning Holiday gifts. :2thumbs: Hopefully this post won't get lost in cyberspace. Thanks to everyone in advance! Oh BTW this is what the truck looks like after that 10 hour ordeall though:
1) save some time (the above takes about 10-12 hours with, IMO, poor results)
2) I want to see how good my truck can look after it gets a real detail :buffing:
3) I love hobbies and this will probably last me the rest of my life! (maybe even help my friends out and get a few bucks out of them) :LOLOL
So anyway, before I put my first big order in I wanted to get everyone's opinion on my shopping cart and if I need to add anything important. First let me tell you a little of what I already have. I use the 2 bucket method with Megs Gold Class shampoo, a MF sponge and everything you see here: Detailing pictures by jayhkr - Photobucket plus a small 2.5 gallon wet/dry vac. Here is what I want to order from AG:
This is about the amount I want to stay within since this IS just a hobby. Don't want to get to crazy to fast! :LOLOL
and then I'm going to order some towels from a different vendor:
I already have a decent amount of towels, but since I'm starting "fresh" I thought these would be good for the paint and my old ones used for non-paint. So I'm thinking of 12 of these, maybe 24 but I want to keep cost down initially.
Then 2 of these for drying:
So all in all what is everyone's consensus? I will be adding as time goes on, but for the initial purchase to get me going for a while I thought this was a good starting off point. Kind of hoping to make this last for a year as I'm already planning Holiday gifts. :2thumbs: Hopefully this post won't get lost in cyberspace. Thanks to everyone in advance! Oh BTW this is what the truck looks like after that 10 hour ordeall though: