Pocket-Sized Detailing Kit (pic)

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TN9thSi

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I ordered a PC/ 1Z combo kit from Nick @ Detailers Paradise and didn't realize that they throw in a small 2 oz plastic bottle with every 1Z polish. I ordered 5 additional bottles, making a total of 9. I filled the first four with 1Z UP, PP, MP, and EP. Poured WG kit into 3 more and finally NXT into another. Then I got to thinking how nice it would be to have a lable on the bottles, so I went to work. After all the printing, cutting and taping, this is what I ended up with. I tried to replicate the style, font and color of each container. What do you think?



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* Yes, i know the Metallic Polish is labeled wrong. I already fixed it.



I still have one more bottle, but not sure what to use it for. I almost broke out the sharpie, but me being the perfectonist I am, could not let that suffice. Those little bottles are great. Now I can carry all my polishes in my pocket, or glovebox, or just about anywhere else I need to.
 
Looks fantastic. What type of label material did you use? Type of printer?



Those would go well with the Concour Prep Bag
 
Well, the labels are sort of ghetto for now. It's just standard bright white 24 lb inkjet paper with two strips of scotch tape, cut slightly larger than the label to "laminate" and stick it to the bottle. I need to find some glossy lables and re-do all of them, but this will work for now I guess.
 
dternst said:
What if you used the 2" wide packing tape to laminate the label?
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That's what I was going to use, but could not find any in the house, so scotch tape it was.



I did, however find the glossy labels I was looking for. Staples has photo-quality, glossy lables. But at almost $19 for a box of 240, it's a bit expensive.
 
That's a good idea! They look good!



I just bought some various sized plastic bottles from USPlastic.com because I was tired of all the different factory bottles being different shapes and sizes. The would be easier to store if they are all uniform.
 
bluedragon,



Nick at Detailers Paradise gives you those with every polish plus he sells them by themselves. The perfect size.
 
Would you mind sending me your electronic file? Those are awesome. I can also host it at a website for short bit if a lot of people are intested in it.



I'd like to create some of the manufacturer's I have or will be getting this spring ... Meguiars, Zaino, Klasse and Poorboy.



pacobbs@rogers.com



If you're okay sending it, make sure to write Autopia in the sentence otherwise it might get deleted as I have a huge spam problem with the addy.
 
Thanks for all the compliments, I didn't expect such a response :D



While I will admit that they look good, I'm still not entirely pleased. I might invest in some of those full-bleed, photo-quality glossy address lables from staples and re-do all of them.
 
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