Top 10 Overall Items for a Detail Kit

[SixSpeed]

Just for arguments sake, if you could only have 10 detailing products what would they be? I have listed mine below in no particular order.



Blackfire AFPP

P21S Carnauba Wax

Eimann Fabrik Hi-Intensity

Lexon Vinylex

P21S GEPC

Magic Towel

Microfiber Applicator

Eimann Fabrik Clear Pearl

Lexol Leather Cleaner

Lexol Leather Conditioner

 

[JasonC8301]

Travel Kit

1. Porter Cable Polisher and pads (thats like 10 products already)

2. Klasse kit

3. Pinnacle Souveran

4. Eimann Fabrik Hi-Intensity

5. Glass Cleaner (Stoner's IG or EF Clear Vision)

6. Wet/dry vac

7. Automotive International's Omni All Purpose (interior cleaner)

8. Lexol Vinylex

9. 3M Finesse It II Finishing Material

10. Tools (buckets, mitts, brushes, extension cord, towels, applicators)



Well just for the heck of it, heres my complete detail kit (held in a Meguiars Organizer (sp?) and a duffel bag)



1. PC with pads

2. Tools (bucket, mitts, brushes, extension cord, towels, applicators, tire swipes, water blade etc. etc.)

3. Klasse Kit

4. Meguiars #26 in liquid and paste form

5. Meguiars Gold Class Paste Wax

6. Valugard's Heavy cut compound, clear coat compound, machine polish, new car prep, odor terminator, trim and molding renewer, rubber protector, and Omni All Purpose

7. Glass Cleaner (EF Clear Vision and Stoner's IG) and Glass Polish (Zaino Z-12)

8. Zaino Z-14 plastic polish

9. Zaino Z-2, Z-5, ZFX, Z-6, Z-7

10. 3M Imperial wet/dry 2000 grit sand paper

11. Eagle One wash, polish/wax, tire gel, and lotion sample kit

12. A bottle of Dawn

13. KIT Scratch Out

14. Pinnacle PCL

15. Meguiars #7

16. 3M Finesse It II

17. Wet/dry vac

18. Lexol Vinylex

19. One Grand Blitz

20. Meguiars over spray clay and Clay Magic clay

21. Meguiars QD

22. Blue Magic metal polish cream

23. Eagle One leather condtioner

24. TW Tire gel and Meguiars Endurance Tire Gel natural

25. Finish First



Work kit

1. PC and extension cord



Thats about it, yeah I know too much time on my hands, now its time to clean the house.......

 

[Kleanride]

Thats quite the list! I wish I took my real job as seriously as detailing! Boy, I would be rich! Oh well.........



Anyhoot, my top 10 list that I simply can't detail without would have to be (in no particular order).......



1. American Shine Carnauba Wash

2. 4-5 MF towels

3. Lanes Super Blue Tire Gloss

4. Mist-n-Shine OR Race Glaze Gloss Highlighter (same product!)

5. Wizards Shine Master

6. Blitz Wax OR American Shine Liquid Wax

7. 1.5 hp wet dry vac

8. bunch 'o' sponges!

9. 303

10. Eagle One A-Z Wheel Cleaner (or equivalant!)



Thats enought stuff for a relatively descent job...but sometime, somewhere ya gotta work Klasse and whatelse in there!

 

[Kleanride]

Apprentice?!! What the heck?! I have been here since time! Crap, I must have reset something when I was changing my sig. the other day........!

 

[Redcar GUY]

I would have to say that the tools that most of us use will vary, Some are mobil, some are out side and some are inside detailers.

But the Number on thing that I keep in my kit is TIME, if you dont take your time and do things right it is just a waste.....

TIME.... That is one of the BEST tools there is



But here are a few of mine



1) Viking Mitt

2) Griots wheel cleaner

3) Simple green

3) Z7 wash

4) 3M SMR

5) PC

6) Stoners-carpet cleaner,window cleaner and tar remover

7) a good tire brush

8) as many MF's as you can get

9) old rags for hands, or really dirty places

10) Zaino- ZFX, Z5

11) 6hp shop Vac

12) Leaf blower (elec)

13) organization (another must)



Like I said, everyones will vary, I do all my detailing inside...

 

[Jngrbrdman]

Apprentice?!! What the heck?! I have been here since time! Crap, I must have reset something when I was changing my sig. the other day........!

David cleaned out the archives last month. A lot of people lost posts. Don lost like 2 grand or something. No worries, we all know you are one of the old timers.

 

[rstype]

LOL, and hopefully the mods don't move his posts to the Autopia University...







Dale, where have you been?

David cleaned out the archives last month. A lot of people lost posts. Don lost like 2 grand or something. No worries, we all know you are one of the old timers.

My top ten that I carry with me all the time are...



1.) Eagle 1 20/20 glass cleaner

2.) California Car Duster

3.) Meguiar's Final Inspection

4.) Zaino Z6

5.) One Grand Show-Off

6.) about 4-5 Neatitems or MT/YoSteve/Ultimate towels

7.) old MF towels and clean rags for the wheels/tires

8.) bottle of Dawn and water for any interior "accidents"

9.) different paintbrushes including foam ones

10.) 303 Aerospace



If it could be the top 10 things I want with me most, it would be...



1.) Pinnacle Souveran

2.) Zymol Vintage (I know, I know... but I'm not paying for it, right?)

3.) YoSteve MF towels

4.) 4 Star PPC

5.) Zaino Z-2 + ZFX

6.) PC with all the accessory kits...

7.) Pinnacle Paste Glaz

8.) Zaino Z7

9.) One Grand Showoff

10.) Pinnacle PCL