You ever notice what products people detail with in public places?

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You ever go out to a local lake or park and see someone waxing their vehicle? Do you look to see what products they use?



I've yet to see any "enthusiast" products, e.g. P21s/S100, Clearkote's, Pinnacle, Klasse, Zaino, etc ... I guess the closest I've come is seeing Meg's tan bottles. In my area there are no local distributors for any of these products (except Meg's).



A few weeks ago I was waxing my truck by the lake and a guy pulls up next to me with a new Maxima and starts washing it out of a bucket. I asked if he had QEW in the bucket. Of course his response was, "what's that"?
 
If I'm at a show, I'll walk around and look for people detailing to see what they are using. I'll check out their supply bags if I can. I haven't seen any 'boutique' products, just the regular over the counter stuff.
 
The closest thing we have to detailers is a company that works for dealerships mainly called H2AUTO (good name) and once I visited one of their working teams and asked what they did and used on cars. The guy suspiciously showed me an unbranded bottle with a pink liquid he said worked miracles, I opened and smelled it and immediately said "It's 1Z Waxpolish Soft". And it was, I have it. Their best, I use it as a one step wax occasionally;)
 
I was heading to my car in the company parking lot when I noticed a co-worker QD'ing his car. As I walk over to see what he was using and start a conversation I noticed that he was detailing (the paint) with armor all, original,. I told him that it was for his dash and he said that his car is the best looking in the lot and that he was an expert at detailing cars. Just walked away shaking my head.
 
I can remember being at a car show last year. There was a crowd around a guy who professed himself to be a "Master Detailer".



I stood in the back and listened as he told everyone the best way towels to use on a car were cotton diapers.



I walked away and shook my head and wanted to scream out loud.... Micro-Fiber !!!!!!
 
raven said:
I was heading to my car in the company parking lot when I noticed a co-worker QD'ing his car. As I walk over to see what he was using and start a conversation I noticed that he was detailing (the paint) with armor all, original,. I told him that it was for his dash and he said that his car is the best looking in the lot and that he was an expert at detailing cars. Just walked away shaking my head.
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I just kind of shake my head and laugh to myself, not only at their product selection, but how damn long it takes them!
 
Quote: You ever notice what products people detail with in public places?



~One man’s opinion~



At concourse events I see a lot of Zymol (Field Glaze) and Griot’s (Best of Show Wax)

Most of it applied with cotton cloth (the few I asked about MF usually say “It’s nylon and it will scratch�)







>Hope this helps<









Experience unshared; is knowledge wasted…/



justadumbarchitect * so i question everything*
 
Scott P said:
Apartment dwellers with no shaded area, so they look for a park?
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Yep ... that's my situation.



But even if I had a garage I'm sure I'd still spend some pretty days in the park or at the lake listening to music and waxing my truck.



Getting attenion has nothing to do with it ... I try to find the most secluded area with shade.
 
Quote: Why do you detail in public places? Is it for attention?







~One man’s opinion~



No one really enter their car to a Concourse d’Elegance event just for attention, do they? LOL







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justadumbarchitect * so i question everything*
 
The reason that I chose my current apartment complex is because we have a carwash area. I even made sure to get an apartment overlooking the car wash so that I would always know when it is vacant. Having lived here for over 3 years now I've seen what "average" people do to their cars(even really expensive ones).



Products I've seen used by "normal" people:

Armor-all car wash - about 70% of the time

Dishwashing liquid- about 20%

No soap, just water- about 5%

misc good stuff ( megs gc, EO, Zymol) - 5%



Once I saw somebody using Z-7, and once I saw somebody using P21s. I have never seen anybody use mf's, and 9 times out of 10 people use rags or sponges instead of mitts(making sure to throw them on the ground while rinsing panels.)



Seeing this behavior used to horrify me but now I'm used to it.
 
I can't say I've detailed my car at a park before, but I've Spray & Wiped my car at a park before. I got some wierd looks, but no one said anything to me. This was on the way to a club (if you could call it that) get together.



Every once in awhile my neighbor will ask me what sort of stuff I put on my car. He as a couple bottles of Finish 2000 sitting in his side of the garage. I think I might have turned him onto QEW. But, then he asked me if my gallon jug of de-icing winsheild fluid was some sort of "special wax."
 
I wash/detail my Truck just about anywhere but at home. I have no shade available and the kids can always find me.



Locations include , covered Hospital parking lot, local mall, school parking lot and various local Parks. I use a power inverter for my PC and it works great.



I have never seen anyone using enthusiast products in my travels.



I tend not to offer any advice to others unless they ask and are interested.
 
Actually, one high end product I see here in MN often is Wizards. (they are a MN based company and they get quite a bit of face time at shows and events). It always makes me warm and cozy to see that people actually DO care about their vehicle.
 
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