Favorite Detail Products

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poorboy's polishes and their carnuba wax.
did my black ss back in april and it still beads and washes to a showroom shine. Also using the poorboy's car wash soap. Very good bang for the buck, especially their SSR1, 2, 2.5 polishes!

If I didn't have a cabinet full of ****, I'd buy the poorboy's EX sealant and see how that compares to the regular carnuba. But their carnuba is easy, shines great with depth and it lasts. With all the talk at autopia how "wax" melts off in summer sun and doesn't last, that's a lot of hype and exaggeration. I've been parking mine outside 5 days a week at work, catching incinerator fallout from across the harbor on top of the sun.

Also have klasse sealant glaze, tried it on the ss hood but it streaked and wasn't to crazy about it. Probably applied it too thick. But I have an 05 altima on the way that I think I'll try it on.

IBIZ has a liquid wax and a waterless touchup that shines well, but doesn't last as long as the poorboys carnuba has.

 

[Crashbox]

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Originally posted by Crashbox:
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Armor-All Low Shine for the dash and other plastic. It'd be nice to find 303 locally...

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UPDATE: purchased a gallon of 303 a couple of weeks ago- IMO, even though I'm a newbie with the stuff, nothing even comes close to it! It's 303 from now on for the critical stuff- I'll burn up the Armor-All and 2001 on my sidewalls, Hot Wheels track, etc.

I tried 303 on my very-oxidized dashpad in my '77 Chev 454 pickup today just for kicks; no kidding- it really looks like new!

Y'all was right on 'bout 303.

 

[Zac]

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Originally posted by Crashbox:

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Originally posted by davefr:
The professional deatilers have taken a liking to Costco's Kirland brand all purpose cleaner. (ie for carpets, wheel wells, engines, etc).

I tried it and it works great. (far superior to Simple Green IMHO).

You get a gallon of concentrate bundled with a sprayer for about $7.

I highly recommend it as an addition to your other detailing products.

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I can now understand why. I washed/clayed/waxed the outside and cleaned the interior of my '95 Civic today; had two long-standing stains in the passenger seat of unknown origin. Sprayed some of the above-mentioned product on it and sponged/microfibered the areas.

I'm gonna check it tomorrow a bit closer but I don't see any stains there! It is almost unbelievable!

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I have been wanting to try this. Our all around cleaner has been Gliptone Redstuff and it has been golden. The stronger degreaser we use is Gliptone Emerald Clean and both are far superior to Simple Green.

 

[AndyH]

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Originally posted by 1 FMF:
Also have klasse sealant glaze, tried it on the ss hood but it streaked and wasn't to crazy about it. Probably applied it too thick. But I have an 05 altima on the way that I think I'll try it on.

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In my limited experience with the polymer-type sealants (I've only used Liquid Glass many moons ago, and now the Klasse "twins" (AIO & SG)), the Klasse sealant glaze does seem to be a bit difficult to work with. I've had streaking issues with it as well, and I think you're right about it being due to using too much product. Thankfully I was able to eliminate the streaks by spraying with a quick detailer and then wiping with a micro fiber towel.

I rec'd a 4oz. sample of Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection (UPP) from PakShak with my last order. Never heard of it before, but based on some posts I dug up on it over at Autopia it sounds really easy to work with and is supposed to provide a very nice shine. I'll give it a try in the Spring instead of the Klasse SG (I'll clay-bar and then apply Klasse AIO first, as usual). I've also heard some good things about the Poorboy's EX and EX-P sealants. But I've got enough Klasse to last me a lifetime.

 

[abimanyu]

Mild Glaze: 3M Imperial Hand Glaze

Medium Glaze: 3M Swirl Mark Remover either dark or light color. Zymol HD Cleanse.

Heavy Duty: 3M Perfect It III Polish, 3M Fine Cute Liquid Compound

Car Wash: Autoglym Body Works Shampoo,Black Fire Shampoo or Pinnacle Shampoo

Synthetic Wax: 3M Paste Wax and topped off with Black Fire Sealant.

Expensive Wax: Pinnacle Carnauba, Zymol Vintage Glaze(but must use Zymol HD Cleanse)

Rubber and Tire: 3M Rubber and Tire Conditioner. Wurth Rubber Care

Tar/Wax: Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover

Glass: Wurth Glass Cleaner, Permatex Glass Orange,Autoglym Glass Polish

Leather: Lexol PH cleaner and Lexol Conditioner

Vinyl: Lexol Vinylex, Meguiar's Professional Vinyl and Rubber Car, 3M Scented Vinyl Car

Rims: Mild Cleaning, I just use Autoglym Shampoo with stronger dilution. Heavy duty brake dust: 3M wheel cleaner or P21S Wheel Cleaner

Engine: Autoglym Engine and Machine Cleaner.

Lubricants: Anything by CRC or Permatex .