Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Hey everyone,

I'm interested in peoples thoughts on products for detailing?

To be honest its always been a hobby of mine detailing my cars as well as friends and family's cars but iv always used the good old meguires but I'm keen on trying some new products and doing a more professional job. can anyone let me know what products you would recommend that would be fantastic. Also where would I get them as I currently live in Narre Warren Victoria ?

I was keen to find out quality brands for

car wash

clay bar

cutters

polish

wax

and a new set of buffing pads

Thanks again guys if you have any tips that would be good cheers

Dean

My current gear consists of...

Polishes and Compounds - Menzerna and Meguiars

Wax and Sealant - Chemical Guys, Dodo Juice, Optimum and Collinite

Engine bay cleaning - Autoglym

Clay - Clay Magic and Meguiars

Wheel cleaning - Bowdens Own, P21s and Sonax

Tyre Dressings - Meguiars and Bowdens Own

Car Shampoo - Meguairs and Bowdens Own

Plastics - 303 Aerospace for the inside and Black Wow for the outside

Glass - Meguairs and Rain-X

Buffing pads - Lake County and Edge

Lots of other brands I want to try but need to use up some of the current stuff first... want to look into the nano coatings next they are meant to be excellent, but at a price

Yeah there is no real "magic formula"...its all in application and the user...different combinations of products work for different people and different cars...

Shop around places like the Waxit website (has free/cheap delivery if you spend a certain amount) or your local panel supplies shops..There's at least 4 or 5 in Dandenong alone, if you want to try some different stuff...ask what they recommend and give it a try...

Pads come in many different sizes and shapes and textures as well...you wont know what works best for you till you try them all really ...

Currently im using Menzerna and Ammo products mostly and they work well, have tried the Scholl range and its very good too..I also still use Mothers/Megs and alot of other regular stuff from autobahn or wherever as well..depends on the job..and when i need the product..if its a sunday and you need it now...you have to make do with what you can get...

Just remember a good job is in the application as much as it is product... ;)

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • It only looks tidy, as most of the stuff that was on the whole back wall, is now in the trailer to go to the tip, or has been shoved in my 2.2x2.4m "Spare parts room", and now I can't get to anything in there Ha ha ha I could definitely do with a bit more space, but I'd just end up with your problems I'm going to enclose the car port beside the garage, and move a lot of stuff into it I think. OR... It will be setup as a fabrication area, and the main garage will have parts storage in it. I'm not sure yet... Need some pictures of that big shed you've got with the bikes and Skyline in
    • No. I think it's gone. 😭 I think you can get body coloured ones on eBay so I think I'll get one of those... Or just hang a red ribbon from the hole and whack a TOW sticker next to it.
    • Can't say I've had a bad experience with one on my car, then again it only gets washed once or twice a year... The wheels on the other hand, get a good spray often due to my shitty dusty pads.
    • @MBS206 thats pretty neat and tidy to me!  I'll get a photo of mine when I'm out there next. It might require multiple photos to understand the scale of the atrocities though... In total I have 4 sheds of varying sizes and layouts. Main shed is 14x8, second shed is 3x8, third shed is 11x2.5, fourth shed is around 6x4.  All are pretty much full.   The main goal of my cleaning tsunami is to make the main shed predominantly car and motorbikes only. Second shed is my metal fab room (2 x bench grinders, drill press, bench belt sander, metal band saw, scrap metal storage and some of my garden tools.  3rd shed is more bigger garden stuff, storage for engine crane, jack stands, concrete grinder, concrete mixer, air compressor lives there, and it now has two 2mx2m pallet racking shelves with itemised boxes holding building stuff, electrical stuff, plumbing stuff, etc, etc.  The 4th shed is Ryobi electric ride on mower, mini boom sprayer, ancient Kubota tractor, more garden stuff!  I have got a lot of shit....  Then there's the pool house (8mx4m) and the pool pump shed (4mx4m).  I built all of the sheds over the 11 years we've been here.  The main shed was a Ranbuild kit, the rest are all custom made to fit the areas available. Building the main shed taught me a LOT as I had no idea about building anything prior to that!  I've still got one more in me. It will be my man cave which I poured the extra concrete for way back when I poured the concrete for the main shed. The idea is the Skyline will be a centre piece of the main cave once (if...) it's finished.  I told my now 14 year old son yesterday that I will 100% drive him to his year 10 formal in 2 years. Still a long way off but at least I now have a date to work towards! 🤣
    • Modern oils are amazing. Add tyres to that as well.
×
×
  • Create New...