Welcome! I joined Autopia just over a year ago when I knew nothing about detailing. By May I had my own cards printed out and detailed about 3-5 cars a month. I visit autopia on a daily basis, we did a remodel of our garage to support my detailing needs, and my credit card hates me
I started out on the PC and now I use the cyclo. If I could give you one word of advise it is to not get caught up in trying all these great products you hear about. There are so many products for the same purpose it really comes down to personal preference. And not always is it that the more expensive products yield the best results. Duragloss is a great example of this, basically mimics the results of Zaino for a fraction of the price.
Welcome and I hope you enjoy it here!