Detail Throwdown: List your top products...

[FreeBIZZ]

I'm new.....but....here's my list:

Poorboys Spray and Gloss (SG)
http://poorboysworld.com/spray-gloss.htm
gives a deep glossy shine when used after a quick detail.

Klasse Twins-All-in-One (AIO) and Sealant Glaze (SG)
http://autogeek.net/klasse.html
did my very 1st complete detail using a combo of Porter Cable (PC) and Microfiber (MF) with wipe on/wipe off (WOWO) technique. Had excellent results.

Foamaster Foam Cleaning Gun
http://autogeek.net/foam-gun.html
excellent time-saver, and it really works as advertised.

There you are-----all acronyms exdplained as well and links provided.
Where's the love???

[racingbeat]

I like a Clean head turning car but I don't like spending so much time doing it that my back and neck have me screaming for advil.

With Track and Autocross season upon us, I really need to do this cleaning frequently and QUICKLY. The car gets FILTHY after a day of evaporating $4 a gallon 93 octane. So I'm not eager to spend the whole previous day cleaning it.

That's why FK has been my new best buddy:

FK1 FK146 cleans QUICKLY

FK1 425 Restores gloss INSTANTLY

FK1 FX100 (amazing, works well over wax or acrylic sealant)

WerkStatt Acrylic Jett Trigger (bye bye Klasse SG)

Klasse ALL in One (still the King)

P21S wheel cleaner (can you say CLEAN)

Sea Sponge for washing (sooo easy to clean)

1Z leather for my Fine GT3 Recaoro Pole Position seats (A++++ leather cleaner)
1Z Vinyl Care for my dash
Klasse VLRP for my Black Plastic (EXCELLENT)

Optimum No Rinse is here!

[ronmart]

Originally Posted by racingbeat

I like a Clean head turning car but I don't like spending so much time doing it that my back and neck have me screaming for advil.

With Track and Autocross season upon us, I really need to do this cleaning frequently and QUICKLY. The car gets FILTHY after a day of evaporating $4 a gallon 93 octane. So I'm not eager to spend the whole previous day cleaning it.

That's why FK has been my new best buddy:

FK1 FK146 cleans QUICKLY

FK1 425 Restores gloss INSTANTLY

FK1 FX100 (amazing, works well over wax or acrylic sealant)

WerkStatt Acrylic Jett Trigger (bye bye Klasse SG)

Klasse ALL in One (still the King)

P21S wheel cleaner (can you say CLEAN)

Sea Sponge for washing (sooo easy to clean)

1Z leather for my Fine GT3 Recaoro Pole Position seats (A++++ leather cleaner)
1Z Vinyl Care for my dash
Klasse VLRP for my Black Plastic (EXCELLENT)

Optimum No Rinse is here!

Sweet - what are FK1, 1Z? Are they brand names? Where do you get these products?

[ronmart]

Originally Posted by FreeBIZZ

I'm new.....but....here's my list:

Poorboys Spray and Gloss (SG)
http://poorboysworld.com/spray-gloss.htm
gives a deep glossy shine when used after a quick detail.

Klasse Twins-All-in-One (AIO) and Sealant Glaze (SG)
http://autogeek.net/klasse.html
did my very 1st complete detail using a combo of Porter Cable (PC) and Microfiber (MF) with wipe on/wipe off (WOWO) technique. Had excellent results.

Foamaster Foam Cleaning Gun
http://autogeek.net/foam-gun.html
excellent time-saver, and it really works as advertised.

There you are-----all acronyms exdplained as well and links provided.
Where's the love???

Excellent!

[Scottwax]

Optimum-

Polish, Compound, Hyper Compound, No Rinse Wash, Car Wax

Meguiars-

#83 Dual Action Cleaner/Polish, #80 Speed Glaze, #16 Pro Paste Wax, #38 Tire and Trim Gel, NXT Glass Cleaner, yellow polishing pad, burgandy cutting pad

Poorboys-

Natty's Blue, EX w/carnauba, Polish w/carnauba

Jeff's Werkstatt-

Prime, Prime Carnauba, Acrylic Jett and Trigger

Clearkote-

Vanilla Moose, Red Moose Machine Glaze, Carnauba Moose Wax, Quikshine

Propel/Excel Detailing

Green lite cut pad, Blue finishing pad, 16 x 16 yellow MFs (black border)

Collinite-

845 Insulator Wax

Armor All-

Original Shine Forumula

Pakshak-

white ultra plush MFs

[Derf]

Originally Posted by ronmart

Excellent!

Go to the home page and on the right you will see a box that says community information. Click on secret decoder ring and all (ok, maybe not all) will be revealed. Here's the link for FK. http://www.fk1usa.com/

[Picus]

I'm not going to put in links, but here are some off the top of my head.

1) (this is definitely #1), Poorboys Spray & Wipe. I use a ton of it and love it.

2) Menzerna Final Polish II

3) Menzerna Intensive Polish

4) Optimum Compound

5) Poorboys EX

6) Menzerna FMJ

7) Finish Kare 425

8) Optimum Car Wax

9) Menzerna High Gloss Acrylic Sealant

10) Finish Kare Pink Wax.

11) P21S/S100

12) Clearkote Vanilla Moose

13) Clearkote Red Machine Glaze

14) Clearkote Carnauba Wax

15) Meguiars #80 Speed Glaze

16) Meguairs Wheel Brightener

17) Optimum No Rinse (and to a lesser extent Protectall Quick & Easy Wash)

18) Folex

19) Woolite

20) Zaino Z9 and Z10

Cheers.

[Bence]

Originally Posted by ronmart

Sweet - what are FK1, 1Z? Are they brand names? Where do you get these products?

Ron,

Just learn the abbreviations, as we did in the early days... and you save us from a lot of typing.

BTW, yes, FK1 and 1Z are brand names. They sometimes print out their whole names (Finish Kare & Einszett), but their logos are definitely contain only the FK1 and 1Z names, so the post was indeed correct.

www.fk1usa.com

www.1z-usa.com

[sneek]

Gold Class Car Wash Shampoo & Conditioner it leaves the finish feeling slick
Quik Clay System clay makes your car looks amazing!
#83 Dual Action Cleaner Polish for heavy swirls
#80 Speed Glaze for light to moderate swirls
M-07 Show Car Glaze it make your paint look deeper
Gold Class Clear Coat Car Wax to make your ride pretty
Hot Rims All Wheel Cleaner to clean the wheels
NXT Generation All Metal Polysh to make all chrome shine like crazy
Quik Interior Detailer for interior touch ups
Natural Shine Vinyl & Rubber Protectant or #40 Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner for a natural looking dash but NS smells better
Meguiar's W-9006 foam finishing pad applying wax
Meguiar's W-8006 Foam Polishing Pad removing swirls or oxidation
Supreme Shine Microfiber to removing waxes, polishes ETC
Ultra Plush Super Terry removing waxes, polishes ETC
High-Tech Applicator Pad to apply certain products by hand
My porter cable 7424 for saving my arms!
Grit guards for swirl free washing!

[drck1000]

Here are my go-to products:

Poorboy's Super Slick & Suds
Heavy & Ultra Heavy sheepsking wash mitt from Excel
Waffle Weave Drying Towel - Pakshak or Big Blue from Properautocare
Microfiber - Ultra-Smooth and Ultra-Plush from Pakshak and Elite and Edgeless from Excel
Meguiar's NXT Glass Cleaner
Klasse AIO (probably the most used product that I have)
Four Star UPP (on my car)
Poorboy's EXP (on father's SUV)
Collinite IW (on the car that stays outside 24/7)
FK1 Pink Wax
Eagle One Wet Wipe & Shine
Menzerna HGAS (on my car)
FK1 FX-100 (for use with EXP)
Glass Scrub from Glass Science
303 Protectant
303 Fabric Cleaner (FK1 121 sample really good as well)

I have a bunch of other QD's and LSP's that I've tried a couple of times and other that I have yet to try. On the list are FK1 2180 and Natty's Blue.

Wasn't asked, but products that I don't really care for, have yet to really impress me or have other products that perform better:

Four Star Ultimate Gloss Enchancer (HGAS & FX-100 much better)
Poorboy's Spray & Gloss
Quikshine (only use on glass for now)
Mother's Back to Black
Meguiar's NXT Tech liquid wax
1Z Perls and Exclusiv (like SS&S and Optimum car wash much better and less expensive)

[ronmart]

This is great stuff - thanks for all who are particpating and those who are reading this now should feel free add their 2 cents.

It is interesting to see which things are recurring and I'm more surprised to see the variation especially in waxes and pads. I know that this stuff is religous to a lot of detailers and many people find a product and stick with it, but I was expecting more consistency than I'm seeing here.

If someone gets bored, it would be cool to have a database of the products listed to see what the "top products" are based on the # of times they are listed.

Originally Posted by Derf

Go to the home page and on the right you will see a box that says community information. Click on secret decoder ring and all (ok, maybe not all) will be revealed.

Ah, thanks. I had seen that when I joined the site back in March, but I had totally forgot about it. Still, I think it is more useful for a thread like this to be specific so that people (especially newbies and visitors) can see exactly what people are using.

I find this thread pretty educational and fun to read, so hopefully others do too.

[Picus]

I didn't know the Korean Miltary Academy made detailing products!