Best Products in Your Opinion

[Vincew]

Hello All,

Just was wondering what everybodys choices are for the following, what works best for you and does the best job.

1. Best Tire and Wheel Cleaner

2. Best Engine Degreaser and or Cleaner

3. Best Engine compartment spray for the best look

4. Best Fender well cleaner.

5. Best Paint cleaner

6. Best Scratch remover

7. Best Swirl Mark Remover

8. Best Wax for Dark and Light Colors

9. Best Car wash Soap

10. Best Leather Cleaner and Care

11. Best Window Cleaner

12. Best Rubber and Vinyl Cleaner

13. PC or DeWalt

14. Best onLine Forum for Detailing?
(As if there where any other choice than DetailCity!!}


Well that should do for now.
Have a great Weekend.

Thansks

[Boss_429]

Can I give you 4 answers for each category! :lmfao

Except for #14........ that one`s easy! :D

[dpeezy415]

2. Gunk Foam and CD2 Engine Detail. You can do engines FAST by spraying the engine, scrubbing the problem spots, a rinse, then finish with CD2.

[Vincew]

Boss,
Go ahead!
Thanks

[Woob]

:google If this sign said "Search" it would be better. :hippi

[Mark Waldron]

1. Best Tire and Wheel Cleaner
Eiman Fabrik Tire Cleaner/Poorboys Spray and Rinse
2. Best Engine Degreaser and or Cleaner
Stoner APC
3. Best Engine compartment spray for the best look
Aerospace 303
4. Best Fender well cleaner.
Pressure Washer
5. Best Paint cleaner
Klasse AIO
6. Best Scratch remover
Stoner Clearcoat Compound
7. Best Swirl Mark Remover
Stoner Clearcoat Compound
8. Best Wax for Dark and Light Colors
TOL Black Velvet/P21s
9. Best Car wash Soap
Eiman Fabrik Power Wash
10. Best Leather Cleaner and Care
Stoner Xenit
11. Best Window Cleaner
Bon Ami
12. Best Rubber and Vinyl Cleaner
Stoner Xenit
13. PC or DeWalt
Dewalt

This is what works "best" for me. My list is what I have personally found to work "best" under most circumstances. I own and use many other products for each catagory listed, but the ones I listed are my first "go to" products. Hope this helps.

[MS22]

1. Dirty: Eagle One A2Z; Clean: 4* or Pinnacle Gel
2. Simple Green, Megs APC
3. Adams VRT
4. Simple Green, a good brush, and a strong hose
5. Poorboys Pro Polish
6. Poorboys SSR3, Menzerna Power Gloss, 3M PI II RC
7. Any polishes from Poorboys, Menzerna, Megs, 3M, and on . . .
8. Dark: Pinnacle Souveran (paste); Clearkote Carnauba Moose (liquid)
Light: Pinnacle Signature (paste); still looking for this one
9. 4* Car Wash Conc.
10. Cleaner: woolite; Care: Wolfgang: Neglected: Leatherique
11. Stoners Invisible Glass
12. Cleaner: Woolite or Simple Green
Dress: Poorboys Natural Look, Adams VRT, or Wolfgang
13. DEWALT! Funny you ask about this one being that me=y Makita 9227 crapped out on me last weekend. My replacement will not be here for quite some time so I went and bought a DeWalt 849. The Makita may very well end up for sale on here if my friend decides not to buy it so if anyone is interested keep watching. If this question is concerning the orbital polishers disregard the above rant and get the PC 7336 from Lowes.

[Mosca]

Tire and wheel cleaner: whatever I`m cleaning the rest of the car with.

Engine Degreaser: Meg`s APC+, but my engine compartment doesn`t get that dirty. Everythig I`ve used works great.

Engine compartment spray: don`t use one.

Fender well cleaner: car wash soap and a stiff brush, spray with Armor All foaming tire shine.

Paint cleaner: for heavy cleaning, Meg`s MPPC. For light cleaning, there are quite a few that all work really well. I guess I`d choose Menzerna FP.

Scratch remover: Langka

Swirl Mark Remover: By hand, ScratchX. By machine, Menzerna IP or Meg`s #80.

Wax: For dark colors, Souveran or Meg`s #26. For light colors, flip a coin; maybe Natty`s, or #16. If you`re talking sealants, lots of them are good; I`ll give a slight preference to NXT, but I also really like 4* UPP, very wet.

Car wash soap: Anything that is a dedicated soap. Big props to two inbetween products, PB`s Spray & Wipe and QEW.

Leather care: I like Griot`s

Window Cleaner: I like Griots, and also Invisible Glass

Rubber & Vinyl Cleaner: Meg`s #40.

PC or Dewalt: haven`t used the DeWalt, the PC works just fine for me, as does my $25 Harbor Freight rotary.

Online Detailing Forum: I dunno, they`re all worth what you put into them. The more commitment you make, the more you get back.


Tom

[Boss_429]

A lot of fine products mentioned here. To be honest, my "favs" change pretty frequently. There are just so many good products available nowadays............ and new products seem to come out daily.

That wasn`t always the case a few years back (and further). Back then, there wasn`t a real need or effort for the manufacturers to "improve" their products. Today, that`s changed drastically. Competition is good for us consumers! :bigups

Having said all that, if you use quality products from most of the manufactures that you see here at DC and other places, and use them correctly........ you will be quite pleased with your results.

[BPO1]

1. Best Tire and Wheel Cleaner. CB MAG N/A or BLUE MAX

2. Best Engine Degreaser and or Cleaner. CB HOT STUFF

3. Best Engine compartment spray for the best look. CB SUPER DRESS IT ALL

4. Best Fender well cleaner. CB MAG N/A OR BLUE MAX

5. Best Paint cleaner. CB BLACK PEARL LT COMPOUND

6. Best Scratch remover. CB BLACK PEARL MED OR LT COMPOUND

7. Best Swirl Mark Remover. CB SLEEK OR BLACK PEARL PREMIUM POLISH

8. Best Wax for Dark and Light Colors. CB SLEEK

9. Best Car wash Soap. CB CAROLINA WASH n WAX

10. Best Leather Cleaner and Care. CB LEATHER COND & CLEANER

11. Best Window Cleaner. CB (FOAMING GLASS) OR AUTO SOLUTIONS (GALAXY)

12. Best Rubber and Vinyl Cleaner. CB BLUE MAX

13. PC or DeWalt. DEWALT, HANDS DOWN

CB= CAR BRITE

[Aliengotpsi]

1. Best Tire and Wheel Cleaner (Purple Power with brush)

2. Best Engine Degreaser and or Cleaner (Purple Power)

3. Best Engine compartment spray for the best look (Eagle one water Bases Dressing)

4. Best Fender well cleaner. (Purple Power)

5. Best Paint cleaner ( Auto Magic Clay Bar) (

6. Best Scratch remover ( Meguiars Dimound Cut)

7. Best Swirl Mark Remover ( Meguiars Swirl Removal)

8. Best Wax for Dark and Light Colors ( Auto Magic Banana Wax)

9. Best Car wash Soap ( Eagle one )

10. Best Leather Cleaner and Care ( Eagle One Leather Cleaner)

11. Best Window Cleaner ( Straight Up Isolpropol Alcohol)

12. Best Rubber and Vinyl Cleaner ( Water Based Dressing w/ Scuff pad)

13. PC or DeWalt (Dewalt for Buffings and PC for Swirl Removal)

Kevin Smith
Straight Line Detailing

[goober]

1. Best Tire and Wheel Cleaner
Westleys bleache white for tires, 4* for wheels

2. Best Engine Degreaser and or Cleaner
Castrol Super clean

3. Best Engine compartment spray for the best look
Megs #40

4. Best Fender well cleaner.
Simple Green

5. Best Paint cleaner
Klasse AIO, DACP

6. Best Scratch remover
Depends on how bad the scratch is

7. Best Swirl Mark Remover
Usaually DACP

8. Best Wax for Dark and Light Colors
I like NXT for both

9. Best Car wash Soap
NXT

10. Best Leather Cleaner and Care
Lexol

11. Best Window Cleaner
Stoners IG

12. Best Rubber and Vinyl Cleaner
APC+ diluted

13. PC or DeWalt
Cyclo or PC if we are talking about ROB
Dewalt if we are talking Rotory polishers

14. Best onLine Forum for Detailing?
(As if there where any other choice than DetailCity!!}
You said it right :D

[magicman411]

Water based dressings - most are good .

[edschwab1]

I guess I missed this thread the first time around.


1. Best Tire and Wheel Cleaner
EF HI for tires and Mother FX for wheels

2. Best Engine Degreaser and or Cleaner
S100 total cycle cleaner

3. Best Engine compartment spray for the best look
Accent detailer for plastics and OCW for paint

4. Best Fender well cleaner.
EF HI

5. Best Paint cleaner
AIO or MPPC

6. Best Scratch remover
Depends on the vehicle

7. Best Swirl Mark Remover
Depends on the vehicle

8. Best Wax for Dark and Light Colors
Depends on the vehicle
I do like #16, S100, KSG and UPP

9. Best Car wash Soap
#62 or Mother`s

10. Best Leather Cleaner and Care
Lexol for quarter cleaner and Gold Glass for monthly touch-up

11. Best Window Cleaner
Meguiar`s NXT or Einszett Scheibenklar

12. Best Rubber and Vinyl Cleaner
#39 or TOL deep down

13. PC or DeWalt
Makita and PC

14. Best onLine Forum for Detailing?
(As if there where any other choice than DetailCity!!}
DC

Eric

[maximv1]

i use ardex products at work and have found they produce great results. for swirl remover i have been using harley davidson s.r., iuse a pc and makita.