imported_jayhkr
06-08-2010, 08:08 PM
Hello everyone, here’s another one of those “my first big order” thread. Now I have only ordered from autogeek one time, for a small order of a foam gun and a few accessories. Now that was over a year ago and have decided to get "serious" about making my truck shine like I`ve never seen it before. In fact, just today some guy came to my door to ask me what color my truck was as he has noticed it several times driving by and just had to stop and comment to me just how clean and shinny it was! (of course that just made me want to buy more now :LOL: ) She`s a `06 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 with a young 50k on her! Since I`ve had her for just over a year the paint has never really "popped" at me. I`ve spent countless hours, by hand, trying to polish this gem in the rough. Obviously with such a large vehicle by the time I`m done washing, clay baring, drying, doing the wheels/tires, windows then trying to put some polish and wax on her, I`m so damn tired I sleep for 2 days! :sosad So part of my reason to get serious is to:
1) Save some time (the above takes about 10-12 hours with, IMO, poor results)
2) I want to see how good my truck can look after it gets a real detail :buffing:
3) I love hobbies and this will probably last me the rest of my life! (maybe even help my friends out and get a few bucks out of them) :LOLOL
So anyway, before I put my first big order in I wanted to get everyone`s opinion on my shopping cart and if I need to add anything important. First let me tell you a little of what I already have. I use the 2 bucket method with Megs Gold Class shampoo, a MF sponge and everything you see here: Detailing pictures by jayhkr - Photobucket (http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Detailing/) plus a small 2.5 gallon wet/dry vac. Here is what I want to order from AG:
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/cart1-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/cart2-1.jpg
This is about the amount I want to stay within since this IS just a hobby. Don`t want to get to crazy to fast! :LOLOL (unless they put the GG pad washer on Father’s Day sale! *Hint hint)
Then I`m going to order some towels from a different vendor:
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/towel.jpg
I already have a decent amount of towels, but since I`m starting "fresh" I thought these would be good for the paint and my old ones used for non-paint. So I`m thinking of 12 of these, maybe 24 but I want to keep cost down initially.
Then 2 of these for drying: (Or should I just do one of the big towels and up to 24 of the smaller towels. I typically use a blower to get 75% of the water off anyway?)
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/towel2.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/towelscart.jpg
So all in all what is everyone`s consensus? I will be adding as time goes on, but for the initial purchase to get me going for a while I thought this was a good starting off point. Kind of hoping to make this last for a year as I`m already planning Holiday gifts. :2thumbs: Hopefully this post won`t get lost in cyberspace. Thanks to everyone in advance! Oh BTW this is what the truck looks like after that 10 hour ordeall though: (swirl marks still present, just not visible at 15`)
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/051.jpg
1) Save some time (the above takes about 10-12 hours with, IMO, poor results)
2) I want to see how good my truck can look after it gets a real detail :buffing:
3) I love hobbies and this will probably last me the rest of my life! (maybe even help my friends out and get a few bucks out of them) :LOLOL
So anyway, before I put my first big order in I wanted to get everyone`s opinion on my shopping cart and if I need to add anything important. First let me tell you a little of what I already have. I use the 2 bucket method with Megs Gold Class shampoo, a MF sponge and everything you see here: Detailing pictures by jayhkr - Photobucket (http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Detailing/) plus a small 2.5 gallon wet/dry vac. Here is what I want to order from AG:
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/cart1-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/cart2-1.jpg
This is about the amount I want to stay within since this IS just a hobby. Don`t want to get to crazy to fast! :LOLOL (unless they put the GG pad washer on Father’s Day sale! *Hint hint)
Then I`m going to order some towels from a different vendor:
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/towel.jpg
I already have a decent amount of towels, but since I`m starting "fresh" I thought these would be good for the paint and my old ones used for non-paint. So I`m thinking of 12 of these, maybe 24 but I want to keep cost down initially.
Then 2 of these for drying: (Or should I just do one of the big towels and up to 24 of the smaller towels. I typically use a blower to get 75% of the water off anyway?)
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/towel2.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/towelscart.jpg
So all in all what is everyone`s consensus? I will be adding as time goes on, but for the initial purchase to get me going for a while I thought this was a good starting off point. Kind of hoping to make this last for a year as I`m already planning Holiday gifts. :2thumbs: Hopefully this post won`t get lost in cyberspace. Thanks to everyone in advance! Oh BTW this is what the truck looks like after that 10 hour ordeall though: (swirl marks still present, just not visible at 15`)
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/jayhkr/Truck/051.jpg