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Today I did some detailing...
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Well.
I stripped only part of the lance. and replaced the filter.
Was very happy with the outcome.
Goods used
Filled almost to label with foam
Filled to just above top of label with warm water
Foaming
Thickness of foam on ground
Dwelling for about 10 ~ 15 mins while cleaning wheels etc..
Result of just pressure washing foam from car without washing it.
Gave it a spray of diluted Demon shine and hosed it off.
Left it to dry itself
Happy with the result..
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Curious to see the difference myself there Vectra (waiting for the photobucket video to buffer).
From the pictures it still looks quite runny?
This is what I feel should be the standard that should be achieved by anyone who has made the investment into a decent lance, power washer and snow foam solution:
That's what I'm looking to achieve, anyway. An actual foam (as opposed to 'milky' foam).
Unrelatedly;I had €40 on one of those one4all cards, so I took a trip up to Halfords to pick up some bits and bobs (didn't really randomly buy; checked their site in advance to see how I could best get the €40 to travel, so checked reviews and such of the products and only bought things I actually may use, rather than going in and buying anything that has a fancy packaging).
So will hopefully get some decent results from them.
Speaking of fancy packaging though; that Auto Glym stuff is very professional looking (stress the word 'looking', I've never used their stuff before, so they could be crap products). If I were a Detailer I'd slowly but surely be moving on to buying their products. Even if it was to spill them out and fill the bottles with something else. Their packaging is really, really good, in my opinion.
From what I can tell, all the packaging is identical, but the logo is colour coded for different parts of the car, and the actual product itself has it's name written in smaller lettering under the logo. It looks really, really well.
Found this picture in a google search;
Has to be the best packaging of any of the detailing products on the market? Meguiar's make good stuff, but their packaging is very childlike or 'Tesco-ey' in comparison. The Auto Glym stand in my local Halfords looks the bees knees.
(I know that's a lot of praise for something as simple as packaging, but I really do think they look great together, and sure isn't detailing all about appearances, anyway! :P ).
And nope... I don't work for Auto Glym... (though maybe if I keep this up, I will in future?! :P )
(Edit, upon further looking, it'd appear I made up the colour-coded logo thing.. it's just a random colour for each product. I thought they had one colour for interior, one for exterior body, one for wheels, etc. etc... my bad!).0 -
Dont be drawn by the appearance of products. Manufacturers with massive marketing budgets can afford to spend money achieving a quality feel, though the products may be average.
Take Chemical Guys....some od their bottles were just black and white labels...having said that they've recently splashed out on marketing and updated their labels for most of the range.
Orchard Auto Care is another that comes to mind. Small company, exceptional products, let down a little due the labels, but cant afford to spend money on marketing; better spent on product development.
There are other companies that introduce brand new ranges with fancy labels, but their product are average.
That said, every manufacturer has a few products in their range that are worth a look at, so dont rule out any product on ttheir appearance!
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Dont be drawn by the appearance of products. Manufacturers with massive marketing budgets can afford to spend money achieving a quality feel, though the products may be average.
Take Chemical Guys....some od their bottles were just black and white labels...having said that they've recently splashed out on marketing and updated their labels for most of the range.
Orchard Auto Care is another that comes to mind. Small company, exceptional products, let down a little due the labels, but cant afford to spend money on marketing; better spent on product development.
There are other companies that introduce brand new ranges with fancy labels, but their product are average.
That said, every manufacturer has a few products in their range that are worth a look at, so dont rule out any product on ttheir appearance!
Oh I'm aware that marketing and promotion are worlds away from product competence. I was just remarking on their products because they seem to be the only company I've seen (so far?) that actually look professional (within the detailing world).
Chemical Guyz stuff is good in that it looks quite 'no nonsense'. Their products work so they don't necessarily need to spend an arm and a leg on product packaging (and considering they seem to try and come across as 'young and rebellious', they're probably better off not having a budget for that kind of thing).
Meguiar's, a premium brand, just don't seem to have their image tie in too well with their reputation.
For example, look at the Auto Glym collection of products above, and then compare them to this random google image of Meguiar's stuff. The Meguiar's stuff looks terrible in comparison.
Chemical Guys, whilst you could say they look like a budget brand, also look highly professional and very technical when you group a few of them together;
They make it look a bit more complicated than it needs to be to someone who doesn't know what any of the stuff is (even though their packaging actually makes it easier to know what's what, and how much you have left of each product).
What I'm getting at is, if I didn't know anything about detailing, and we'll say I hired a mobile Detailer to come around and sort out my car. If he pulled open the door on his van and it had shelf after shelf of AutoGlym stuff, this detailer would look very high-brow, in my opinion.
All of the products look expensive. They have an elegant and crisp packaging that makes them stand out and look the business.
If he had shelves of Chemical Guys stuff, he'd look a bit more technical, but very serious. With all the different coloured products with straight-forward labels, it'd look like the Detailer is sourcing his stuff direct from manufacturers and he's using stuff that works well.
If he had shelves of Meguiar's, he'd look more like an amateur who'd been picking up his bits and pieces as he goes along one at a time and just randomly settling on whatever product might do the job required (which is odd, as Meguiar's have an amazing reputation).
Therefore, if I were a detailer, I'd be driving a pristine van and I'd have AutoGlym products (whether I used them or not) neatly displayed in my van or in a bag or whatever, and they'd be the first (and only?) thing the customer sees.
(of course, all this is very much in theory - In reality I'd say the amount of people that would even notice what products you're using would be negligible, and the amount that would care would be less so. So long as they get a 141-looking car for a pittance, they'll be happy campers! :rolleyes:).
I do realise I'm over-analyzing this; But as I say, I just found the AutoGlym packaging to really be staggeringly above all of their competition in regards to creating a 'professional's choice' kind of image.MetzgerMeister wrote: »
+ 303 Aerospace Protectant =
Looks the business. Great work!
Have to admit, I'm terrified of the engine of my car. Can picture myself cleaning it one day, and then getting the car towed into my mechanic the next morning
Also, not sure who detailed the van in the previous pages (James, possibly?) but they did a fantastic job. I'd say a van is a real pain in the ass to detail. Looked brand new. Fair play! 0 -
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For sexy branding you can't beat Collinite:
Not mad about that, to be honest. Colour scheme and general 'vintage' vibe doesn't really work for me at all. Looks like a shoe polish that an ould fella on the street would have 100 years ago
MetzgerMeister wrote: »America = loud, brash and in your face. Good and gets the job done.
England = posh, reserved and doesn't have to shout about it and still gets the job done.
I could see that as being somewhat accurate alright. Are Auto Glym/Meguiar's actually English/American companies, out of curiousity?
I've no real experience of either brands yet (still very new to detailing, so have only really used a handful of products so far) but I'm lead to believe Meguiar's are the Real McCoy in the detailing world.
Can I ask ye guys, from a detailing standpoint, is there anything that can be done for stone chips? My bonnet's gotten them pretty bad along the front, and I'm afraid to go mad with the DAS6 for fear of it catching on them and pulling paint off the car.
I think the 'best' option is to get the bonnet re-sprayed? But also likely to be the most expensive option, too.
Are there any miracle products out there that I can try?
I was considering getting one of those car moustaches, but it wouldn't actually really help, and it'd more than likely end up just getting in the way when I'm trying to clean the bonnet in future.0 -
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MetzgerMeister wrote: »AutoGlym are English and Meguiars are American.....hence my comparison :P
Oh I understood the comparison, but just wasn't sure if you were making it up as you went along, or if the companies actually were American and English. 0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »Not mad about that, to be honest. Colour scheme and general 'vintage' vibe doesn't really work for me at all. Looks like a shoe polish that an ould fella on the street would have 100 years ago
I was being sarcastic! In fairness, they've only been making wax since 1936.
I use it because it's cheap and damn good at what it does. I put 2 coats on in October and it's still beading (despite needing a wash). Surely the performance of a product is more important than what the container looks like.0 -
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challengemaster wrote: »If you get the same colour paint, you can go around filling in the chips using a toothpick. You get the paint just over the level of the normal paint, then wet sand it, then polish with a DAS6 to remove the sanding marks.
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=20127
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=256901
Or then there's this method I just came across
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=217520
Or there's the alter-alternative :pac: Dr.Colorchips
Hmm.. from looking at the guides there, it'd appear my chips may be a tad more severe than most peoples...
I've also got rust visible on them. From reading DW threads you linked to, that has to be treated before I do anything else.
Anyone any experience of this?
http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_187229_langId_-1_categoryId_212430
Seems like the thing I'm looking for?0 -
Decided to clean the spare wheels, alot of dirt and tar inside of them.
Powerhosed the wheels, washed them, powerhosed again, dried the wheels, used Orchard Autocare Tar Cleanse, powerhosed and another wash. Didn't do any rubbing, Orchard Autocare Tar Cleanse is great stuff! Will give them another at the weekend or next week.
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Over the last couple of weeks I've been picking bits up here and there and using a variety of ways to do so.
I'd primarily like to buy from DetailingShed as Curran pretty much handheld me through the start of my detailing adventures and gave me some good advice and product recommendations, but I was reading on other forums for different products people were recommending and such that weren't on DetailingShed which lead me to other sites (and of course, the all too convenient doors of Halfords aren't doing my already-fragile wallet any good, either).
So I've accumulated a few bits and pieces and I have absolutely no idea what I have now. I bought some plastic storage shelving thingies in homebase for storing things in (These ones, except homebase ones are black and €22).
So I'll have to make a list of what I have, and what product can be used for what
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Anyway, I've used 3 sites for detailing (Detailingshed.com, CleanYourCar.co.uk and CleanCar.ie). Clean Car are Irish so I'll assume someone here is involved (though maybe not?), but they did something that I thought was very clever and high end of them.
All of the sites I've purchased off have sent a written note with the package. Which is an extremely nice touch and really classy of them (also makes you feel like detailing is made up of a very friendly set of like-minded people, and that you're actually a part of a nice group). But CleanCar went one further aswell (I hope you're taking notes, Curran :P ) and included a sweet in the package.
Just a sweet. A hard sweet that you'd suck (not an innuendo). Such a small detail, but as cheesy as it may sound, it actually made me smile at the thoughtfulness (and not just because I'm a fat bastard that devours sweets in an instant).
I know it's a tiny thing, but between all the sites I've ordered from, and the general friendliness of everyone on here, it really shows how selfless and supportive people on here can be.
Detailers are my new favorite people!
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And with the amount your buying up you're probably one of theirs too!Deleted User wrote: »Detailers are my new favorite people!
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Curran sent lollipops out with the DA group buy
Really? Haha. Very sound chaps, so they are!discombobulate wrote: »And with the amount your buying up you're probably one of theirs too! :P
Ah, I'm sure there are many people buying much more than I am. :P
My problem is I'm buying lots of random pieces. For example, i bought a few bits off CleanYourCar because I had to pay £10 postage, and I was using a discount code, so I figured I may aswell get a couple of bits while I'm there to justify the postage (and ended up forgetting some stuff and having to make a second order anyway! :mad: ).
So there's possibly (but not entirely sure) a lot of overlap in what I own. I've probably got several polishes, waxes etc. and just don't really realise it.
I bought the storage units in Homebase so I could try to better sort out my stuff and be a bit organised, but I've yet to actually go through my stuff.
Although in saying that, I've actually probably bought very little in the grand scheme. I'm sure there are many people on here with a collection of various bits and pieces that they've purchased for different uses?0 -
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