GreatAvalon
02-17-2014, 12:11 PM
Hey everybody! I'm very excited to have joined up.
A little bit about me: I am in college. I live in Northern VA. I have been lurking this forum hardcore since about Christmas as I prepared to jump feet first into elevating my detail game. I have been into keeping my cars clean for a long, long time, but only used OTC stuff. I have been washing via the 2 bucket wash method for about a year and a few months - right when I got my new car. The cars I will be using all my new found products and honing my techniques on are a my 2012 Camry SE, Magnetic Grey Metallic and a my mom's 2013 RAV4 AWD Limited, Shoreline Blue Pearl. As you can tell we are a Toyota family. And I moderate a Toyota forum. Also will buy boat products for our 03 Triton TR-21 bass boat.
I started lurking after this site popped on every google search I did on products lol! I wasnted to step up my detailing game. So I wanted to get products that I called "boutique" meaning, couldn't buy them over-the-counter. When reading it took a long time for me to figure out what all the abbreviations stood for :laughing: About a month ago I made my first big, monstrous and decently expensive order. Then a week later another order. Then a week after that another order. And then last night I made another order, which is going to be my last one for a while! All those orders and I haven't even been able to use any of them yet! This added up quickly, but I literally searched all types of products for all the purposes I needed, and bought whatever one people said was best. I wanted the best and put the cost of it aside to a degree.
OK enough of me talking! Here is the product list I bought as a result of everything I read on this forum. I am very happy with it!!!
Porter Cable 7424XP
5" Lake Country Backing Plate
10 5.5" Lake Country Flat pads
5 5.5" Lake Country Hydro Tech pads
MTM Hydro Low Pressure Foam Cannon
CG Honeydew Snow Foam
Riccardo Clay
Pinnacle Clay Lube
M105 (just to keep handy)
Menzerna PF2500
Menzerna SF4500
CarPro Eraser
Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection - Sealant
Pinnacle Signature Series II
Wolfgang Uber Wheel cleaner
TufShine Tire Cleaner
PERL
Professional Lugnut Brush
Mothers Tire Brush
Mothers Fender Well Brush
Mothers Wheel Brush
Daytona Speed Brush
Detailing Brush
Nylon Bristle Brush
Optimum Power Clean
2 Grit Guards
3 Woobie MF Towels
3 530 Supreme MF Towels
2 600 Super Plush MF Towels
1 Guzzler Waffle Weave
1 MF mitt
Craftsman Electric Leaf Blower
And some various odds and ends things. :xyxthumbs:
Now for pictures:
Here are pics of the two cars when they are all clean. Camry:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/9438512695_8b0b3cae7e_b.jpg
RAV:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/12018568175_01e786cecc_b.jpg
The Camry is absolutely destroyed now from salt, but hopefully Wednesday I can get the foam cannon out and start putting all this money to use!
A little bit about me: I am in college. I live in Northern VA. I have been lurking this forum hardcore since about Christmas as I prepared to jump feet first into elevating my detail game. I have been into keeping my cars clean for a long, long time, but only used OTC stuff. I have been washing via the 2 bucket wash method for about a year and a few months - right when I got my new car. The cars I will be using all my new found products and honing my techniques on are a my 2012 Camry SE, Magnetic Grey Metallic and a my mom's 2013 RAV4 AWD Limited, Shoreline Blue Pearl. As you can tell we are a Toyota family. And I moderate a Toyota forum. Also will buy boat products for our 03 Triton TR-21 bass boat.
I started lurking after this site popped on every google search I did on products lol! I wasnted to step up my detailing game. So I wanted to get products that I called "boutique" meaning, couldn't buy them over-the-counter. When reading it took a long time for me to figure out what all the abbreviations stood for :laughing: About a month ago I made my first big, monstrous and decently expensive order. Then a week later another order. Then a week after that another order. And then last night I made another order, which is going to be my last one for a while! All those orders and I haven't even been able to use any of them yet! This added up quickly, but I literally searched all types of products for all the purposes I needed, and bought whatever one people said was best. I wanted the best and put the cost of it aside to a degree.
OK enough of me talking! Here is the product list I bought as a result of everything I read on this forum. I am very happy with it!!!
Porter Cable 7424XP
5" Lake Country Backing Plate
10 5.5" Lake Country Flat pads
5 5.5" Lake Country Hydro Tech pads
MTM Hydro Low Pressure Foam Cannon
CG Honeydew Snow Foam
Riccardo Clay
Pinnacle Clay Lube
M105 (just to keep handy)
Menzerna PF2500
Menzerna SF4500
CarPro Eraser
Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection - Sealant
Pinnacle Signature Series II
Wolfgang Uber Wheel cleaner
TufShine Tire Cleaner
PERL
Professional Lugnut Brush
Mothers Tire Brush
Mothers Fender Well Brush
Mothers Wheel Brush
Daytona Speed Brush
Detailing Brush
Nylon Bristle Brush
Optimum Power Clean
2 Grit Guards
3 Woobie MF Towels
3 530 Supreme MF Towels
2 600 Super Plush MF Towels
1 Guzzler Waffle Weave
1 MF mitt
Craftsman Electric Leaf Blower
And some various odds and ends things. :xyxthumbs:
Now for pictures:
Here are pics of the two cars when they are all clean. Camry:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/9438512695_8b0b3cae7e_b.jpg
RAV:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/12018568175_01e786cecc_b.jpg
The Camry is absolutely destroyed now from salt, but hopefully Wednesday I can get the foam cannon out and start putting all this money to use!