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Car Soap: ONR

Claybar: any

Polish: Z-PC

Glaze: none

Sealant: Z-2 and Z-CS

Wax: none

Tire Dressing: Meguiar's Endurance

Wheel Sealant: Poorboy's Wheel Sealant or Z-2

Interior Protectant: Lexol Vinylex

Leather Care: Lexol leather cleaner and conditioner

Quick Detailer: Meguiar's Ultimate Quik Detailer or Z-6

 

Meguiar's clay

Meguiar's Ultimate qiuck detailer

Poor Boys SSR1 Polish or Meguiar's Ultimate polish (have a full bottle of each lol)

Turtle Wax or Meguiar's wax...........new favorite is Meguiar's Synthetic Sealant (have all 3 lol)

For polishing I like Meguiar's Diamond Foam polishing pads, for finishing their Diamond Foam finishing pads.

 

nice

 

add these to the list of "the good stuff"
I've gather this much info after countless hours of lurking detailing forums:
also, let me save you some $

meguiar's APC+ (use it everywhere), - even tires
CG maxi suds (for foam cannon - cheaper than honeydew),
mtm hydro (foam cannon) get it @ wayfair w/coupon $60 compared to $100+ rebrand
speedy prep towel fine grade (for the lazy), (don't get the medium)
Collinite 845 (inexpensive, good lasting wax),
ONR (two bucket, quick detailer, clay lube)
Ultima UWW+ (as versatile as ONR, great waterless wash)
Microfibertech - half off what others sell their MFs for
Meguiars Ultimate compound (easy to use compound -otc)
Menzerna P085RD - the finishing touch to any job (best glazing)
Menzerna SI-1500, SF-4000 (polish/finish essential kit)
BFWD - great sealant
Stoner invisible glass - windows

 

It would be cool to see the list and a picture of their fully detail washed cars

 

I use what works best for every part of my coupe after 60 years of trial/error, and success...look at the pic!

Gary

 

Car Soap: Optimum No Rinse (ONR) Wash & WAX

Claybar: Pinnacle Ultra Poly

Polish (light cutting): N/A

Polish (medium cutting): N/A

Polish (heavy cutting): N/A

Glaze/Finish/Protectant: Opti-Seal (use after every wash on entire car, even windows)

Tire Dressing: Mckee's 37 tire & rubber rejuvenator, Pinnacle Black Onyx Tire Dressing

Wheel Sealant: Wolfgang tire & wheel cleaner, McKee's 37 Wheel Glaze

Interior Protectant: Mckee's 37 total interior cleaner, McKee's 37 Interior Surface Protectant, 303 Aerospace UV Protectant

Leather Care: Pinnacle leather & vinyl cleaner, Pinnacle Leather Conditioner, 303 Aerospace UV Protectant

Quick Detailer: Wolfgang Instant Detail Spritz

Also since there isn't a spot for WINDOWS: Mckee's 37 Krystal vision glass cleaner, Pinnacle glasscoat window Sealant, P21S windshield wash booster

And no spot for plastics: Mckee's 37 plex-all

 

Claybar: Pretty much any

Polish (light cutting): Meguiars M205

Polish (medium cutting): N/A

Polish (heavy cutting): Meguiars M105

Sealant: Menzerna/Jescar Power Lock

Wax: Natty's Poor Boy Blue

Tire Dressing: Optimum

Wheel Sealant/Cleaner: None/Can't remember the name doh

Interior Protectant: 303 Aerospace UV Protectant

Leather Care: Wolfgang Leather Care Cleaner, WLC Conditioner

Quick Detailer: Meguiars Ultimate Quick detailer (this stuff is the shizz)

Windows: Stoners Invisible Glass (always loved the name)

Plastics: Mother's Back to Black

Headlight Repair: Wipe New Headlight Restorer

Windshield Washer Fluid: Rain-X Bug Remover

 

Did some detailing this weekend!

Car Soap: Optimum Car Wash

Claybar: Mothers Clay kit

Polish (light cutting): Never polished before

Polish (medium cutting): Leave it to the pros

Polish (heavy cutting): Leave it to the pros

Wax: Collinite 845 (amazing stuff)

Tire Dressing: Dub (smells like oranges)

Interior Protectant: Aerospace 303

Leather Care: Leatherique and Lexol

Quick Detailer: Optimum ONR

Glass: Stoner invisible glass

EXTRA's & ACCESSORIES

Microfiber: Kirkland(costco)
Window trim: 303 aerospace
Masking tape: 3m automotive (green)
Razor blade: Plastic
Detail guardz tire jam: so hose doesn't get caught
Air compressor: so water doesn't drip after drying
Grit guard: detail image

 

love Mother's brand products! a friend told me about them and have never changed, maybe there is something better though?

 

I've been using Chemical Guys products for about a year now. Picked up the foam cannon + a few different soaps to try out at the auto show. For the soap, I like the 'snow foam' best, and 'extreme wash' second. I tried the 'butter wet wax', but it seemed to dry/evaporate off quickly, making drying the car a pain to scrub and rinse.
My latest purchase is their 'After Wash' drying agent. It reminds me of the Eagle1 Wax-as-u-dry. Works extremely well for leaving a streak free finish.

 

ONR wash
Ferrex to decontaminate the paint (removes iron deposits)
Clay
Oberk Supreme Cut and their microfiber cutting pad
Optimum Hyper Polish and their orange foam waffle cutting pad-both using a Rupes Bigfoot 21 mm DA
Optimum Paint Prep
Optimum Opti-Coat Pro 3-two layers of base coat, two layers of top coat. Yes, it is a true layerable SiC ceramic coating. And no, you can't buy it unless you're a pro and Optimum approves you. Starting price from an authorized installer starts at $3000. But as a certified and authorized Opti-Coat installer who was on the original testers of Opti-Coat, I got some to test on my own car.

The look is pretty incredible, pictures don't do it justice. And probably not cost effective for our cars considering the price is at least half the value. Even though I have access to it, the cost of the warranty kit is pretty high so probably wouldn't have done my own car if I hadn't received what I got to test. Optimum Gloss Coat is the way to go for the hobbyist/weekend warrior. Ridiculously easy to apply, lasts 2-3 years.












After about a month, fully cured at this point

 

@Scottwax So how does the opti-seal compare to opti-gloss coat?

I've been using opti-seal followed by their spray bottle Optimum Car Wax once a month or so.

Also, your pictures didn't upload

 

They are showing for me, used Imgur as the host. Hyper Seal is better than Opti-Seal, it's silica based instead of a polymer resin base so more durable. Optimum Gloss Coat is an SiC/SiO2 blend ceramic coating. Very easy to use, 2-3 years protection. Gloss Coat is available from several vendors and Optimum, Hyper Seal is available from Optimum only, it's in their maintenance product line-up.

https://imgur.com/gallery/1J6EDON