Need help on cleaning products

[harry289]

Looking to give my car a detail when the weather gets better but seriously need help and advice on the products i use. I get confused. Name of products will be good.

Car colour: Silver
Application: By hand
Pressure washer but no snow foam lance.

Looking for products which are best value for money

Shampoo
All purpose cleaner
Engine cleaner
Wheel cleaner
Quick detailer
Clay bar
Polish
Sealant
Wax
Wheel sealant
Glass polish
Bumper care
Tyre dressing

Applicator pads foam/microfibre

I hope you can help. If there is anything that will do more than one job or anything i don't need or anything that's not listed then please say.

Thanks for your time.

[woodysVTR]

Shampoo - Chemical Guys Bodywash
All purpose cleaner - Daisy APC
Engine cleaner - Autoglym Engine Bay cleaner
Wheel cleaner - Bilberry 1L
Quick detailer - Meguairs Final Touch/ NXT Gen detailer
Clay bar - Meguiars Clay kit/ Bilthamber
Polish - Autoglym Super Resin Polish is ok, try Poor Boys All-In-One
Sealant - Dodo Juice Red Mist, without question. Bar Zaino Z8
Wax - Budget? Collnite 476, feeling flush? Dodo Juice Light Fantastic
Wheel sealant - Poorboys wheel sealant.
Glass polish - Difficult, T-Cut glass polish will do.
Bumper care - Chemical guys New Look Tim Gel
Tyre dressing - As above.

[vtr-barn]

I use meguiars and dodo juice and its spot on

[harry289]

When my mum got her BMW she got a load of Auto Glym stuff but wasn't sure if the stuff was that great.

At the moment I have

Shampoo - Megs gold class
AG tar remover
AG bug spray
AG vynal spray
AG srp
AG extra gloss protection
AG glass polish
Gunk engine degreasant

Doubt most of the above are any good though compared to what I could get....value for money wise.

[Robtur]

Shampoo - Dodo Juice Born To Be Mild
All purpose cleaner - Megs detailer APC or Surfex HD or Daisy (very cheap, but weak)
Engine cleaner - Megs detailer Engine Degreaser OR use APC (I do)
Wheel cleaner - Chemical Guys Diablo, Bilberry Wheel Cleaner
Quick detailer - Megs detailer Final Touch (use only if not correcting)
Clay bar - Chemical Guys (Yellow one), as good as Swissvax Paint rubber
Polish - Dodo Juice Lime Prime or Zaino Z2
Sealant - Duragloss 111 really cheap and amazing
Wax - Depends on what finish you want, Warm = Dodo Juice Light Fantastic OR Wet = Dodo Juice Supernatural or even Dodo Juice Purple Haze Pro
Wheel sealant - Chemical Guys 109 or Swissvax Autobahn (slightly expensive, but will outlast anything out there.
Glass polish - Carlack, Dodo Juice
Bumper care - Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel
Tyre dressing - Use Above or Duragloss Tyre Dressing

I have used the combination of either Dodo Juice Lime Prime OR Zaino Z2 then Dodo Juice Supernatural/Purple Haze Pro and have used SRP with Dodo Juice Light Fantastic, ill show some example of finish:

Zaino Z2 with Supernatural:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Detail%20BMW%20323i%20SE%20Touring/DSCF3433.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Detail%20BMW%20323i%20SE%20Touring/DSCF3432.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Detail%20Subaru%20Impreza%20STi/DSCF3263.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Detail%20Subaru%20Impreza%20STi/DSCF3272.jpg

Dodo Juice Lime Prime with Dodo Juice Purple Haze Pro:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Dodo%20Juice%20Waterless%20wash/1c90f8b1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Dodo%20Juice%20Waterless%20wash/196c1e53.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Dodo%20Juice%20Waterless%20wash/940c8bd8.jpg

Autoglym SRP with Dodo Juice Light Fantastic:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Rosie%20mk5%20GTI/DSCF2311.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Rosie%20mk5%20GTI/DSCF2310.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Rosie%20mk5%20GTI/DSCF2305.jpg

For roughly £40 you could get Swissvax Onxy which would leave a finish like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Swissvax%20VW%20Passat%20R36%20Detail/DSC00495.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/Robtur/Swissvax%20VW%20Passat%20R36%20Detail/DSC00494.jpg

Some of the other products i have mentioned for exterior have been used in all the cars at some point.

Hope this helps and not confuses you more.

[Dalesmith19]

I just bought a Autoglym set £34 quid from halfords polishing cloth, sponges so hope it does a good job :)

[harry289]

I have megs gold class shampoo, megs quick clay, auto glym tar remorver, auto glym SRP so far.

Thats what i had already

Might go for auto glym hd wax

[saxovtsmad]

try collinite 476 wax its good for silver cars

[harry289]

try collinite 476 wax its good for silver cars

looks good value too. might give it a go

[saxovtsmad]

i used it on my mates car and he was very impressed didnt think his car could shine so much lol

[harry289]

is it best to apply it thinly?
maybe 2 coats?

[saxovtsmad]

i usually apply a medium coat if you know what i mean

[harry289]

foam or microfibre application?

[saxovtsmad]

micro pad

[woodysVTR]

i usually apply a medium coat if you know what i mean

Medium coat?!

Apply thinly, you'll get the same result...

[harry289]

as long as my car becomes hydrophobic and has a deep shine il be happy

[woodysVTR]

as long as my car becomes hydrophobic and has a deep shine il be happy

Any extra wax you apply as a 'medium' coat, whatever that is, will only be buffed off and wasted. Thin coat will get some good beading, which is what you're after.