Not really sure why im' posting this (other than to show off )
But i really do like this stuff and lets me get a very nice finish on the car

First pic is just to show the clay bar and the lambswool wash mitt, very important NOT to use a sponge!


Second pic is to show everything i have now, though i forgot the clay and wash mitt this time

Good man! There is more to life than the sponge!

I guess you are a CG fan then! lol!

I like a bit of detailing myself,

Well, i guess i am now, Stan's yer man, he started me off in it.

I've always liked cleaning the car properly, so always plenty of water on when sponging it off, took two buckets to wash the car with etc.

However, very early this year, i ended up seeing a detailing section of some website (possibly detailingworld) and seeing a poll, what do you wash your car with.
It listed a whole bunch of wash mitts and a jumbo sponge. Not really reading it, i just scrolled down and caught a post;
"Come on, own up, who voted for jumbo sponge!"

Scrolled back up again as i'd no idea what else and saw the one vote and everyone else using some sort of mitt.

Only then did it start occuring to me with further reading, how bad a sponge is and why people don't/shouldn't use them anymore!

So, off to

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and with Stan's help, got the right bits (that you see in the first pic)

Best and most surprising upgrades were how much better the shampoo and washmitt were, less than a bucket to do the same car now! and the drying towels? best invention ever, chamois leathers are worse by far than the sponge on paintwork and i couldn't believe how quickly the car was dry and with such little effort using the drying towels.

Just got the extra stuff in the second pic this week, but i'm on hols till august essentially
and won't get chance to try them till then

However, with the stuff from the first pic and the XXX hardcore wax from the second, i still got this finish on the 3g;




What do you use, shiny? I'm sure Stan will be along soon with his garage full of shinying gear

Looking good!

Here's my stuff.

Pressure washer etc


Clean & dirty Microfibres


Shampoo, snowfoam, last touch, apc, wheel cleaners, mitt, brushes etc


Polish, clay, waxes and other bits & bobs..




And don't forget, god invented SNOW FOAM!



So much more i want, but it can become an expensive pastime!

That's quite a collection there, very nice and you're telling me, that last batch of stuff cost me £80!! Although it has to be said, the majority of that was made up with a US gallon of wash and gloss and the super fancy special occasion only, 5050 wax.
Otherwise, it's not *too* bad on costs.

As for snowfoam, i'm yet to be convinced, i'm not even really that sure what it is!

This thread is frightening.


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Haha tell 'em

That is basically the idea of foaming your car before attacking it with your mitt, it just lifts loose dirt off the car so there is less chance of your rubbing that back into the paint when you do get round to washing it.



Anyway, if we're posting pics again.....

Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn.. you've no excuse to have your car just a tiny bit dirty stan

Ah, with a collection like that, you have to be the Preludestan on DW then! Hello mate!

I used to be prelude_stan on here as well till I thought it was a bit obvious!

Hi anyway, who are you on DW?

Stan how do you rate that Megs cleaner wax? I tried some on a panel on a black car and it was awful. It took away the shine and reflection, which the machine polish had just given back to the paint!!

I don't use it on visible parts of the car, I tend to use it on things like door shuts etc when I need to clean and protect in one go (to save time really), so I wouldn't say it was a great wax by any means, but it does the job for those areas.

The best thing about it is probably the fact it smells like bubblegum (similar to Nattys)

I'm Shiny on there too, the insurance man!