Cleaning Collection

[Gazjs]

So my Sat night is going to be a boring one. So i plan on seeing just how much hard earned cash has been spent on cleaning products for my car.

Thought everyone could do the same and we could have a little thread/competition with it all

I will complete my post later tonight with my outcome :P

[DanGull]

Are you mental? I'm not sure I want to know how much I've spent!!

[Gazjs]

Are you mental? I'm not sure I want to know how much I've spent!!

I think whatever the outcome it will be getting kept from my mum

[DanGull]

Right - I've done waxes only so far, and passed £500. So I'm stopping out of fear

[Gazjs]

Right - I've done waxes only so far, and passed £500. So I'm stopping out of fear

How much wax do you have!

I think i would also stop at that point, will be lucky if my whole collection is anywhere near your wax collection :o

[aph1101]

Right then... can't be arsed to work out the value... I think it's somewhere north of £200 :o That's a hell of a lot of money out of £50 a month pocket money!!!

My list is as follows:

Two buckets

Some cheapo MF cloths (about 6-10 of)

3 I4D Ultra plush MF cloths

MF Wash mitt

Drying Towell, forgot the brand, it was from I4D

Two different alloy cleaning brushes

Valet Pro Bilberry

Dodo Juice BTBM

Dodo Juice Red Mist

Dodo Juice Hard Candy

I4D HD snow foam lance

I4D snow foam

(Karcher K4.130) - not strictly mine, but it's my dad's and I use it for the snow foam

That's all I can think of at the moment....there's probably some more stuff as well...

[DanGull]

Well, here we go...

Waxes

Dodo:

Banana Armour, Hard Candy, Diamond White, Rainforest Rub, Light Fantastic, Orange Crush (say £30 each - £180) Supernatural (plastic pot, £60) Double Wax (£70). Total: £310.

Autoglym:

High Definition (£30)

Megs:

16 (£10)

Swissvax:

Glacier (£50)

Best of Show (<cough> £150)

Collinite:

915 (£20)

Total for waxes: £570

Machine Polisher:

Kestrel DAS-6 (plus pads and Megs compounds): £200

Sealants:

Autoglym EGP £10

FK1000P £15

Wheel cleaners:

Bilberry £10

I4D £15

Dodo Mellow Yellow (meant to use this today and forgot ) £12

Polishes/cleansers:

Autoglym SRP £10

Dodo Lime Prime £12

Dodo Lime Prime Lite £12

Autoglym Paint Renovator £10

Megs metal polish £8

Snow foams:

I4D £12

I4D Citrus £12

Valet Pro £15

Bulk buys:

Megs APC £20

Megs Glass cleaner £20

Megs degreaser £20

Clay:

Sonus Green £18

Supernatural £18

Dodo Paint Putty £20

Born Slippy Lube £10

Spray Waxes:

Duragloss £9

Serious Performance £8

Autoglym Aquawax £8

Shampoos:

Autoglym £8

Dodo Sour Power £10

Dodo BTBM £15

Megs Gold Class £10

50 or so cheap MFs - say £1 each, £50.

5 plush MF, say £5 each, £25.

2 Dodo and 2 Sonus drying towels, say £40.

2 I4D buckets with grit guards £40.

Foam lance: £50.

Karcher PW: £30.

Various brushes, say £50.

Total £1402

And, worst of all - there's more, quite a bit more

I'll get my coat.

[aph1101]

Wow Dan!!! That's quite the collection :o You surely don't use it all, do you?

[DanGull]

I use most of it in each detail actually - obviously I alternate some products - especially and waxes and sealants but everything has at least one coat taken out of it (except for the BOS - it's being saved for perfect weather in the summer).

I actually sold quite a lot of stuff recently as well.

[aph1101]

I use most of it in each detail actually - obviously I alternate some products - especially and waxes and sealants but everything has at least one coat taken out of it (except for the BOS - it's being saved for perfect weather in the summer).

I actually sold quite a lot of stuff recently as well.

In that case, that is most impressive! You have, after all, taught me pretty much everything I know about detailing :)

Still can't quite believe you spent £150 on BoS....nutter :P

[DanGull]

Technically - it was a present, from someone with more money than sense - and they demanded an application on their (rather nice) car when they gave it to me

[Focus_ST-3]

Thats some collection Dan! I bet your car is in mint condition

My collection is in the region of about £100. I have every Autoglym product (which I won in an Autocar competition B) ) , Meguiars clay kit, lambswool mit and microfibre cloths.

[aph1101]

Technically - it was a present, from someone with more money than sense - and they demanded an application on their (rather nice) car when they gave it to me

<cough> Grammar Police <cough> :P

[DanGull]

I'm not too impressed actually Zetec-X - the state of my paint is not at all perfect. I didn't have time to get the polisher out today, but it needs to come out soon.

Have you used Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine then? I think it's the only one I don't have.

[DanGull]

Ooops, sorry Alex

[Focus_ST-3]

I'm not too impressed actually Zetec-X - the state of my paint is not at all perfect. I didn't have time to get the polisher out today, but it needs to come out soon.

Have you used Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine then? I think it's the only one I don't have.

Due to the high mileage I do and general lack of time, my paintwork is a bit of a mess at the moment as well.

I have only used "extra gloss protection" on the Fiesta. I plan on using the ultra deep shine in the summer, but I dont want to damage the paintwork by polishing it.

On a side note, does anybody else with a mk7 find their sideskirts have a "hazy" appearance due to people's feet rubbing against them getting in and out the car? What is the best way to correct the paintwork?

[DanGull]

I should add that I'm not that bad - check THIS out...

Now that is a wax collection - bearing in mind that Mystery is £350, Crystal Rock is £550 and Divine is £1600 per pot.

[DanGull]

I would say that your 'haze' is paint marring - you can probably correct that with Autoglym SRP and a little pressure. Dodo Lime Prime would also do it.

[Gazjs]

Ok, my TINY list comapred to Dan

Meguiars 3 Step:

Paint Cleaner - £8.99

Polish - £8.99

Carnauba Wax - £8.99

Meguiars Smooth surface clay kit - £25.99

Meguiars Endurance tire gel - £8.99

Meguiars PlastX - £7.99

Meguiars Trim Detailer - £6.99

Meguiars Gold Class car wash - £5.99

Meguiars NXT car wash - £5.99

Meguiars Glass Cleaner - £8.99

AG – Bodywork Shampoo conditioner - £6.49

AG SRP - £9.99

Ag car glass polish - £8.99

Asda ground nut oil – few pennies

3M car wash soap - £5.49

AS G101 - £20

AS Tardis - £20

Bilberrys - £8.95

Dodo Hard Candy - £29

Poorboys Wheel Sealent - £12.75

Meguiars Spoke Brush - £7.99

Meguiars Tyre Gel applicator - £5.99

Meguiars microfibre Wash mitt - £9.99

Dodo Juice Fantastic Fur - £6.95

Dodo Juice Soft Touch - £9.95

Supernatural Finger Mitt - £3.95

Kesteral DAS-6 Sonus Kit - £109.80

PW - £29

Cheap MF's (that i thought were good until my dodo one) - £25

Total to be £429.18

[DanGull]

Gaz - it's official, we need help.

I forgot I had some pics - this was a while back so it's grown a lot since.

[Gazjs]

Looks very neat and tidy there Dan. I store most of mine in a boot organiser under the bed out of reach of all

£150 on wax is crazy

I am planning on buying a few bits and pieces tonight:

Dodo Juice Rainforest Rub

Britemax Clean Max - read a few good reviews.

May also have a look at a few spray waxes and a sealant or two in the coming weeks.

[DanGull]

No - £8000 on wax is crazy - ala Zymol Royale...and I forgot Zymol Solaris - at £35,000 a pot :o

I've just ordered some of the new Serious Performance spray wax - will report back.

I like rainforest rub - prefer Purple Haze on my white though.

[Gazjs]

I came acorss that Zymol Royale the other day actually. Was very tempted B)

[thesilverfox]

Dan, that's a lot of stuff. A lot. I thought I was bad ...

MY current stuff is mainly the stuff I use below, but I reckon around £500-£600 in total otherwise:

Kestrel DA6 Machine Polisher

4x AG Polishing Pads (firm/soft)

DoDo Lime Prime

DoDo Lime Prime Lite

100g AG clay Bar

4x microfibre cloths

2x medium waffle weave cloths

2x applicator mitts

detailing Tape

DoDo Blue Velvet Wax

£160 delivered from CleanMitts (with discount)

In addition, I have another 10x microfibre cloths, 2x massive waffle towels for drying, a huge array of AG products (but now use the glass polish, EGP, tar remover, HD Wax and shampoo mostly), microfibre wash-mitts, lambswool wash-mitt (for wheels), various old toothbrushes (wheels), Meguiars clay bar kit and a few other bits.

[Amie07]

Dan, that's a lot of stuff. A lot. I thought I was bad ...

MY current stuff is mainly the stuff I use below, but I reckon around £500-£600 in total otherwise:

Kestrel DA6 Machine Polisher

4x AG Polishing Pads (firm/soft)

DoDo Lime Prime

DoDo Lime Prime Lite

100g AG Clay Bar

4x microfibre cloths

2x medium waffle weave cloths

2x applicator mitts

Detailing Tape

DoDo Blue Velvet Wax

£160 delivered from CleanMitts (with discount)

In addition, I have another 10x microfibre cloths, 2x massive waffle towels for drying, a huge array of AG products (but now use the glass polish, EGP, tar remover, HD Wax and shampoo mostly), microfibre wash-mitts, lambswool wash-mitt (for wheels), various old toothbrushes (wheels), Meguiars clay bar kit and a few other bits.

Omg do your WAGs know about your wax spending habits?! Just think of the lovely shoes they couldve got instead?! lol