Car Care and Detailing Dreams (Part 3)

[mjunaidit]

An Interesting Question:
What other product would you say is an absolute GEM in the detailing world like the Collinite stuff?

[bym007]

An Interesting Question:What other product would you say is an absolute GEM in the detailing world like the Collinite stuff?

Your question is half of your answer. The other half is 845.

[mjunaidit]

Haha yeah but what I meant was this is in the wax category. But there is soooo mich other stuff that dont seem to have a king at all

[mjunaidit]

Like shampoo or waterless wash or sealant or interior cleaner or tyre product. There should be a Pakwheels list for what works just as amazing as 845 without breaking your back financially.

[jklodhi]

Meguirs Ultimate paste wax

This product is also excellent

[bym007]

Like shampoo or waterless wash or sealant or interior cleaner or tyre product. There should be a Pakwheels list for what works just as amazing as 845 without breaking your back financially.

I suggest you start such a post and add categories to it.
I am sure all of us can contribute something to it....

[Rahat083144]

Like shampoo or waterless wash or sealant or interior cleaner or tyre product. There should be a Pakwheels list for what works just as amazing as 845 without breaking your back financially.

We could go on and on about that, but here's my 'maintenance' arsenal for a super dusty environment here in Karachi. Of course there's many other stuff I use for tires, APC, proper waxes, etc etc.

[mjunaidit]

Nice! Such a wide range of waterless washes. Which one is the best on an economical price scale? I'm using ech20 and dont know why but I dont really love it...

[ivtec3]

My basic kit...
Additions (post picture):
CG stripper scent
CG chrome Polish
Mothers VLR
Sonax hybrid wax
Meguiars White Wax
CG shampoo

[Rahat083144]

Nice! Such a wide range of waterless washes. Which one is the best on an economical price scale? I'm using ech20 and dont know why but I dont really love it...

Economical is of course the rinse less wash, which in this case is the Turtle Wax (essentially a copy of ONR, from what I hear). I've heard good things about Echo2 but not gotten around to using that - cuz I can't run out of my current arsenal.

[Rahat083144]

Man I'd like to give stripper scent a try. But I've been using Areon Black Crystal and totally in love with it.

[ivtec3]

Do give it a try... it has a unique smell.

It wasn't available in Karachi so @ahmad_yar was kind enough to ship it.

Also, chrome polish / rust removers have been very very handy here.. since corrosion from sea impacts even badges of brand new cars.

[ivtec3]

Posing post detailing. (snapped this some time ago)

[Rahat083144]

Yup, I have both chrome polish and metal polish as well. Metal polish is very handy for exhausts as well as engines.

[usman_haider84]

How do u feel about meguiars white wax?
I have had a black car and used many high end products.
Is meguiars white wax does any good?

[usman_haider84]

I guess in sealants it is carpro reload.
Ita such an exceptional stuff for one to have.

[usman_haider84]

And for waterless wash, i used manyyy things but no one can compete ech20 in terms of its ability to do work and as well as price.

[mjunaidit]

My problem with ECH2O is how much to apply. Youtube says as much as you can, nothing is too much. Which brings me to my next problem with ECH2O, the microfiber becomes way too damp way too quickly and I might need 5 to 6 microfibers to do the whole car. And even then, the ECH2O spray gets into corners and areas that can not be cleaned by a microfiber like between the headlight gaps and other similar smaller areas and it dries out on me there...

I must be doing something terribly wrong. But so far, I've come to enjoy simple wash a lot more than waterless wash which is supposed to be easier but for me is not. I've got CarPro's spray which sprays ultra smooth particles. So smooth that a lot of spray flies away with the wind

[usman_haider84]

I dont follow youtube in the case of ech20.
Too much doesn't make any difference.
It doesn't mean thar i spray little, i mean i do spray liberally but not that much.
If car is not super dirty then for me 3 microfibres are enough

[Rahat083144]

How do u feel about meguiars white wax?
I have had a black car and used many high end products.
Is meguiars white wax does any good?

I just ran out of Megs white wax couple of weeks ago. Hard to work with cuz it has abrasives, but due to that I never needed to polish even very old paint. It also avoids yellowing of white paint which carnaubas can cause. Here's a couple of shots from last year, of my 2006 8th Gen, wearing Megs White Wax: