Monday, May 5, 2008

Intro to Detailing Products

The following are some of the popular detailing products that are used by our members and is not an exhaustive list, so do feel free to use other products out there that works better for you:

- Car Shampoos: Armourall Blue ~$9.00/bottle, Armourall Green [heavy duty], Armorall Pink [frequent wash], 3M Car Wash, Meguairs Soft Wash Gel, Autoglymn Bodywork Car Shampoo.

- ClayBar: Soft99 [Green Colour] ~$10

- Polish/Sealant: Hi-Glaze88 ~$32 to $36 per 1L bottle, Glare Polish [not for sale individually, thru GLARE package only], Klasse AIO/KSG ~$90 for a set of 500ml bottle each of AIO and KSG..3 microfibre applicator pads..1 microfibre cloth, Zaino ~$28.50/bottle [online @ http://www.cazcomp.com] , SuperGlaze Teflon Polish ~$19.80/500ml bottle, Mothers' Sealer & Glaze ~S$13/bottle, Mothers' Perfect Polish ~S$29.

- Leather Cream/Conditioner: Autoglym Leather Conditioner, Mother's Leather Conditioner ~$18/bottle, Zymol Leather Conditioner ~S$16/bottle.

- Tyre Shine: Formula 1 Black Gold ~$12, Armorall Extreme Tyre Shine ~$16.50, Meguairs Endurance Tyre Gel

- Engine Bay Cleaning & Shine: Selleys Engine Degreaser, Pennzoil Multi-purpose cleaner, Meguairs Endurance Tyre Gel

- Detailing cloth: 3M Microfibre cloth ~$8, Mystic Maid Auto/Marine cloth ~$15 [online @ http://www.mysticmaid.com.sg], 100% cotton cloth, FiberShine Microfibre

- Drying cloth: C300 Chamois, 100% cotton towels, microfibre towels

- Applicator pads: Meguairs ~$2

- Scratch/Swirl mark remover: 3M Swirl Mark Remover ~$22 [for dark/light coloured cars], Meguairs Scratch-X [for fine scratches] ~$13

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