My starters collection

He guy's here's my beginners collection, still waiting on two packages to arrive

1. Home Depot / Staples


2. Wisdom Detail, came on monday. Super fast shipping thanks Larry!


3. Eshine, after Canada Post screwed a bunch of stuff up I picked the package up today, If it wasn't for Chris packing everything so well I'd be short a few gallons lol

 

That is how it starts......... you have a great set up honestly, I use alot of what you have. Glanz wax is a awesome product..............

 

Indeed, we all started somewhere. Good start, keep updated.

 

Looking good so far. CG Window clean is excellent stuff and those zymol applicators are good too.

 

tip on the glanz........ get a squeeze top bottle, i knocked mine over and spilled a ton of it. I do not like their packaging......... one bit for that reason.

 

Very nice collection to start, if you stay on this forum regularly then I'm sure it will grow

 

Nice start up! That sprayer from HD is great for clay lube. I'd get a foam cannon to use with the CG MS-II. Also, watch out for the splash back when using the EZ Detail brush, it often leaves me covered in specks of dirt.

 

Yeah it's pretty expensive I tried to keep everything under $500, I went a bit over but what can you do haha. My first customer is this weekend so I'm going to recoup a bit there. I'm going to have to build some sort of shelving unit in my garage to store all the stuff too haha

 

I use that sprayer for alot of stuff! Home Depot has all the Zep line wich is a HUGE plus. Those sprayers carry 2L of stuff, you got enough in there to last a while! I use them for : Purple 3:1 , Citrus 3:1 , CG Diablo 4:1 , Zep APC 3:1 and ONR QD. Zep products go a long way with the dilutions and price!

If you can get an other "tool", I'd hit up Canadian Tire and get the Bisel car extractor for ~130$ and go back to home depot and buy the Zep carpet cleaner premium. I cant live without it now!

 

Yup got some bottles coming, and Phil for right now i'm going to hold off on doing interiors my friends has a legit carpet extractor and all the products needed for cleaning interiors so I just refer people to him

Package number four, thanks Phil should be getting another order tonight lol

 

nice collection so far....I hope you have deep pockets, lol.

 

That's a good start man! But, it can get out of control quick.

 

Oh I know it already has, already blew my budget by $150. Im putting a leash on myself no more ordering unless I run out! haha

Today's update: built a shelf, hope it won't be to empty it'll just tempt me to buy more stuff to fill it up haha


(sorry for the crappy pic it was dark outside already, and if your wondering the total for the empties was $21 sweeeet!)

Dimensions:

Width: 3 1/2 feet
Height: 6' 5"
Depth: 1 1/2 feet

Spruce 2x2x8= 7
Spruce 1x4x8= 8
Plywood 4x8x1/2
150 6x1 5/8 construction screws

Total time: about 5-6 hours
Total cost: about $60

It's really strong!

Today's order from dd and probably the last order of this year:

Gilmour foam gun
Sonax kit
Swissvax Detail Brush

and last time my car was clean sunday the 14th when I went to vagkraft, my car has to sit outside now because my dad's new car stays in the garage

 

(found out my camera was in manual focus that's why all my pics are blurry, Ill get some better pictures when everything comes in and I finish up)

stained it
put some shelf liners on the top 3 shelves, cost $7 a piece...
put everything onto the shelfs

Now I have to find a way to organize everything better, just waiting on one more order so the shelves are going to fill up a bit more. I thought I was going to have a bunch of extra room I guess not haha. I also washed my car today and tried out all my new brushes and what not, ms II is a really nice shampoo I like it alot, same with opti bond tire gel applies really nice doesn't leave the tires to shiney and doesn't leave them to matte, kind of in between.

 

That shelf looks really nice

 

Try Opti-Bond at 1:1. I find it's better at filling all the creases and bumps on letters and the outer area of the tire. I went as far as 2:1 and it created a very uniform matte look.

 

Thanks hamza! and I might have to try that luke, when I finished applying it to my tires I tried it on my front and rear lips and bumper grilles and it dressed them pretty nice, they were fairly wet aswell. I might also try it at 1:1 in a spray bottle as a trim dressing, but I also have pb's trim restore and ag v&r. So we'll see how opti-bond works durability wise.

 

Small update got my order from Ken yesterday after Canada Post couldn't find my adress like usual haha, anyways thanks ken for the labels for the bottles and the tire dressing! I'll try it out and let you know what i think.


Also went to eshine yesterday with my friend and picked this up:


Ill take a pic of the finished shelf with everything on it in a bit just have to finish mixing everything, anyways anyone know a good dillution for the following:

- Getting bird bombs off cars with onr ( I have it mixed at 64:1, and 22:1), and what's the best method for getting it off
- Megs apc+ for getting heavy grime out of door jambs (I have it at 10:1 and 4:1)

and a few questions

- What's the best way to pour AG CWC into smaller bottles, I spilt a bunch yesterday when I was using a funnel

 

Awesome! For the big jug of CWC what you should do is hold it up higher over the funnel and you won't spill it. I had that same problem with my jug of P21S TAW.

 

Some baller purchases there!! An eShine trip all for some scent spray... Sounds disappointing :/ ahaha