What's in your cabinet?

[N7turbo]

Specifically, the car cleaning supplies.

Here's mine in its current state.

General Use Soaps: 3D Super Soap and Duragloss 903
Acidic Soap: Carpro Descale
Alkaline Soap: Not needed, just add some Dawn Ultra to the mix
Rinseless Wash: Armour Detail Hero and DIY Detail V1
All-Purpose Cleaner: Super Clean
Tire Cleaner: Mineral Spirits
Panel Prep: Gyeon Prep
Ceramic Coatings: Gyeon Mohs Evo, Gyeon Rim
Glass Water Repellant: Gyeon Quick View and Angelwax H2GO
Detail Spray: Carpro ECH2O
Odor Eliminator: Carpro So2Pure
Engine Bay Dressing: Koch Chemie Motorplast
Water Spot Remover: Chemical Guys Gel
Glass Cleaner: Stoner Invisible Glass (but most of the time I just use rinseless wash, unless it's oily)
Carpet Cleaner: I don't clean carpet but I do clean carpet floor mats with Dawn Ultra and Super Clean with a carpet brush

Some products are not shown because they are on my detailing cart:

Ceramic Sealant: Hybrid Solutions Flex Wax
Interior Clean + Protect: Hybrid Solutions Inside Job (and rinseless wash)
Tire Dressing: Hybrid Solutions Graphene Acrylic
Decontamination + Iron Remover + Clay Lube: Hybrid Solutions Rapid Decon

As you can see, some products pull double duty, so you don't need so many dedicated bottles.

Usage Notes: I need to use up the Duragloss. I've had it a long time. I have yet to try the Carpro ECH2O, and I need to use up the rest of the Gyeon Quick View. Quick View is a good product but I am replacing it with the Angelwax H2GO as it is a little easier to work with, and is more economical.

The CX-5 has the Gyeon Mohs Evo and Gyeon Rim ceramic coatings.

The MX-5 gets the ceramic sealants and detail sprays. I don't use them on the CX-5 because I just let the coating do all the work.

I'll share more later, including tools and methods.

 

[SparkYellow]

Waiting for more... What do you recommend for getting the debris out from the top of the engine? My hand-held vacuume is weak. The leaf blower and shop vac can't get the small pieces out. Compressed air duster then?

 

[N7turbo]

What do you recommend for getting the debris out from the top of the engine? My hand-held vacuume is weak. The leaf blower and shop vac can't get the small pieces out. Compressed air duster then?

At the base of the windshield? After that junk compacts in there, nothing works as well for me as the pressure washer. You can use that all around the edges of the engine bay and the hatch opening because the same junk collects there. I only got so far with the leaf blower.

 

[SparkYellow]

At the base of the windshield? After that junk compacts in there, nothing works as well for me as the pressure washer. You can use that all around the edges of the engine bay and the hatch opening because the same junk collects there. I only got so far with the leaf blower.

Want to clean the debris out of the nooks and crannies under the engine cover. Going to run without it so I may need to clean more often. Saw a compressed air duster that claims to go 60 mph.

 

[N7turbo]

Ahh so the area with the injectors. I tend to foam, brush, and pressure wash engine bays but with the engine cover on. If I want to clean under it, I use towels and a degreaser.

 

[sm1ke]

Borrowing your format:
General Use Soaps: In the bucket with clean MF towels, Meguiar's Wash and Wax, or Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Wash and Wax. In the foam cannon, MTM Perfoamance Soap.
Decon Soap: Carpro Reset
All-Purpose Cleaner: Super Clean diluted according to application
Tire Cleaner: LA's Totally Awesome or Super Clean
Detail Spray: Hybrid Solutions 3-in-1 Detailing Spray
Engine Bay Dressing: 303 Aerospace
Glass Cleaner: Stoner Invisible Glass
Carpet Cleaner: I don't use the carpet mats, I have the OEM "premium" all weather mats. I spray them down with Super Clean diluted 4:1 and brush them down, then rinse.
Ceramic Spray Sealant: Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Spray Coating
Ceramic Spray Sealant (wet application): DIYDetail Quick Beads
Interior Clean + Protect: Dawn dish soap and water solution for cleaning, 303 Aerospace to dress and protect
Tire Shine: Hybrid Solutions Graphene Acrylic
Decontamination + Iron Remover + Clay Lube: Carpro IronX for iron remover, clar bar and soapy water for mechanical decon
Waterless Wash: Aero Cosmetics Wash Wax ALL

I still have some P&S Beadmaker and Sonax Brilliant Shine Detailer left over that I need to use up. The Beadmaker is one of my favourite products, but it doesn't last long enough to be used as a last step protection layer. Sonax BSD I found to be much more durable, but application is more difficult as it's very "grabby".

I also have some Autoglym Tire Spray Dressing that I've been using for a few years, I just spray it into a foam applicator and wipe it on. It works great, but doesn't last that long. I just got a bottle of the Hybrid Solutions Graphene Acrylic but haven't tried applying it yet.

DIYDetail Quick Beads is used for the wheels after a wash, and as an occasional topper on the paint.

On the lookout for a good foaming soap as I'm all out of the MTM stuff.

 

[N7turbo]

I just got a bottle of the Hybrid Solutions Graphene Acrylic but haven't tried applying it yet.

You're going to like that stuff.

On the lookout for a good foaming soap as I'm all out of the MTM stuff.

If you wash often and are looking to make it economical, the 3D Nano Pails are hard to beat.

I use one with this dispenser: No Drip Pump Dispenser

One full pump of Super Soap in the foam cannon bottle per wash gets me something like 40 washes out of a 64 oz Nano Pail.

I order from Detailed Image and try to use sales or coupon codes.

 

[N7turbo]

Just in:

I was about to run out of my 16 oz bottle of Armour Detail Supply Hero, I'm running low on my Hybrid Solutions Inside Job, and I'm lacking a good all-purpose cleaner. I took advantage of the Black Friday sale to fix that.

I decided to stick with Hero because it is still one of the top rinseless washes and I've liked working with it. Pilot will be something new for me to try—Inside Job has been great but this is another highly rated product so I will see which one I like better. Clean as an APC is very promising as a citrus-based cleaner that can use various dilution ratios depending on your use case. What's more interesting is that due to its unique formulation it supposedly will not leave residue if not rinsing. Many APCs do, which makes them unsuitable for some uses.

The way I will use these products:

Hero: rinseless washing all cars, whether coated/sealed/waxed or not. I also use it on glass—in fact I hardly ever use glass cleaners anymore. I use the sponge method with rinseless wash and this particular product is slick enough to not need a drying aid spray, allowing me to simplify my process. The only time I don't opt for the rinseless method is when the car is just too dirty for it and needs the pressure washer and foaming shampoos. However, even when I do a traditional foam cannon wash, I still prefer to spray the car with Hero then towel dry. This helps reduce the risk of water spots and acts as a lubricating agent and a final pass of cleaning.

Clean:

4:1 - HEAVY Duty Cleaning: Engine Bays, Pre-Wash, Bug Remover, Wheels & Tires, Wheel Wells, Exhaust Tips, Heavily Soiled Mats

10:1 - MEDIUM Duty Cleaning: Soiled Interior Surfaces, Door Jambs, Heavily Soiled Plastics and Fabrics, Spot Stain Removals, Heavily Soiled Leather.

20:1 - LIGHT Duty Cleaning and Maintenance: Interior and Leather Cleaning, Smoke Film on Glass, Cleaning Detailing Equipment and Tools.

Other uses will likely open up as time goes on. I'm kind of excited about this as I've been lacking a product like this until now. Normally, APCs have limitations: don't let them sit on metals for long, don't use them on glass, they require rinsing, etc.

Pilot: car interiors. Pretty simple. But you could also use this on other things like leather chairs in the house.