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Just a few of my home made tools i use:
Hello Everyone,
Over the years I have made a few of my own tools I use when performing general Detailing, and haven't seen a few of them posted on here, so I figured I would share them with you guys as to try to hopefully make life a bit easier for someone.
1.To avoid getting any tire dressing on freshly polished wheels, I make a cardboard cutout to the inside diameter of the wheel lip, cut two holes in the center for a handle, and cover the entire surface with duct tape. I have a template for 15" through 22" to make quick work of dressing tires without any chance of getting anything onto the wheels. Its cheap, easy, and works quite well.
2. Q-Tips - I add a small amount of Quick Detailer to the bottom of an old aspirin bottle, and place several Q-Tips on end to soak the chemical up for a period of 24 hours prior to Detailing for use on hard to reach areas on the Exterior of the Vehicle, and related painted surfaces. Then I add a small amount of a good APC Product to another bottle, and add another set of Q-Tips to that as well for use on Interior surfaces. Again, another cheap, and simple tool that makes life easier in tight areas.
3. Paint Brushes - I use a series of Paint Brushes some of which are full bristled for use in cleaning various surfaces, and some with the bristles cut down to approximately 1" for working with Trim components. In addition I also like to use Liquid Shoe Polish Applicator Bottles with the foam pad on top for easy use of water based dressing on exterior side moldings.
4. Polishing Billet Grilles - One of the ways I like to make life easier when polishing Billet Grilles is to use a two small cuts of ultra deep pile carpeting. I use one square por applying, and rubbing in white fine Jeweler's Rouge, and after the chemical has dried to a dark haze, I use another clean square to polish the product to a high shine. This is very effective for these types of Grilles, as well as various types of wheels, and other related types of surfaces.
5. Bottle Brush - I like to use a simple bottle brush with a home made extended handle to clean tight wheel wells on vehicles that have been lowered, and have an excessively tight gap. These types of brushes are designed to fit into tight places, and make quick work of cleaning these gaps.
And last but not least,
Since it is not discussed very often, but is a useful little trick, if you ever accidentally get wax residue embedded into any trim work, and you are not able to get it out, the peanut oil content in creamy peanut butter will lift the reside to the surface with ease.
Anyways, I hope this might help someone out their. Go easy, and I will catch you all later.
Candyman
Over the years I have made a few of my own tools I use when performing general Detailing, and haven't seen a few of them posted on here, so I figured I would share them with you guys as to try to hopefully make life a bit easier for someone.
1.To avoid getting any tire dressing on freshly polished wheels, I make a cardboard cutout to the inside diameter of the wheel lip, cut two holes in the center for a handle, and cover the entire surface with duct tape. I have a template for 15" through 22" to make quick work of dressing tires without any chance of getting anything onto the wheels. Its cheap, easy, and works quite well.
2. Q-Tips - I add a small amount of Quick Detailer to the bottom of an old aspirin bottle, and place several Q-Tips on end to soak the chemical up for a period of 24 hours prior to Detailing for use on hard to reach areas on the Exterior of the Vehicle, and related painted surfaces. Then I add a small amount of a good APC Product to another bottle, and add another set of Q-Tips to that as well for use on Interior surfaces. Again, another cheap, and simple tool that makes life easier in tight areas.
3. Paint Brushes - I use a series of Paint Brushes some of which are full bristled for use in cleaning various surfaces, and some with the bristles cut down to approximately 1" for working with Trim components. In addition I also like to use Liquid Shoe Polish Applicator Bottles with the foam pad on top for easy use of water based dressing on exterior side moldings.
4. Polishing Billet Grilles - One of the ways I like to make life easier when polishing Billet Grilles is to use a two small cuts of ultra deep pile carpeting. I use one square por applying, and rubbing in white fine Jeweler's Rouge, and after the chemical has dried to a dark haze, I use another clean square to polish the product to a high shine. This is very effective for these types of Grilles, as well as various types of wheels, and other related types of surfaces.
5. Bottle Brush - I like to use a simple bottle brush with a home made extended handle to clean tight wheel wells on vehicles that have been lowered, and have an excessively tight gap. These types of brushes are designed to fit into tight places, and make quick work of cleaning these gaps.
And last but not least,
Since it is not discussed very often, but is a useful little trick, if you ever accidentally get wax residue embedded into any trim work, and you are not able to get it out, the peanut oil content in creamy peanut butter will lift the reside to the surface with ease.
Anyways, I hope this might help someone out their. Go easy, and I will catch you all later.
Candyman
I was just wondering the other day how you were doing.
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