New items I found useful

[William_F]

Since joining this forum, not only have I got a headfull of ideas for mods I want to do, I have become as my wife says "OCD about the apperance of the cruiser".

I have started spending time at Meguiar's Online daily learning all I can about detailing and then applying this new knowledge to my PT and the wife's CRV.

Today I popped into O'Reilys to pick up a few detailing supplies and found some things I thought were awesome that you guys might be interested in. None of this stuff is new to the market, but I just "discovered" them today.

1. Eagle One's Never Dull Metal Polish- I needed a chrome cleaner for my hood ornament. The guy at the store did a demo for me and another customer in the parking lot on his rims. I was sold!

This stuff is a wadded cotton type material in a big can. Simply pull out a small piece (less than a cotton ball), rub down the area to be cleaned, let the polish haze like wax and then wipe off. It's quick and easy, non abrassive and the results we amazing! I went a step further and also polished all the emblems and logos on the outside as well as my door handles and shift column.

2. Invisible Glass- It's a bit pricy at about $5 a can, but this stuff did an awesome job of cleaning all my glass without leaving streaks. I've tried several other products and they were all less than satisfactory in terms of being streakfree.

3. Microfiber paper towels- I don't recall seeing a maker on the package, but these come 30 to a roll, are lint free and can be machine washed and reused several times before they have to be discarded. I used them to clean my glass, wipe up the excess chrome polish, and with my quick detailer. They performed as well as a normal microfiber towel, except that because they are thinner, they tended to get saturated more quickly. Of course, with 30 of them on hand, it wasn't really much of an issue.