Cleaning/Detailing - what products?

[Pommygranite]

Mods please don't move to the cleaning section.

I'm trying to find out the recommended brands/stuff to use that I can purchase easily here in Oz. Can anyone recommend:

Alloy Wheel cleaner

Polish/Wax for a black car

Leather cream care to help reduce wear,discolouration and creasing.

Cleaner for exhaust outlet (chrome I think)

Usually use megiuars and Autoglym in uk but unsure what's good here besides those.

Suggestions please!

[motomk]

The usual suspects are available at Autobarn and Repco etc.
PM sent.

[SkinnyBoy]

These are the fellas we use, pretty much get everything from them.

http://www.autosmartaustralia.com.au/xoops/modules...

[deviant]

A broken bucket and a single wash mitt. Soap is whatever is on offer and at the moment I am using Armor All Butter Wax as it was cheap and smells nice.

[Colonial]

Indians.

[Hasbeen]

I use Mothers cleaning & polishing stuff, with one addition.

We found some stuff called SOLVEX one step Sealant.

It is a product put out for the boating industry, to protect fiber glass & paint in that testing atmosphere.

My Triumphs were restored 9/10 years ago, & have covered 40,000, & 60,000 Km respectively since then.

I polish & wax them once a year only, very thoroughly, then wash them as required in Mothers wash & wax, with 60cc of the SOLVEX in the washing water. I do use Mothers cleaner wax to polish off any bad bug or tar stains, & that's it. I am often asked how I get my cars so shiny. I do not use it as a polish, except on my wife's rice burner, where I can't be bothered doing a major wax job.

It comes from Tweed Heads, northern NSW. I'm not sure where, but I think it is in the phone book. I usually find it at boat shows, or large show & shine car shows.

Colonial, where do you catch your indians?

[CoopsA]

I always use autoglym products, you can get them at super-cheap auto and autobarn. The drying cloth is easily worth the money.

[Pommygranite]

deviant said:

A broken bucket and a single wash mitt. Soap is whatever is on offer and at the moment I am using Armor All Butter Wax as it was cheap and smells nice.

So that's your personal showering habits detailed, what about your car?

[deviant]

You can wash cars?!

[madazrx7]

Looking at the stae my van is in I'm thinking jif and steel wool might be required.

Whatever you go for please don't buy it from supercheap...

http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/forum/f14/superche...

[Pommygranite]

madazrx7 said:

Looking at the stae my van is in I'm thinking jif and steel wool might be required.

Whatever you go for please don't buy it from supercheap...

http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/forum/f14/superche...

Sorry Tim link doesn't work. What's the story?