Steam cleaner
What is the best overall steam cleaner for my money? Probably an industrial strength one, you're looking at some around at least 2k
Ozone generator
You tell me. I don't really do interiors that are that bad
Pads
What is the best overall brand of pads for polishing and waxing. I use a long throw polisher so I'll use anything made by Lake Country or Buff & Shine made for Long throw. You wanna get crazy, stock literally only Scholl Concept spider pads. Polisher dependant.
Brushes
I need brushes for everything what should I get? A lot of brushes. Brushes for wheels, interior, crevices, brushes for tires and general scrubbing tires. Also get a brush pad that goes on a polisher for tires.
Towels
What all towels do I need? what of microfiber? What about chamois and other things like that? Everything. You need a lot of drying towels and a lot of general use towels, dedicated wheel/tire ones, interior ones that you can cheap out on kind of, as well as just good quality microfibre.
Applicator pads
What do I need for applicator pads Pick the one with the colour you like the most.
Wax
Very broad I know but what do I spend my money on. I don't use wax, I pretty much only use coatings. I wax my dads car but thats because he washes his RAV4 with a mop. Not a joke. For my Dads car I have a reserved bottle of McKee High-Def paint sealant. Reason I use it? It smells nice. It's gonna be washed by a mop, so I might as well just make the experience enjoyable for myself.
Polish
What kind of polishes do I need? Sonax Cutmax, Sonax Cut and Finish, Sonax Perfect finish. Lot of other choices, this is just mine.
Soap
What soaps do I need? I use Reset. Great for coatings, can strip some wax and sealants.
Dressings
What about dressings? For tires, trim, and everything else that needs it SiO2 coating. I use Gyeon. For trim, I just use whatever coating I'm using at the time.
Interior cleaners
What interior cleaners do I need. You need a good solid APC. CarPro MultiX. Then you need something for the interior, a more gentle cleaner. CarPro Inside or Gyeon Leather Cleaner.
Iron decon
What do I invest in? They all work about the same so whichever packaging you like the most.
Glass cleaner
What should I use? CarPro Clarify is life changing.
Wheel cleaner
What’s the best? APC and iron dissolver.
Tire cleaner
Same question. I like Gyeon Tire. Expensive though, but works great to me. Also invest in mineral spirits. Wipe a tire down with some mineral spirits on a rag first, thank me later.
Degreaser
You know by now. CarPro Multi-X
Clay
What is the best overall brand? My use will probably need harsher stuff mostly. Pick a reputable brand, then pick your favourite colour.
Clay Lube
Should I just buy it or should I venture to make my own. Don't be a chemical guy.
And last but not least...
Waterless wash
What is the best waterless wash? I like McKee 37s Rinseless wash, leaves nothing behind. Also Ultima Waterless Wash is pretty top notch. If you get a full three stage correction then maybe Pinnacle Black Label Waterless Wash.
To be quite frank, This is what I use and I deal with pretty much only coated cars. If you're doing production detail... don't buy any of the stuff I mentioned. It's not worth the price for you if you're doing production detail. But if you have the customer base where you're removing carbon fiber spoilers and bits and pieces off your customers car to put aside and polish individually before re-assembling and hand applying a 5000 dollar SwissVax carnauba wax so your customer can trailer a car to a car show with a winning prize of $100, 000, then maybe look into some of the stuff I'm talking about. I do cars mostly on the side, and it's not my livelihood so I pick and choose. I mostly take on really beat up daily drivers so I can get paid a bit of cash to experiment products on.