Organizing (Space saving)

[tuscarora dave]

One of the things I have struggled with while detailing mobile is organization while performing the day's work. I found it easy in the rush of things to lose track of polishes, dressings and a big one for me is fumbling around looking for the right backing plate.

Here are a few things that I have done to save space and to simplify things a little.

I used to carry all this stuff with me plus the other necessary tools and accessories to detail a car.

I have found that not only were all these products taking up a lot of space but the heat of the summer months was taking it's toll on my products. Some of my polishes were thinning out like water due to the heat. First I would tackle the backing plate issue so I got one of these adapters for my DA polisher.

This way all I would have to carry would be these backing plates and two of them would be installed on the machines so really I would only need to have one extra backing plate in my goody bag.

Then I would kill two birds with one stone by getting these handy 8 ounce bottles and filling them with the amount of products needed to do the days production. So here I not only save space but in the event one of my polishes gets too hot and becomes runny it will only be the remainder of an 8 ounce bottle that is ruined instead of the remainder of a quart sized bottle.

Oh, I almost forgot about the edge 2000 pad system. This setup will also be a breeze to install on either polisher.

So instead of having a giant bag of stuff to carry around, all of my stuff will fit in this little bag. (excluding the buckets, towels, mitt, and machines)

 

[Explicit Shine]

where did you get that red rotary backing plate and how big is it exactly?:dblthumb2:

 

[Mindflux]

Yep. I did the same thing decanting products into smaller bottles.

 

[CEE DOG]

:dblthumb2:

The title dragged me in! Not sure if this is threadjacking... The biggest problem I have is whether to organize (at home) my products by type and level of aggression or by product line. I used to keep everything in order of task and aggression but with Ultima and Wolfgang I have so many products that they beg to be together! May be a sign of my OCD but I seriously struggle with it.

End semi-threadjacking Im the MAN

 

[tuscarora dave]

where did you get that red rotary backing plate and how big is it exactly?:dblthumb2:

I bought it for like $5 at Harbor Freight tools. It is super light, the velcro creates a tight bond with any pad. With the light weight of this backing plate the pad spins so much easier and faster on my DA that I get way better correction when using it with 5.5 inch pads. It measures in at 4 and 9/16 inches