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Visitor, sounds good. I'll go with that!

What makes a "quality" APC different from Simple Green/diluted Simple Green?

not yet, but I might give it a go.

pilotpip, fantastic post and the step-by-step procedure and product is what resonates with me. It's one thing when people say I do a XXX wash, or wax or dance step, but without the details of what that is, idk what the heck you're talking about. Yes, all long-time forum members want new folks to...

I don't own a pressure washer, but do have access to a coin-op one down the street from my house.

Briar, ah, Galloway is about an hour South of me

I've poked around here and I keep reading about this rinseless or waterless wash magic stuff or not using a hose to clean a vehicle. I've also watched a few videos, but I've got questions: 1. What are the pre-requisites for doing waterless or rinseless washing? What sort of condition does the...

Can anyone comment on where to buy microfiber towels wholesale? Does AG sell them wholesale or just in bulk pricing?

Hey Setec, you and I have been back and forth before. You linked me to some other South Jersey member posts. One of them is a friend of mine one town over who I'm going to have detail one or both of our cars. Though I would like to meet up with more. What county are you in?

I've already made several posts, but thought I'd drop a line in here and see if there were any other AG's in my area. I'm in Northern Ocean County. Are there any meet-ups around here for the detailing doers?

I feel that I'm in a similar boat as the OP time-wise and I don't even have kids. When I was in my 20's, I could and did spend inordinate amounts of time doing stuff that I just can't justify doing now. One of them is spending time every weekend thoroughly cleaning my car. I am fortunate enough...

I'm overdue for a wash and I've been trying to think of a good way to clean my Sorento's undercarriage of salts and other gunk. I usually have used Simple Green full strength, let it sit for a few minutes and then rinse it off. However, I've recently read that the Simple Green might accelerate...

an update: I picked up the MICROFIBER ALL PURPOSE WHEEL WASHING KIT on a 25%-off sale along with a Speedmaster brush and Blackfire Total Trim Restoration Kit. I'm keeping an eye out for further sales, but might buy a bulk pack of all purpose 350gsm+ MF towels elsewhere if the price vs...

I just paid $0.61/ea for a Eurow 80/20 363gsm 36-pack, but decided to cancel my order and look for cheaper.

briar, yeah, good call! Don't want to make it worse by leaving duct tape adhesive in place of hair removal. :)

Finally, after nearly 3 weeks since I bought it I was able to make an attempt to clean my newly purchased 2014 Sorento. Previously I had a 98 Prelude and my body certainly took a beating in dealing with the additional interior real estate and mess therein that I found. I spent about 1.5 hours...

Thank you for all of the in-depth advice! I'm looking to keep this as simple as possible, so for now I'll start accumulating towels: general purpose 350GSM or equivalent for cleaning (broken up in stuff for paint, wheels, engine, jambs), glass (clean - 350gsm/dry - waffle), and drying (350GSM...

yes, i guess once I get to a point where I can be doing rinseless washes, that would make sense. At this point, just need to get the vehicles (3) of them pro-detailed to bring them all up to their best short of maybe color correction and then I can maintain from there.

Wow! That's a hell of a list. Appropriate and all, but damn! I'm not a business, so I'm trying to drill down to the non-pro essentials. I think I figured it out thanks to Autopia's towel info: 1. general purpose 2. glass 3. drying 4. final buffing So, I'll either go with their specific...

I'm essentially starting over with my methodology on car care for my personal vehicles. I'm trying to figure out what types and sets of towels makes sense to get together? I realize one should use separate towels for different purposes, like wheel towels are only used for wheels, paint for...