One of the of the allures of detailing for me is chasing new products to try. Do I need 12 different soaps, 9 tire dressings or 10 drying aids to choose from? Absolutely not! Do I want them, absolutely yes!
There is something so exciting about trying a new product for the first time, wondering if it will live up to expectations and whether it will become something I will continue to use. Sometimes, a product will turn out to be a dud, others it will become a new favorite. I'm at the point now where I can know pretty much straight away if a product will be something I will be using over and over again.
As such, I have a regular stream of deliveries. This weeks haul............
This is actually two orders, with a couple of items on backorder holding the first one up. I'm still waiting for those items to arrive in stock, both of which I'm looking forward to using.
Koch Chemie Motorplast has been on my hitlist for a while but it had been out of stock across all Australian distributors for months. When it arrived back in stock, it didn't last long. This product is similar in concept to Meguiar's Hyper dressing, in that it can be applied to a wet engine bay and left to self level. It smells pretty good too.
Optimum Car Wax has also been on the hit list, mainly just out of curiosity. As a standalone, it can last 6 months. I will perhaps be using it as a drying aid.
The Rag Company VLB is another take on a leather cleaning brush. This will only be used on customer cars.
I have wanted a tool belt for some time, this should come in handy for improving efficiency when I do customer cars.
The towels are for glass, medium The Rag Company Dry-Me-A-River JR.
And the gloves get used for both detailing and gardening/nursery work. I hate wet, dirty hands in winter so these nitrile gloves always come in handy.
I also added another foam cannon into the mix. I looked at a few different ones but decided to stay with the MTM PF22.
PF22.2's retail for $160 in Australia, but I found one listed at $119 through one of my suppliers. The product listing had the older design pictured. I thought the earlier PF22 was discontinued at least 3 years ago now. On one hand, I though this might have been an outdated product listing, on the other, at $119 it was a significant saving. I rolled the dice and............
The only difference between PF22 and PF22.2 is the bottle design, the actual cannon itself is identical. The key reason why the bottle was re-designed was due to how unstable the old one was, you will note I had to fill this one up to stage the photo.
I'm not particularly worried about it being a PF22 as I already have three spare 22.2 bottles in stock. What I am annoyed about is the fact the item was packaged in a plain carboard box. Instead, the "new" one was simply wrapped in bubble wrap and did not come with the spare orifice. All I can think of is that perhaps these were ex-display items? At a $40 discount, I guess that is acceptable. Either way, the product description probably should have had this noted.
I'm also annoyed at the cheap, un-precise 1/4 inch fitting they supplied with the foam cannon. It just doesn't "snick" into place as well as it should. I will get a better quality MTM replacement at some stage.
My older MTM PF22.2 will be re-purposed to foam Brake Buster with. I have tried the pump action sprayer thing for Brake Buster and soap, but it wasn't for me. The new PF22 will be fitted with the newer design bottle and become my maintenance wash foam cannon. The older tall bottled foam cannon will remain for use with decon soaps, its very different design will prevent accidental application.
