MSR Racer

I like to know what everybody's routine is and what tools and products they use. Here is mine:

I work on my 997.1 practically every weekend. Alternate full body wash/ polish and interior detailing. I try to pick one item to focus on every weekend. Here's what I use:

Exterior:
Turtle wAx car wash
Pinnacle foam gun
Mother's detailing spray and clay bars
Assortment of wheel care products: Blue Magic cleaner/protectant
Wheel brushes/wash mitten/MF towels

Interior:
Lexol leather cleaner and conditioner
Vinyl cleaner (various)
Aerospace 303 protectant
Assortment of detailing brushes and towels
Metro Vac-n-Blo vacuum

McLube Sailkote spray dry lubricant for the Targa roof
Tuff Stuff cleaner for the carpet


Let me know what products you use and impressions. I am thinking of young Leather Master series. Aerospace 303 is just incredible over all. MetroVac is an outstanding product.

I haven't yet got polishing thing down. Still afraid to damage the paint by being over zealous.

No HTwo O

I like Zaino Z10 for leather.

I love RejeX wax for wheels, leading edges, and the whole car. When using RejeX, you don't need wheel cleaners, just warm soapy water.

997at

I try to give her a good wash once a week.
Here's what I typically use:

Megs Gold Class shampoo
Microfiber wash mitt and drying towels
Daytona Speed Master wheel brush - love this thing
Wheels are cleaned with the shampoo

Every so often:
Lexol cleaner and conditioner
Megs 105/205 for swirl and scratch removal with a PC XP 7424
Aerospace 303
Raggtop

kosmo

Exterior:
Wash- Megs Gold Class or Griots car wash
wheels- Daytona speedmaster wheel brush w/ car soap. Dont need wheel cleaner. Armour All wheel protectant.
Top- Raggtop
Paint- Polish- Menzerna (various). Wax- Wolfgang Fuzion Estate, P21s, and Griots best of show.

Interior:
leather- Lexol cleaner and cond, Sonax leather cleaner/cond (great for perforated seats), Zymol, and Leather masters.
plastic surface- 1Z Einszett Cockpit Premium Interior Plastic Cleaner

Rubber seals- 1Z Einszett Rubber Care Stick Gummi Pflege and Wurth Rubber care.

Farfelc2s

Wash w Adams car wash.
Adams In & Out spray on plastic parts.
CR water to rinse.
Zaino Z2
Detail spray every time.

pissedpuppy

what's everyone use for dash, door panels (all the plasticy bits)?

slicky rick

aero 303 protectant

sfrank

adamspolishes.com I own over half of the products on the site, car wash, brushes, glaze, polish, wax, towels.....watch the videos. I do what they do.

403portside

I like Einszett cockpit cleaner for dash and all plastic parts.

Jay H

My cars get washed every weekend at a minimum. 997 gets washed bi-weekly, depending on the weather.

Wash:
P21S Bodywork Shampoo
Griot's Garage micro fiber wash towels
Dry with compressed air and P21S Drying Towel

Polish:
P21S Paintwork Cleanser

Wax:
P21S Carnuba Wax (the cheaper one)

Twice a year I'll use 3M Hand Glaze on the car, followed by the P21S polish and wax.

Interior:
Vinylex on the interior plastics and trim.
Lexol Leather conditioner on the leather

Tire dressing and exterior rubber:
One Grand Exterior Rubber & Vinyl

Riz

What do you guys use on the exhaust tips and any chrome parts?

Jay H

P21S Finish Restorer for discolored exhaust tips and Turtle Wax Bug and Tar Remover on the chrome (don't laugh, for $2.50 a bottle, it's the best chrome cleaner I've used yet). The last bottle of TW B&T I got for $1.25 at Wal-Mart. It works on everything.

_Nathan

You don't need polish unless you have a problem, for example swirl marks or oxidation. The rule with polishing is to do the minimum that you need to resolve the problem.

I rarely need to actually wash my car with water because I don't ever let it get dirty. I dust it off with a California Duster and clean it very often with detail spray (Meguiars Ultimate Quik Detailer) and a microfiber cloth. When I wax it I use a synthetic wax (like Meguiars Tech Wax 2.0) followed the next day with P21S Carnauba wax. The synthetic wax looks good and is pretty durable. The carnauba wax gives it a very slick finish, but doesn't last very long.

kosmo

1Z Einszett Cockpit Premium Interior Plastic Cleaner

DreamCarrera

WOW, how do you find the time to wash the Pcar this often?

I'm lucky if I can find the time to do it once a month.