You need to consider spending up to £100 on kit - I have spent more as Porsche guys seem obsessed with polishing and detailing their cars. The kit I have:
- AutoBrite Direct products:
First start with diluted 100:1 with Citrus Wash
https://www.autobritedirect.co.uk/i...obrite-citrus-wash-multi-purpose-cleaner.html
Use initially and theraftter at 2/3 month intervals depending on use.
Same for the next product - tar remover:
https://www.autobritedirect.co.uk/index.php/just-the-tonic-tar-glue-remover.html
Follow by shampoo - also diluted:Tar is not always visible so this product will show how much tar spots can build up on the car
https://www.autobritedirect.co.uk/i...luxury-suds-concentrated-car-shampoo-wax.html
Next up. There is little point polishing without claying the car - you will just polish in the bonded contaminants.
When I bought the GransSport I followed the above with claying and it was amazing how much bonded contaminants came off the paintwork (that I could not see). I use this:
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/ca...iling-products/meguiars-quik-clay-starter-kit
Clayed the car first time and then repeated after 6 months. After each claying cycle the polish and wax cycles are repeated.
After claying, the car paintwork will be as smooth as glass. This is essential BEFORE polishing and waxing the car otherwise you will end up with a rough (sandpaper feel) to the paintwork.
Now the polish - polish is applied BEFORE wax. I use:
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/glazes/poorboys-black-hole/prod_494.html
Dont worry about using this for a lighter colour car - it will not darken the paintwork!
Then after polish, I apply a high grade Carnauba wax. There are many. The wax gives superb water-repellant properties so that water just beads off - even after at least 6 washes (none of them last as long as they claim). I use:
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wax/dodo-juice/dodo-juice-purple-haze/prod_398.html
Prices for Carnauba wax products ranges from £10 - £300+ - depends on % of Carnauba Wax. This products has around 40% carnauba and is superb - so easy to apply and rub off. One wipe of the pot on an applicator sponge is enough to cover a panel! It is so easy that I apply it after alternate washes to keep building up the wax (water-repellant) layer.
For the leather, I use:
First a leather cleaner:
https://www.liquidleather.com/furniture-leather-cleaners/24-gt15-gentle-cleaner-5060033829806.html
Then
https://www.liquidleather.com/furni...2-gt11-leather-conditioner-5060033829776.html
I also keep this when I think a more intensive clean is required:
https://www.liquidleather.com/car-m.../27-gt12-intensive-cleaner-5060033829813.html
Finally for the exhaust tips for the Porsche and the Gransport I use Solvol Autosol (sparingly - as they are all mildly abrasive)
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/shampoo-polish-wax/autosol-metal-polish-75ml
A good alternative is:
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/ca...eguiars-nxt-generation-all-metal-polish-142ml
Finally a word about wheel cleaning:
I NEVER EVER use any wheel cleaner even if they claim to be non-acidic. They are ALL acidic to greater or lesser degree (pH <7.0). The Porsche had calipers where the glaze was taken off the calipers commented on at the PPI - the indy said this was due to the use of wheel cleaner products being sprayed on the wheels and calipers. I recently enquired about having all 4 calipers taken off, stripped, new seals and checks for pistons, stripped back to bare metal, powder coated then spray paint followed by at least 3 layers of gloss lacquer and new Porsche decals, and brakes bled with new fluid - I was quoted nearly £1000 inc VAT. Not surprisingly I deferred this task as it is not essential at this moment.
So for wheels, I ONLY use hot water with some AutoBrite shampoo above, a separate wash mitt exclusively for the wheels - one for the Porsche, one for the Gransport. You can also use a lambswool mitt - I have this one:
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/meguiars-lambswool-wash-mitt-cat3.html
Wash technique:
Two bucket method:
One with hot water and shampoo the other with cold water only.
Apply hot water shampoo with wash mitt or microfibre mitt on ONE panel
Now rinse in cold water to release grit and contaminants.
Then squeeze dry.
Now back into hot water shampoo and do another panel. Repeat back into cold water rinse.
Drying:
Chamois leather is out. Instead IN is a drying twoel with high absorbency. I use:
https://www.autobritedirect.co.uk/index.php/autobrite-new-deluxe-fluffy-drying-towel-3ft-x-2ft.html
Polish and Wax Applicator:
I don't use cloths to apply wax or polish. I only use sponge-based sponge applicators - one for each product and discard after a few uses:
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/ca...halfords-car-polish-applicator-pads-pack-of-2
I use microfibre towels to remove polish and wax and window cleaner and leather cleaning - separate ones for each product/use.
For tyres, there are mixed views on use of tyre wall black. When I use one, I use:
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/ca...rs-endurance-high-gloss-tyre-protection-473ml
Applied with a sponge applicator or cut car wash sponge - I have redundant car wash sponges since I stopped using them 5 years back and use only fibre wash mitts.
Finally glass. Glass cleaners commercially are very expensive for what they are. I use this on the outside and inside:
https://www.autoglym.com/car-glass-polish
I also use on the inside of glass which we use on the household glass:
http://www.diy.com/departments/windolene-93189-window-cleaner/257820_BQ.prd
Clean thew wiper blades with lemon juice or vinegar or methylated spirit - you'll be amzed at the amount of black gunj that comes off the wiper blades - usually causes wiper judder.
Well that my personal approach to keeping the Porsche and the Gransport looking like the dogs b*ll*cks with dazzling shine and water-repellancy. I don't use a D/A Rotary polisher despite claims they are easy to use. A detailer told me to steer away from them as it is easy to strip back to metal on edges of paintwork and generally, by-and-large hand applied techniques are always safer than a rotary polisher in an untrained persons hands.