detailing product present for a beginner ?

[Alex5]

A mate has asked me for help as he wants to buy his dad some car cleaning products for his birthday. I don't have a clue about detailing haha so I'm asking for advice .. Budget around £50. His dad has a porches 911 and only bucket washes it.

Maybe some sort of polishing compound with a polishing cloth?

 

[Jay.S]

Products will be wasted unless he can try teach his dad the correct wash technique etc.

If I tried telling my dad how to wash a car though and that he should use a lambs wool mitt along with 2 buckets, he would tell me to do one. Old people are stubborn.

I would buy him something else.

 

[dannyb2012]

Are All lambs wool the same, eg megs n dodo juice

 

[Clart]

Those meguiars kits on ebay look ok.

 

[Valverjunky]

clay bar and megs #16 wax would be a good start for a beginer

 

[Paul172sport]

How about a wash mitt, drying towel and triple / tough coat pack.

 

[Alex5]

Thanks for the help! In the end he went on to the auto finness site and bought new wash mitt, micro fibre drying towel and AF car shampoo. Nothing too fancy so he actually uses it

 

[m4tt274]

Buy him a lambs wool mitt, some decent wash and wax then a bottle of autoglym SRP from you local halfrauds.
Will come in at about £20 for all that. Not sure what the other £30 could be used for.
Probably some decent tire dressing gel, bumper black gel (i prefer gels to sprays) and some dash shine type stuff would be a good bet.

Detailing can become a bit of a bug and the average joe cant see the point. I use some pretty decent products and my friends think im mad.
If hes just bucket washed it all its life he probably doesnt have much interest in super anal detailing and wont use the products you buy him.