{"id":7526,"date":"2012-06-28T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T10:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=7526"},"modified":"2016-10-16T14:23:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T18:23:27","slug":"3-products-with-multiple-uses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/3-products-with-multiple-uses\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Products with Multiple Uses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Todd&#8217;s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/learn-something-new-dont-read-the-instructions\/\">Learn something new &#8211; Don&#8217;t read the instructions!<\/a>\u00a0 Todd\u00a0goes over the benefits of using products in different manners than intended by the manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three products I use for different purposes than they were originally intended for.\u00a0 Although not made for this type of application, they work perfectly for the uses outlined below.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/DI-Brushes-M51\/Lambs-Wool-Premium-Wheel-Brush-P568\/1-S1\/\"> DI 1&#8243; Lambs Wool Premium Wheel Brush<\/a>.\u00a0 Brand new, not after using it on wheels, they are great for interior dusting and cleaning\u00a0in tighter spaces. \u00a0I have also used them with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Optimum-OPT-M36\/Power-Clean-P287\/17-oz-S1\/\">Optimum Power Clean<\/a>\u00a0to lightly scrub off some dried on stains.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7052\/7110721149_bb8af2d142_b.jpg\" alt=\"Di Lambs\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With a little cleaner and a light scrubbing, tighter areas can be improved greatly, making them ready for a nice dressing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7131\/7110721205_2e750cf25d_b.jpg\" alt=\"DI Lambs Finish\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the interior cleaning they can be turned over to make a great detailing stick. Just wrap the handle with a MF towel and you&#8217;re able to get into different areas that you weren&#8217;t able to before.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8010\/6964647402_644e8544b3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Di Stick Wrap1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7124\/7110721357_34a30f3f76_b.jpg\" alt=\"Di Stick wrap2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The point is to\u00a0think outside the box when using tools and products. They can often times come in very handy for other jobs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5197\/7110721521_eb3fe447e3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Di Stick final\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next up are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/DI-Accessories-M12\/Industrial-Strength-Latex-Glove-Powder-Free-P508\/\">DI Latex Gloves<\/a>. These are great for keeping your hands clean during dirty jobs, but they are also amazing at removing lint or pet hair. Below is a convertible top that had some lint issues.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8149\/7177699818_b956c54f67_b.jpg\" alt=\"Lint\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you lightly rub the glove across the surface it will pull the lint creating small balls of lint that can then be removed from the\u00a0surface easily. You can see how effective this method\u00a0is on the convertible top. Just by removing the lint\u00a0I\u00a0greatly improved the look of the top.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7221\/7177699896_cc0b02fcc4_b.jpg\" alt=\"LintFree\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/DI-Accessories-M12\/Industrial-Strength-Latex-Glove-Powder-Free-P508\/\">Stoners Invisible Glass<\/a>, which is amazing at giving streak free windows, but also used with #0000 steel wool works wonders on exhaust tips.\u00a0 I have, just to show how effective this can be, let my own exhaust tips get completely black. To show how well and simple this process is, and decided to use the DI gloves for their intended purpose, keeping my\u00a0hands clean.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7037\/6964698426_615499dd4c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Exhauststart\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Initially, I start with a light foaming with the Invisible Glass. I then polish the tips with #0000 wool.<\/p>\n<p>You can see just how effective gently scrubbing with the steel wool and Invisible Glass can be.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7086\/6964698348_a9bbcf98d7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Exhaust50\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will then follow up by wiping down with a throw away MF towel. Usually they get too dirty to clean.\u00a0\u00a0If needed,\u00a0I will finish\u00a0with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Optimum-OPT-M36\/Metal-Polish-P291\/8-oz-S1\/\">Optimum Metal Polish<\/a>\u00a0to bring out an even better shine to the metal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8159\/6964698464_0936af3430_b.jpg\" alt=\"ExhaustFinal\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always great when you learn new uses for already amazing products.  In this post Greg Gellas from Signature Detailing in Northern NJ shares a few excellent tips on how to perform an even better detail with products you may already have!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":20914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[510,924,926,92,81,925],"class_list":{"0":"post-7526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-detailing","8":"tag-brushes","9":"tag-di-lambs-wool-wheel-brush","10":"tag-di-latex-gloves","11":"tag-optimum-metal-polish","12":"tag-optimum-power-clean","13":"tag-stoners-invisible-glass"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/3-Products-with-Multiple-Uses.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-1Xo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7526"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20204,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7526\/revisions\/20204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}