New to cleaning/detailing. Cleaning Alloys and Tyres

Lots of different opinions. Here's mine and to keep it as simple as:

Prewash - Forget snowfoam. Just get a chepo garden pump sprayer and get hold of Bilt Hamber Autofoam. Use at 5%.
Alloys and Tyres - Once properly cleaned and sealed, just clean as normal with car shampoo. Autowheels is very good initially, but don't use it all the time. For a brush Wheel Woolies come highy recommende. I prefer the easy EZ brushes though - your call. For the face a small detailing brush and a mitt. Halfords seel a noodle glove which is great for wheels. To seal something like FK1000P is great as it's High temp.
Drying - Don't bother with a blower as you'll need to pay a lot for one that does the whole car. Just get a decent drying towel and some sort of rinse aid. Autoglym Aquawax is good. But AG have just released Polar Seal which is getting good reviews.
Inside - Wickes and Screwfix both sell a wet and dry vac for £40 you can leave in the garage. Don't bother with a handheld unless a Dyson or Gtech.
Inside the car Autoglym Interior detailer will do and for finishing Car Pro Perl is great diluted.
Glass - Any old glass cleaner will do. For the inside Halfords sell a glass clening pad that allows you to reash awkward bits of the inside glass. https://www.halfords.com/motoring/c...uckets/halfords-long-reach-windscreen-cleaner
Protection - I don't know what Max Protect Silk, but Sonax BSD is the best top up detailing spray.

If I was starting out right now this is what I'd buy:

Any Pressure washer
2 buckets, 1 guard
BH Autofoam or Koch Chemie Greenstar, pump sprayer
A wheel cleaner - BH Autowheels
Autoglym Tar and Glue remover - for tar spots
Autoglym Magma - fallout remover
A set of small detailing brushes and a wheel brush for the backs
Carchem 1900:1 car shampoo
2 Microfibre wash mitts (1 top for , 1 for bottom)
Autoglym SRP and a sponge applicator
Autoglym UHD wax kit
a Large drying towel and a rinse aid
A decent set of buffing cloths
Some APC e.g. BH Surfex HD, but Koch Chemie Greenstar makes a good APC too.
Sonax Brilliant Shine Detailer (BSD)
Carpro Perl - for plastics and tyres
A glass cloth and use any old glass cleaner
AG interior shampoo or very diluted APC
Lots of cheap microfibres
FK1000P sealant (for wheels and bodywork if you wish)

Think that's it. If I've left anything out it's probably because I've just got up lol. That lot is just for starters. In time, and with more proctice, you can try to experiment. Oh and detailing is not cheap either and once on the path that's it.

Cleaning cars and getting them looking good is all in the PREPERATION.

pxr5 said:

Prewash - Forget snowfoam. Just get a chepo garden pump sprayer and get hold of Bilt Hamber Autofoam. Use at 5%.

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I agree, I've used snow foam and citrus pre wash for years...never again. Just Bilt Hamber Autofoam as said