Auto detailing is a fantastic way to keep your car looking like new and shiny for years, but it can often cause a mess inside your garage. Whether you’re just a hobby detailer like me or you’re a professional detailer, keeping car detailing supplies organized is extremely important.
In this post, I’ll share some simple tips that can help you to keep your car detailing equipment organized and also easy to access when you need it.
1. Create a Dedicated Storage Area For Detailing Equipment
Creating a dedicated storage area for detailing equipment is the first step you should take, and actually, it’s the most important tip of this post. This area can be a specific garage corner, a shelving unit, or a separate storage cedar shed.
By having a dedicated area for car detailing tools and products, you’ll be able to keep everything in one place, and you won’t be spending hours on finding some specific tool or product. It just won’t get lost in hundreds of other things we usually keep in garages.
2. Invest In Storage Solutions Made Specifically For Automotive Tools and Supplies
In order to keep everything as organized as possible, you’ll have to invest a few bucks in storage solutions. While having a few typical multi-purpose shelves is a great place to start, you might want to get some storage solutions that are made for automotive tools and supplies.
For instance, a wall-mount rack for car polishers is a fantastic little piece of the storage unit where you can keep your favorite car polisher, polishing pastes, and other add-ons.
Another great product you should check out is a wall-mount cord reel, which is probably one of the best things you can invest your money in. That way, you’ll always have organized cables, so you can plug in your favorite pressure washer, car vacuum, or any other equipment you might have.
3. Keep Frequently Used Items Easily Accessible
When organizing your equipment, you should always keep frequently used items easily accessible and, of course, less frequently used items stored further away. For example, if you often vacuum your car because of pet hairs, or something else, it should be best if you keep your vacuum easy to access all the time.
Personally, I like to keep the power washer and vacuum as close as possible, followed by microfiber towels and car cleaning kits. All the rest goes behind, especially some tools, such as a cordless drill that I use on infrequent occasions.
4. Use Simple Labels To Identify The Content of Containers Quickly
Another great way of keeping your car detailing equipment organized is using clear containers or labels. This will help you to identify the contents of your bottles quickly and make it easy to find what you need.
I prefer using clear plastic containers, where I dilute all the detailing products (if they require dilution). Then, I just use a permanent marker and write the product name on the bottle, and often a dilution ratio. On the other hand, I keep undiluted products on the shelf so they don’t stay in my way when I’m looking for some specific product.
5. Regularly Assess and Purge Unnecessary or Expired Products
And the last tip I can give you is to assess and purge unnecessary or expired products regularly. That way, you’ll keep your storage organized all the time.
Each month, take a few minutes of your time and go through your storage area and get rid of expired products, the products you no longer need, you don’t like, or empty bottles. This can help you with two things:
- You’ll keep your garage organized all the time.
- You’ll be able to order products on time, so you’re never left without any specific product you need.
Conclusion
Organization in your garage is extremely important. That’s the only way you’ll have enough place to store everything from your car to lawn movers to auto detailing equipment.
I hope that these five tips will help you to keep your car detailing supplies organized all the time and that you’ll have enough place to store them all. So, take your time and create an amazing space for all your detailing tools and equipment.
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