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Hey, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van

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Freedom. My AUTODECO car-wash and detailing kit

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was an inexpensive Amazon kit where some

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pieces were much better than others.

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The small hand brushes made it worthwhile

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for me. I would not expect every

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included item to be equally good.

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Vehicle cleaning includes several different jobs.

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A wash tool, a small detail brush

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and a vacuum do different things.

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With a mixed kit,

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I find it more useful to look

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at the pieces individually than judge everything

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from one big product picture.

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My favourite pieces were the three hand

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brushes with red collars between the handles

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and bristles. I used them repeatedly in

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small valleys, corners and crevices my fingers

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could not reach. With cleaner on the

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area, they helped with general cleaning and

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preparation before painting. Their bristles held up

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well instead of all breaking off during

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heavier use. The air-vent cleaner and the

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wire brushes also helped make the kit

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worthwhile. The three wire brushes felt different

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in stiffness and aggressiveness.

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They could move stuck particles that the

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softer brushes would not remove,

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although I valued the red-collared brushes more.

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The little vacuum was surprisingly decent for

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the money. I tested it and it

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picked up debris, but cleanup took longer

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than with a stronger vacuum.

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It needed the vehicle's cigarette-lighter socket.

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I normally chose my battery-powered DEWALT hand

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vacuum, which had more suction in my

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experience and a smaller cleaning attachment.

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Some of the soft cleaning items disappointed

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me. The wash mitt was thin and

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cheaply made, although it did wash the

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outside of the van.

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The towels became wet without absorbing much

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water. The kit's duster did not pick

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up dust effectively for me; it became

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dirty and seemed to spread the dirt

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around. It was nothing like the separate

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California Mini Duster I used successfully.

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The drill-mounted brushes worked normally for light

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to medium cleaning. Under repeated heavy pressure,

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I found that the metal quick-attach shaft

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could strip its connection inside the plastic

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brush body. The cheap squeegee could still

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squeegee the windows adequately.

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Several pieces stayed unused.

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I have not used the soap-sprayer gun,

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the foam pieces, the long-handled item with

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the pentagon-shaped pad, the hooked tool or

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the buffer-pad attachments. Those pieces are part

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of the kit picture,

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but they are not part of my

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performance review. My full page compares two

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Chemical Guys wash kits: one built around

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a pressure-washer foam cannon and one around

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a hose-fed foam gun.

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Those are different wash-focused assortments,

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not the same combination of small brushes

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and vacuum. Thanks for watching.

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I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom.

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I would buy this AUTODECO kit for

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the useful hand brushes and small cleaning

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tools. Read the full review for my

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component-by-component experience, the related vacuum and duster

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reviews, and the two alternatives.

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See you on the next project.