RobPhoboS Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Sonax - BSD = awesome This stuff lasts about 5 washes for me, I like it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Just curious... But what's peoples general opinion on autoglym products? I used to use them a lot, but have noticed they don't seem to be mentioned much on here Readily available and adequate, but their products are neither the cheapest not the most effective in my experience. They're aimed at the mass market car washing rather than the detailing niche though, so they tend to produce products that get shine easily rather properly - I.e. Fillers and silicones everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Most of the product variety I've experienced has been from Waxybox samples, which never featured any AG stuff. I have used their two leather products, for cleaning and conditioning seats, seemed decent to me; but I've not had cause to try any others yet as the tubs are huge and I CBA to do the seats that often Used the degreaser around the engine bay a bit, not sure it was any better than APC and I have other APCs that smell better! Bin the leather conditioner mate, it's doing more harm than good on your seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 Most of the product variety I've experienced has been from Waxybox samples, which never featured any AG stuff. I have used their two leather products, for cleaning and conditioning seats, seemed decent to me; but I've not had cause to try any others yet as the tubs are huge and I CBA to do the seats that often Used the degreaser around the engine bay a bit, not sure it was any better than APC and I have other APCs that smell better! Bin the leather conditioner mate, it's doing more harm than good on your seats. It's not doing anything on my seats, it's only been sprayed once, 18 months ago One fewer stage to worry about now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 Sonax - BSD = awesome This stuff lasts about 5 washes for me, I like it I think this stuff is great, I used to just spray it on wet paint before towel drying, for extra lube and a quick layer of gloss. I can't imagine anyone not liking it, except Matt, but he's mad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 True story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus-350z Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Just curious... But what's peoples general opinion on autoglym products? I used to use them a lot, but have noticed they don't seem to be mentioned much on here Readily available and adequate, but their products are neither the cheapest not the most effective in my experience. They're aimed at the mass market car washing rather than the detailing niche though, so they tend to produce products that get shine easily rather properly - I.e. Fillers and silicones everywhere. Cheers mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 Went out for a drive with the NW boys yesterday and got her nice and filthy, probably the dirtiest she's been. Thankfully the weather was perfect today so I thought it might be a great chance to try a couple of different snowfoams on my heavy soilage. Shockingly, having rummaged through my goodies, I only had one snow foam (more on it's way now! ) Envy's Bubbly Jubbly. I'm just about through the 5L I bought and was really quite impressed with it's efforts today. I'd have bought more if I wasn't looking to try the Bilt Hamber offering. The right pic is just after pressure washing the foam off. I used a smidge more than is the recommended amount, 200ml in a 1L lance. Good results, however, nothing touchless seems to get anywhere near the streaks. That seems to be the ultimate touchless test for me. In other news, whilst I was looking for snow foams I found this huge glass bottle of Glacier Wax Pure Shampoo, not really sure why I haven't used it by now or why I can't find a site selling it. What I am sure of is that it's epic. It said to use 30ml in a bucket but with shampoo (unlike waxes and sealants) I don't believe less is more, in fact, I think more is more. So it got about double the recommended dosage and boy does it work. It foams like you would not believe, the suds are thick and let the mitt glide effortlessly over paint, to top it off it has a gorgeous spearmint scent. This stuff might be the best shampoo I've ever used. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) I found this huge glass bottle of Glacier Wax Pure Shampoo, not really sure why I haven't used it by now or why I can't find a site selling it. Because; a) it cost a f**king fortune, and 2) because Glacier Wax rebranded to Frost Car Care. It is a great shampoo though, it's just... unreasonably priced. It used to be even more unreasonably priced befor rebranding, I recall it being £70/litre and only available in the fancy glass bottle, although they seem to have addressed the expensive glass bottle only option now. Edited February 14, 2016 by ilogikal1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 Ten points to you I remember it being expensive now, must have been a Waxybox sample I liked. I've got two other bottles of their other stuff in the garage, so I'm guessing it was a deal when I splashed out on it. ***searches email*** Yeah, I got some Black Diamond and ICE thrown in, £25 for all three. Wonder what the other two do, they sound glassy and tyrey... You could totally get away with using just 25ml of it though, so at £15 for 500ml in the poverty spec bottle that makes it, err, 2,4,8,8,10, socks off... just twelvety pence a wash. Bargain! Seriously though 75p a wash isn't outrageous for how good it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Everyone knows I've got a mancrush on Larry and his product range, so I thought I'd post this link to a whole bunch of "How To"s. There's something like 30 of them in total for all kind of detailing jobs. http://www.autoblog.com/details/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyp01 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Check out www.polishedbliss.co.uk Great products and some videos to show you how to detail a car properly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Gyeon Snow Foam = BEST SNOW FOAM EVER http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/gyeon-q2m-foam-cat2.html It's thick, heavy, it dwells long enough to clean your wheels whilst it is working and it SHIFTS my number one enemy, bird **** like it's going out of fashion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 I got some detailing vouchers recently and splurged on a new set of quality towels. Given how good almost everything Gyeon related I've tried is, I decided to get a selection of their MFs. http://gyeonquartz.com/product/softwipe/ http://gyeonquartz.com/product/baldwipe/ http://gyeonquartz.com/product/polishwipe/ These are really superb quality and I will do my best to look after them. If you're in the market for towels for applying/removing product, I'd say these are very much worth a look. However, the daddy was the SilkDryer drying towel. http://gyeonquartz.com/product/silkdryer/ I had a Meg's drying towel, it was fine. I bought a Woolly Mammoth, it was bigger and better than the Megs. This is smaller than a WM but if it even sees water, upto a distance of 5 miles, the water leaps on to the towel. If you took it out in the rain, you'd probably drown. It's absolutely superb and super soft. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Loving Gyeon stuff at the moment, I have their microfibre towel wash too I bought these from Amazon, very plush and still going strong a couple of months later https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01KF4DW82 the big towel dries the entire car no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Gyeon fanboys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPhoboS Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I'm liking Auto Finesse Glisten Spray Wax. I've started using that over BSD, simply as it's easier to wipe off and seems to keep the black fairly deep on my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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