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CatdickBojanglesI know most of you can’t drive or haven’t ever cleaned your car and it smells of cat piss, old burritos and stale roaches. But those of your who detail your own car what’s your go to? Looking for a new line of products after being let down by half of chemical guys shit.
BiffbarfI use to work at a decent detailing operation and I think they used a lot of mcguire's products. The bulk APC they mixed with water worked really good on interiors.
What kinda stuff are you lookin for? Interior, exterior? I've geard nothing but good things about Adam's polishes but I've never had a new enough car to get too deep into anything past using a claybar and/or carnuba wax but I know a lot of guys in the $$$ car scene swear by em.
ElcheapoBought a tube of armor all whipes with mixed results so am basically taking notes off this thread
Nickc88Maguire's is good but half of the cost goes into just making their shit smell good, the detailing shop I used to work for always used ARDEX products, but I don't know if you can buy their products as an Individual, as for glass cleaning shit sprayway is the best and its cheap. The best commercial stuff for detailing exteriors IMO is Griots garage
CatdickBojanglesArmor all is terrible all around. Leaves a greasy mess. I am impressed with chemical guys silk shine dressing though. Not insanely shiny but doesn’t leave a residue. Biggest part is using an applicator not a rag.
CatdickBojanglesI know most of you can’t drive or haven’t ever cleaned your car and it smells of cat piss, old burritos and stale roaches.
T.L.AMMO NYC if you've got some cash to spend and want fantastic results or Chemical Guys if you want to save a little coin with good results.
Both have great youtube channels.
T.L.AMMO NYC if you've got some cash to spend and want fantastic results or Chemical Guys if you want to save a little coin with good results.
Both have great youtube channels.
Titus69What CG products suck OP? I use a handful of their products at work and never really have issues where it doesn’t work in the end, except their iron remover, any other brands I’ve used kicks it’s ass and was the same price for twice as much.
CatdickBojanglesThe foaming carpet cleaner is terrible, the air fresheners do not work (maybe just the scent I had), and the inner clean is not good at all. I have had good results with the other stuff I have from them.
Titus69Yeah, we use an off brand that’s just bulk of their carpet cleaner I think though idk if it’s the same as their foaming shampoo stuff, but it doesn’t get everything 100% but then again sometimes carpets have to be dyed if the stains that bad, for 90% of the time it works for me still, but often use a little APC to help extracting. And yea, inner clean sucks, it cleans but never lathers, we use a different company for APC but I recently bought some of the nonsense from CG and liked it, strong but doesn’t burn your throat every spray strong. The only product I hate that we use is their leather conditioner, most of the time it looks streaky on the seats unless you re coat it like 3-4 times. Luckily the other half of stuff we use is pretty decent and not a cringey company.
CatdickBojanglesYeah I ended up buying one of those bissel spot clean carpet cleaners and it works great. I can do my whole truck with a 1/4 bottle of the bissel solution and it does a great job especially the seats.
I noticed traces of rodents under my hood so I made the mistake of using poison and now I’ve got a dead one somewhere lol. I’ve since bought one of those ultra sonic repellers. Now just dealing with the stink until it’s gone. I can’t find it anywhere.
Titus69I once had a lady with a rank smelling car and she didn’t know why, I found 2.5 dead mice in the bottom of her center console, and by 2.5 I mean there were 3 and I think two of them ate some of the other....good luck
CatdickBojanglesIt’s been hot too so I’ve been leaving my hood and windows open whenever possible. Smell is slowly fading away now.
danbrownbest leather cleaner? also what's the best thing to use to clean off plastic/wood/dashboard etc? i'm not driving a limo so i don't need anything crazy and I keep my car super clean normally but I'm sure I could be doing a little more
danbrownbest leather cleaner? also what's the best thing to use to clean off plastic/wood/dashboard etc? i'm not driving a limo so i don't need anything crazy and I keep my car super clean normally but I'm sure I could be doing a little more
BiffbarfLexol was the consensus on the forums a while ago when I had leather seats worth cleaning/conditioning. There may be better but it worked great for me
CatdickBojanglesReviving this thread after a year of experimenting.
Best shampoo I have found is Adam’s wash and wax.
Best interior cleaner has been chemical guys interior cleaner (the clear one).
Best tire and wheel cleaner is Adam’s tire and wheel cleaner.
Best glass cleaner has been Chemical Guys streak free.
Best tire dressing Chemical Guys VRP.
Best interior dressing Chemical guys Silk Shine.
CatdickBojanglesThe foaming carpet cleaner is terrible, the air fresheners do not work (maybe just the scent I had), and the inner clean is not good at all. I have had good results with the other stuff I have from them.
Trumpkin2024I could be mixing him up with someone else but I swear @Greg_K mentioned car detailing in a post one time.