Dear hamlyn,
With all due respect, but why are you being so judgmental and allege things that you can't know about? How do you know that I did not use the product "correctly"? Did you even read my posts? Your tone is so defensive that it sounds as if someone from Meguiar's PR department got angry at consumer who dared to observe what a destruction one of their products did to a brand new car.
First of all, what I used are wipes that come factory-soaked in product , by Meguiar's itself. As I explained earlier, you can't really "overuse" this product (it's not bottled liquid or gel that you could pour out in limitless quantity on your own). All you can do is pull the wipe and slide it over your seats, and the amount of product used is determined by Meguiar's itself, since they are the ones who soak those wipes in their "conditioner". No matter how slightly you wipe it over your seats, once the surface of wipes touch the surface of the leather the damage is already being done!
Before you attack someone you don't know (I have been washing and detailing my cars for more than two decades now), may be you should try their Gold Class leather cleaner conditioner wipes on your leather seats and see for yourself what it does to it.
Second, I was not the one who went into "panic" mode from get go. Actually, I wasn't panicking until after I started to google the key-phrase "Meguiar's Gold Class rich leather cleaner conditioner ruined". It literally ruined my seats so I typed it's name and added word "ruined" , curious if others had similar experience with it or it was just me.
I will repeat it for you : please type words "Meguiar's gold class rich leather cleaner conditioner ruined" (without quotation marks) into your Google browser and see what a horrifying experience people had with it.
Did you actually read the real buyer reviews on Amazon or did you just look at count of stars? 3 stars out of 23 reviews consist of 10 (ten!!) "1" stars reviews, 2 "2" stars, 2 "3" stars , 1 "4" star and 8 "5" star reviews. Carefully read over some of the 10(ten !) "1" star comments left there. I have rarely seen a product that earned more than 50% of "1" star reviews from actual buyers. You think over 50% of the buyers are wrong and you are the only one with the objective, balanced view (you haven't even used the product)?
And who argues that Meguiar's doesn't have some nice products out there? Didn't I repeatedly state that my past experience with Meguiar's ,before buying this hideous "conditioner", was positive and I really liked their
PROFESSIONAL Grade exterior care products?
What is extreme is to sell people such a hideous product without WARNING sign and then be upset when rightly upset consumer asks for help to fix the damage done to their brand new car.
This is not really "cleaner-conditioner", it is actually a product with a lot of oily grease in it , it is designed to create artificial unnatural , cheap, fake shine like you would expect from Armorall dashboard "cleaners". It may be good to shine the black leather shoes you didn't clean since winter of 1995. It may also work on really old, cracked, paper-dry and totally outdated leather seats , by making them look better in comparison to what they already look like.
But this product is NOT for brand new leather , it is NOT designed to clean and condition a BRAND NEW leather surfaces and the instructions should have a CLEAR WARNING sign of what this product is about.
If you weren't so defensive and judgmental and didn't call me extreme , when it's clear what a misnomer Meguiar's sold to mass market under "Meguiar's Gold Class" label, then I would not be rebutting your points so forcefully, but you really pushed my buttons by adding insult to an injury.
If you work for Meguiar's PR department the best you can do for your company is to advise them to put some warning sign on this product and let people know that it is NOT designed for brand new cars/new leather , that it is as greasy as Armorall and silicone based grease you put on faded, dust-brown tires of an old car and that anyone with NEW leather should think trice(!) before letting these wipes destroy their seats.
At very least be courteous and have respect for people who felt the pain of watching their brand new leather turn into some cheap, fake, 80-s pleather looking junk.
Best regards,
Carenthusiast
You are certainly entitled to your opinion and to spend your money where you want. Your reaction, however, is a little extreme. It appears that you did not use the product correctly, or failed to conduct a spot test. You panicked needlessly, as it turned out. I followed your suggestion and looked up reviews of the product, and for an inexpensive product, it has a middle of the road (3 stars) user rating. To dismiss Meguiar's entire line of products based on your one bad experience, where you are partly to blame, is, perhaps, premature. While I do not use Meguiar's products myself, I know for a fact that they come highly regarded in the industry. They have some of the best microfiber cutting pads, make benchmark compounds and polishes among other outstanding products.
Like I said, you are entitled to spend your hard earned money where you like, but your reaction may be somewhat extreme.
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