Have you ever "Oops, sprayed the wrong product!" Good? Bad? Disastrous?

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Yesterday I went to spray my windshield with Stoner Foaming Glass Cleaner. Except I accidentally picked up, and sprayed, RGLabs FW-1 Cleaning Wax!

(Before you criticize me for using FW-1, someone gave it to me, and I actually LIKE it for my wheels and tires. Brake dust slides right off and the tires are shiny. I don't buy or sell FW-1! Anytime I say I like the stuff, someone accuses me of being a FW-1 salesperson. But I digress....)

I wondered what was going on when I went to wipe the glass and it just smeared everywhere like mayo! I was like, "###?!?!?" I grabbed a utility cloth and starting wiping it off. And guess what? The freakin' glass looks great! :confused:

So I was wondering, does anyone else have stories to share of spraying the wrong product on the wrong surface? Any good things learned? Any bad things to warn against? Anything ruined?
 
I'm sure I have but it was nothing revolutionary.

I also had a customer give me a can of the FW-1 cleaner wax, but I never tried it. He raved about it.
 
I accidentally sprayed 303 Protectant on a tonneau cover before I sprayed it with 303 Tonneau Cleaner and the 303 Protectant cleaned it just fine so I dropped the tonneau cleaner for most. I kind of "one-stepped" the process.
 
Yeah. Had a customer coming to pick up his car, and I went to clean up a smudge with Megs M34 Final Inspection, only to apply M40 Rubber and Vinyl Cleaner/Conditioner...

I washed the area, re-polished, and re-sealed.

I lost my marbles after he left. I haven't been that angry at myself in a long time - or since...
 
Shined tires with Reload instead of PERL. Last car of the day and was fighting sickness. Tires didn't look half bad. Lol.
 
I once polished my B pillar and grabbed a bottle of what I thought was IPA to do a wipe down...I sprayed it and it smelled like strawberries and that's when I noticed I sprayed a interior cleaner instead. I had both in similar bottles.
 
I once reached for my bottle of D120, but picked up Hyper Dressing instead... Sprayed the entire side window of an SUV and quikly found out something just wasn't right. Lol.


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A few years back I quick detailed 3/4 of my car before I realized that I had accidentally reached for the leather cleaner. Nothing bad happened, I just used the detail spray to go over the car again.
 
I've done this more than I care to admit. I've spray waxed tires, hyper dressed paint, glass cleaned trim, degreased windows, and my favorite was tire shined the crap out of some carpet floor matts.

Needless to say I now make sure products not in use are safely on the shelf and out of reach. One product at a time around the vehicle I'm working on.
 
I coated about 1/3 of a car with Opti-lens before I realized I had grabbed the wrong syringe.
 
I once sprayed a hemp rug with
some no-name, OTC carpet cleaner.

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Never had that mistake until gyeon trim coat.Terrible product should be pulled.
 
I once went to grab stoners invisible glass aerosol.....grabbed tarminator...:/
 
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I really don't want to get into it,it's pointless and just passing on my experience with this stuff.stick with dlux or c4.Gyeon makes awesome products but they need to go back to the drawing board with this stuff.I should of never messed with the cowl on my car .It may have to be replaced.Tried going over it with c4 and nothing streaks galore and way to glossy.Thats just 2 of the promblems.And no it wasn't applied wrong.
 
303 Aerospace on the windshield instead of glass cleaner. Don't know where my brain was at the moment.
 
KirkH said:
Ooh that stuff is not cheap!


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I called Optimum told him the application for Gloss Coat worked great and the car looked great. He told me they are very similar products, the Ooti-Lens has a few more UV protectants. He asked about the car and said just leaving it on was an option. Since it's a neighbor's car and I do the washes I left it. It's still doing great. I'll probably recoat the areas done with Opti Lens. Looks are great it's not quite as hydrophobic though.
 
You never see as bad marring as when you accidentally used carpro eraser as claylube. What gave it away was the horrific marring, the clay crumbling and the fact that it smelled too fresh. It was ok though, I got rid of the clay and I was about to polish anyway. Not sure why I was using eraser out in the first place...
 
I was using DP Total Interior Cleaner around some tan leather seats when I noticed some tan color on the microfiber towel. I looked at the bottle and I was using Cleanse-All Exterior! Luckily no harm done to the seats. I had grabbed the wrong bottle next to me.
 
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