Eldorado2k
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Hey guys, I was chosen as 1 of the people to give the Boyd Coddington Detail Garage products a try and post my honest review of them.
I initially planned to post separate threads for each and every product, but I ended up having a bit of a problem with my camera/phone which resulted in me not being able to take as many pics as I planned on taking..
So I've decided to post my thoughts on all the products that were made available to me in this 1 thread. Lets get to it.
Here's a shot of the Boyd Coddington Detail Garage products I'll be reviewing. All products are RTU.
Boyd Coddington Hi Definition Glass Cleaner:
1st time using this was on my just washed Kia, I left the glass for last and purposely left the glass to dry on its own in order to provide something for the glass cleaner to clean. [its not easy trying to take pictures of dirty glass]
I used a fresh just washed waffle weave glass towel for this. The glass cleaner worked... But I must say that this glass cleaner is grabby and very different from what I'm normally used to. I tried it as the directions state by spraying directly onto glass and also by spraying it onto my towel and then cleaning and I found it to be a little less grabby when sprayed directly onto the glass, but regardless, it's grabby and my towel never glided smoothly across the glass when using it.
I was initially going to give this product a thumbs down mostly based on it being grabby, however I gave it another shot... I gave it a bunch of shots, I used this glass cleaner on 5 different vehicles and I'm still somewhere in between on whether I'd recommend it or not..
This is how much I've used. That's alot of testing for some glass cleaner in 1 day. Lol.
Pros: It smells good. I can't quite figure out what it smells like but it's appealing in a weird way. Strong scent. Smells kinda like blue candy.
- The fact that it's grabby means you'll rub hard and rubbing hard means you'll wind up cleaning better and removing any streaks... And when used in direct sun it does tend to streak a bit.
Cons: It's grabby.
Would I recommend? Maybe, maybe not.
Boyd Coddington Wheel Cleaner:
These are the wheels I tested it on. Bare aluminum wheels with a moderate amount of brake dust inside the barrels, however that thin layer of brake dust is baked on there pretty good. I know from having dealt with these wheels several months ago..
Here's what the front wheel looked like moments after spraying the dry cool wheel.
Here's what it looked like about 4min. later. At this time I quickly hit the barrel with a nylon wheel brush because I know that brake dust is baked on there pretty bad.
Same wheel, turned my flashlight off. Natural light now. Just prior to rinsing off.
After.
It sure bled alot, but I wasn't satisfied yet, especially around the lug nuts and several nooks along the face, plus the barrels weren't fully clean [but I kind of expected that] so I sprayed it again.
This time I agitated the lug nuts and nooks along the edge of the face with a detail brush.
After...
It wasn't able to fully clean all the brake dust off the wheel, even after thoroughly scrubbing. At this point I found myself taking way too much time on these 2 wheels + I had gone through half the bottles product, so I decided to move onto the drivers side wheels, which btw aren't as dirty as these 1st wheels...
...And this is when my phone decides to die and turn off. Even though it was fully charged when I left the house. It was early morning so I didn't have access to power until my customer woke up...
I didn't dedicate as much time, effort, or product on the 2 passenger side wheels because I had cleaned them to a higher level a few months ago.
This is how much product I have left after cleaning those 4 wheels. [I've marked the leftover product with the 2 pads]
Pros: Bleeds alot
- minimal bleeding on 2nd spraying, which indicates that the bleeding isn't just for show, and that it's actually serving a purpose.
Cons: 16oz. of wheel cleaner can go by in a blink, especially if the wheels are in need of a serious cleaning.
- unable to fully clean heavy baked & caked brake dust.
Would I recommend? Yes, if your wheels are well maintained. Definite yes if your wheels are bare aluminum, because it lived up to its claim and did not etch them.
But is it going to transform a heavily baked & caked wheel? No. Nor do I think any color changing wheel cleaner would've been able to. I won't hold that against it though.
To be continued...
I initially planned to post separate threads for each and every product, but I ended up having a bit of a problem with my camera/phone which resulted in me not being able to take as many pics as I planned on taking..
So I've decided to post my thoughts on all the products that were made available to me in this 1 thread. Lets get to it.
Here's a shot of the Boyd Coddington Detail Garage products I'll be reviewing. All products are RTU.
Boyd Coddington Hi Definition Glass Cleaner:
1st time using this was on my just washed Kia, I left the glass for last and purposely left the glass to dry on its own in order to provide something for the glass cleaner to clean. [its not easy trying to take pictures of dirty glass]
I used a fresh just washed waffle weave glass towel for this. The glass cleaner worked... But I must say that this glass cleaner is grabby and very different from what I'm normally used to. I tried it as the directions state by spraying directly onto glass and also by spraying it onto my towel and then cleaning and I found it to be a little less grabby when sprayed directly onto the glass, but regardless, it's grabby and my towel never glided smoothly across the glass when using it.
I was initially going to give this product a thumbs down mostly based on it being grabby, however I gave it another shot... I gave it a bunch of shots, I used this glass cleaner on 5 different vehicles and I'm still somewhere in between on whether I'd recommend it or not..
This is how much I've used. That's alot of testing for some glass cleaner in 1 day. Lol.
Pros: It smells good. I can't quite figure out what it smells like but it's appealing in a weird way. Strong scent. Smells kinda like blue candy.
- The fact that it's grabby means you'll rub hard and rubbing hard means you'll wind up cleaning better and removing any streaks... And when used in direct sun it does tend to streak a bit.
Cons: It's grabby.
Would I recommend? Maybe, maybe not.
Boyd Coddington Wheel Cleaner:
These are the wheels I tested it on. Bare aluminum wheels with a moderate amount of brake dust inside the barrels, however that thin layer of brake dust is baked on there pretty good. I know from having dealt with these wheels several months ago..
Here's what the front wheel looked like moments after spraying the dry cool wheel.
Here's what it looked like about 4min. later. At this time I quickly hit the barrel with a nylon wheel brush because I know that brake dust is baked on there pretty bad.
Same wheel, turned my flashlight off. Natural light now. Just prior to rinsing off.
After.
It sure bled alot, but I wasn't satisfied yet, especially around the lug nuts and several nooks along the face, plus the barrels weren't fully clean [but I kind of expected that] so I sprayed it again.
This time I agitated the lug nuts and nooks along the edge of the face with a detail brush.
After...
It wasn't able to fully clean all the brake dust off the wheel, even after thoroughly scrubbing. At this point I found myself taking way too much time on these 2 wheels + I had gone through half the bottles product, so I decided to move onto the drivers side wheels, which btw aren't as dirty as these 1st wheels...
...And this is when my phone decides to die and turn off. Even though it was fully charged when I left the house. It was early morning so I didn't have access to power until my customer woke up...
I didn't dedicate as much time, effort, or product on the 2 passenger side wheels because I had cleaned them to a higher level a few months ago.
This is how much product I have left after cleaning those 4 wheels. [I've marked the leftover product with the 2 pads]
Pros: Bleeds alot
- minimal bleeding on 2nd spraying, which indicates that the bleeding isn't just for show, and that it's actually serving a purpose.
Cons: 16oz. of wheel cleaner can go by in a blink, especially if the wheels are in need of a serious cleaning.
- unable to fully clean heavy baked & caked brake dust.
Would I recommend? Yes, if your wheels are well maintained. Definite yes if your wheels are bare aluminum, because it lived up to its claim and did not etch them.
But is it going to transform a heavily baked & caked wheel? No. Nor do I think any color changing wheel cleaner would've been able to. I won't hold that against it though.
To be continued...
