Carpro Clarify - initial review

[WRAPT C5Z06]

I find Clarity to work fantastic!

 

[Bruno Soares]

I cleaned a bunch of windows at home today and used Clarify. I like that it’s so slick. Usually glass cleaners make the towel not glide very well but this one allows it to glide on the glass and you can see it evaporating and leaving no streaks. Pretty good.

 

[Klasse Act]

I thought it was just me with the slickness of Clarify, glad you chimed in to "clarify" the thoughts I had as well

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[oneheadlite]

I thought it was just me with the slickness of Clarify, glad you chimed in to "clarify" the thoughts I had as well …

Good thing there isn’t a “clarify” drinking game, cause we’d *clearly* be hammered at this point. :laughing:

 

[Eldorado2k]

I haven’t used AC but we also don’t get alot of humidity. Raining right now so will be humid on way home.


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Update?

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

Update?

So had rain today and ran with no Defroster. It fogged up and i would say their were streaks i could find if looking for. Better than most by a little

Bit in the sun bright sun where glare and brightness absolutely clear.


It’s nice but probably won’t replace foaming Stoner’s due to cost. Just will still follow up final wipe with a zap cloth


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[Eldorado2k]

So had rain today and ran with no Defroster. It fogged up and i would say their were streaks i could find if looking for. Better than most by a little

Bit in the sun bright sun where glare and brightness absolutely clear.


It’s nice but probably won’t replace foaming Stoner’s due to cost. Just will still follow up final wipe with a zap cloth


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Thanks for the update. I was fairly confident the honest results would come back that way because like I said in my review, and I stand by my opinion about Carpro Clarify when I said it’s just simply not a very good glass cleaning product and it does indeed leave streaks.

They may not be apparent under ideal conditions, but in the real world when you run into less than ideal conditions is when those unsightly streaks can rear their ugly head with this glass cleaner. Just like I showed in my pictures.

Under humid conditions the streaks suddenly appeared.

Yet after leaving the car parked and back to normal temps the glass suddenly looks perfectly clear again…

It’s crazy to think there’s somehow wicked streaks hiding in that picture all along and I can tell you from not touching my interior glass for almost 2 weeks that those same streaks would come and go everyday from looking atrocious to back to perfect. That’s why I said I don’t feel like I can trust this glass cleaner.

Ah, but is the glass totally streak free from all angles?

That quote^ from Bill D rings truer than ever and makes perfect sense. Of all surfaces, in order to achieve perfectly clean glass it must be true from all angles, under any light, and retain its perfect clarity even under less than ideal weather conditions.

I’ve since cleaned the interior of my windshield with the usual glass cleaning product I’ve been using for years, Megs D120 and low and behold, absolutely perfect glass 24/7 no matter what kind of weather. Zero streaks.

Honorable mention goes to the Zap Cloth.

 

[oneheadlite]

It’s crazy to think there’s somehow wicked streaks hiding in that picture all along and I can tell you from not touching my interior glass for almost 2 weeks that those same streaks would come and go everyday from looking atrocious to back to perfect. That’s why I said I don’t feel like I can trust this glass cleaner.
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One factor I watch when trying a glass cleaner is if, as you're cleaning the glass, you can see smears and streaks while the glass is "wet" that go away when you wipe off. But if you re-wet the glass, those same smears and streaks are there. I always worry whatever those smears are, they'll rear their ugly head when the temp/humidity are wrong.

Example - I was cleaning the glass on a china hutch at our house where I ended up going all the way to using a panel wipe to get actually clear glass under all conditions. The wife was impressed with how it turned out (she had also tried to fight the glass on it) and it's stayed really good since.

I tried ONR on a customer car at work (courtesy clean of filthy glass while the car was in for automotive repair) back when it had much more buzz around it here. People swore by it for glass. No matter how many passes I made, it wouldn't touch those weird smears. Not wanting to send the car out with a question mark ("Look, I helped!.. Oh wait - no I didn't :doh: ) switched to a high power glass cleaner with much better results.

I stopped trying the Zap cloth on customer cars for the same reason. I don't doubt people get good results with it, but I'd rather just do one pass with good cleaner + towel and be done. That's why I asked in another thread about folks using a Zap cloth with glass cleaner instead of just plain water (yes, off label use, but what 'Geek hasn't gone off label from time to time?).

 

[fly07sti]

If this not the best... what’s your go to?


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Sorry, just saw this. Full disclosure, I don’t clean “dirty” exterior glass with any glass cleaner, ever. I feel that washing via traditional or rinseless usually leaves the glass clean IMO.
On interior glass I almost always use a mixture of 90%IPA/D114 @ 1:128 for my first pass cleaning. Especially on windows I haven’t cleaned somewhat recently. It just always cleans very well. As far as normal glass cleaners go, I’d have to say Invisible Glass in the aerosol has always been good to me. I will also say that some glass is just a PITA!
I had this 2021 Lexus RC 350 and there was this nasty film that none of my cleaners or towels could completely eliminate. Ended up polishing with McKee’s cockpit 20/20 followed by invisible glass and windows were streak free. Thank goodness this car will be getting tinted before I come back to wash it!

 

[Bill D]

McKee’s Cockpit 20/20 solved my interior glass issues as well. I’m going to have to try it on the exterior. Maybe following up with Sprayway will satisfy me.

 

[Eldorado2k]

I stopped trying the Zap cloth on customer cars for the same reason. I don't doubt people get good results with it, but I'd rather just do one pass with good cleaner + towel and be done. That's why I asked in another thread about folks using a Zap cloth with glass cleaner instead of just plain water (yes, off label use, but what 'Geek hasn't gone off label from time to time?).

Maybe you should try it out. It’s worth a shot since it sounds like you’re looking at using them less moving forward. Can’t hurt to try.

 

[Eldorado2k]

Thanks for not hanging me over this… I know this review goes against the grain, and I certainly don’t mean to bother anyone or anything negative towards anyone or their preference of product whatsoever.

I’m glad to see how everyone on this forum can remain respectful towards each other. That’s something that’s always great about the people here.

 

[Klasse Act]

THIS^^^^^and proves that we can have a great discussion here

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[fly07sti]

Thanks for not hanging me over this… I know this review goes against the grain, and I certainly don’t mean to bother anyone or anything negative towards anyone or their preference of product whatsoever.

I’m glad to see how everyone on this forum can remain respectful towards each other. That’s something that’s always great about the people here.

This is real world. Back before BF did there re label, they had a glass cleaner that Mike P gave a lot of praise. I decided to buy and it was horrible! Maybe it was a bad batch but after trying on a few different vehicles, I just tossed it.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

Thanks for not hanging me over this… I know this review goes against the grain, and I certainly don’t mean to bother anyone or anything negative towards anyone or their preference of product whatsoever.

I’m glad to see how everyone on this forum can remain respectful towards each other. That’s something that’s always great about the people here.

Look we all have our differences in how products work for us. We all have different outcomes based on our environments.

I remember you not having a good experience with Optimum Car Soap and how it worked well for me.

Got me thinking about our environment and in yours and my case the water.

I am just running out so will probably give hyperwash a try based on dilution. I still think OCW is great but the dilution doesn’t make it a great buy.

Even though OCW didn’t work for you, yours and a few others reviews of hyperwash are why i’ll probably give It a try....

Also I’d hope honest opinions are why we’re on AG.


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[bob m]

Thanks for not hanging me over this… I know this review goes against the grain, and I certainly don’t mean to bother anyone or anything negative towards anyone or their preference of product whatsoever.

I’m glad to see how everyone on this forum can remain respectful towards each other. That’s something that’s always great about the people here.

Agree. This is a great community! But it would be a pretty sad day if we start getting into arguments about glass cleaners.

 

[PaulMys]

Thanks for not hanging me over this… I know this review goes against the grain, and I certainly don’t mean to bother anyone or anything negative towards anyone or their preference of product whatsoever.

I’m glad to see how everyone on this forum can remain respectful towards each other. That’s something that’s always great about the people here.

Also, it helps when the member is as helpful, and contributing as Ric has been.

If Ric says something does not work for him, then there should be zero doubt that it did not work. He's not a newbie, and knows how to use the products.

 

[Klasse Act]

I like this stuff but it's pretty expensive, might buy a gallon when there's the 20% off and free shipping during the winter months

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[Sizzle Chest]

Thanks for not hanging me over this… I know this review goes against the grain, and I certainly don’t mean to bother anyone or anything negative towards anyone or their preference of product whatsoever.

I’m glad to see how everyone on this forum can remain respectful towards each other. That’s something that’s always great about the people here.

That is one of the things that makes this forum/group/family great! I welcome all reviews/comments/etc...we can all learn something from them!

 

[oneheadlite]

Sorry, just saw this. Full disclosure, I don’t clean “dirty” exterior glass with any glass cleaner, ever. I feel that washing via traditional or rinseless usually leaves the glass clean IMO.
On interior glass I almost always use a mixture of 90%IPA/D114 @ 1:128 for my first pass cleaning. Especially on windows I haven’t cleaned somewhat recently. It just always cleans very well. As far as normal glass cleaners go, I’d have to say Invisible Glass in the aerosol has always been good to me. I will also say that some glass is just a PITA!
I had this 2021 Lexus RC 350 and there was this nasty film that none of my cleaners or towels could completely eliminate. Ended up polishing with McKee’s cockpit 20/20 followed by invisible glass and windows were streak free. Thank goodness this car will be getting tinted before I come back to wash it!

I've often wondered if folks have tried "doping" their window cleaner by adding IPA. How much do you add?

Maybe you should try it out. It’s worth a shot since it sounds like you’re looking at using them less moving forward. Can’t hurt to try.

Next time I do glass I'll give it a go trying a couple different glass cleaners and my Zap cloth as well as some other glass cloths I got from Griot's ages ago that look to be the exact same kind of towel.