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Clarify's a pre order here, but since it is coming any time, this part of the review should be uh, okay? I took pics, but I have an iPhone SE and the sun wasn't very sunny. Cleaning a white car on top of that, I only got 2 good pics, but that's better than nothing.
I've used like 7 different rinseless/waterless products over the years. Aside from a rare Gyeon Bathe+ washing, I do about 95% Waterless and the rest Rinseless. For whatever reason I've never used ech2o, I order it for this go-round CP says 1:5-1:15, that's a pretty big range, I went with 2oz for a 16oz bottle. Car wasn't that dirty, and imho @ 1:5 it makes an already pricey product even more $$$. I haven't used a waterless product in awhile that recommends a 2nd pass over to buff it off. So I broke out my double sided towels. Red side for cleaning, black side to get the remainder of the product off. It's very slick, and at a medium dilution it still had some decent cleaning power. I usually put my waterless solution in a pump sprayer, but this go-round I used the spare 16oz ech2o bottle I bought. I think I ended up using a lot less than I would have in my Kwazar or IK sprayer. I used maybe 12oz, and I also did the outside windows. It was already not that sunny, and I was finishing just as the sun was starting to set. But, I saw a bit of shine for sure. Hopefully tomorrow's real sunny so I can really get a look at it. These are the 2 pics I took, it was the absolute dirties part, and clearly too dirty for a waterless. But it never gets seen, so if I swirled it up it's no thing lol. I sprayed it on, let it dwell a minute and I'd say the dirt and gunk came off without much scrubbing. I hope the gas cap appreciates it's new clean hpme. Last note on it, it seemed to work pretty good on the windows too.
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Pros - very slick, and the towels didn't ever feel grabby. It smells good, but honestly once diluted I don't know if I even noticed it.
cons - 2x the price of my old go to, which is about 8x the price of N-914, or more. I suck at math, basically even at the highest dilution this is one of the priciest products out there for waterless. As a Rinseless the dilution's much better. I don't understand how this is 1:200 @ rinseless and N-914's 1:256, but at waterless this is 1:15 and n-914's 1:128. But I'm not a chemist, and I went to So Cal public schools so...
Clarify was a joy to use, it smells pretty good, I sprayed very little and I got no streaks just like the bottle says. The CarPro GlassFiber towels are AWESOME SAUCE. They're expensive, there's no 2 ways about it. The only 16x16 towels I've have that cost more are Polish Angel ones. And those are hand made in Germany. Or maybe that's just their chemicals I dunno. But yeah, these are pricey. Now all my Polish Angel and Gyeon stuff I'm kind of immune to thinking "oh that's expensive" when ordering something. I ordered 5, and honestly they're worth $10 a piece. I HATE doing windows, I suck at it. But these made the process more bearable. The internal foam layer let me clean a lot more window without the towel needing to be swapped. it's not a gimmick, it really does help keep the towel far less saturated are dryer. 2 towels and I had the front and all 4 side windows looking good. Normally I would have used 6 or 7 towels for this. So I'm a happy camper there. I will be buying more, these are officially my new favorite glass towel. I'd probably still wait for a 15-20% sale to get em though. Now back to Clarify, I don't know what kind of results I'd have gotten with a lowly $4 peasant waffle weave glass towel. Next time I have windows to do I'll purposely use a cheap towel so I can see how big of a a difference the GlassFiber towels make. I like there was zero grabbiness, but again I'll have to try the CarPro towel with a different glass cleaner to see if it makes a difference there. I encountered nothing but slickness here, so 2 thumbs up. OH ZERO linting! I don't even know if they can lint. It's like a pile-less towel. However they made it, it feels like no towel I've ever owned. And I probably have had like 100 different ones over the years lol. I'm thinking they might make a good interior towel too.
Pros: Both Clarify & the towels are good. No annoying grabbiness. Smells nice, someone said it's Banana. I HATE Bananas, and I hate the way they smell, I smelled it again today, and I still don't get Banana. But whatever, it smells good to me lol. And I only had to spray a few sprays for the entire front windshield.
cons: both are expensive, with that said I'll buy a gallon of Clarify when it's out, and I want a case of the towels. If you're not a spendy person, yeah neither are probably for you. But if you're like me and go "ohhh! $150 Polish Angel Color Charged spray wax with gold flakes in it!" *ADD TO CART!* then I recommend both.
GTechniq I2 Tri-Clean, I was intrigued by the description:
[FONT="]Why use Gtechniq I2 Tri-Clean?[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I2 Tri-Clean is an all-surface interior product that cleans, kills 99.9% of bacteria and absorbs odours.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Developed in conjunction with the global leader in antibacterial and antimicrobial technology, BioCote®, I2 ensures surfaces remain hygienic and fresh, by actively reducing the number of microbes.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I2 also contains a true odour absorber, not an odour mask, that elimnates tacky residues that attract dirt.[/FONT]
Sounds great. I had a car that sat out overnight in the pouring rain with cracked windows. A few days later the inside smell pretty musty and bad from the water that has soaked into the seats. So I sprayed some of this, and let it sit overnight. I was surprised the next day when I came out to clean the inside that the smell was 90% gone. That was with me just spraying a few times and nothing else. So on the odor claim alone it was already winning in my eyes. I cleaned the dash with a Detail Factory brush, it lathered up nicely and left the dash looking clean with a nice satin finish. It has an unusual smell, definitely chemical like, but not bad and not overpowering. One of GTechniq's things is they don't add fragrances and junk to make a product smell better. The smell was gone by the next morning any ways. I kinda like it to be honest, year chemically, but in a clean sort of way. I'd say price aside, this is one of the best interior product I've used. Then I read what someone wrote and it hit me, it doesn't have any UV stuff in it
I'd still buy a 5l jug of it though, as it cleaned fantastic, and the odor removers in it seem to be up there with dedicated odor removal products - which don't clean. I know of no product that does everything this does + has UV protection. So I think my future combo will be this + 303 Protectant. And according to one of Mike's write up's on here it can be used on carpet and fabric. GTechniq makes no mention of this. But that's a plus as I don't think any of the other interior products I've used would work well on upholstery or carpet. I used it inside with a drill brush to clean up a 2yo's vomit on carpet - it did a great job.
Pros: cleans very well, eats up odors, and is anti-bacterial. All of which I love. And can be used on carpet and upholstery too.
cons: a bit pricey, no UV protection
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I've used like 7 different rinseless/waterless products over the years. Aside from a rare Gyeon Bathe+ washing, I do about 95% Waterless and the rest Rinseless. For whatever reason I've never used ech2o, I order it for this go-round CP says 1:5-1:15, that's a pretty big range, I went with 2oz for a 16oz bottle. Car wasn't that dirty, and imho @ 1:5 it makes an already pricey product even more $$$. I haven't used a waterless product in awhile that recommends a 2nd pass over to buff it off. So I broke out my double sided towels. Red side for cleaning, black side to get the remainder of the product off. It's very slick, and at a medium dilution it still had some decent cleaning power. I usually put my waterless solution in a pump sprayer, but this go-round I used the spare 16oz ech2o bottle I bought. I think I ended up using a lot less than I would have in my Kwazar or IK sprayer. I used maybe 12oz, and I also did the outside windows. It was already not that sunny, and I was finishing just as the sun was starting to set. But, I saw a bit of shine for sure. Hopefully tomorrow's real sunny so I can really get a look at it. These are the 2 pics I took, it was the absolute dirties part, and clearly too dirty for a waterless. But it never gets seen, so if I swirled it up it's no thing lol. I sprayed it on, let it dwell a minute and I'd say the dirt and gunk came off without much scrubbing. I hope the gas cap appreciates it's new clean hpme. Last note on it, it seemed to work pretty good on the windows too.
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Pros - very slick, and the towels didn't ever feel grabby. It smells good, but honestly once diluted I don't know if I even noticed it.
cons - 2x the price of my old go to, which is about 8x the price of N-914, or more. I suck at math, basically even at the highest dilution this is one of the priciest products out there for waterless. As a Rinseless the dilution's much better. I don't understand how this is 1:200 @ rinseless and N-914's 1:256, but at waterless this is 1:15 and n-914's 1:128. But I'm not a chemist, and I went to So Cal public schools so...
Clarify was a joy to use, it smells pretty good, I sprayed very little and I got no streaks just like the bottle says. The CarPro GlassFiber towels are AWESOME SAUCE. They're expensive, there's no 2 ways about it. The only 16x16 towels I've have that cost more are Polish Angel ones. And those are hand made in Germany. Or maybe that's just their chemicals I dunno. But yeah, these are pricey. Now all my Polish Angel and Gyeon stuff I'm kind of immune to thinking "oh that's expensive" when ordering something. I ordered 5, and honestly they're worth $10 a piece. I HATE doing windows, I suck at it. But these made the process more bearable. The internal foam layer let me clean a lot more window without the towel needing to be swapped. it's not a gimmick, it really does help keep the towel far less saturated are dryer. 2 towels and I had the front and all 4 side windows looking good. Normally I would have used 6 or 7 towels for this. So I'm a happy camper there. I will be buying more, these are officially my new favorite glass towel. I'd probably still wait for a 15-20% sale to get em though. Now back to Clarify, I don't know what kind of results I'd have gotten with a lowly $4 peasant waffle weave glass towel. Next time I have windows to do I'll purposely use a cheap towel so I can see how big of a a difference the GlassFiber towels make. I like there was zero grabbiness, but again I'll have to try the CarPro towel with a different glass cleaner to see if it makes a difference there. I encountered nothing but slickness here, so 2 thumbs up. OH ZERO linting! I don't even know if they can lint. It's like a pile-less towel. However they made it, it feels like no towel I've ever owned. And I probably have had like 100 different ones over the years lol. I'm thinking they might make a good interior towel too.
Pros: Both Clarify & the towels are good. No annoying grabbiness. Smells nice, someone said it's Banana. I HATE Bananas, and I hate the way they smell, I smelled it again today, and I still don't get Banana. But whatever, it smells good to me lol. And I only had to spray a few sprays for the entire front windshield.
cons: both are expensive, with that said I'll buy a gallon of Clarify when it's out, and I want a case of the towels. If you're not a spendy person, yeah neither are probably for you. But if you're like me and go "ohhh! $150 Polish Angel Color Charged spray wax with gold flakes in it!" *ADD TO CART!* then I recommend both.
GTechniq I2 Tri-Clean, I was intrigued by the description:
[FONT="]Why use Gtechniq I2 Tri-Clean?[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]I2 Tri-Clean is an all-surface interior product that cleans, kills 99.9% of bacteria and absorbs odours.[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]Developed in conjunction with the global leader in antibacterial and antimicrobial technology, BioCote®, I2 ensures surfaces remain hygienic and fresh, by actively reducing the number of microbes.[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]I2 also contains a true odour absorber, not an odour mask, that elimnates tacky residues that attract dirt.[/FONT]
Sounds great. I had a car that sat out overnight in the pouring rain with cracked windows. A few days later the inside smell pretty musty and bad from the water that has soaked into the seats. So I sprayed some of this, and let it sit overnight. I was surprised the next day when I came out to clean the inside that the smell was 90% gone. That was with me just spraying a few times and nothing else. So on the odor claim alone it was already winning in my eyes. I cleaned the dash with a Detail Factory brush, it lathered up nicely and left the dash looking clean with a nice satin finish. It has an unusual smell, definitely chemical like, but not bad and not overpowering. One of GTechniq's things is they don't add fragrances and junk to make a product smell better. The smell was gone by the next morning any ways. I kinda like it to be honest, year chemically, but in a clean sort of way. I'd say price aside, this is one of the best interior product I've used. Then I read what someone wrote and it hit me, it doesn't have any UV stuff in it
I'd still buy a 5l jug of it though, as it cleaned fantastic, and the odor removers in it seem to be up there with dedicated odor removal products - which don't clean. I know of no product that does everything this does + has UV protection. So I think my future combo will be this + 303 Protectant. And according to one of Mike's write up's on here it can be used on carpet and fabric. GTechniq makes no mention of this. But that's a plus as I don't think any of the other interior products I've used would work well on upholstery or carpet. I used it inside with a drill brush to clean up a 2yo's vomit on carpet - it did a great job.Pros: cleans very well, eats up odors, and is anti-bacterial. All of which I love. And can be used on carpet and upholstery too.
cons: a bit pricey, no UV protection
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