CarPro Reset Intensive Car Shampoo

After reading the Carpro-US site, two things concerned me. They explicitly state not to let it dry on the surface and it may degrade waxes and polymer sealants. The second part isn't that big of a concern though as the shampoo was formulated with coatings in mind.
 
zmcgovern45 said:
You should never let any shampoo dry on the surface.
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While I generally agree, sometimes it does happen and certain shampoos such as Adam's recommend allowing their shampoo to dry on the surface rather than plain water, to avoid spots. Their shampoo will still rinse cleanly and easily even if it does dry.

While we all try to avoid it drying, it sometimes happens as we do not all have the luxury of washing in a shaded area every time. What would happen if Reset did dry?
 
JHL88 said:
Im going to deplete my inventory of gloss enhancing shampoos and buy some that don't leave any residue behind. Adam's makes a shampoo which is really good and I heard AF Lather makes a non-gloss enhancing shampoo as well.
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Believe it or not, you are describing a product which is extremely common, just it happens that the coatings market has people paying attention.

A little thing to take general note of is that 'lubricity' is something that tends to derive from something being stuck to the surface. If you don't have loads of suds, but you do have lubricity, there will almost certainly be something sticking to the surface which will need a good rinse to remove.
 
zmcgovern45 said:
I don't see anywhere where it was stated that this shampoo was "needed to preserve your paint coating".
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Here you go Zach, while it does not explicitly say Reset is needed, I have to agree with Silverfox that the description on AG does seem to suggest (to me) that other soaps may harm your coating. FWIW, I can think of two soaps off hand that I wouldn't let near any car because of certain corrosive ingredients they contain.

"CarPro Reset Intensive Car Shampoo is a specially formulated shampoo that is designed to gently release dirt and grime without damaging the underlying coating"

"CarPro Reset Intensive Car Shampoo is formulated with intelligent pH surfactants that give Reset the cleaning ability of a alkaline-based detergent, without compromising the water beading or protection of the underlying coating"

"Derived almost entirely from natural, organic and biodegradable ingredients; free from the harsh sodium and lauryl sulfate derivatives found in many shampoo products."

And this comes directly from the CQuartz description on AG:

"Detergent-resistant protection. CQuartz cannot be removed by water, alkaline or other detergents, or by pressure washers. It lasts up to two years!"

They are saying on one hand that CQuartz can't be harmed by detergents (i.e. they are selling a coating that can't be compromised by soaps); on the other hand, they are selling a soap and touting that it won't compromise the coating. To me, that is straight up hype.
 
All I know is what I said originally ...several months of commercial touchless washes did not harm nor hinder my CQUK coating. So I'm a big Carpro fan. I also know you don't need to buy a special soap to preserve it. That's obvious to me. This isn't rocket science. If any of your favorite soaps won't hurt a sealant or wax, it sure as heck isn't going to hurt a coating. I put it through commercial grade soaps from October to two weeks ago. The coating is just fine. Draw your own conclusion.
 
Audios S6 said:
Here you go Zach, while it does not explicitly say Reset is needed, I have to agree with Silverfox that the description on AG does seem to suggest (to me) that other soaps may harm your coating. FWIW, I can think of two soaps off hand that I wouldn't let near any car because of certain corrosive ingredients they contain.

"CarPro Reset Intensive Car Shampoo is a specially formulated shampoo that is designed to gently release dirt and grime without damaging the underlying coating"

"CarPro Reset Intensive Car Shampoo is formulated with intelligent pH surfactants that give Reset the cleaning ability of a alkaline-based detergent, without compromising the water beading or protection of the underlying coating"

"Derived almost entirely from natural, organic and biodegradable ingredients; free from the harsh sodium and lauryl sulfate derivatives found in many shampoo products."

And this comes directly from the CQuartz description on AG:

"Detergent-resistant protection. CQuartz cannot be removed by water, alkaline or other detergents, or by pressure washers. It lasts up to two years!"

They are saying on one hand that CQuartz can't be harmed by detergents (i.e. they are selling a coating that can't be compromised by soaps); on the other hand, they are selling a soap and touting that it won't compromise the coating. To me, that is straight up hype.
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They say it won't compromise the water beading or protection. Some other soaps WILL compromise the water beading and protection by leaving behind a layer of stuff that doesn't bead water as well and is less slick than the coating itself. They aren't claiming other soaps will actually remove the coating. A shampoo that leaves nothing behind is more than straight up hype.
 
PiPUK said:
Believe it or not, you are describing a product which is extremely common, just it happens that the coatings market has people paying attention.

A little thing to take general note of is that 'lubricity' is something that tends to derive from something being stuck to the surface. If you don't have loads of suds, but you do have lubricity, there will almost certainly be something sticking to the surface which will need a good rinse to remove.
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So its a matter of which soap leaves LESS behind?

What soaps do you personally use/like?
 
Well then using the logic that you need a special soap to not hinder the characteristics of the coating...then I guess that puts the "topping my coating" guys in a real tizzy as well. Now that I'm ok with (putting them in a tizzy) Chuckle...

Bottom line...car soaps of any ilk will not harm the coating. I can guarantee you that any coating manufacturer has run years of testing thier coating through commercial car washes before ever releasing their product. Does anyone here really think the average non car nut who just paid to have their daily driver coated is going to meticulously hand wash that car with a special coating soap once they write out the check? Whether you want to debate the merits of preserving the coating's characteristics, that's another topic and frankly its not a debate worthy of much effort. Not from my own experience with using coatings.

Now topping a coating with a wax....that's a debate worthy of bandwidth wars. Wink...
 
silverfox said:
I can guarantee you that any coating manufacturer has run years of testing thier coating through commercial car washes before ever releasing their product.
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Not on topic but I feel I should set you straight... some (many?) of the supposed manufacturers are buying something, off the shelf, from foreign markets originally for different uses. I hate to burst the bubble but many detailing brands are not the large and well equipped organisations they claim to be. Products are rarely developed exclusively for detailing and they are rarely developed exclusively for the company trying to sell them. Worst of all is that they are rarely developed at all! What you guys are buying is often something that your 'brand' has picked up, off the shelf, from an actual manufacturer and has been chosen primarily on price.
 
A few points -

The precaution mentioned of drying on the surface - simply an intelligent precaution with all products- it won't harm the surface and in fact will rinse off EASIER then other auto washes.


Firstly, Avi said it exactly right about the purpose of the shampoo. And as Silverfox stated as well other washes aren't hurting the coating. The idea is you don't disturb the water behavior, sheeting, dirt repellency, etc by using soaps with cheap wax and oily gloss enhances which could build up on the surface.

As far as the text on AG site - that is not written by CarPro. Any perceived insinuation to reset being needed or you will damage your coat is not from CarPro global nor myself.

Waxes and sealants: Washing with reset isn't
going to simply strip your wax or sealant with a single wash. It was a precautionary note as over time many washes can degrade a wax or sealant. Likely not nearly fast enough to remove it before a true "geek" would have waxed again. During development I did not find any stripping of wax in my limited testing of its use on waxes, it had no detrimental affect at all. Another tester and friend who we sent some to used it repeatedly over and over and many times over until it affected the waxes he tested it on. A thorough testing to be sure and he added this precaution to our description which I used.

Reload and Hydro2 - Reset will not harm these at all, even strong chemicals don't easily strip them and reset certainly will not.

Zach and Mike are right on, on each of their posts- as are some others.

Foaming: As Zach already stated if you want to make it foam with a foamer it will. I usually wash two bucket and don't want foam and we developed this not to blow up into bubbles unless you dig that in which case disturbing it and introducing air will creat bubbles.
 
CEE DOG said:
A few points -

The precaution mentioned of drying on the surface - simply an intelligent precaution with all products- it won't harm the surface and in fact will rinse off EASIER then other auto washes.


Firstly, Avi said it exactly right about the purpose of the shampoo. And as Silverfox stated as well other washes aren't hurting the coating. The idea is you don't disturb the water behavior, sheeting, dirt repellency, etc by using soaps with cheap wax and oily gloss enhances which could build up on the surface.

As far as the text on AG site - that is not written by CarPro. Any perceived insinuation to reset being needed or you will damage your coat is not from CarPro global nor myself.

Waxes and sealants: Washing with reset isn't
going to simply strip your wax or sealant with a single wash. It was a precautionary note as over time many washes can degrade a wax or sealant. Likely not nearly fast enough to remove it before a true "geek" would have waxed again. During development I did not find any stripping of wax in my limited testing of its use on waxes, it had no detrimental affect at all. Another tester and friend who we sent some to used it repeatedly over and over and many times over until it affected the waxes he tested it on. A thorough testing to be sure and he added this precaution to our description which I used.

Reload and Hydro2 - Reset will not harm these at all, even strong chemicals don't easily strip them and reset certainly will not.

Zach and Mike are right on, on each of their posts- as are some others.

Foaming: As Zach already stated if you want to make it foam with a foamer it will. I usually wash two bucket and don't want foam and we developed this not to blow up into bubbles unless you dig that in which case disturbing it and introducing air will creat bubbles.
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Thanks for responding to this Corey. I'll send you a PM with my thoughts as the thread doens't need to get clogged with that.
 
As you know the technology get faster day by day so in that sense car accessories and things we need to maintain our car for its long life are also in revolution.I n the past years no one knows about the cars shampoo but serviced the cars and then polishing it.But now car shampoo introduced which gives your car a better look and shine.
 
silverfox said:
All I know is what I said originally ...several months of commercial touchless washes did not harm nor hinder my CQUK coating. So I'm a big Carpro fan. I also know you don't need to buy a special soap to preserve it. That's obvious to me. This isn't rocket science. If any of your favorite soaps won't hurt a sealant or wax, it sure as heck isn't going to hurt a coating. I put it through commercial grade soaps from October to two weeks ago. The coating is just fine. Draw your own conclusion.
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Silverfox .... Thank you for this info about your CQUK experience when using commercial touchless washes. A lady friend just bought a new car and asked if I would remove the DISOs and protect it like I did my car. I said ok, but not if you're going to use drive-thru car washes. This was not a popular thing for me to say, apparently. I'm glad to have an option that will protect the car even if she uses the drive-thru touchless. Thanks!
 
Maybe his drive through touchless has been a testing spot for Reset since last October.......
 
Just got some and am excited to try it out

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Had a chance to try reset on Friday.

These were my observations
- great amount of suds forming in a 5L bucket
- really easy to rinse off. I left the soap on the car in the sun while I tackled other panels
- good lubrication
- Unfortunately it rained 3 hours later after my wash but I got to see my 2 months old of reload was beading really well

I left the reset solution in the bucket and used it yesterday as clay lube to be used with nanoskin mitt.. worked really well.

My new favourite car soap!
 
I REALLY like this shampoo. I pretty much have switched to it exclusively. As far as I know it foams very well.

The things that stand out to me is the
-thick lathery foam
-tons of lubrication
-unmatched cleaning strength

I hate weak shampoo's that dont work well on road grime. perfect example is the rear bumper and the rocker panels. I want something that strips dirt off those area's in one swipe.

Another thing that really stood out is when I used it in wheel wash bucket. When using this shampoo I was able to use the full size detail brush to clean the barrel of the wheels because of the intense lubricity. With any other shampoo I dont feel comfortable using the full size brush as i would normally have to really jam the ez detail brush in the tight area between the rotor and the barrel. After that experience I switched to exclusively . Its crazy slippery.

oh yeah, it rinse's RIGHT off. Completely opposite of carpro snow soap at high dilutions (which does not rinse off easily).

sometimes I think its just better for a manufacturer to just release a product and let the customers decide. When I read this thread, I saw that a point was made to say its not a "HIGH foam" shampoo. hell, i would have never come to that conclusion. Unfortunately some people may read that and pass on the product...

give this product a try. This and Dodo BTBM are the only products on my shelf for a 2 bucket wash, and now i'm even questioning if I still need BTBM. Reset is that good.
 
I have used Reset on a regular basis to wash a vehicle I coated with CQUK with great success, works well in a foam cannon as well, a little goes a long way and does a great job cleaning the surface and rinsing completely leaving just the pure un altered coating. My question is I was thinking of trying Gtechnique's EXOv2 and while Gtechniq sells there own soaps like G-Wash, would Reset be ok to use on the EXOv2, I kinda figured both Reset and G Wash are basically the same...
 
I too have been using Reset for awhile now. I have 3 vehicles, 1 coated, 1 Coated on hood, roof, and lower panels, and the rest of the areas Klaase SG, and 1 coated with DooDoo Juice Hard Candy Wax on some areas and A WOWA Sealent on the rest. I have not seen any adverse effects on any of the LSP's.
I use Reset in a Foam Cannon, and Two bucket wash method. In the Foam Cannon I use about an inch to inch and a half in the tank and it makes some seroius thick foam.
 
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