Dr Oldz
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Yes. I use an ounce or 2 tops. (30-60ml)
Current Favorite Soap/Shampoo
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Yes. I use an ounce or 2 tops. (30-60ml)
Dr Oldz
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I just picked up a gallon of Pinnacle body work shampoo in a combo deal. . It’s a bit thick but mixes super easy in the bucket. Awesome suds, smells great, super slick, cleans well and rinses nicely. Only need 1 or 2oz per wash. I haven’t used this in a few years untill recently. I forgot what a great soap it is.
It checks all the boxes except for price. The 16oz bottle is stupidly priced. The gallon with a 25% off sale isn’t so bad.
It checks all the boxes except for price. The 16oz bottle is stupidly priced. The gallon with a 25% off sale isn’t so bad.
Azure
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Oh wow, that might have been my problem lol.
MisterSnoop
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Or the snow foam they announced at SEMA?
Coatingsarecrack
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I cycle through about 13 different soaps, some are clear leaders, some are just good all-rounders.
Carpro Reset and Koch GSF are my favorites, when required, I love using Carpro Lift and Descale.
Optimum Car Wash was a soap I bought recently as an afterthought but ended surprising me with its user experience. It doesn't product the ultra-thick foam of GSF, but its runnier consistency seems to cling to the paint really well. It's also nicely slick and smells lovely. I like this soap better than I expected.
Another impulse buy but a product I have fallen in love with is Shine Supply Shift. This foams in a similar fashion to Optimum Car Wash, with similar long dwell period and clean rinsing. The scent is not unlike the new P&S Absolute, just stronger as you tend to use more of it when foaming. I really, really like this soap!
There are always hits and misses when trying new products. One that didn't wow me was Gtechniq G-Wash. It's an ok product, but just didn't wow me. Its scent is ok, its slickness is ok, the foam is ok................you get the point.
I also did not like Stjarnagloss Sno. It foams as it should, but it just didn't feel that nice to use, strangely grabby when used as a contact wash. It also stained the pickup tube of my foam cannon.
If you can get Tacs System Mystic bubble you should give it a whirl. Current favorite bucket wash soap.
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Not that I need another soap, but now I'm interested! :laughing:
And yes, available locally. :xyxthumbs:
Klasse Act
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Deyon, TAC systems entire line is awesome, you might have a new favorite
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Once my rapidwaxx(sometime next summer) is gone i'm thinking about getting the new Tacsystems Quartz Max Plus. I like that you can use it for a drying aid and even dilute it 1(product):3. Makes things simple. Not cheap but still much cheaper than Polish Angel. I'll still be playing around with my 3mth can of cancoat for the next 6-9mths i guess. It's not super hard to use but i'm just tired of all the prep work, timing, wind, sun, soaking towels, high spots etc.
I used 500ml of the aqua waterless cut 1:3 a few years back and i was always impressed with the gloss and beading. Something like Carpro's Ech20 cut 1:20. Ech20 is nicer to work with i found however.
Coatingsarecrack
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I had original Qurtzmax and it was nice but won’t bead or be as easy to apply than PA. Not much out there compared in those 2 categories
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Just got it in- yes, my wife did say "it smells like soap"
It smells good, just not at all like I expected. I remember when the Ultima line came out and I couldn't afford any of it.
I figured it would smell....expensive.
It just smells clean, which is a fine thing.
Klasse Act
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It's always in my collection and I agree, cleans great as it's acidic, so I use it sparingly
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Love it but I only use it as part of my quarterly deep cleaning or when I’m doing a yearly maintenance on a customer’s coating. It’s magical how it can bring a “clogged” coating back to life.
Coatingsarecrack
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Descale was a bust for me. (Used as snow foam and in bucket). It cleaned decently but felt no better than Reaet
Have high hopes for Labocosmetica Purifica.
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Have high hopes for Labocosmetica Purifica.
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Like we have kicked around before, gotta wonder if it comes down to the water
Optimus Grime
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Never used it for its cleaning power. It comes out if I know that the vehicle has light water spotting or serious neglect. It’s always followed up with Reset.
Add one ounce of it to a 32 oz sprayer and fill it with water. If you have a glass enclosed shower it makes the best water spot cleaner I’ve ever used. Spray on the glass and wipe with a damp microfiber clothe and it beats any of those overpriced cleaners lining grocery store aisles.
Add one ounce of it to a 32 oz sprayer and fill it with water. If you have a glass enclosed shower it makes the best water spot cleaner I’ve ever used. Spray on the glass and wipe with a damp microfiber clothe and it beats any of those overpriced cleaners lining grocery store aisles.
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It certainly has some bite to it, although not a product I would use frequently.
In my case, I use it as the last chemical step when decontamination washing.
1. Apply iron remover to the whole car from dry, allow to soak
2. Foam an alkaline soap over the top of the iron remover, allow to soak
3. Rinse
4. Foam Descale onto the whole car, then contact wash
5. Rinse
The idea with that is I have attacked the car from one end of the pH scale to the other............. pH neutral (iron remover), pH alkaline (Carpro Lift for example) and pH acidic (Carpro Descale).
From there, I will clay if necessary while the car is still wet.
DFB
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Since I last replied in this thread with regard to my favorite soap, I still gravitate towards Carpro Reset and KCx GSF the most.
But I'm also loving Opti-Coat M-Wash. For whatever reason, the brand doesn't offer this product in gallon format, so it's not economically viable if you use a lot of soap. But it's just as slick as Reset and GSF, foams like a champ, smells fantastic and best of all, rinses from the car in the most effortless way. M-Wash would be one of the most free rinsing soaps I have used, sitting with DIY Incredible Suds and WoWo's Detailer Shampoo.
And after resisting it for many years, I have strangely fallen in love with Meguiar's Hyper Wash. I probably use more of it than I should, but the foam quality is one of the best available, its economical (when on sale) and it cleans very well. If it only had a more modern scent profile, then it would be almost perfect. I really didn't think I would like this product as much as I do!
But I'm also loving Opti-Coat M-Wash. For whatever reason, the brand doesn't offer this product in gallon format, so it's not economically viable if you use a lot of soap. But it's just as slick as Reset and GSF, foams like a champ, smells fantastic and best of all, rinses from the car in the most effortless way. M-Wash would be one of the most free rinsing soaps I have used, sitting with DIY Incredible Suds and WoWo's Detailer Shampoo.
And after resisting it for many years, I have strangely fallen in love with Meguiar's Hyper Wash. I probably use more of it than I should, but the foam quality is one of the best available, its economical (when on sale) and it cleans very well. If it only had a more modern scent profile, then it would be almost perfect. I really didn't think I would like this product as much as I do!
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Meguiars Hyper Wash has been amazing ever since I started using a foam cannon. The suds are phenomenal and I’m even more convinced than ever that suds absolutely do matter when it comes to both lubricity & cleaning power and I’m willing to go to war about it.
Washing has never felt as slick as it does now. I love the foam. 3oz. in the foam cannon produces mountains of thick foam.
Washing has never felt as slick as it does now. I love the foam. 3oz. in the foam cannon produces mountains of thick foam.
Setec Astronomy
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That Opti-Coat line (at least here in the US, not sure how you got yours) is made for the certified Opti-Coat installers to sell to their coating customers who want to do their own maintenance. Originally it was only available from the installers or direct from Optimum. Last year TRC convinced Optimum to let them sell it, AFAIK they are the only ones. Anyway, that's why it doesn't come in gallons.