Ever thrown out or given away most of your stuff and start again?

I need to get rid of some stuff for sure. I have some products that have been sitting on a shelf for years and I can't even remember why I bought them in the first place. Why did I ever buy two bottles of petroleum based tire dressing?
 
custmsprty said:
I just dumped a bunch of Klasse AIO and SG, been sitting around for a couple years.
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Same here. I still have both. Can't give them away. Two friends tossed theirs. I'm getting close to putting it into the next batch of hazardous waste disposal. Twice a year we can drop off for no cost.

I have two great products, Griots synthetic sealer and Meguiar Ultimate Synthetic that I've moved on from and will give to a friend or family member when they ask.

I'm set with Wolfgang, McKees and Collinite and some CG. I have some Sonax products that I'll use up but not reorder.


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I haven't started over, but I have given away plenty of products. I had enough of the oily type tire dressings to dress all the tires at a typical large car dealership...I ended up giving them all away when I decided to fully start using water based dressings instead. My more recent giveaway included enough sealant to do about a hundred cars if not more, a few different carpet cleaning products, and some polishes. At this point, I have pretty much narrowed down the products I use to specific ones. I still tend to stock up on those in particular because you never know when something you really like might be discontinued. I want to try a few of the recently released products, but might wait until I exhaust a few more of my current ones to do so. Buying a lot of stuff at once is kinda what led up to having way more of most stuff than I could ever use.
 
I donate chemicals often, my friend just got her new WRX and she inherited a whole bunch of CG products of mine, they were just collecting dust. She loves em so I am happy that they didn't go to waste, considering how much money I have sunk into products that past few years....my god. I just started to think about that really...lol. I could've had my Barrett M95 by now....
 
There are some things I could get rid of. For instance, I'm giving a buddy of mine my HF polisher I used maybe 5 times? Just don't like it so I thought I'd give it to someone to actually get use out of it.
And I definitely have some products I don't use I could give away or throw away.

But I'd hesitate trashing a bunch of my stash... I paid too much money for my products. And every once in a while I reach for something I haven't used in a while. I'd hate for it not to be there.
 
I've been wanting to do this for a couple of months. I have way too much stuff. Don't use most of it. But I can't just chuck it out, either. Although, I fear I may end up doing just that soon enough.
 
I have an eBay auction going right now for a couple of items. Already has some bids. Might have to do this more often to pare down the detailing cart so I can actually find the stuff I use frequently.
 
1953hogan said:
I have an eBay auction going right now for a couple of items. Already has some bids. Might have to do this more often to pare down the detailing cart so I can actually find the stuff I use frequently.
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Is ebay even worth the expense and hassle anymore?
 
Ernie Mccracken said:
Is ebay even worth the expense and hassle anymore?
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I wonder too. When I was going through my stuff, I found I *might* have a decent chance if I bundled multiple products. If I sold just ONE thing, say a wax, I don't think I would gain anything. Cost of ebay/paypal fees, plus shipping. And something small and less expensive, you won't really be able to pass the shipping cost onto the buyer.
 
Well, we do have a trade section here, go for that, you might find a consumable that you might wanna try, like rinseless or waterless wash, wheel cleaner, glass cleaner, etc. I actually need to do this, I'm coated and I don't see going back to waxes and sealants again except for when I do a side job.
 
I have not done that. Every year I try to reduce the number of products I have in my arsenal and find it really, really hard. Everytime I try to remove a spray bottle, I see ways this would be the only product I could use for that situation... so I always end up with just about the same number of products to carry. Right now I have 4 milk crates full of spray bottles and squeeze bottles. I know that some of the chemicals I use will be replaced entirelly when I run out, for example: Meguiar's APC and Super Degreaser will be replaced by Super Clean, but I still have half of gallon of concentrate for both, so it will take a while. And some products I simply will not buy again (Collinite Isolator Wax for example) because while they are amazing products, I do not use them prefering other products instead.
 
Honestly I have.

I scrapped what ever was left of my Meguiars Detailers line last year when business was slow and under a different business model.

I went to using 95% all Wolfgang stuff. never been disappointed with Wolfgang, but let's be real here. Not cheap compared to Meguiars.

I regret it now since business has gotten better (not for anything) and fully understand why Meguiars has an economic line. Lol.

Honest truth number two:

I would love to start over again because I am a sucker to try other things on the market, but I am actually going through things fast enough where that would make no sense to throw out Wolfgang.



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custmsprty said:
You would have to have the SDS information for the products or they cannot take them.
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Yeah, and God forbid one of the kids got some in his eye. The parents would probably try & sue you.

No thanks on the donation to a school nowadays.

I have given a lot of things to buddies in hopes of them catching the detail bug as well.
 
Klasse Act said:
Well, we do have a trade section here, go for that, you might find a consumable that you might wanna try, like rinseless or waterless wash, wheel cleaner, glass cleaner, etc. I actually need to do this, I'm coated and I don't see going back to waxes and sealants again except for when I do a side job.
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Yup yup. Seen it, and even used it. In some cases I've even thrown in "extras" just to help dwindle down my products :)

I have rinseless/waterless products that I haven't even used once :(
I have a gallon of 3D window cleaner waiting for me at the store...and it's FREEEEE. Still there.

Darn this addiction!!!
 
Klasse Act said:
Well, we do have a trade section here, go for that, you might find a consumable that you might wanna try, like rinseless or waterless wash, wheel cleaner, glass cleaner, etc. I actually need to do this, I'm coated and I don't see going back to waxes and sealants again except for when I do a side job.
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Where is the trade section? I have a bunch of stuff I want to trade or get rid of.
 
I do and now I have honed my products to just a few.

I feel your pain!
 
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