Kenotek Showroom Shine, is it that good?

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I've read a lot of great reviews on Kenotek Showroom Shine detailing spray, for me one of the big things is that it has been reported that it attracts less dust and that's something I find very important! But doing a search for this product shows that everybody is out of stock for the smaller bottles, but I have found that the giant 5L jug is available. I normally don't buy such a large amount of something I've never tried before, but this stuff seems to have nothing but positives out there so I'm very tempted to pull the trigger and commit to a huge purchase here (keeping in mind I'm in Canada so the shipping costs are pretty high, and even if I have it shipped just across the border in the US I still have to pay a similar cost in gas to get there and back) I will be using this on my 2005 Corvette and I have ordered a 2018 Corvette to replace it, so I do go through a lot of detailing spray (I don't drive them in the rain so my car cleaning is limited to just removing dust)

So is this stuff really that good that I should commit to 5L of it?
 
Short answer and it's really the only answer...YES!

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Klasse Act said:
Short answer and it's really the only answer...YES!
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Absolutely! I've only had my bottle for a month now and LOVE it! I've been using it for post-wash water-spot wipe down, but last weekend used it as a drying aid on a wet car. I think using it as a drying aid actually looks better than applying it to the car once dry.

It does seem to cut down on some some dust accumulation compared to other products, but in my area dust and airborne particulates are off the charts due to it being harvest season since I received it. I won't have a good basis of comparison for another month.
 
As a professional doing this for 20 plus years I've used a lot of products.I tried it and wasn't floored.If you're looking for a spray wax consider sonax brilliant shine.There all relatively the same but you may come across a product with a different twist in the formulation.
 
Do you guys find it streaks if you put it on in the hot sun? I often use detailing spray at the end of the work day and in the sun and so resistance to streaking is important. I don't like using detailing spray in the shade as I find I end up missing a lot of spots, but in the sun I see everything. Also, are you guys using it at full strength or mixed 50/50 with water (my go to detailing spray has been Zaino Z6 but I find it works a bit better when mixed 50/50, plus it stretches out my supply longer too!)
 
GSKR said:
As a professional doing this for 20 plus years I've used a lot of products.I tried it and wasn't floored.If you're looking for a spray wax consider sonax brilliant shine.There all relatively the same but you may come across a product with a different twist in the formulation.
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I don't use it as a spray wax, so I'm sure it doesn't compare to Sonax BSD. As a drying aid/post wash water spot remover, I find it really good. Probably one of the best I've ever used.
 
Patman22 said:
Do you guys find it streaks if you put it on in the hot sun? I often use detailing spray at the end of the work day and in the sun and so resistance to streaking is important. I don't like using detailing spray in the shade as I find I end up missing a lot of spots, but in the sun I see everything. Also, are you guys using it at full strength or mixed 50/50 with water (my go to detailing spray has been Zaino Z6 but I find it works a bit better when mixed 50/50, plus it stretches out my supply longer too!)
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Full strength for me. I only found it to streak in the sun if I applied it too heavy. I hold the sprayer back and spray in a sweeping motion. This puts down a broad thin pattern that can easily be spread.
 
Used as a QD kinda thing, I found it preferable to Dodo Basics of Bling, WG Uber Rinseless in QD dilition, WG Instant Detail Spritz, ONR as a QD. It really does have something different in it to my eyes anyway.
 
I think it’s no better than z6 or Adams or d155 if you ask me. If you were close I would give you several ounces to try.

I wanted to like it it just didn’t really do anything for me on black, red or white vehicles.

Nothing wrong with it but just wasn’t like oh yeah this is the end of the search.

Dust is not a factor for me. Between crop season and working next to a couple rock quarries there is always dust.

I would try spray and gloss by poorboys if you can get a that locally. that stuff is nice IMO


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MattPersman said:
I think it’s no better than z6 or Adams or d155 if you ask me. If you were close I would give you several ounces to try.

I wanted to like it it just didn’t really do anything for me on black, red or white vehicles.

Nothing wrong with it but just wasn’t like oh yeah this is the end of the search.

Dust is not a factor for me. Between crop season and working next to a couple rock quarries there is always dust.

I would try spray and gloss by poorboys if you can get a that locally. that stuff is nice IMO


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I see no point in a detail spray any more for thr reasons of..,
If im going to do a touch up, ill use a waterless..if i want to do quick protection, then si02 spray..
 
Mike@ShineStruck said:
I see no point in a detail spray any more for thr reasons of..,
If im going to do a touch up, ill use a waterless..if i want to do quick protection, then si02 spray..
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If you have dark paint you will see a noticeable difference when using KSS. I've been a QD junkie for years and nothing gives a gloss like KSS. If your looking at cleaning, stick with a ww and if your looking for protection SIo2 sprays will do, but if your looking for that extra pop, KSS is the bomb.
 
Rsurfer said:
If you have dark paint you will see a noticeable difference when using KSS. I've been a QD junkie for years and nothing gives a gloss like KSS. If your looking at cleaning, stick with a ww and if your looking for protection SIo2 sprays will do, but if your looking for that extra pop, KSS is the bomb.
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Completely agree. On my black car it looks amazing.

I like QD sprays over a WW as I'll never use one to totally clean our vehicles and I've always found QD sprays to have much better lubrication than the WW I tried. I didn't enjoy getting marring when simply trying to do something like wipe up a bird dropping, or remove fingerprints and post-wash water spots.
 
Cream Rises to the top, buy it, try it and I believe you will like it!

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Re: ...is it that good?

IMO: it is scalable.


Bob
 
After thinking about it some more, and digesting all the advice on here, I think I will wait until the smaller bottles come back in stock (they seem to be out of stock everywhere!) so I can try it out first before committing to such a large supply. If anyone knows of a place that has the small bottles in stock, let me know.
 
I'm on my 2nd bottle of Kenotek, thanks KevinWelch (he has a 5 gallon pail of it I believe). My car is metallic black and that stuff really makes the paint POP! It also works with the paint coating and associated boosters I have on the car as well :xyxthumbs:
 
I definitely want to try Kenotek at some point, but in the meantime I just ordered a bottle of another detailing spray from a place up here in Canada, and this sounds like it might have similar anti static properties to the Kenotek stuff. I ordered Chemical Guys Extreme Slick Synthetic Quick Detailer. How many people here have tried this stuff?
 
Klasse Act said:
I'm on my 2nd bottle of Kenotek, thanks KevinWelch (he has a 5 gallon pail of it I believe). My car is metallic black and that stuff really makes the paint POP! It also works with the paint coating and associated boosters I have on the car as well :xyxthumbs:
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5 liters, not gallons, Roger! LOL.

My take on Kenotek Showroom Shine: I've been using it for over a year now. I think it's great. I did a mini-review of it and compared it to FK425 on my car. I used it extensively as a drying aid and as a quick detailer. I've shared it with Roger because I knew he'd love it as well, but I think he's a bigger fan than I am. I don't use it as much now, because on my own cars I've scaled back to SiO2-only products now. I think Kenotek worked fine on my coated cars, but I've just scaled back in variety.

https://www.autopia.org/forums/deta...iew-kenotek-showroom-shine-2.html#post2056358
 
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