Which Products do you wish you NEVER BOUGHT?

[00celica]

+1. I found it hard to use as well and not worth the results, I think poor boys pro polish is much easier to use and gives you the same/slightly better results.

Thanks, i just might try this. Pre-wax cleaners have their purpose and I've had fairly good luck with PB products.

 

[Jomax]

Could it be that the formula for both is similar? Both AG manufactured products.

In other news, another Griot's sprayer bit the dust today, this time on the HD Wheel Cleaner. My favorite sprayers are those that come with the spray bottle assortment at Sam's Club.

I LOVE Sam's club spray bottles, had some last 3 years using heavy cleaners.

 

[SRTSean]

Wolfgang Paintwork Polish Enhancer - difficult to use and poor results.

Meguiar's Endurance Tire Gel

Meguiar's QuikWax

Turtle Wax ClearVue Glass Cleaner

Griot's Garage Rubber Cleaner

Griot's Garage Sprayers

There aren't many I absolutely hate, but these are few I just didn't like and didn't live up to their specified use.

Agree on the ones in bold. The Megs QuikWax was an accidental pickup when I mistook it for their QuikDetailer. Talk about smear city! And the vanilla-esque smell was stomach turning to me. Tossed that bottle in the garbage the same day I got it.

 

[timaishu]

My list could go on for days.
Mothers ....anything. Havnt bought in 20 years,probably changed,dont care,wont ever try again.
Meguires PlasticX,ScratchX,SwirlX or any other X they come up with.
ArmorAll anything...again havent used in 20 years.
Lexol leather products.
Spraymaster sprayers.

What did you not like about Swirlx? Yes the consistency is very thick and everytime you want to use it you have to dig out the dried chunk. But I found it to be a great product. Infact, I used it to remove swirls on my a pillars and it came out great.

As for armorall. I think there is alot of hate just because its the cool thing to hate. Im not here to defend them. But I think alot of the guys here make them out to be worse than they really are. I will agree the interior spray is terrible. Too shiny. But for the rest. Well..

Armorall Triple Action Wheel Cleaner. I LOVED this product. It foams, so it sticks to the tires and wheels and it did an amazing job cleaning them. Especially the tires, spraying them on the cleaner instantly turns brown with all the grime its lifting off the tire. I would say its on par with A2Z wheel cleaner which gets alot of love. I honestly prefer it to OPC for tire and wheel cleaning.

Armorall Tire Foam. Another great product I think. Its not overly blingy imo. I currently have the fierce shine foam on my tires right now and the tires still look great a week later. Wet dark and black looking.

Two great products and they are made by armorall.

 

[Bates Detailing]

California Dusters - mainly cause they were used once then tossed in the back of the work van .... when going to use it to dust an aircraft (which is really what we use them for) they were all nasty and worthless lol. Not to say they aren't useful tools - just wasted money on this side of town :/

 

[silverfox]

Opti-mitt
Griots MF towels. Lint city
Meg's ultimate liquid wax
CCS pads
Spray on black trim products
Dodo waxes. Look and smell great. Poor durability for the $$$
Any high end boutique wash. CG has the best bang for buck
Adams anything. Worse bang for $$. Marketing genius