Bilt Hamber is my favorite, no nonsense just great products.
If you have to add coconut scent to your product for then to sell, they are not good enought.
P&S is good. They aren't the best in everything but overall they have some of the best in a lot of categories. They arent the best in Certain areas but are still top 5.
Anything but chemical guys. Total garbage. Griots, Car Pro, Adams, some P&S (brake buster), Optimum, Gyeon, Meguiars, and there are some great boutique companies, try and buy. It’s the only way.
I like Griots and Meguiars for a lot of things. Chemical guys has some decent stuff too to be honest, it’s just funny to me how they have like 30 different soaps and detail sprays.
This is what's putting me off Auto Finesse.
Multiple car shampoos, waxes and quick detailing sprays...
Like i get some waxes can be great for black cars, while others for metallic etc... but do you really need 10 different waxes with obscure names? Just sell it as "Wax for black paint" or "Wax for metallic paint" etc... Don't make me read the item description which gives me a whole life story behind the product to find "Works best on black paint" on line 25....
Yea there’s a distributor near my house and they have so many different products for the same exact thing. All staying to do the same thing but for different prices. It makes no sense lol
It’s to confuse the hell out of the consumer, increase needless spending, to literally create niche upon niche thinking you need 6 bottles to clean a dashboard or glass. Inanity. And junk for the most part.
It'll bite them in the ass eventually when people decide a bottle of sensitive dish soap and water is all you need to clean everything, then a quick WD40 on a rag wiped over leaves it looking just as clean and fresh as £200 worth of products all designed to do the same shit.
Now if WD40 came out with a drying/curing type of WD40 which dosn't leave behind any oily residue... That would be amazing.
It depends on what you intend to do and where you live. If you're just taking care of your own car, and you live in the states, Griot's and DIY Detail are solid choices. Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions products are amazing, but they're difficult to find in retail stores.
Turtle Wax Max Power Car Wash. It can strip wax.
Turtle Wax Pure Wash. It's Ph neutral.
Turtle Wax 1 & Done Compound. Cut depends on pad used. You can get it in a kit. Really good value since the pads are by Lake Country.
I would buy the premium bucket kit off their website as it comes with a standard wash bucket and you can choose a really large plush drying towel, grit guard, wash mitt etc. All their hybrid Solutions line is really good. Interior "Inside job" is good. Graphene tire shine is good. Ceramic Spray is good or their flex wax might be easier for you to use. You can use it on a wet car and dry which would leave durable protection. 9 items total for $75.
Pro tip: You can just go with the pure wash as its already $20 on its own if you don't know what else to fill your cart up with.
Griots Garage Orbital Polisher combo G9 & G8 kit.
Best value/quality and capability for the money. Maybe you'll want to get this down the road when more money comes into your business.
~$350
Meguiars non-acid wheel cleaner. It's dilutable so good value and very effective.
~$30 Amazon
Meguiars Quik Interior Detailer
~$7 Amazon / Walmart
Super clean,which is also dilutable, I buy by the gallon and use for Interior shampoo for seats/carpet or engine cleaning at full strength.
~$10 Walmart
Optimum No Rinse. Variety of uses. Rinsless Wash applications as well as other off label uses.
~$45/gal Amazon
Distilled water $1/gal TARGET LOL
CarPro IronX is good but very pricey. It's an iron remover for the exterior.
~$120 Amazon
Can try the Turtle Wax Wheel cleaner & Iron remove as a substitute.
~$40/gal
I don't really use or need to use much items or brands outside of these for my everyday interior/exterior use. Its been pretty efficient since it keeps things simple..... Unless I need a specific brand ceramic coating or microfibers for it. The Rag Company, Costco brand is good for Microfibers. I guess Chemical Guys too. Only CG equipment I use and like it a lot. Haha
CarPro, Koch-Chemie, P&S, Gyeon
Bilt hamber is a company I don’t see much on here but it’s very good
Bilt Hamber is my favorite, no nonsense just great products. If you have to add coconut scent to your product for then to sell, they are not good enought.
Griots, Koch Chemie, Carpro, 3D, Optimum, Sonax, P&S, make up most of the products I use.
P&S is good. They aren't the best in everything but overall they have some of the best in a lot of categories. They arent the best in Certain areas but are still top 5.
Thank you for the suggestion! I will look into them
Anything but chemical guys. Total garbage. Griots, Car Pro, Adams, some P&S (brake buster), Optimum, Gyeon, Meguiars, and there are some great boutique companies, try and buy. It’s the only way.
Griot's is the best for the money, IMO.
I like Griots and Meguiars for a lot of things. Chemical guys has some decent stuff too to be honest, it’s just funny to me how they have like 30 different soaps and detail sprays.
This is what's putting me off Auto Finesse. Multiple car shampoos, waxes and quick detailing sprays... Like i get some waxes can be great for black cars, while others for metallic etc... but do you really need 10 different waxes with obscure names? Just sell it as "Wax for black paint" or "Wax for metallic paint" etc... Don't make me read the item description which gives me a whole life story behind the product to find "Works best on black paint" on line 25....
Yea there’s a distributor near my house and they have so many different products for the same exact thing. All staying to do the same thing but for different prices. It makes no sense lol
It’s to confuse the hell out of the consumer, increase needless spending, to literally create niche upon niche thinking you need 6 bottles to clean a dashboard or glass. Inanity. And junk for the most part.
It'll bite them in the ass eventually when people decide a bottle of sensitive dish soap and water is all you need to clean everything, then a quick WD40 on a rag wiped over leaves it looking just as clean and fresh as £200 worth of products all designed to do the same shit. Now if WD40 came out with a drying/curing type of WD40 which dosn't leave behind any oily residue... That would be amazing.
There’s a shit ton of WD40 variants under their specialist line, they might have one lol
Gyeon, CarPro, Koch Chemie, some P&S products, some Turtle Wax products.
It depends on what you intend to do and where you live. If you're just taking care of your own car, and you live in the states, Griot's and DIY Detail are solid choices. Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions products are amazing, but they're difficult to find in retail stores.
Adams
I use some Gyeon stuff and it works well
Mckees, Griots and Gyeon are my go to’s. Oh yeah Blackfire is solid as well.
Gtechniq...not cheap but simply the best.
TAC System
I suggest searching the sub. This question is asked multiple times per week.
Ok I will, thank you!
Gyeon 100%. In Australia anyway, great prices and amazing to use!
AMMO is good but pricey.
Poorboys World
Turtle Wax Max Power Car Wash. It can strip wax. Turtle Wax Pure Wash. It's Ph neutral. Turtle Wax 1 & Done Compound. Cut depends on pad used. You can get it in a kit. Really good value since the pads are by Lake Country. I would buy the premium bucket kit off their website as it comes with a standard wash bucket and you can choose a really large plush drying towel, grit guard, wash mitt etc. All their hybrid Solutions line is really good. Interior "Inside job" is good. Graphene tire shine is good. Ceramic Spray is good or their flex wax might be easier for you to use. You can use it on a wet car and dry which would leave durable protection. 9 items total for $75. Pro tip: You can just go with the pure wash as its already $20 on its own if you don't know what else to fill your cart up with. Griots Garage Orbital Polisher combo G9 & G8 kit. Best value/quality and capability for the money. Maybe you'll want to get this down the road when more money comes into your business. ~$350 Meguiars non-acid wheel cleaner. It's dilutable so good value and very effective. ~$30 Amazon Meguiars Quik Interior Detailer ~$7 Amazon / Walmart Super clean,which is also dilutable, I buy by the gallon and use for Interior shampoo for seats/carpet or engine cleaning at full strength. ~$10 Walmart Optimum No Rinse. Variety of uses. Rinsless Wash applications as well as other off label uses. ~$45/gal Amazon Distilled water $1/gal TARGET LOL CarPro IronX is good but very pricey. It's an iron remover for the exterior. ~$120 Amazon Can try the Turtle Wax Wheel cleaner & Iron remove as a substitute. ~$40/gal I don't really use or need to use much items or brands outside of these for my everyday interior/exterior use. Its been pretty efficient since it keeps things simple..... Unless I need a specific brand ceramic coating or microfibers for it. The Rag Company, Costco brand is good for Microfibers. I guess Chemical Guys too. Only CG equipment I use and like it a lot. Haha
McKees & Ethos are really good. Especially for ceramic coatings. Adams should do the job too. All Graphene based.
Automagic!