Alternate Detailing Products ?

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Just been shopping for food stuffs in my local Macro , I was loitering in the cleaning isle looking at the glass cleaners , grease removers and other all purpose surface cleaners and marvelling at the range made by Clean Pro .
They were all priced between £2-£3 . A big difference to car specific detailing prices .
Has any one used these ******* based cleaners for car cleaning/engines etc .
I didn't want to spray it all over mine and find that it ruined something ;)
 

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They might well be ok.

There is some good stuff that is pricey for a reason but I'm sure a lot of stuff is expensive because people expect to have to pay more. Bit like Audis.
 

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Just been shopping for food stuffs in my local Macro , I was loitering in the cleaning isle looking at the glass cleaners , grease removers and other all purpose surface cleaners and marvelling at the range made by Clean Pro .
They were all priced between £2-£3 . A big difference to car specific detailing prices .
Has any one used these ******* based cleaners for car cleaning/engines etc .
I didn't want to spray it all over mine and find that it ruined something ;)

If they don't have sparkly labels and violent retch-green or bile-yellow spray bottles then they're no good for car detailing ;) scientific FACT!
 
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If they don't have sparkly labels and violent retch-green or bile-yellow spray bottles then they're no good for car detailing ;) scientific FACT!

That is very true , I thought everyone knew that , maybe as I finish the sparkly ones I can fill those containers with the cheap stuff and do a blind test on myself :p
 

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That is very true , I thought everyone knew that , maybe as I finish the sparkly ones I can fill those containers with the cheap stuff and do a blind test on myself :p

I'd suggest your ******* first before you try on yourself, unless you have a particularly greasy patch you need to remove :D
 
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I'd suggest your ******* first before you try on yourself, unless you have a particularly greasy patch you need to remove :D

I had to read that twice before I got it , and then I nearly spat my beer over the lounge :p ( early start I know but the log fires on and it's cold and dark )
 

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I had to read that twice before I got it , and then I nearly spat my beer over the lounge :p ( early start I know but the log fires on and it's cold and dark )

I did of course mean k1tchen not *******...

hah so you're a spitter, hmm says it all! :p
 

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