Products you wasted your money and time on and why

[briarpatch]

CG Diablo Wheel Gel. Like many others, I got drawn in to the CG hype with all their videos. Saw one where they used Diablo, and went for it. Fortunately, I did not jump in and buy a gallon. Smells like bubble gum, but is only an average wheel cleaner, at best. Ditto for CG Mr Pink...same story, same ending. No better than Meguiars Gold Class, at 1/3 the price of Mr Pink.

[medicscott]

By far the one that stands out to me is the BF Coating. Just a brutal product to use when all the other PBMG coating offerings are so effortless. Today I only use Opti-Glosscoat or Opti-Coat Pro/plus. Simple simple simple and the results are the best in my opinion for all around paramaters and longevity.

[Desertnate]

It had zero work time,flashed instantly and was very sticky.

Wholeheartedly agree. I had the exact same experience. I found it would start to flash and get sticky while spreading it out!

The Blackfire Coating is the only PBMG product I've tossed because I couldn't get it to work. Fortunately the other products in the kit I purchased worked well, so it wasn't a total waste of money, but I'm still a bit bitter by the waste of money and time spent trying to get the product to work. The real kicker for me was the fact it only lasted about 6~7 months on the horizontal surfaces of the car it was applied. I get that kind of life or better from 845!

[Octopiston]

Cobra's clay mitt. I can work a panel for 5 min and not get anywhere near as smooth (via baggy test) as my nanoskin in 1 min.

M37 headlight restoration kit. Needs sand paper included. The polish works after sanding removed bad layers. The protectant spray has to be reapplied every wash due to it's lack of durability.

[Mantilgh]

Mine would be the Tornador Black. While it works great with the proper CFM compresser, I just don't have the extra room to carry that size compresser while mobile detailing. So, in the box it sits.

[idriveblackcars]

CG Diablo Wheel Gel. Like many others, I got drawn in to the CG hype with all their videos. Saw one where they used Diablo, and went for it. Fortunately, I did not jump in and buy a gallon. Smells like bubble gum, but is only an average wheel cleaner, at best. Ditto for CG Mr Pink...same story, same ending. No better than Meguiars Gold Class, at 1/3 the price of Mr Pink.

Dude you live on the CG forums who are u kidding lol some of the hypocrite comments on here make me sick

[DetailKitty]

Dr. Colorchip Repair Kit.....

Paint seemed to want to separate no matter what temps I tried using it in and how much I kept stirring it.
Also- the only place the paint would stick was over existing paint vs what I wanted to fill in. So when you used the solution to remove the "extra" it took EVERYTHING off.

I gave up and just used my old tried and true method of fixing chips with a toothpick and touchup paint from the factory.

[natewood70]

Mother's Back to Black Trim & Plastic Restorer.

The product applied easily and looked good, but that only lasted for 1 day. Next one I'm going to try is WETS as that has had nothing but amazing reviews.

[rlmccarty2000]

Contact the Dr. Colorchip people. Their customer support is very good.

[FUNX650]

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Big waste of money:
Wanted a smoke-odor eliminator;
discovered it's more of a "mask".

Later...Came to find out that:
It's Ozium that is considered
God's gift to stoners.

Bob