So Chemical Guys Eh?

**Mad Wax** · 07-22-2018, 10:32 PM

Many of there products are now available on retail shelves like Walmart....where they belong.

**WRAPT C5Z06** · 07-23-2018, 06:51 AM

Their polishes totally underachieve.

**acuRAS82** · 07-23-2018, 08:23 AM

I dislike CG as much as the next guy (or I mainly just don’t take most their products seriously), but will give some tiny love: Pete’s 53 Pearl Wax is great, at a very reasonable price.

There, I did it.

**Belo** · 07-23-2018, 10:30 AM

I doubt any of us use just a single brand. In my time I've seen some companies have a better product than others in some categories. Megs, menz and mckees have never let me down so they make up the bulk of my stuff. I have some chemical guys new car scent and a good deal on some mf towels during amazon prime day that i'm happy with.

One thing that sucks about detailing is trying stuff and not liking it. You're stuck with it forever because it seems like a waste to toss it. Heck I still have back to black, armorall and turtle wax products collecting dust in the back of my cabinet.

**Belo** · 07-23-2018, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

Yeah, but I bet they aren't super fantastarific towels like the CG ones, with girls in bikinis using them, are they? Huh?

I never found the pricing on the CG towels to be particularly inspiring.

got a 6 pack of their premium 16x24 for $10 on primeday. Used the first one yesterday and was more than happy at that price. But not sure the normal $19 is something i'd write home about.

**Belo** · 07-23-2018, 01:04 PM

omg just realized this is 6 years old

**acuRAS82** · 07-23-2018, 02:16 PM

Lol

**Farmallluvr** · 07-23-2018, 02:16 PM

One of the places I worked got locked into a contract with an Auto Magic retailer
Talk about under achieving products,,yeesh,I actually quit they were so bad.
Another company not far from me signed. A contract with them too and their head detail guy quit and took the clientele with him
I will never let inferior products ruin my reputation

**aztec1987** · 07-23-2018, 06:03 PM

I will agree with you on 95% of the things you have touch points here to be honest. 3% I have not use most of their products but did came to a point in where I was realizing that not everything they sale is good. I had a friend of mine that worked at their warehouse in their old location which was just about a few blocks off from where I live. I must admit that I did stop buying products from them and still have some sitting in my closet (some unused).

Favorites:

Soaps: Mr. Pink and Citrus wash + gloss
Sealants: Jetseal 109 + M-Seal
Glazes: Wet Mirror finish ; Blacklight (if its a Black car; but hear that it is excellent on White cars)
Wax: 3X; Concours 50-50; Petes 53 (just don't like the fact that it is stubborn to remove if it sits for too long); and Celeste Dettlagio
Polishers: V line
Trim: G6 Hyper Coat; VRP; and Silk Shine dressing
Interior: Inner Clean + glassworks (purple liquid)

I know you seen that 1k wax they are selling in which I was asking my friend about it. All he told me is that you are paying for the container which it is "high tech" manufactured but the wax itself comes down to the same as the concours 50-50 just with a tiny bit of more carnuba into the formula but not to the point where you see a big difference. I must admit that I do really invest a lot of money on their MF Towels which they are pretty good even my mom would steal some new ones from me and use them to clean the house.

Last time I did purchase their wheel brush (wheel + rim brush) and it broke after using it twice. Their air re-fresheners are like cheap cologne it smells so good but do not last as much as expected.

**briarpatch** · 07-24-2018, 10:43 AM

Even though this is a six-year old thread, CG still gets talked about a lot...hated on mostly. They're like any other line....some good stuff, some not so good. I'm still a big fan of Honeydew snow foam, and their P40 quick detailer.