vintageb3
28th October 2006, 04:39 AM
Hi MINI people!
I bought about £100 worth of Meguiar's products today...thought I might as well jump in at the deep end.
I bought the Clay product...but the clay was missing. DOH! So I had to return to Halfords. The assistant told me she would exchange it because some dirty rotten person had stolen the clay out the box. She went away only to come back to tell me that they had run out…so gave me my money back.
Can’t believe that someone would steal something out of a box…but she says it happens all the time. So…check everything you buy from Halfords!
But I did find out something interesting about the detailing Clay liquid while I had it.
It is the same stuff has NILGLAS Glass cleaner. Well…at least…it smells the same and I really do reckon it is the same stuff. Nilglass is great stuff for removing any foreign objects, oils, silicones, factory double-glazing rubber smears etc and any contaminates from glass. We always used fine steel wool with it...and glass was left “Squeaky” clean. (Does this sound familiar to those who have used the clay product before?)
Best Glass Cleaner on the market. We used to buy this stuff by the gallon and it wasn’t all that expensive from memory…maybe £10.00 for 5 litres. This Meguiar's detailing product is £11.99 for a little bottle and a piece of clay!
Had me wondering how many things we buy that are bottled for use as a special product. Could it be fact that a product gets sold by different companies for different applications…and most probably at different prices! ?
Instead of steel wool…this pack comes with clay…wonder if the clay is really doing all that much? Maybe it’s just a very fine applicator? I reckon it’s the liquid that is doing the cleaning.
My last day with the car is tomorrow before I head out round the UK for a month through work :(
May get a chance to clean my buggy…but I’m hoping it’s a nice bright sunny day so I can go for a drive.
Then it will be a month of just thinking about the car. :(
mark
I bought about £100 worth of Meguiar's products today...thought I might as well jump in at the deep end.
I bought the Clay product...but the clay was missing. DOH! So I had to return to Halfords. The assistant told me she would exchange it because some dirty rotten person had stolen the clay out the box. She went away only to come back to tell me that they had run out…so gave me my money back.
Can’t believe that someone would steal something out of a box…but she says it happens all the time. So…check everything you buy from Halfords!
But I did find out something interesting about the detailing Clay liquid while I had it.
It is the same stuff has NILGLAS Glass cleaner. Well…at least…it smells the same and I really do reckon it is the same stuff. Nilglass is great stuff for removing any foreign objects, oils, silicones, factory double-glazing rubber smears etc and any contaminates from glass. We always used fine steel wool with it...and glass was left “Squeaky” clean. (Does this sound familiar to those who have used the clay product before?)
Best Glass Cleaner on the market. We used to buy this stuff by the gallon and it wasn’t all that expensive from memory…maybe £10.00 for 5 litres. This Meguiar's detailing product is £11.99 for a little bottle and a piece of clay!
Had me wondering how many things we buy that are bottled for use as a special product. Could it be fact that a product gets sold by different companies for different applications…and most probably at different prices! ?
Instead of steel wool…this pack comes with clay…wonder if the clay is really doing all that much? Maybe it’s just a very fine applicator? I reckon it’s the liquid that is doing the cleaning.
My last day with the car is tomorrow before I head out round the UK for a month through work :(
May get a chance to clean my buggy…but I’m hoping it’s a nice bright sunny day so I can go for a drive.
Then it will be a month of just thinking about the car. :(
mark