wasted money. rant - Page 9

mshu7 · 07-09-09, 05:37

For an APC, I just buy the Meg's APC/APC+ from ADS. It's roughly $60 with shipping. Dilute it 10:1 and you've got yourself a 1 GALLON of APC for just over $1. I don't think store bought APC's can compete with that.

Meguiar's D103 All Purpose Cleaner Plus

bufferbarry · 07-09-09, 05:38

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Originally Posted by duke4ever

I pretty much agree with this. Everytime someone brings up the glass cleaning thing, I am one of the first to always just say windex or cheap blue stuff. I really don't see the point in $50 a gallon glass cleaners.

The only thing I'll say about the APC's is that, I think you should probably have at least 2 different APCs only because, some might be much stronger than you want for a certain material. For example, I use orange blast degreaser for engine/wheel wells etc... but diluted Simple Green for things like interior plastic etc...

And both are really cheap! The orange blast even worked great for cleaning rubber mats after a bad winter

My ? is why would you have a strong one and a week one? wouldn't a properly diluted heavier one make both?

duke4ever · 07-09-09, 05:55

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Originally Posted by bufferbarry

My ? is why would you have a strong one and a week one? wouldn't a properly diluted heavier one make both?

You're right, but it comes down more to convenience at that point. Plus, I just happen to have a lot of both sitting around.

duke4ever · 07-09-09, 07:03

Though, bufferbarry, I now have a good idea... I'll make Duke's Interior cleaner, Duke's Leather Cleaner, Duke's Plastic Cleaner, Duke's Interior Detailer, Duke's Carpet Cleaner, Duke's Trim cleaner and Duke's Glass cleaner all in a great orange scent just by diluting orange blast to different degrees. lol

bufferbarry · 07-09-09, 07:12

You can find this humorous duke. Personally I think many people have made some very good points on this thread. you would be surprised by how many professional companies do that and make a lot of money!

Jakerooni · 07-09-09, 07:40

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Originally Posted by bufferbarry

You can find this humorous duke. Personally I think many people have made some very good points on this thread. you would be surprised by how many professional companies do that and make a lot of money!

I know a couple of companies that frequent this forum that do that almost exclusively

duke4ever · 07-09-09, 07:49

Absolutely! I can guarantee there are many that do exactly that. Logically, they also make them all smell different and different colors. So we can sit here and go product Y is different from X because one is pink and smells like flowers and one is green and smells like limes.

bufferbarry · 07-09-09, 07:52

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Originally Posted by duke4ever

Absolutely! I can guarantee there are many that do exactly that. Logically, they also make them all smell different and different colors. So we can sit here and go product Y is different from X because one is pink and smells like flowers and one is green and smells like limes.

I agree with ya there duke that is for sure

noob86 · 07-13-09, 06:22

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now everything is right off there page. now your paying 17.95 plus tax and shipping for a bottle of citrus based degreaser? lol now this is a spray bottle full. now you figure when its all said and done your looking at $25.00 for a total sale. now someone recomended purprle power which is availble for 13.00 at you local advance auto parts for 2.5 gallons. now lhere is how learning how to do this first off your ganna have to dilute this stuff 50/50 right off the start beacuse of how strong it can be. so now you have 5 gallons for $13.00 dollars. thats less then $3 dollars a gallon. now once you break it down 50/50 again which will make a 4 to 1 bottle for tires and door jambs. and 10 to one for interior use like carpets vinyl and other stuff. now you eliminated a lot of chemicals. in your arsenal, and i can be certain that your cost will be cheaper.

im not trying to bash on detailers domain there were just an example company with that x product. im just trying to show you guys how to save on some cash and not fall into some marketing hype. now this is just my 2 cents.
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for saving my time mostly money and showing me (extremely new to this) that high dollar stuff does not mean better quality i.e. worth it

mshu7 · 07-13-09, 09:04

^^^ Now, I'm not sure who you quoted there, but that was painful to read....lol!

duke4ever · 07-13-09, 02:40

Some food for thought. I think part of the problem here with so many different cleaners for everything is that; materials used in cars are so poorly understood that people see various products marketed for various purposes and think they need them. In your house if you have something plastic to clean you know you can grab your household APC and use it. There's nothing in the stores marketed as "toy plastic cleaner" "cabinet plastic handle cleaner" etc... However in your car there always some material that think feels funny and aren't so sure what it is, especially these new composites etc... This makes you think "how can you clean that" because no 1 ever mentioned "you clean it just like plastic" it has no special properties that require only a very special cleaner. But no 1 makes you aware of these things. Then they assume that nothing in the store that isn't labeled SPECIFICALLY for your car-dash-left-stick must not be good to use on it.

Just a rant but I think it's heading in the direction explaining the marketing exploitation goes on here.

JuneBug · 07-13-09, 06:10

Sorry for the late reply - CG - I like their car wash - the citrus wash and the wash & gloss, also like DG car wash too!
Megs Detailer line is pretty good too, just tried the leather cleaner/conditioner and was fairly impressed, now if the leather is REALLY dirty - woolite 8:1 and then Megs.