Most regreted detailing product purchase?

**Dan** · 10-08-2012, 04:05 PM

What`s the product you`ve wanted your money back for more than anything else?

Me: Wolfgang Fuzion. Glad I only paid $99 for the stuff, total hype. GC50/50 eats it for lunch at 1/2 the price and is just as durable. The looks from this stuff are on par with quite a few spray waxes.

**Thomas Dekany** · 10-08-2012, 04:17 PM

Autobalm - it does hide well, but it was off the car faster than any other wax I ever tried.

$46?

What waste.

**Jpostal** · 10-08-2012, 05:42 PM

The banner add on the side of the forum right now (for CR spotless) shows a guy using a brush to wash a car and boasts that it stops scratching. I think I would regret that purchase.

**Megladon** · 10-08-2012, 11:07 PM

3M microfiber towels. They scratch horrifically. Not to mention the price $40.00 for a six pack.

**Deep Gloss Auto Salon** · 10-09-2012, 08:25 AM

Jet seal 109

**Junebug** · 10-09-2012, 08:42 AM

When I first started looking at detailing products on line, (years ago ok) I bought into the whole Wolfgang line - hook, line & sinker.....I can laugh about it now.

**Concourswanna b** · 10-12-2012, 02:37 PM

Countless cheap hoses and sprayers for the hose. Bought one hose from Harbor freight and it burst on the first use. They did take it back.

Some H.F. stuff (sockets for med. duty) is actually ok though. Now I use a $20 Snap-On sprayer that looks like junk but really works well and lasts. Next summer I`m setting up a better hose system to incorporate an Eley hose reel and CR Spotless.

Other regrets? A steamer for a couple hundred $ that didn`t really do what I needed. Exchanged that and put money into great shop lighting.

**David Fermani** · 10-12-2012, 08:39 PM

Eimann Fabrik tire dressing. Sling City.

**Accumulator** · 10-13-2012, 11:46 AM

Probably my KÃ¤rcher pressure washers... like a dummy I kept buying them, and they kept dying

Otherwise...probably 3M Finesse ItII, Griot`s BOS Wax, P21s` wax and GEPC, OCP (version...oh, maybe 2.0).

Might add SurBuf pads to that list too, even though others like `em.

**Dan** · 10-13-2012, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Accumulator

Griot`s BOS Wax,

I gotta try that stuff out ASAP... if you hated the look, I`ll probably love it

**Accumulator** · 10-13-2012, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by Dan

I gotta try that stuff out ASAP... if you hated the look, I`ll probably love it

Heh heh heh :chuckle:

**Concourswanna b** · 10-13-2012, 12:54 PM

I was just looking at buying some Eimann Fabrik stuff the other day, just for something "different." I`ve heard that the carpet cleaner is great, though.

**tom p.** · 10-13-2012, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Concourswanna b

I was just looking at buying some Eimann Fabrik stuff the other day, just for something "different." I`ve heard that the carpet cleaner is great, though.

I`ve still got a tiny bit of that and their degreaser. They did have a couple of very good products.

(I`m trying to think of something to add to this list....)

**Kean** · 10-13-2012, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by Dan

Me: Wolfgang Fuzion. Glad I only paid $99 for the stuff, total hype. GC50/50 eats it for lunch at 1/2 the price and is just as durable. The looks from this stuff are on par with quite a few spray waxes.

I received a free sample of Fuzion and although I (personally) liked the WOWO aspect of it (also the ease of application/removal, trim-friendliness, etc.), I can`t see spending the kind of coin they want for it. Too many other good/great LSP`s out there for far less.

**Jean-Claude** · 10-13-2012, 07:51 PM

I have 2. Ironically, both are well-liked products but have such relatively short lifespans.

I have purchased 2 different Flex 3401 machines and both stopped working.

The other is a Aztec Hot Rod hot water extrator. Worked amazing for 20 or so hours then the heater stopped.

There it is, about $1350 or so in equipment that I feel like have not earned their higher price tags. Love them while they work though.