Recommend best car shampoo?

[F350king]

I love the gloss works auto boost from chemical guys

[RaysWay]

3D Pink Car Soap is on sale right now on Autogeek as a BOGO deal. I use this shampoo for most of my details and it`s a great deal. I like it because it`s a pure shampoo without wax or gloss enhancers that will interfere with any polishing steps or clay barring afterwards. I just wanted to mention it since it`s such a great deal right now. $5.99 for 32 oz of this soap is an amazing deal.

p.s. and yes we can match their deal

[Pats300zx]

3D Pink Car Soap is on sale right now on Autogeek as a BOGO deal. I use this shampoo for most of my details and it`s a great deal. I like it because it`s a pure shampoo without wax or gloss enhancers that will interfere with any polishing steps or clay barring afterwards. I just wanted to mention it since it`s such a great deal right now. $5.99 for 32 oz of this soap is an amazing deal.

p.s. and yes we can match their deal

Ray...its a very nice soap !!!! I have been using it all summer on my boat and cars at the beach. I picked up 2 bottles on the last sale. Definitely an under rated soap for sure.

[ShawnF350]

What`s the difference between HD Wash and the Pink Soap?

[RaysWay]

What`s the difference between HD Wash and the Pink Soap?

HD Wash has european glossing agents, Pink Soap does not.

HD Wash would be better as a maintenance shampoo.

Pink Soap would be better to wash the car before claying or polishing (since it leaves the paint "naked") or I like to use pure shampoos on coated vehicles. So the beading/sheeting characteristics aren`t affected by the shampoo.

[ShawnF350]

Gold Class Wash was my favorite until I met Poorboys SS&S
Is it worth trying HD 3D Pink Soap?
How does it compare to SS&S?

[Bunky]

If you like suds, you will like 3D Pink Soap and it cleans well.

[silverfox]

For coatings, 3D pink is perfect and very economical. For everything else, I always like to use shampoos that adds a bit of protection (you remove a little something everytime you wipe the surface, so always add something back whenever possible).

[Accumulator]

I`m *still* mixing my 3D Pink with my Griot`s Car Wash, but for anybody asking whether the 3D Pink is worth trying (heh heh..yeah, that would be you ShawnF350 ) the answer is simply "yeah, you oughta at least try it". Noting that you were OK with Meguiar`s Gold Class which I immediately delegated to wheelwell duty as a [crappy] shampoo, I`d be very surprised if you were unhappy with the 3D Pink. Not that I`ve ever tried the SS&S though, so I have zero idea how it`ll compare to that one.

Buying a 5-gallon bucket of the 3D Pink when it was on sale was one of my smartest detailing purchases, right up there with the gallon of IUDJ.

EDIT: I just corrected this...making it "3D" instead of "HD". Drives me nuts that they have to use the two different product-line names.

[ShawnF350]

Well..I`ll have to give the 3D pink a try then.
Gold Class was the best I ever found OTC before I tried Poorboys.
Lol.
Then I tried Griots which I thought was horrible.
I think Meguiars Ultimate wash is ok for OTC too.

Chemical Guys Snow Foam stinks. Good for a foam cannon is all.
I like that nice lubricity that SS&S gives.
I didn`t like Poorboys Super Slick and Wax though.

[ShawnF350]

Has anyone tried the 3d Wash n Wax? I may as well try that too.

Accumulator, when will you be trying Super Slick n Suds to compare to 3D pink ?
I really don`t look for suds in a soap, more of that lubricity feel. Poorboys might get lots of suds but I just stir it into the bucket.

Also, I have Chemical Guys Hose Free Ecowash.
Is ONR better (anyone that has used both)?

[Accumulator]

Well..I`ll have to give the 3D pink a try then.
Gold Class was the best I ever found OTC before I tried Poorboys.
Lol.
Then I tried Griots which I thought was horrible...

Ah, very interesting! What did you dislike about Griot`s Car Wash? Heh heh, it`s my overall fave

Gee, if you and I somehow have utterly different opinions about the Griot`s I hope you don`t regret my suggestion about the 3D.

I guess GC isn`t bad as OTC stuff goes, but autobody/paint supply places in my area carry stuff I like better like M62 and DuraGloss so I sorta think of those as OTC.

[txb4z]

Also, I have Chemical Guys Hose Free Ecowash.
Is ONR better (anyone that has used both)?

It`s been over a year since I have used Ecowash but it worked fine and I would say it`s a little bit more slick when compared to ONR. The only thing I didn`t like about Ecowash was it produced suds and the suds would stick to the honeycomb portion of the grill on my truck.

[ShawnF350]

Ah, very interesting! What did you dislike about Griot`s Car Wash? Heh heh, it`s my overall fave

Gee, if you and I somehow have utterly different opinions about the Griot`s I hope you don`t regret my suggestion about the 3D.

I guess GC isn`t bad as OTC stuff goes, but autobody/paint supply places in my area carry stuff I like better like M62 and DuraGloss so I sorta think of those as OTC.

I had to use quite a bit of Griots to get a nice slick feel. I really think it depends on the water we use. I haven`t used that in years but I`ll say it might be close to what they use in SS&S. You should give that a try. You just might ditch the Griots. I`m no chemist but now started adding an extra ounce of Poorboys for the way I like the water to feel.

I`m ordering the 3D pink tonight and their wash with wax too. I`m not in business so just getting 16oz of each to try .

[Swanicyouth]

Lol. I`ve tried Griot`s - and thought it sucked. It can`t compete with Sonax., 1Z, and like 30 other shampoos I`ve tried.

Only thing as bad as Griot`s was Auto Glym. Leave that stuff in the UK.

CG`s shampoos are the best bang for your buck.

But, I usually prefer Victoria Super Soap, P21S, Dodo Juice B2B... The PBMG shampoos are pretty good. They just cost too much. I think they are like $60 a gallon.

Optimum ad Duragloss are pretty sweet.

3D soap I`ll never try.

Poor Boys is good as well.