I'd walked past the Long Haul car care products display many times when I've been to Pep Boys to get Armor All and Meguiars Quick Detailer (which I use to fortify my QEW mix in the winter) and this time, I figured I'd try their Truck Gloss in place of Quick Detailer especially since it was $5.00 for 28 oz. If it worked well, great! I've found a bargain QD. If not, not big deal, it was only 5 bucks.
I had a regular's Jaguar to wash late this afternoon and due to all the rain, it was pretty nasty. I filled up my bucket with a gallon of water, added two capfuls of QEW then unscrewed the sprayer on the Long Haul Truck Gloss....and the too sweet tropical scent hit me and seemed very, very familiar. I poured some into the bucket and the light carmel color also seemed very, very familiar. I then realized what it reminded me of-Race Glaze's Gloss Highlighter. I opened up my sample and it smelled exactly the same and the color looked the same. I even asked my customer to take a whiff of both products and he agreed they smell the same.
Performance-wise in the QEW, it does a very good job, felt like I QDed the car after washing it. I then used Truck Gloss on the car in QD form and even though the QEW/TG mix made the paint slick and left it with a nice glow, going over it with TG at full strength did seem to add a touch more wetness to the appearance, again similar to my results with Race Glaze's QD. Honestly, the car looked as good as the day I waxed it two months ago with #16.
I checked the addresses on the bottle of Truck Gloss and it is a Colorado address, while Race Glaze is out of Wisconsin. Still the similarities are really striking, I wouldn't be suprised if they are in fact the same product.
Anyway, if you are looking for a workhorse QD, or especially if you have a bottle of the Race Glaze QD, pick up a bottle for $5 and let me know your impressions.
I had a regular's Jaguar to wash late this afternoon and due to all the rain, it was pretty nasty. I filled up my bucket with a gallon of water, added two capfuls of QEW then unscrewed the sprayer on the Long Haul Truck Gloss....and the too sweet tropical scent hit me and seemed very, very familiar. I poured some into the bucket and the light carmel color also seemed very, very familiar. I then realized what it reminded me of-Race Glaze's Gloss Highlighter. I opened up my sample and it smelled exactly the same and the color looked the same. I even asked my customer to take a whiff of both products and he agreed they smell the same.
Performance-wise in the QEW, it does a very good job, felt like I QDed the car after washing it. I then used Truck Gloss on the car in QD form and even though the QEW/TG mix made the paint slick and left it with a nice glow, going over it with TG at full strength did seem to add a touch more wetness to the appearance, again similar to my results with Race Glaze's QD. Honestly, the car looked as good as the day I waxed it two months ago with #16.
I checked the addresses on the bottle of Truck Gloss and it is a Colorado address, while Race Glaze is out of Wisconsin. Still the similarities are really striking, I wouldn't be suprised if they are in fact the same product.
Anyway, if you are looking for a workhorse QD, or especially if you have a bottle of the Race Glaze QD, pick up a bottle for $5 and let me know your impressions.
