I hate Autoglym!

[black-hawk]

Yesterday I polished my silver clio 197 with autoglym extra deep gloss polish and ill never use it again, it didn't go on very nice and wouldn't come off without massive amounts of effort and when it eventually did decide to part company with my paintwork it left it looking nothing more than just clean,, so today I had the bright idea to use autoglym extra gloss protection on my black impreza and to be fair it went on very nice, but just wouldn't come off, even worse than the extra deep gloss polish and what did come off like the dung I'd used on the clio left a dissapointing shine in the end I resorted to using autosmart "wax" to get the other sh*te off and the difference in the finish between the autoglym and autosmart products was like day and night, i'll never use that cr*p again.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

You shouldnt polish/ wax in this heat! Non of my products work well in heat like this, Wait till late at night or do your car in a garage

 

[Martin_172]

were you using it properly?!

 

[Kane.]

Sounds more like user error. :quiet:

 

[Scott™]

You are doing it wrong then.

In regards to Extra deep gloss polish or what ever it's called, I don't rate it at all. As you say it it tough to take off and leaves very little shine. I would recommend using Super Resin Polish instead. In regards to EGP I love the stuff. It goes on like water and leaves a haze to the paint work when ready to take off, I apply this with a cloth. I have no idea how your finding it tough to take off as a minimal wipe would remove it to leave a great shine. It's a filler.

 

[Fletcher]

I've never had any problems using AG stuff. It must be a user error TBH.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

They aren't crap products, you used them wrong.

If you were doing it in direct sunshine (especially in this freak weather) that might be why.

 

[adam172]

AG stuff is normally VERY easy to apply and take off, as mentioned it was probably the heat.

 

[Chrisjk]

As said either you left it to bake on or used too much .

 

[Stefan.]

same as everyone else im afraid easy to use....if used properly. has your car been in the sunlight all day too? as it would be piping hot

 

[AJ02]

To be fair I'm not a massive fan of Auto Glym either, I'll use my parents stash of AG if I've run out of any of my stuff but I'd never choose to use it. In my opinion there are better products out there that provide better results. All down to personal preference though I guess.

 

[imprezaworks]

I've just bought auto glym super resin and the extra gloss protection stuff, hopefully it should be easy to use lol

 

[Scott™]

I've just bought auto glym super resin and the extra gloss protection stuff, hopefully it should be easy to use lol

LOL ignore this thread!

 

[AJ02]

I've just bought auto glym super resin and the extra gloss protection stuff, hopefully it should be easy to use lol

Oh yeah it's easy to use, think I agree with everyone in saying the op must have applied it to boiling hot panels and the stuff has baked on. As long as you use it on cool panels (apply it in the shade or garage if you've got enough room) it's a snap, it's just not to my taste.

 

[imprezaworks]

Lol I've polished enough cars to know how to use it properly. Will stick some pics up next weekend after I use it. Cleaned and polished it today and it looks spot on even with the basic stuff in work so looking forward to the new stuff. G/f thinks im a serious loser lol, hey Ho.

 

[AJ02]

Lol I've polished enough cars to know how to use it properly. Will stick some pics up next weekend after I use it. Cleaned and polished it today and it looks spot on even with the basic stuff in work so looking forward to the nee stuff. G/f thinks im a serious loser lol, hey Ho.

If you're a loser what the hell must I be?
It was raining all day so I couldn't wash the car so instead I decided to organise all my products I keep in a little locked plastic trunk... Knew it was time to go inside when I started to fold all my microfibres up and colour code them. I have just taken an OCD test I've found on another forum out of curiosity, funnily enough I scored a fairly high mark.

 

[imprezaworks]

Lol, I can sleep easy now someone is worse than me. All good fun

 

[JackJack]

Never had any problems with Autoglym stuff.

 

[DB.]

How long did you wait until buffing off?

 

[Gally]

About a day probably!

 

[Tiger260]

Isn't the extra deep gloss shine shizzle for dark coloured paints?

 

[Fletcher]

About a day probably!

It would seem so..

 

[Cliotoby]

About a day probably!

Lolz!

 

[Silent_Scone]

There are a few products, Victoria's glaze products for example which can take quite a lot of effort to remove I've found! AG stuff isn't like that at all though - you either left it too long and it was too hot or the paint was wet still

Basically you did it wrong

 

[Dean0o0o.]

I resorted to using autosmart "wax" to get the other sh*te off

How/why did you use a wax to get the auto glym stuff off? :S

Auto glym is the easiest to take off usually from my own experience.

 

[Gally]

I don't even know what to say about this thread.

 

[black-hawk]

And just to confirm how sh*te it is I've just noticed most of it is still on the car, despite apearing to have been fully removed at the time.

 

[Daniel]

And just to confirm how sh*te it is I've just noticed most of it is still on the car, despite apearing to have been fully removed at the time.

So its one of two options...

You never removed it all.

Or Its magically come back.

Which is it?

 

[_Logie]

Well I absolutely know nothing about detailing and waxes or anything, but from what I can gather it is you doing it wrong.

I seriously doubt that everyone in this thread can work with AG products correctly and get good results, yet you fail to do so.

User Error != Product Fail.

 

[AJ02]

So its one of two options...

You never removed it all.

Or Its magically come back.

Which is it?

Seriously though I'm betting my bottom dollar you never removed it fully.

 

[Gaz86]

it's only a pain to get off if A the weather is too hot as said or B the car isn't actually clean, it's all good and well washing a car with a bucket and sponge/mitt but your paint will still be full of crap which polish and other products get stuck up on, try claying it first.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

EGP isn't a polish...

 

[AJ02]

EGP isn't a polish...

+1

http://www.autoglym.com/enGB/product-proddetail.asp?v06VQ=FH

"Unlike a polish, it contains no cleaning or polishing agents and should only be used on clean, dry, blemish-free paintwork, ideally pre-treated with Autoglym Super Resin Polish. "


Basically if you're car wasn't truly clean when you put the EGP on then you won't have achieved the best possible results.

 

[aucky]

Face
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Palm

 

[black-hawk]

My credentials are over 20yrs working in and now running a maindealer bodyshop that also details and carries out paint correction, also my impreza has won all show and shine comps its been entered in, LOL at the suggestions that I dont know how to use these products.

 

[Fletcher]

My credentials are over 20yrs working in and now running a maindealer bodyshop that also details and carries out paint correction, also my impreza has won all show and shine comps its been entered in, LOL at the suggestions that I dont know how to use these products.

Just out of interest why have you started using AG products now then?

 

[imprezaworks]

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Pics of the impreza with all rhe awards [SUP][/SUP]or it didnt happen.

 

[black-hawk]

Rhe?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

the

 

[black-hawk]

Just out of interest why have you started using AG products now then?

Product test.