Autoglym

VolvoMan

I've used several of the above branded products on my car and I've found them all to be rubbish and totally below my expectations. Maybe I'm not applying them properly, but after using 'leather cleaner' on my car today I noticed very little difference.

Anyone else have bad experience of Autoglym products?

Ferris

VolvoMan wrote: »

I've used several of the above branded products on my car and I've found them all to be rubbish and totally below my expectations. Maybe I'm not applying them properly, but after using 'leather cleaner' on my car today I noticed very little difference.

Anyone else have bad experience of Autoglym products?

They used to be the best, but I think that the general consensus now is that they're a bit old hat. I used their Ultra deep shine wax on my faded red car last weekend and it did come up very well. I don't know how long it lasts however.

I used meguairs products to cut and polish the paintwork first however, and found them very good.

VolvoMan

Ferris wrote: »

They used to be the best, but I think that the general consensus now is that they're a bit old hat. I used their Ultra deep shine wax on my faded red car last weekend and it did come up very well. I don't know how long it lasts however.

I used meguairs products to cut and polish the paintwork first however, and found them very good.

I find whenever I use their polish it ends up all chalky and that gets in between the shutlines making it look messy.

After using their leather cleaner I am not buying another product of theirs again. I'm going to give Meguiars a try and maybe use Gliptone for the leather from now on.

Ferris

VolvoMan wrote: »

I find whenever I use their polish it ends up all chalky and that gets in between the shutlines making it look messy.

It does get chalky, but I had a bottle of it and have to use it up, after then I am going to use meguairs for the paintwork.

DUBLINHITMAN

if the polish is turning to powder and hard to get of your using to much on the applicator ,
the best autoglym products to use is the super resin polish then some extra gloss protection ,
a little goes along way .

the rest i wouldn't rate @ all

tossy

Most autoglym products are crap! The only Autoglym products in my box of detailing products are hi foam interior shampoo and fast glass.

The Best product by far for leather is Gliptone get their leather cleaner and their conditioner.my leather Recaros have been treated with Gliptone since new and the are still like new 6 years later.

VolvoMan

tossy wrote: »

Most autoglym products are crap! The only Autoglym products in my box of detailing products are hi foam interior shampoo and fast glass.

The Best product by far for leather is Gliptone get their leather cleaner and their conditioner.my leather Recaros have been treated with Gliptone since new and the are still like new 6 years later.

Most of the Autoglym products I've tried I have noticed very little difference on my car. I have only ever gotten good results when I used their stuff in combination with other branded products.

At the moment I am trying to get staining out of my leather. The car had a terrible interior valet where they put leather cleaner on the leather and never bothered cleaning it off, making the tan a bit off-colour. I'm going to try that Gliptone stuff and see will it do the trick.

tossy

VolvoMan wrote: »

Most of the Autoglym products I've tried I have noticed very little difference on my car. I have only ever gotten good results when I used their stuff in combination with other branded products.

At the moment I am trying to get staining out of my leather. The car had a terrible interior valet where they put leather cleaner on the leather and never bothered cleaning it off, making the tan a bit off-colour. I'm going to try that Gliptone stuff and see will it do the trick.

If its stained get yourself a soft brush also to agitate it while cleaning,my advice on using Gliptone on seats that have been neglected or let go a bit is to go with an intensive course of Gliptone i.e once or twice a month.where as i would probably only Treat me seats 4 or 5 timers a year.

kdevitt

Autoglym Super Resin Polish is great - contains plenty of fillers and covers a lot of scratches - perfect for the 99% of people on here who don't detail their car and use the 2 bucket method / lambswool mitt / clay bar etc.

Glass polishers and cleaners are great, interior cleaner is great, rubber and vinyl care is great.

Leather cleaner isn't fantastic as said. The best high end products are generally too much hassle for most people - like who really wants to leave a sealant curing on their paint for a few hours. Autoglym do a good in between product for the average joe.

sogood

VolvoMan wrote: »

Most of the Autoglym products I've tried I have noticed very little difference on my car. I have only ever gotten good results when I used their stuff in combination with other branded products.

At the moment I am trying to get staining out of my leather. The car had a terrible interior valet where they put leather cleaner on the leather and never bothered cleaning it off, making the tan a bit off-colour. I'm going to try that Gliptone stuff and see will it do the trick.

For cleaning leather, a 50/50 solution of rubbing alcohol and water works well. Applied with a damp cloth, lightly agitated and dried off. Repeat as necessary.

VolvoMan

kdevitt wrote: »

Autoglym Super Resin Polish is great - contains plenty of fillers and covers a lot of scratches - perfect for the 99% of people on here who don't detail their car and use the 2 bucket method / lambswool mitt / clay bar etc.

Glass polishers and cleaners are great, interior cleaner is great, rubber and vinyl care is great.

Leather cleaner isn't fantastic as said. The best high end products are generally too much hassle for most people - like who really wants to leave a sealant curing on their paint for a few hours. Autoglym do a good in between product for the average joe.

That's probably true. I probably wouldn't lie under that category either, as I'm one for attention to detail.

What I've used is the hood cleaner, leather cleaner, leather care cream, resin polish (which as you say isn't half bad) and the paint renovator. All of them except the polish were in my opinion not very good at all and left me wondering what all the hype over the brand was.

VolvoMan

sogood wrote: »

For cleaning leather, a 50/50 solution of rubbing alcohol and water works well. Applied with a damp cloth, lightly agitated and dried off. Repeat as necessary.

Thanks, that's great. I'll definitely give it a try tomorrow.

tossy

sogood wrote: »

For cleaning leather, a 50/50 solution of rubbing alcohol and water works well. Applied with a damp cloth, lightly agitated and dried off. Repeat as necessary.

Nooooooo! It might work well for cleaning it short term,but leather needs to treated and conditioned with a proper leather feed.I wouldn't put anything other than Gliptone near leather.

Johnny Utah

I wouldn't rate most of the Autoglym range tbh. As another poster said, it's fine for the average joe.

However, I have used Autoglym's stain & scuff removal kit to get rid of a couple of bad stains on the headliner which were on it when I bought the car- black fingerprint marks on a light grey headliner. I didn't want to use a harsh cleaner which might leave an obvious spot where the headliner was cleaned, but the Autoglym kit did the job perfectly and the headliner is like new now. It won't remove scuff marks on door sills/door pockets however.


I generally use either Einszett or Meguiars for my detailing needs.

galwaytt

...have a Swissol kit for my old TT, and the seats alway looked satin-black. (I hate when they get shiney, glossy black).

Water-based cleaning is a good idea - just don't use any soaps (salt content...) - and then condition and it's fine.

Fwiw, am currently trying out SnapSeal liquid wax on a few yokes, so I'll let you know how that goes - doesn't leave any white residue, either.

Anan1

tossy wrote: »

Nooooooo! It might work well for cleaning it short term,but leather needs to treated and conditioned with a proper leather feed.I wouldn't put anything other than Gliptone near leather.

Where's the best place to get Gliptone in/around south Dublin?

tossy

I always get my gliptone on Ebay Anan.

DUBLINHITMAN

http://www.detailingtrends.com/index.html?target=p_43.html&lang=en-gb

Anan1

DUBLINHITMAN wrote: »

http://www.detailingtrends.com/index.html?target=p_43.html&lang=en-gb

Thanks for the link, but €17p&p!!!

Gary ITR

I found the Autoglym terrible. Although having two bottles in the boot saved my car when I had an electrical fire and used them as fire extinguishers

Autoglym = not flammable :pac:

cpoh1

Ive used the autoglym canvas roof cleaner/sealer kit after being recommended it and it was poor enough. I was expecting it to clean the roof more but made little difference even after a good going over. Sealant seems to work fine though, water beads up nicely when raining.

DUBLINHITMAN

well its nearer to dublin than most ebay sellers lol
but ebay is your friend when buying quality gear ,
i used meguires gold glass leather cleaner and it was useless along with the auto glym leather cleaner .
i've used alot of 3M products and they now have a leather cleaner
when i use it i'll give my opinions
looking forward to it
http://www.detailing.com/store/3m-leather-and-vinyl-restorer-39040-16oz.html

speedfreak

Anan1 wrote: »

Thanks for the link, but €17p&p!!!

lots of sellers on fleabay - about €8 for 2 250mls bottles and about €5.50 p+p

EPM

I've used Autoglym on a couple of cars. With a name like super resin polish I was expecting something decent...it was pretty poor to be honest. Meguairs tech wax 2.0 fwiw

Neilw

EPM wrote: »

I've used Autoglym on a couple of cars. With a name like super resin polish I was expecting something decent...it was pretty poor to be honest. Meguairs tech wax 2.0 fwiw

Tech wax 2.0 is a much better investment then chalky glym super resin polish. It still has fillers but will last far longer then SRP.

The only autoglym product I found good was the car glass polish, it's excellent.

Wertz

Had cause to use their custom wheel cleaner recently (~9 yrs of baked on dust on the fronts) and found it very good....couldn't use wonder wheels due to damage on the lacquer.
Also bought their fast glass which is great stuff and got a bottle of instant tyre dressing free (3 for 2) which is also a great product...spruces up black trim and rubber seals on the rest of the car too when applied by cloth.
Never used their wax/polish...found it pricey compared to collinite which I'm more than happy with the results of...

jmck87

I use thier tyre dresser, vinyl and rubber care, clean wheels, interior shampoo, resin polish, fast glass and bodywork shampoo and have not one word of complaint....am I missing something?

tossy

I actually use Autoglym Hi Def wax,i forgot it was Autoglym because its so good gave the car a coat of it this weekend before the VAGE show in fermoy and once gain it didn't disappoint,its a great wax and very Durable too.

Stevie Dakota

I've used Autoglym for years, never had a problem with any of their products. tried Maguires recently (polish), gave up on it as it left greasy smear marks on the car.

sogood

tossy wrote: »

Nooooooo! It might work well for cleaning it short term,but leather needs to treated and conditioned with a proper leather feed.I wouldn't put anything other than Gliptone near leather.

Point taken, but as the OP requested info re; Leather Cleaning this is my remedy. Leather care/treatment/maintenance is another ball park, but for removing marks and stains, I stand over the advice given.

Neilw

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

tried Maguires recently (polish), gave up on it as it left greasy smear marks on the car.

Tell tale sign of using too much product

TomMc

Leather should be treated much the same as human skin. So using only mild or pH balanced products, preferably water based and certainly not with harsh chemicals. Gliptone, Lexol or LTT are the experts in this area, Autoglym are not. Specialist products like these aren't sold in run-of-the-mill stores as they earn far higher margins selling rubbish. Especially if it has a globally recognised brand name on it, as the general public are pretty easy prey.