For
those of you that have read this blog before, you know that I wipe down my car
each time before I drive it. You also
know that my favorite quick detailer is Bead
X by Wax Daddy, and my second favorite is Dash-It. Those bottles are expensive! We’re talking around $16 for one bottle. However, they are incredible products. But since I use it almost daily, I couldn’t
afford to keep up with it.
After
browsing the shelves of Walmart, I decided to give Meguiar’s
Quik Detailer a shot. The thing that
attracted me to it the most was the fact that it was around five bucks, and I am
a cheap SOB. I figured, why not?
At first,
I will say that the bottle leaked for me.
Perhaps I broke a seal around the neck or something, but the bottle
tipped over in transport, and I lost some product. Again, for the price, I was not too
concerned. Aside from that, the bottle
sprays very evenly. That is something I really
liked as both the bottles for the previously mentioned products are not that
great.
Allow
me to pause… I will be comparing this product to the more expensive ones quite
frequently. Why? Because they are my benchmarks and I swear by
them. Un-pause…
The first
thing I actually noticed was the scent.
Bead X has an intoxicating scent that I love, Dash-It has a green apple
smell (I don’t like green apple anything, but it was a good effort), but this
smells like a cleaner. Is that a bad
thing? Perhaps not, but it is something
to point out.
At first,
when I wiped the product off with a micro fiber towel on my car that had been
sitting outside over night (after having been wiped off day after day before
this), it didn’t feel as smooth as the other products. That was an instant turn off. However, I will say after days of using it, I
have noticed a difference. It did rain
the night before the first use, so perhaps the cheaper detailer had a harder
time punching through the extra grit the more expensive ones can tackle no problem. It seems nice and smooth now.
It will
aid it removing bugs, dirt, hard water spots, and other unwanted grim, and for around
five bucks, it does quite well at it. It
leaves behind a nice shine that I am impressed with. It’s very comparable to the higher end stuff.
I cannot
say how long it truly lasts for since I apply it almost daily. It doesn’t do much in terms of rain
protection like Bead X does, but for how I use it (almost daily) it really
doesn’t matter. Also keep in mind that
these products are not meant to replace washing your car, so they will never
have as much protection as a good scrubbing and coat of wax.
I have
noticed something less than ideal with this though. When my car has been sitting in the sun and
the metal is warm, this stuff tends to smudge and smear. With my car being silver, I may not always
notice it at certain angles, but after I apply it, wipe it down, and move on to
another location (or worse, actually be done and get into my car to leave), at
a certain angle, I will see smears and smudges.
Using the product over the spot again will generally get rid of it, so
it’s not the biggest deal, but it is worth pointing out.
Will
I buy this product again? Absolutely! I love my Bead X, but I can’t always fork out
the money for the amount that I use it.
Do you use this product? What do
you think about it? Let me know in the
comment section below!
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