Intro 0:01 Products & Prices Test 0:48 Concentration ratio Test 5:07 Quality of Product Instructions Test 6:47 Degreasing Power Test 22:38 Stain Removal Test 25:18 Residue Test 26:49 Discolouration of Leather Test 27:15 Tyre Cleaning Test 29:29 Wet Out Surface Tension Test 30:37 Sutability For Colycarb Test 31:52 Ph Levels 33:40 Steel plate test 34:16 Aluminium Plate Test 36:11 Test Results and breakdown from 13th place to 4th place 38:42 Top 3 🥇🥈🥉 55:23 1st Place Winner 🔥😎💪🏾 59:38
@@ForensicDetailing it's the least I can do for helping us all with your knowledge ,time and effort in giving us these videos over the years family 🔥😎👊🏾💨
Absolutely agree. A lot of work on the testing phase and then, the man has to edit and assemble a video! Phew! 🥵 Well done, sir. Well done.👏👍 And, thank you.
Surfex HD winning the test….we all saw it coming ! You were banging its drum years ago and despite the industry hurling what it can at it Surfex comes out on top still….I love the whole Autoglanz range so seeing it 2nd was great. Huge respect for the time, effort and care to make over an hour for us to watch. Top job !
The one and only channel thats it top of the bill in testing products. Thanks allot for these vids, we see the time and effort that you put in these vids.
I'm really really glad to see you agreed with what I mentioned in the last video about the wording and titling being an important factor to consider (All purpose cleaner vs multi surface cleaner) and the overall implications on whether or how a product should be judged based on what it claims to do. I believe that you hit the nail on the head here exactly! By just looking at the problem from a different angle it seems sorta brilliant, and judging based on the clarity and claims of the instructions themselves is the perfect way to do it. Amazing job here on the video Jon. It stands in great service to the detailing community and we all owe you our thanks.
Great job, Jon! Massive respect for all the work you put in to give these results! I find Optimum No Rinse to be an effective and cheap light cleaner for all interior surfaces, especially glass. Just clean with wet microfiber towel and wipe dry.
What a mega review, must have taken you a very long time. I'm not surprised by the winner Bilt Hamber seem to make some really good products. Thanks for the video, look forward to the next one.
I like how you try your best sticking to a consistent scientific method. Hypothesize, experiment, control variables to the best of your knowledge and determine unknown variables by tweaking known ones. Also like that you did virtually every material to be found in a car. No one puts manufacturers claims to test the way you do John!!!
Never used anything other than Surfex HD in the short time I've been a weekend warrior, and that's all down to your earlier videos Jon. So pleased it came out top. Great job, thanks Jon.
Wow, the attention to detail in this review is second to none 💥 Just love all the hard work, fairness, care and attention you put into these mega tests Jon - amazing! So versatile these APC’s and can even handle a greasy mullet 🤣 I’m loving the BHSHD at 1:10 and 1:100 - my favourite 🤩
Thank you Jon, such a detailed and thorough test, much better than anyone else on YT. No surprised BH won, all of their products are very good if not the absolute best, at the same time being amazingly cheap.
Thanks for taking the time to do this John :-). I've been using Surfex HD for over 15 years and it never lets me down. A superb product and a worthy winner.
Well-done that man! Fantastic tests, brilliantly put together and narrated. Nice to see you doing the long form stuff dude, it's what you are brilliant at.
I've used meguiars APC on tons of interior and exterior surfaces. I've used it tons without gloves. It works great for tires and wheel wells. I've used it on siding for the house and to clean off my mowers and tractors. Works great!
Sorry Jon I got carried away with the vid, thanks for the Forensic account of these products, you really do live up to the name of the channel… thank you
I just ordered a 25 liter container of surfed hd for $140 usd from clean garage which is a awesome deal since 5 liters is usually just under 50 shipped. I’m replacing about 5 products with this stuff after using it a lot and loving it especially the vary mild smell compared to most other cleaners.
Comprehensive tests with some surprising results. Good to know mild products as well as tough cleaning ability. I’ve been using Green Star and more recently Surfex HD based on your previous reviews. Both seem good, I do like Green Star on wheels as I can see the dirt flow off.
As an all rounder, BH is unbeatable. As a straight-up degreaser, Screwfix's No Nonsense Degreaser is superb for about £10. Use it for the dirtiest bits of the engine bay and my bicycle drivetrain. Way more powerful than BH, but it's use case scenario is much more limited.
That was hard work for that amount of products to be tested and evaluated. Its a shame some of those others have missed out of a lot of points by labeling failures. I think Jon should have made people aware on this channel that please don't use Carpro MulitX on your hair or scalp. 🤭
A superb, non-biased deep dive into APCs. I've used several of these and agree with the findings. Valet Pro is a decent APC but limited in its application and strength. Meguiars is okay, but I've experienced the staining some people have had with it, and the stains have been permanent in some cases. Bilt Hamber is the absolute king, and I use it at various dilutions for just about everything. Thanks so much for the immense time and effort that's gone into this analysis.
I wasn’t surprised, I have been hooked on BH products since I started detailing. Non detailing use which is absolutely brilliant, I have a gas over glass hob in the kitchen, which is a nightmare to get smear free, a 1% surfex mix, fine spray over the hob and wiped off leaves it gleaming and grease free, if 1% can do that on a cooking hob. It shows it can handle anything
Totally agree. It's superb everywhere. 1 to 5 is for outside of the car, tires, engine bay, bicycles. 1 to 50ish for kitchen, bathroom, etc. Flash and Method don't get a look in anymore. 1l lasts me an eternity, so if I use a bit too much, I simply don't care cos it's cheap.
I recently picked up some products from slims and the koch was on offer so i grabbed a bottle, mixed it at 1/2 a ltr in to a 5ltr can & topped up with water. I cant fault it yes not the best degreaser at that concentration but on door shuts leather very pleased with it though some discolouration of black plastic seat backs if left on for a minute 🤦♂️ ( phone call ) removed with a trim sheen product, Overall though pretty decent results
A massive amount of effort was put into this video!! All the same shortcomings as I found when shopping for an APC. The frustrating lack of what it's safe on, what it's not safe on and dilution ratio. Price / ratio is more important than price per litre.
Hi Jon! 👍up for a very in-depth video! Your channel is one of the few that I watch faithfully as I find very useful information! Thanks for your efforts for bringing us quality content.
Great video Jon, love the comparison episodes. Worth a mention that G101 is less than £20 from local AS dealers, online even if it’s from them direct is always a lot more for some reason.👍🏻
Amazing job on this, a lot of work👍, thanks, suspected surfex would be the winner before watching it, be good to have something like it that has a nice fragrance.
Well done on the test 👍 very thorough. Best APC I've used it's a trade product and it's from Auto Rae Chem and it's A10-1 and you can use that on anything and it's a very good cleaner on tyres, interior, upholstery and leather. Can also use it as a wheel cleaner & Pre wash. Really good stuff £58 for 25L 👍 I like products that do the job first time of asking, to save time. And A10-1 ✔️ the boxes
Such a decent in-depth review all from a nice user perspective covering all uses. The time involved was worthy of thanks John, impressive. Now if you would strip down and do costings on those over expensive DA polishers and show a cost/value build strip downs to prove that they are ripping us off with the component/rrp cost.
Interesting. My money and prediction is with BH - I bought BH products on your recommendations and multiple test results. I use surfex HD for things around the garage and the house in varying concentrates. Most versatile thing I've ever used. Briliant skirting board cleaner!
Loving your videos, I've learnt a lot.. have you done any videos on soft top convertible care and protect products?? Been looking through your videos and not found one yet??
1st of Jon, Really like how you have got better and better over the years, your videos are mind blowing now, pure facts etc , Really like this APC video, i know exactly what to buy next ! Keep up the good work. I've got Demon Clean, but it works out £25 for 5 litre!, wont be buying that again (as you cant dilute it)
Great video, I must admit when I saw the video 📹 was over a hour long I though oh no....but as always with your videos Jon, they are very thorough, Comprehensive and you cover everything, very interesting, and you test lost of different products very efficient as always keep up the Great vids 👍 very professional with a bit of humour thrown in. 10/10 👍👍👏👏👏
Thank you for performing these tests. It is much appreciated and my favorite kind of videos on your channel. Very interesting that Gtechniq APC doesnt have more cleaning power. I was expecting it to be quite strong, when considering the cleaning power of their GWash shampoo.
Intro 0:01
Products & Prices Test 0:48
Concentration ratio Test 5:07
Quality of Product Instructions Test 6:47
Degreasing Power Test 22:38
Stain Removal Test 25:18
Residue Test 26:49
Discolouration of Leather Test 27:15
Tyre Cleaning Test 29:29
Wet Out Surface Tension Test 30:37
Sutability For Colycarb Test 31:52
Ph Levels 33:40
Steel plate test 34:16
Aluminium Plate Test 36:11
Test Results and breakdown from 13th place to 4th place 38:42
Top 3 🥇🥈🥉 55:23
1st Place Winner 🔥😎💪🏾 59:38
Thx u kindly sir
@@ForensicDetailing it's the least I can do for helping us all with your knowledge ,time and effort in giving us these videos over the years family 🔥😎👊🏾💨
Thank you
THANK YOU!
Thanks mate
Standing ovation for the amount of work gone into this. Hugely informative video John thank you! Also delighted Surfex won 😁🇬🇧
Absolutely agree. A lot of work on the testing phase and then, the man has to edit and assemble a video! Phew! 🥵
Well done, sir. Well done.👏👍
And, thank you.
Bilt hamber mostly win all of his tests
I will call this THE greatest detailing video on CZcams, period!
Thanks for taking the time to test all these John
Surfex HD winning the test….we all saw it coming ! You were banging its drum years ago and despite the industry hurling what it can at it Surfex comes out on top still….I love the whole Autoglanz range so seeing it 2nd was great. Huge respect for the time, effort and care to make over an hour for us to watch. Top job !
I’ve been waiting for this and it’s finally here! Brilliant and in depth video as always John.
Thanks to you, I`ve been using Surfex HD for years now. Love it.
Thanks John, all your hard work is appreciated.
All your comparison vids are just insanely good.
I've got 5L Surfex HD will last me many many years! 👍 Great work with the reviews John!
The one and only channel thats it top of the bill in testing products. Thanks allot for these vids, we see the time and effort that you put in these vids.
I'm really really glad to see you agreed with what I mentioned in the last video about the wording and titling being an important factor to consider (All purpose cleaner vs multi surface cleaner) and the overall implications on whether or how a product should be judged based on what it claims to do.
I believe that you hit the nail on the head here exactly! By just looking at the problem from a different angle it seems sorta brilliant, and judging based on the clarity and claims of the instructions themselves is the perfect way to do it.
Amazing job here on the video Jon. It stands in great service to the detailing community and we all owe you our thanks.
Great job, Jon! Massive respect for all the work you put in to give these results! I find Optimum No Rinse to be an effective and cheap light cleaner for all interior surfaces, especially glass. Just clean with wet microfiber towel and wipe dry.
So much work went into this video. Cheers John. Glad my Trusty BH S HD won!
What a mega review, must have taken you a very long time. I'm not surprised by the winner Bilt Hamber seem to make some really good products. Thanks for the video, look forward to the next one.
LOVE THE MEGA TESTS JON KEEP THEM COMING!!! THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!
Your dedication to the science of detailing is 2nd to none. This info is worth being paid for! Thank you for your hard work 💎
Best product testing and reviewing channel on CZcams!
Thanks for taking the time to do this. I use Koch normally, but I may well switch to Surfex ,every penny saved keeps me competitive.
I like how you try your best sticking to a consistent scientific method. Hypothesize, experiment, control variables to the best of your knowledge and determine unknown variables by tweaking known ones. Also like that you did virtually every material to be found in a car. No one puts manufacturers claims to test the way you do John!!!
detailing at the best. have no words. you rock!
Bilt Hamber the best for me. Their products give brilliant results, and second to none after sales in my experiences with the company.
John this is amazing work hats off to you this is why your no.1 for all things detailing
Never used anything other than Surfex HD in the short time I've been a weekend warrior, and that's all down to your earlier videos Jon. So pleased it came out top. Great job, thanks Jon.
Huge effort gone into this
Crazy the effort you put into your tests. Your like the British project farm
Wow. That was a lot of work. Great job Jon!
Thanks for including a polycarb test John, very important for motorbikes with screens
Wow, the attention to detail in this review is second to none 💥 Just love all the hard work, fairness, care and attention you put into these mega tests Jon - amazing! So versatile these APC’s and can even handle a greasy mullet 🤣 I’m loving the BHSHD at 1:10 and 1:100 - my favourite 🤩
👏👏👏 That's some work you put into that Jon. Thanks
Thank you Jon, such a detailed and thorough test, much better than anyone else on YT.
No surprised BH won, all of their products are very good if not the absolute best, at the same time being amazingly cheap.
Incredible work went into this. Well done Jon, and thank YOU!
Brilliant test Jon bloody well done on this review top man. Such a huge effort in making this video.
Excellent work Jon!
Thanks for taking the time to do this John :-). I've been using Surfex HD for over 15 years and it never lets me down. A superb product and a worthy winner.
Love green star for exterior and pol star for interior
Well-done that man! Fantastic tests, brilliantly put together and narrated. Nice to see you doing the long form stuff dude, it's what you are brilliant at.
Wow !!!!! very thorough test involving true science methods. well done!
Thanks so much. Love the whole Vs videos....... appreciate your time and effort.
I wish I had 1 hour to watch this video, that's asking bit much from your viewers but I appreciate your effort.
Thanks Jon, that was a cracking test!
thank you so much roger appreciate it
I've used meguiars APC on tons of interior and exterior surfaces. I've used it tons without gloves. It works great for tires and wheel wells. I've used it on siding for the house and to clean off my mowers and tractors. Works great!
Yer it's good problem is they all work. But I think price and performance is needed to win these tests megs is expensive in UK.
@@ForensicDetailing I bought a gallon yesterday in US for $23. One gallon makes several gallons for me. Thanks for the videos! Keep up the good work.
Hi Jon I like Purple power, Extra Tough and 3D interior cleaner. Now the first two are APC’s👍
Jon, i use autofoam diluted heavily for an apc works great!
Fantastic analytical approach and really appreciate the time spent and thoroughness - well done John
Great shoot out. Surfex HD is amazing. Whenever you highly rate a product on this channel the price goes up.
This was fantastic, thank you very much! 👍🏼👍🏼
Sorry Jon I got carried away with the vid, thanks for the Forensic account of these products, you really do live up to the name of the channel… thank you
Wow... That must have taken a while. Thanks mate!
Absolutely brilliant presentation. 😊
First class, in depth review. 👏
I just ordered a 25 liter container of surfed hd for $140 usd from clean garage which is a awesome deal since 5 liters is usually just under 50 shipped. I’m replacing about 5 products with this stuff after using it a lot and loving it especially the vary mild smell compared to most other cleaners.
was it on sale? lol thats a steal
Comprehensive tests with some surprising results. Good to know mild products as well as tough cleaning ability. I’ve been using Green Star and more recently Surfex HD based on your previous reviews. Both seem good, I do like Green Star on wheels as I can see the dirt flow off.
An hour! that's my Sunday morning sorted! Cheers
Thank you for doing this!
So much work!! Thank you
Amazing work! Thanks a lot. keep it up!
Nice work Jon 👍🏻
Great video. Well done!! Only negative was we knew the winner at the start of the final results due to camera angle. Overall though, great work👍🏻
As an all rounder, BH is unbeatable.
As a straight-up degreaser, Screwfix's No Nonsense Degreaser is superb for about £10. Use it for the dirtiest bits of the engine bay and my bicycle drivetrain. Way more powerful than BH, but it's use case scenario is much more limited.
That was hard work for that amount of products to be tested and evaluated. Its a shame some of those others have missed out of a lot of points by labeling failures. I think Jon should have made people aware on this channel that please don't use Carpro MulitX on your hair or scalp. 🤭
Good work as usual, keep it up, you help us a lot from Belgium 👍👍👍👍
Fantastic work, thank you
Incredible amount of work gone into these tests putting a huge selection of products , top work 👏🏻👏🏻
tip top as usual - well done - very useful
A superb, non-biased deep dive into APCs. I've used several of these and agree with the findings. Valet Pro is a decent APC but limited in its application and strength. Meguiars is okay, but I've experienced the staining some people have had with it, and the stains have been permanent in some cases. Bilt Hamber is the absolute king, and I use it at various dilutions for just about everything. Thanks so much for the immense time and effort that's gone into this analysis.
non biased? eh Surfex was in the test remember!!
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@@viewfield5 John uses everything.
Good video, love these type of vids
Thats all i have used since i started detailing absolutely love it. Glad my decision was justified great content as usual
great to see someone addressing how the products never give you good info and why its so hard to make a educated choice.
Very nice, good job as always
I wasn’t surprised, I have been hooked on BH products since I started detailing. Non detailing use which is absolutely brilliant, I have a gas over glass hob in the kitchen, which is a nightmare to get smear free, a 1% surfex mix, fine spray over the hob and wiped off leaves it gleaming and grease free, if 1% can do that on a cooking hob. It shows it can handle anything
Totally agree. It's superb everywhere. 1 to 5 is for outside of the car, tires, engine bay, bicycles.
1 to 50ish for kitchen, bathroom, etc.
Flash and Method don't get a look in anymore.
1l lasts me an eternity, so if I use a bit too much, I simply don't care cos it's cheap.
just .... GREAT !!! Thanks a lot
You the man... great vid!
I recently picked up some products from slims and the koch was on offer so i grabbed a bottle, mixed it at 1/2 a ltr in to a 5ltr can & topped up with water.
I cant fault it yes not the best degreaser at that concentration but on door shuts leather very pleased with it though some discolouration of black plastic seat backs if left on for a minute 🤦♂️ ( phone call ) removed with a trim sheen product,
Overall though pretty decent results
Bill Hamber really hard to beat on price and quality/results
Superb video. Thankyou. Appreciate the effort that you put into the Best Of vids. cheers. .
A massive amount of effort was put into this video!! All the same shortcomings as I found when shopping for an APC. The frustrating lack of what it's safe on, what it's not safe on and dilution ratio.
Price / ratio is more important than price per litre.
Thanks for the video!!!
Hi Jon!
👍up for a very in-depth video! Your channel is one of the few that I watch faithfully as I find very useful information! Thanks for your efforts for bringing us quality content.
Great video Jon, love the comparison episodes. Worth a mention that G101 is less than £20 from local AS dealers, online even if it’s from them direct is always a lot more for some reason.👍🏻
Thank you very much for this video, the testing, the hard work and the time you put into this! Really appreciate it!
Gosto muito dos testes. Muito obrigado!
Thx u sir
Great work Jon! You are like the "Consumer Report" for detailing products 😅👌
Hi , in Romania i use koch chemie who's very good for me specially :) in combination with a steamer very good for detailing :D
Amazing job on this, a lot of work👍, thanks, suspected surfex would be the winner before watching it, be good to have something like it that has a nice fragrance.
Well done on the test 👍 very thorough.
Best APC I've used it's a trade product and it's from Auto Rae Chem and it's A10-1 and you can use that on anything and it's a very good cleaner on tyres, interior, upholstery and leather. Can also use it as a wheel cleaner & Pre wash. Really good stuff £58 for 25L 👍 I like products that do the job first time of asking, to save time. And A10-1 ✔️ the boxes
Awesome….cheers Jon👌🏻
Great video! 🙂🙌
Such a decent in-depth review all from a nice user perspective covering all uses. The time involved was worthy of thanks John, impressive. Now if you would strip down and do costings on those over expensive DA polishers and show a cost/value build strip downs to prove that they are ripping us off with the component/rrp cost.
Great video , thank you
Interesting. My money and prediction is with BH - I bought BH products on your recommendations and multiple test results. I use surfex HD for things around the garage and the house in varying concentrates. Most versatile thing I've ever used. Briliant skirting board cleaner!
Loving your videos, I've learnt a lot.. have you done any videos on soft top convertible care and protect products?? Been looking through your videos and not found one yet??
1st of Jon, Really like how you have got better and better over the years, your videos are mind blowing now, pure facts etc , Really like this APC video, i know exactly what to buy next ! Keep up the good work. I've got Demon Clean, but it works out £25 for 5 litre!, wont be buying that again (as you cant dilute it)
Excellent Vid! Love the detail #APC #All Purpose Degreaser
Great video, I must admit when I saw the video 📹 was over a hour long I though oh no....but as always with your videos Jon, they are very thorough, Comprehensive and you cover everything, very interesting, and you test lost of different products very efficient as always keep up the Great vids 👍 very professional with a bit of humour thrown in. 10/10 👍👍👏👏👏
Jesus, this must've taken forever. I'd imagine you were dreaming about APC's for weeks.
Fair play. Great content.
I knew the bilt hamber would get into the top 3
Classic Forensic Dadtailing.
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thank you!
Thank you for performing these tests. It is much appreciated and my favorite kind of videos on your channel.
Very interesting that Gtechniq APC doesnt have more cleaning power. I was expecting it to be quite strong, when considering the cleaning power of their GWash shampoo.