trigger squirt detailing juice

At Carlisle last year when some dudes and dudesses (thanks Rich) were squirt detailing in the Marriott parking lot I asked someone (I forget who) what brand he was using. He replied "Ah, they're all about the same"...OK, so I bought a Turtlewax product.

Couple of weekends ago I was hob-knobbing with some club guys at a show featuring some very cool Rods and Customs, and the subject of detailing liquid came up. It turns out they all use, and swear by Surf City Garage 'Speed Demon' Wax Detailer www.surfcitygarage.com... So I tried it.

I have no experience with McQuire's, Mother's, etc., My black VS isn't dull, but in sunlight it almost has an underlying brownish hue. This stuff snapped it back to a glossy reflective black. I couldn't be more pleased.

Tim Miller, founder of Surf City, claims it's the only detail spray with "pure #1Brazilian Carnauba"...and if it isn't the best I've ever tried he'll buy it back...Well, I'm skeptical of hyperbola marketing superlatives, but this stuff certainly shames the Turtlewax product!

4/29/1312:23 PM

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Lane AndersonMt. Pleasant, SC Supporting Member

I've always been happy with Speed Shine from Griot's Garage, but I may have to give this stuff a try - if I can find it here in South Carolina.

4/29/1312:28 PM

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Tom Blankinship2010 Beck-Dearborn, MI

Me too. Walmart carries it

4/29/1312:50 PM

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Tom Blankinship2010 Beck-Dearborn, MI

I picked up a bottle tonight at Walmart. I will try tomorrow and report back.

4/29/133:08 PM

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Gordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member

Just asked the guys from O'Brien Truckers and the NE Street Rod crowd all use it, too.

Maybe I'll have to switch from WindeX, huh?

4/29/134:04 PM

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Rich Drewek Supporting Member

Richard Griot is going to be awful disappointed with you, Carl. He's always offering you free shipping on his stuff if you spend over a C note. Then, of course, it does comes all the way from the Pacific Northwest which is a really pretty cool place.

4/29/134:16 PM

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Larry Jowdy

Along those lines, Just anything available via Griot's is available elsewhere 20% cheaper. Yeah it's fun to look at the catalog but in the long run, you're spending way too much by buying from Griot's (Pacific Northwest or not)

4/29/134:41 PM

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Tom Blankinship2010 Beck-Dearborn, MI

In a word WOW! I've only driven my car briefly since the last application of Speed Shine, so it wasn't very dirty. Surf City is less runny & leaves a much better shine than Speed Shine. $11.49 for 24 oz bottle @ Walmart. Two thumbs up!

4/30/136:13 AM

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Lane AndersonMt. Pleasant, SC Supporting Member

Ok, sounds like I need to try it out. I have a good bit of Speed Shine left, but I can use it quickly.

4/30/136:23 AM

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Barry S (Goofycat)

I'm confused. If it's a "detail spray...with Carnauba wax," then to me, it's nothing other than a spray wax. So....why is it called a "detail spray." Does the word "detail" connote that it is faster and easier to use than "regular" wax? Evidently, the reviewers on Amazon like it:

http://www.amazon.com/Surf-Cit...amp;showViewpoints=0

5/3/138:58 AM

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Carl Berry CT.

OK...all you enthusiastic converts to Surf Garage's Speed Demon owe me a beer at Carlisle...Yuengling Lager will do!

On the fence skeptics are welcomed to test my Speed Demon over the Carlisle weekend.

5/3/139:30 AM

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Gordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member

Sure - We can do a fender-to-fender test (same color, of course) between your "Surf's Up!" stuff and my WindeX........

5/3/1312:49 PM

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