Any reviews on Griot's Garage Car Wash

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atlantarange

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I just ran out of my Ultima car wash shampoo.. Local Advanced auto parts carries Griot's Car Wash. Anyone got much experience with this product? Thanks.
 
Yeah... I don't like it. It's pretty mild. It's quite good on LSPs though. I like P21S better for something mild.
 
I would call it middle of the pack. There is nothing special but I did like Griot's Car Wash with wax. It is leaves a nice shine.
 
Did you not like UPGW or just trying to find something local? I've used Ultima and thought it was pretty good. Just wondering what your opinion of it was...
 
thanks for the replies all... I actually love the Ultima, Im just freakin out of it and now Im stuck until its delivered. Just wanted a alternative that I could probably use now and I happened to see the Griot's in the store. What do you guys resort to locally when you find yourself out of your go to car wash shampoo. I should know better.. geezzz

once again.. Ultima is one of my favorites!
 
There is nothing wrong with Griot's but just nothing special. I still use it occasionally along with other soaps: safe, cleans decent (use more if especially dirty), etc. I do think Ultima is a top tier soap but I need to wear gloves when using it. I like the drying characteristics. It seems to irritate my skin.
 
atlantarange said:
thanks for the replies all... I actually love the Ultima, Im just freakin out of it and now Im stuck until its delivered. Just wanted a alternative that I could probably use now and I happened to see the Griot's in the store. What do you guys resort to locally when you find yourself out of your go to car wash shampoo. I should know better.. geezzz

once again.. Ultima is one of my favorites!
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I know a lot of people like Meguiar's Gold Class, which can be found just about everywhere. I personally have never used it but have heard a lot of good things. May be worth checking out and I think it is pretty economical.
 
I have a bottle of Griots wash and like others have said here I wasn't too impressed with it. Ultima shampoo is up there as one of my faves. If you have a Napa Auto Parts near you, go pick up a bottle of DuraGloss 901. It's a great OTC shampoo that cleans well and leaves a nice shine.
 
Optimum Car Wash, I personally like it better than Duragloss 901. From everything I've heard in this thread about Griots, Optimum and Duragloss are $10 cheaper and likely better.

2oz of Optimum + squirt of ONR in a 5 gallon bucket filled with about 4 gallons is perfect for me.
 
atlantarange said:
thanks for the replies all... I actually love the Ultima, Im just freakin out of it and now Im stuck until its delivered. Just wanted a alternative that I could probably use now and I happened to see the Griot's in the store. What do you guys resort to locally when you find yourself out of your go to car wash shampoo. I should know better.. geezzz

once again.. Ultima is one of my favorites!
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Even after joining this site I may have spent a few dollars on products but trying to keep on a budget nothing has convince me to spend big dollars on wash soap. For many years I have used Turtle Wax ZipWax car wash soap. The name maybe a little deceiving as it actually doesn't strip wax or not that I have noticed. It is supposed to have a wax in it hence zip wax. It cleans great and leaves a nice shine behind. And at $5 to $7 for a half gallon beats out $15 to $20 a pint on so called premium soap any day. JMO.

Dean.
 
Griots Garage shampoo is good.
Not the best in the world (is there such thing?) just good stuff.
Like a Toyota it is probably not the most exciting stuff so doesnt get mentioned a lot on forums.

GG Car Wash is 1:256
GG Wash & Wax is 1:128
 
radarryan said:
I know a lot of people like Meguiar's Gold Class, which can be found just about everywhere. I personally have never used it but have heard a lot of good things. May be worth checking out and I think it is pretty economical.
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Dittos on the Meguiars Gold Class. My first preference is Duragloss 902 but I have used the Gold Class a number of times and really like it. It is priced very reasonable and can usually be found at Walmart or Target.
 
thanks for all the advice. I ended up running by Napa to grab a gallon of Duragloss 902 to keep on hand. I will use this until I get some more Ultima.
 
I placed an order here in Canada where I get my supplies and the owner sent me the Griots garage car wash instead of the Duragloss car wash that I ordered; he was out of stock for the DG and said the GG ranked at the top for car washes( I'm thinking sure it's over $10.00 a gallon more, I'll try it). NO, very weak, not slick and I found myself going over areas twice to make sure it was clean and it DOES NOT give that shine that the DG car wash gives. Now I'm stuck with 126oz of this stuff and I think I'll use it to wash my lawnmower.
 
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