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I could have added two more glass cleaners to this that I used to use (Stoners Invisible Glass and Sprayway) but I decided to stick with liquids and not aerosol foams since I realized I personally like liquid glass cleaners more than foaming ones.
So over the course of a few days and few cars in a few conditions I've been trying out these three glass cleaners. I didn't take any pics of them in action since clean glass is clean glass, dirty glass is dirty glass and streaked glass is streaked glass...and I didn't think of doing this comparison 'til it was too late anyway haha.
Auto Finesse Crystal, Chemical Guys Glassworkz and Adam's Glass Cleaner.
I've used them in direct sun on hot windows both exterior and interior and on cool windows on cars that have spent the night in a garage exposed to no sun at all.
Auto Finesse Crystal has hands down the best sprayer of the group that puts out a very even fine mist of product with each spray. If you've never used Auto Finesse products but have used Dodo Juice the sprayers are the same and just as good. The downfall to this product is it's smell, which is part of the reason it works so well ironically. It smells like straight up isopropyl alcohol, no fancy fruit scents just the powerful scent of alcohol...so I'd avoid the deep sniff test haha. That high alcohol content however is why I think it outshines its two competitors in my testing. It cut through dirt and grime and bugs on windows no problem and wiped off streak free on hot windows in the sun and of course was streak free on cool windows in the garage. If they could make it smell like anything other than a bottle of rubbing alcohol it would be the perfect glass cleaner for me. The alcohol smell thankfully doesn't seem to linger too bad when used in an interior and plays no roll when used on exterior glass since it dissipates quickly in both liquid and scent. This one is certainly function over scent for the product sniffers out there (which I'm guilty of haha). If scent plays a large roll in how you choose a product you may not be happy with this. If how well a product works matters more (which it should) then it's quite an impressive glass cleaner.
Adam's Glass Cleaner was what I moved on to when I decided I was tired of the foaming aerosol glass cleaners I used before it (Stoners Invisible Glass and Sprayway Glass Cleaner). It's sprayer is the typical black Adam's sprayer that puts out a fairly large amount of product in each spray but can be a bit uneven in its spray pattern from left to right at times. Meaning a fine mist to the right and a big splotch to the left. But not all times, it's dependent on the sprayers mood, how hard or fast you spray it or who knows what else. Super consistent it isn't, perfectly usable it is. It has a very clean almost refreshing citrus lemonade like scent. It cuts through dirt grim and bugs 99% as well as Auto Finesse Crystal does yet since it doesn't have a crazy high alcohol content like Crystal does (Adam's has no alcohol at all) you can work it a bit longer if needed but in turn may need to buff over it one extra time to remove any chance of possible streaks. It performs just as well on hot windows in direct sun as it does on cool windows in a garage or shade. The scent left behind when used on interior glass is pleasant and clean and doesn't linger for too long.
Chemical Guys Glassworkz is one I had to try based on two silly things, it's red, who makes glass cleaner red? It's supposed to be blue or green haha. That along with its scent...pomegranate. I was intrigued and had to buy it to try out. Yeah, let's get this out of the way right now, it's the best smelling glass cleaner I've ever huffed haha. As you can see by the sprayer I chose to use the grey sprayers that Chemical Guys sells on their site and not the standard clear one that comes with the bottle. The clear standard Chemical Guys sprayers seem to be the same model as the Adam's standard sprayers and suffer the same uneven spray patterns at times and I've had a few of the Chemical Guys sprayers just stop working on me out of the blue so all my Chemical Guys products now use the grey sprayers. The grey sprayers turned out to be my second favorite sprayers I've used second to the tied pair of Auto Finesse and Dodo Juice fine mist sprayers and they produce a very nice and even mist. Unfortunately for this amazing smelling glass cleaner it falls on its face a bit when used in direct sunlight on hot glass. I had to fight off some streaks and apply more cleaner and wipe over the area quickly with a dry cloth to get rid of the streaks. Not the end of the world at all but it did require a bit more effort than the other two. On cool glass in a shaded garage it was fine, no problem with streaks. I did notice that it may require an extra spray or two to remove some grime in the corners of a window where it always seems to build up where the higher alcohol content Crystal just cut right through as did Adam's. Like Adam's this is also alcohol free. When used on interior windows it leaves the interior smelling quite good thanks to the pomegranate scent.
So if you're after a 100% workhorse don't care about scent I'd vote for Auto Finesse Crystal. If you want something that works well and smells good too then Adam's is the better choice of the three. If you want an amazing smelling glass cleaner that does work well on cool glass in shade or in a garage but may require an extra spray or some fast hands with a dry towel on hot glass in the sun to reduce streaking then Chemical Guys Glassworkz is the choice.
As for me I'm torn three ways to be honest and will keep them all around and rotate as I see fit. The smell of the Glassworkz alone makes me want to tolerate its less than perfect results and I'll continue to use it on cool windows in the garage and inside my cars. The smell of the Crystal makes me a bit bummed such a great cleaner smells a bit harsh. That's a nit pick of course and only comes into play on interior windows for a very short window after it's used. The alcohol smell dissipates fast enough that it's not really a big deal but it's there and I figure it should be noted since anyone obsessive enough to be an auto detailer is obsessive enough to notice it. This leaves Adam's which should be the obvious middle ground do it all well while smelling good choice.
If someone can make a glass cleaner that works like Crystal and smells like Glassworkz they'll be rich!
I'd like to find a USA source to get Dodo Juice's Clearly Menthol glass cleaner from. I'm wondering if that's the best of both worlds. High alcohol content for good grime cutting and quick evaporating streak free ease of use with a better minty scent.
So over the course of a few days and few cars in a few conditions I've been trying out these three glass cleaners. I didn't take any pics of them in action since clean glass is clean glass, dirty glass is dirty glass and streaked glass is streaked glass...and I didn't think of doing this comparison 'til it was too late anyway haha.
Auto Finesse Crystal, Chemical Guys Glassworkz and Adam's Glass Cleaner.
I've used them in direct sun on hot windows both exterior and interior and on cool windows on cars that have spent the night in a garage exposed to no sun at all.
Auto Finesse Crystal has hands down the best sprayer of the group that puts out a very even fine mist of product with each spray. If you've never used Auto Finesse products but have used Dodo Juice the sprayers are the same and just as good. The downfall to this product is it's smell, which is part of the reason it works so well ironically. It smells like straight up isopropyl alcohol, no fancy fruit scents just the powerful scent of alcohol...so I'd avoid the deep sniff test haha. That high alcohol content however is why I think it outshines its two competitors in my testing. It cut through dirt and grime and bugs on windows no problem and wiped off streak free on hot windows in the sun and of course was streak free on cool windows in the garage. If they could make it smell like anything other than a bottle of rubbing alcohol it would be the perfect glass cleaner for me. The alcohol smell thankfully doesn't seem to linger too bad when used in an interior and plays no roll when used on exterior glass since it dissipates quickly in both liquid and scent. This one is certainly function over scent for the product sniffers out there (which I'm guilty of haha). If scent plays a large roll in how you choose a product you may not be happy with this. If how well a product works matters more (which it should) then it's quite an impressive glass cleaner.
Adam's Glass Cleaner was what I moved on to when I decided I was tired of the foaming aerosol glass cleaners I used before it (Stoners Invisible Glass and Sprayway Glass Cleaner). It's sprayer is the typical black Adam's sprayer that puts out a fairly large amount of product in each spray but can be a bit uneven in its spray pattern from left to right at times. Meaning a fine mist to the right and a big splotch to the left. But not all times, it's dependent on the sprayers mood, how hard or fast you spray it or who knows what else. Super consistent it isn't, perfectly usable it is. It has a very clean almost refreshing citrus lemonade like scent. It cuts through dirt grim and bugs 99% as well as Auto Finesse Crystal does yet since it doesn't have a crazy high alcohol content like Crystal does (Adam's has no alcohol at all) you can work it a bit longer if needed but in turn may need to buff over it one extra time to remove any chance of possible streaks. It performs just as well on hot windows in direct sun as it does on cool windows in a garage or shade. The scent left behind when used on interior glass is pleasant and clean and doesn't linger for too long.
Chemical Guys Glassworkz is one I had to try based on two silly things, it's red, who makes glass cleaner red? It's supposed to be blue or green haha. That along with its scent...pomegranate. I was intrigued and had to buy it to try out. Yeah, let's get this out of the way right now, it's the best smelling glass cleaner I've ever huffed haha. As you can see by the sprayer I chose to use the grey sprayers that Chemical Guys sells on their site and not the standard clear one that comes with the bottle. The clear standard Chemical Guys sprayers seem to be the same model as the Adam's standard sprayers and suffer the same uneven spray patterns at times and I've had a few of the Chemical Guys sprayers just stop working on me out of the blue so all my Chemical Guys products now use the grey sprayers. The grey sprayers turned out to be my second favorite sprayers I've used second to the tied pair of Auto Finesse and Dodo Juice fine mist sprayers and they produce a very nice and even mist. Unfortunately for this amazing smelling glass cleaner it falls on its face a bit when used in direct sunlight on hot glass. I had to fight off some streaks and apply more cleaner and wipe over the area quickly with a dry cloth to get rid of the streaks. Not the end of the world at all but it did require a bit more effort than the other two. On cool glass in a shaded garage it was fine, no problem with streaks. I did notice that it may require an extra spray or two to remove some grime in the corners of a window where it always seems to build up where the higher alcohol content Crystal just cut right through as did Adam's. Like Adam's this is also alcohol free. When used on interior windows it leaves the interior smelling quite good thanks to the pomegranate scent.
So if you're after a 100% workhorse don't care about scent I'd vote for Auto Finesse Crystal. If you want something that works well and smells good too then Adam's is the better choice of the three. If you want an amazing smelling glass cleaner that does work well on cool glass in shade or in a garage but may require an extra spray or some fast hands with a dry towel on hot glass in the sun to reduce streaking then Chemical Guys Glassworkz is the choice.
As for me I'm torn three ways to be honest and will keep them all around and rotate as I see fit. The smell of the Glassworkz alone makes me want to tolerate its less than perfect results and I'll continue to use it on cool windows in the garage and inside my cars. The smell of the Crystal makes me a bit bummed such a great cleaner smells a bit harsh. That's a nit pick of course and only comes into play on interior windows for a very short window after it's used. The alcohol smell dissipates fast enough that it's not really a big deal but it's there and I figure it should be noted since anyone obsessive enough to be an auto detailer is obsessive enough to notice it. This leaves Adam's which should be the obvious middle ground do it all well while smelling good choice.
If someone can make a glass cleaner that works like Crystal and smells like Glassworkz they'll be rich!
I'd like to find a USA source to get Dodo Juice's Clearly Menthol glass cleaner from. I'm wondering if that's the best of both worlds. High alcohol content for good grime cutting and quick evaporating streak free ease of use with a better minty scent.
