Griots is the consumer level product for the home detailer. It is by no means harsh enough to allow the user to screw up. Nice and safe, so the user feels competent to keep his car clean. Lots of goo that does all manner of clean enough. I do not think the stuff is at all professional grade, but keeps the DIY car owner with a nice enough car happy. The folks with a really nice car are prone to have a shop do the work and save themselves the time. Cost for either is much the same, as the home user will spend about $250 for a selection of products to do a full detail inside and out.
It is nice to go to their shop and have the techs show you how to properly use the products. You get to have the stuff demonstrated on your car, so you can easily part with cash to prettify your car. clay > On Mar 6, 2017, at 5:13 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I never understood the allure of Griots stuff. Granted, some of it is nice > and it's well marketed and packaged, but the cost is stupid compared to other > products of equal or better quality. I see it at Advance Auto on the close > out table with some frequency. Don't think their demographic is the Griots > crowd. > > For a long time I shunned Meguires, mainly because I didn't realize they had > different product lines - one for the WallyWorld crowd, the other for > professionals. When I discovered this my opinion of them changed > drastically, as their consumer grade stuff is not all that great, and > designed, I believe, to prevent the average consumer from mucking up their > cars' finish. > > Their professional stuff, however, performs as described and is pretty > reasonable from a cost standpoint. I still like 3M, but their stuff can be > expensive and you're often forced to buy it in large volumes. Meguires seems > to have a more granular choice of products, too. > > -D > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 5, 2017, at 9:37 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> The First Sunday drive for the club today was to visit a car wash joint. >> Pretty good place, as they have a coffee shop and a oil change/lube shop >> also. We got to tour the car wash line, the lube shop, and the detail >> area. The guys in the detail shop use Maguir products. That is nice. What >> got my attention was the VW that had sat outside while the owner was out of >> town for many many months. Her sunroof had leak, and by the time she got >> back, there was a whole environment in the cabin. >> >> The guys had to strip out the interior and tossed an ozone machine in to >> start on the bugs. For $700 they are going to put in fresh carpet and bring >> the thing back to almost new. They are even going to detail the outside as >> well. They even have a lift so the car can be put up in the air to allow >> access to the underside after they blast the engine bay clean. >> >> These guys put the Griots products to shame. It is nice that we can use >> less aggressive product. The Griots folks do not have something to scrub >> floor mats yet. The car wash uses the DA buffer with a brush and these >> massive extractor machines to likely suck the souls of the dirt from the >> carpeting. >> >> >> clay >> >> 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap >> 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green >> 1986 SDL - Polei >> 1982 300 SD - Allen >> >> retired models- >> 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery >> 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran >> 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV >> POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
