Detail Magic: Car wash in a bottle

Posted on 27 August 2008 by


As we head into the fall home improvement season, don’t forget to pick up something for your car the next time you visit Home Depot.
That’s right, your car. Your trusty mode of transportation. That thing that has been sitting in the blazing sun all summer long.
It deserves a makeover too.

Check out the complete line of Detail Magic products now available in select Home Depot stores.

Detail Magic is described as earth-friendly products designed to minimize impact on the environment.
We recently tested a bottle of the Detail Magic Waterless Wash and Protectant. It is the perfect product to carry around in the car for those times when a quick or complete cleanup is required but water is scarce or unavailable. Last time I checked there weren’t very many garden hoses stretched out at the local car show.

Detail Magic is also marketing their products at the used car market, perfect for sprucing up that old clunker and getting a few extra bucks out of the sale.

If you check out their website at www.detailmagic.tv you will see a video presentation of the spokesmodel using Detail Magic to clean spray paint from the hood of a new Lamborghini.
I tested the product on one of my weekly test cars that had seen almost an entire week of surprising summer rains. The road grime left behind looked like a full morning’s worth of work last Saturday, but the bottle of Detail Magic and the supplied clean applicator mitt made quick work of it.
Took me less than 10 minutes to do the passenger side of the Mitsubishi Evo.

I also used the product to restore a bit of luster on the hood of our old beater Plymouth minivan. I’ll wait to finish that job until after our annual trip with the dogs to the V-e-t.

As I mentioned, Detail Magic products are available in select Home Depot stores or online through the manufacturer’s website.

Our $17.97 32 oz. bottle of wash and wax protectant will is good for up to 10 complete washes and works on all automotive finishes, exotic paint jobs, lacquer, aluminum, chrome, stainless steel, brass, acrylic, fiberglass, gel coats and Plexiglas.

For more information on Detail Magic products visit the website at www.detailmagic.tv.

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David is the editor of AutoworldToday at Today Newspapers in the Dallas suburbs. He is also a webmaster and photographer. He got started doing photography for the newspaper while working as a firefighter/paramedic in one of his towns, and he came to the newspaper group full time in 1992. David entered automotive journalism in 1998 and became AutoworldToday editor in 2002. On the average, he drives some 100 new vehicles each year.He enjoys the great outdoors and as an avid fly fisherman, as is his girlfriend Tish. He especially enjoys nature photography and is inspired by the works of Ansel Adams.

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  • raymondlee227

    Great article. I bought Detai Magic after reading this. My brother runs a professional detailing shop and always tells people that using a sponge to wash your car actually creates those little tiny swirl marks because sponges trap dust & dirt in the pores. Waterless is the way to go…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gary-Dolton/692859266 Gary Dolton

    As a car detailer i have never used such a load of crap on my car . Thought id try some just to see if it lived up to its name well it doesn’t its crap not worth the 18.00 bucks i wasted on it .It goes on like a wax but that’s it you can see where you’ve tryed to get it to buff to a nice shine . It will not dryout so you can buff it .I’m now trying to remove this crap off of my car . If you see this while shopping walk by even if its on sale walk by if you get given some give it back if you cant pass it on or throw it away . Waterless is not the way to go .As for the swirl marks it takes thousands of washes to make this happen using a buffer machine will speed this up . A hand wash and hand wax will look far better than wasting hours trying to get this crap to work . So dont what ever you do waste any money on this crap