Looks good... another guy commented its advertised as a 12 month product... well more like 3ish...my opinion on most p&s products is they are good but not outstanding.. they will get the job done at usually a decent price
Thank you for such an honest and forthright review. Some accuse you of being a P&S fanboy but you spelt it out like it is with Defender. Decent product, not quite what P&S claimed though.
I’m glad my pressure washer isn’t the only one that constantly revs up when not in use 😂 so freakin’ annoying Mine’s starting to surge every 10 seconds and I’m ready to throw it off the roof
Hey my active did the same thing it took me going through 2 of them to realize that it was getting too much water pressure through the hose! Try just turning your water on half what it is now at the spigot! Hope this helps!
What was in the pretreatment you used the IK foamer for on the bottom of the car, and at what dilution? Just bought my first IK foamer and can't wait to use it.
It would be excellent to see how Labocosmetica's Purifica could bring back the coatings properties compared to the hand wash on those door panels that have lost their hydrophobic properties.
Thank you for blessing us with Saturday morning content! How are you liking crystal wash so far? Would you rather use it over a traditional iron remover?
@@JamieTheCleaner yeah I’m looking for a less stinky alternative lol, I know stoner just came out with an odorless one but I have seen videos of the product staining people’s driveways. I guess I’ll wait for more testing…
For a product advertised to last 12+ months? Not too impressed with the durability 4 months later. Bottom half does get beaten more but I wouldn’t expect it to be that flat 4 months in.
@@tafl-9198 yeah for sure, they go by % left so technically in 12 months there is a possibility that like a few % of the product could be left but it certainly wouldn’t be impressive
@@JamieTheCleaner not just that, but it’s a “best case scenario” longevity claim. Im sure if it was maintained weekly, if you didnt need to use an apc pre wash and you used “clean maker” as a drying aid every wash, Defender would still be intact.
There are no durability claims on the bottle or on their website. No one said 12+ months and it isn't going last as long as a standalone vs. as a coating topper. When people asked, they said maybe 6-12 months. That is a big range and we should all know as detailers that durability is directly related to maintenance, driving conditions and whether a vehicle is garaged or not. If this thing hasn't been washed after 4 months of a hot Louisiana summer, parked outside in the swamp funk and driven over who knows what kind of roads...the fact that anything is left is impressive. The lowers and back end could've still been clogged and might've come back with a clay towel.
Giday Jamie love all your videos I’m thinking about using defender on my work van how often do you recommend using your brew of clean maker after every wash ❓regards Steve from Australia
How long of a garden hose do you use to hook up to the pressure washer? I tried using a 100ft garden hose once to help pressure wash a fence and mine would surge like crazy. Never had an issue with a 50ft garden hose though
I have been sitting on a gallon of defender since Xmas and have yet to try it out. So I want to clay vehicle and slap that on there I’m assuming? What’s my drying aid moving forward after
Jamie, jut purchased a new Toyota Tundra crew cab. I have used DIY Detail ceramic gloss, TEC 582 in the past with good results. How does this compare and what would you go with on a new vehicle? Thanks!
@@JamieTheCleaner Thanks for the quick response. I got an email from DIY Detail this am about a 24% off sale for 24 hours. I'm on based on your recommendation!
It's an acid so do beware of inhaling it. On the nose it's nothing like iron remover but a wafting by mist from the sprayer will make you cough. Reminds me a little of old school westleys bleach white if you ever cleaned whitewalls...
Can you enlighten me with the mix you have in your pump sprayer for bugs? Or if you have a video over bug removal? Typically I’ve just been using dark fury but curious to other options out there!
Hey Jaime, I bought Crystal Wash after seeing your PH wash video and when i tried it i was chocking on the chemical smell, like it was strong, i know its an acid and it smelt like a really strong acid, i had to use a respirator, cause damn it was strong it felt like it was attacking my lungs. Is this normal?! Cause i see you just casually spraying it and talking like its nothing and also i had first timers bad experience, cause it did stain the car, im assuming due to the paint not being 100% cool but im gotta do more testing i guess
My tolerance may just be real high not sure you definitely don’t want to inhale 👍 it definitely should not stain the car and yes definitely apply to a cooler panel
Does crystal wash really decontaminate as good as a iron remover plus I tried p and s bead maker after a bunch of you tube videos it was not as slick as people made out to be or I got a bad batch then they came out with a topper fir bead maker so need 2 products because it dosent do what clams so I am a lil skeptical after bead maker I have spray wax that makes car feel smoother I tried brake buster it's good but I think megs none acid wheel cleanercjust as good
Crystal wash is an old school acid wash type product works good if you are in heavily traffic area with a lot of brake dust definitely will not do as well as iron remover which is newer technology 👍 if you check for slickness with bead maker immediately after application it’s a product that cures for 2-4 hours then it reaches peak slickness, there is no topper for bead maker as bead maker is a topper product you may be thinking of clean maker which is a bead maker/dream maker mix which is my mix I perfected to be a better version of bead maker 👍🧼 brake buster is a maintenance product with a lower ph safe for all wheel types the other wheel and tire cleaners are gonna be higher ph which definitely will clean the tires better but probably not safety remove brake dust as well, again it’s for maintenance so if it’s baked in brake dust you would need a stronger product like an acid or iron remover
@@JamieTheCleaner I did use alot bead maker then I tried as a drying aid its sticky as a drying aid and even after a few hours was smooth but megs synthtic Express spray wax much slicker as drying and after car dry. No bead makee suposed needs dream maker so can be anti static no thank from all hype of bead maker from you tubers I expected so much more then spray wax was disappoint glad I got small bottle
@@JamieTheCleaner dream maker is mixed with bead maker to make clean maker sorry besd maker is a fail to me and all you tubers made way to much of a stink especally mat on obssed garage made xxv like best thong since sliced bread it's so so at best
@@om3973 alright I can see this is going now where, what did you want out of this? The bead maker train was like 5 years ago maybe watch some current stuff 🤷🏻♂️
I’m on month 5 with defender, water behavior is pretty similar to this Tahoe. Definitely still has that gloss going though
Looks good... another guy commented its advertised as a 12 month product... well more like 3ish...my opinion on most p&s products is they are good but not outstanding.. they will get the job done at usually a decent price
I agree - price and ease of use is the main selling point - Gloss is great too 😊
Not bad for a spray sealant. It’s pretty crazy how far the technology has progressed with spray products.
Lookin pretty good. Appreciate this follow-up video, and all of your videos. Thank you so much Jamie. 👍🏼👍🏼
Was impressed that the windshield and the rear window came back a bit… thought those were goners for sure 👍🏽
Right back glass bounced back nice very good glass sealant lol
@@JamieTheCleaner it’s the base layer of protection on my windshield, too… makes it hard to justify a dedicated glass coating
Thank you for such an honest and forthright review. Some accuse you of being a P&S fanboy but you spelt it out like it is with Defender. Decent product, not quite what P&S claimed though.
Indeed 👍🧼🇺🇸
Nice work! That’s impressive. Defender FTW.
I’m glad my pressure washer isn’t the only one that constantly revs up when not in use 😂 so freakin’ annoying
Mine’s starting to surge every 10 seconds and I’m ready to throw it off the roof
The passenger side is prob the sid that sit in the sun the most. That hot sun is worse than rain. It melts protection away
Yep your probably right 👍
Hey my active did the same thing it took me going through 2 of them to realize that it was getting too much water pressure through the hose! Try just turning your water on half what it is now at the spigot! Hope this helps!
Yeah my pressure has been bouncing up and down lately ima have to start checking it before
What was in the pretreatment you used the IK foamer for on the bottom of the car, and at what dilution? Just bought my first IK foamer and can't wait to use it.
It would be excellent to see how Labocosmetica's Purifica could bring back the coatings properties compared to the hand wash on those door panels that have lost their hydrophobic properties.
Definitely! I bet it would have brought a lot back for sure 👍
Thank you for blessing us with Saturday morning content! How are you liking crystal wash so far? Would you rather use it over a traditional iron remover?
I haven’t quite decided yet I’m gonna keep testing so far I do like it especially for emblems and it’s a great wheel pre spray
@@JamieTheCleaner yeah I’m looking for a less stinky alternative lol, I know stoner just came out with an odorless one but I have seen videos of the product staining people’s driveways. I guess I’ll wait for more testing…
@@e90steez ima try and test all three in one video soon and compare 👍
Which APC were you using? If you said it in the video and I missed it, I apologize.
Atm it’s Forst 5-1 👍🧼
@JamieTheCleaner By saying "Atm," does that mean you will be moving on to something else you like better?
@@bluegrasskid4835 yeah I’m about to try Mud Buster way cheaper
@@JamieTheCleaner Do you prefer Forst or Mud Buster over something dedicated like Bug Off?
Lets not forget that there are a lot of factors that go into longevity.
Correct 👍
I’m stunned Active hasn’t reached out to fix that pressure washer!
I’m hard on a pressure washer 🫠
For a product advertised to last 12+ months? Not too impressed with the durability 4 months later. Bottom half does get beaten more but I wouldn’t expect it to be that flat 4 months in.
Allow the hype I wait to see the F up b4 I buy 😆
Most non-coatings wont last very long on bottom half. Manufacturers always promise waaay too much…
@@tafl-9198 yeah for sure, they go by % left so technically in 12 months there is a possibility that like a few % of the product could be left but it certainly wouldn’t be impressive
@@JamieTheCleaner not just that, but it’s a “best case scenario” longevity claim. Im sure if it was maintained weekly, if you didnt need to use an apc pre wash and you used “clean maker” as a drying aid every wash, Defender would still be intact.
There are no durability claims on the bottle or on their website. No one said 12+ months and it isn't going last as long as a standalone vs. as a coating topper. When people asked, they said maybe 6-12 months. That is a big range and we should all know as detailers that durability is directly related to maintenance, driving conditions and whether a vehicle is garaged or not. If this thing hasn't been washed after 4 months of a hot Louisiana summer, parked outside in the swamp funk and driven over who knows what kind of roads...the fact that anything is left is impressive. The lowers and back end could've still been clogged and might've come back with a clay towel.
Your pressure washer sounds like it is possessed with demons. Lol
Yeah it’s haunted
Giday Jamie love all your videos I’m thinking about using defender on my work van how often do you recommend using your brew of clean maker after every wash ❓regards Steve from Australia
Yeah every wash 👍
Does Defender bead and sheet better then Bead maker? The gloss and slickness looks quite similar.
How long of a garden hose do you use to hook up to the pressure washer? I tried using a 100ft garden hose once to help pressure wash a fence and mine would surge like crazy. Never had an issue with a 50ft garden hose though
Yeah I think ima gonna shorten the length of all my hoses by half and see if it helps
Bey 5hey off you
Late to the party on finding this video. How do you think this compares to Griots Garage ceramic spray?
Thank you !!!!!
I have been sitting on a gallon of defender since Xmas and have yet to try it out. So I want to clay vehicle and slap that on there I’m assuming? What’s my drying aid moving forward after
Absolute or Triple S I’m about to drop a triple s review it’s a great drying aid
Jamie, jut purchased a new Toyota Tundra crew cab. I have used DIY Detail ceramic gloss, TEC 582 in the past with good results. How does this compare and what would you go with on a new vehicle? Thanks!
Between the three Ceramic Gloss is the boss 💪🧼
@@JamieTheCleaner Thanks for the quick response. I got an email from DIY Detail this am about a 24% off sale for 24 hours. I'm on based on your recommendation!
Can you test the durability of ceramic gloss?
Will do 👍
I’ve been interested in crystal wash lately. How’s the smell? From what I can see it works similarly to an iron remover? Price looks hard to beat
It works ok been using it for years but it to work
It's an acid so do beware of inhaling it. On the nose it's nothing like iron remover but a wafting by mist from the sprayer will make you cough. Reminds me a little of old school westleys bleach white if you ever cleaned whitewalls...
Can you enlighten me with the mix you have in your pump sprayer for bugs? Or if you have a video over bug removal? Typically I’ve just been using dark fury but curious to other options out there!
Right now I’m using Forst 5-1 as a pre spray
There’s no way the rag company would let its grambassador use a surging pressure washer to show off their products 😢the fix is definitely in 😢
Rip
Jamie…are you diluting Forst to foam? I like Forst but it gets expensive
Yes 5-1 👍
Hey Jaime, I bought Crystal Wash after seeing your PH wash video and when i tried it i was chocking on the chemical smell, like it was strong, i know its an acid and it smelt like a really strong acid, i had to use a respirator, cause damn it was strong it felt like it was attacking my lungs.
Is this normal?! Cause i see you just casually spraying it and talking like its nothing and also i had first timers bad experience, cause it did stain the car, im assuming due to the paint not being 100% cool but im gotta do more testing i guess
My tolerance may just be real high not sure you definitely don’t want to inhale 👍 it definitely should not stain the car and yes definitely apply to a cooler panel
@@JamieTheCleaner you’re just a beast man, ty
Need to get some tec582. Never look back
Is Defender the only coating it has?
Swamp bugs + swamp sun = No Joke
Of course 👍 this is a client who just wanted a wash and wax
@@JamieTheCleaner Thought so! Not bad at all for defending that black paint from a Swamp Summer!
@@superado2k I agree and at a great price still a 🥇
Always struggled with water spots after using defender. Had to stop using it
Interesting what did you switch too? DIY Ceramic gloss does well with water spots 👍
sounds like a hard water problem from beading
What kind of gun are you using?
Mtm sgs35
What citrus pre wash are you using?
Forst 5-1 👍
Does crystal wash really decontaminate as good as a iron remover plus I tried p and s bead maker after a bunch of you tube videos it was not as slick as people made out to be or I got a bad batch then they came out with a topper fir bead maker so need 2 products because it dosent do what clams so I am a lil skeptical after bead maker I have spray wax that makes car feel smoother I tried brake buster it's good but I think megs none acid wheel cleanercjust as good
Crystal wash is an old school acid wash type product works good if you are in heavily traffic area with a lot of brake dust definitely will not do as well as iron remover which is newer technology 👍 if you check for slickness with bead maker immediately after application it’s a product that cures for 2-4 hours then it reaches peak slickness, there is no topper for bead maker as bead maker is a topper product you may be thinking of clean maker which is a bead maker/dream maker mix which is my mix I perfected to be a better version of bead maker 👍🧼 brake buster is a maintenance product with a lower ph safe for all wheel types the other wheel and tire cleaners are gonna be higher ph which definitely will clean the tires better but probably not safety remove brake dust as well, again it’s for maintenance so if it’s baked in brake dust you would need a stronger product like an acid or iron remover
@@JamieTheCleaner I did use alot bead maker then I tried as a drying aid its sticky as a drying aid and even after a few hours was smooth but megs synthtic Express spray wax much slicker as drying and after car dry. No bead makee suposed needs dream maker so can be anti static no thank from all hype of bead maker from you tubers I expected so much more then spray wax was disappoint glad I got small bottle
@@JamieTheCleaner dream maker is mixed with bead maker to make clean maker sorry besd maker is a fail to me and all you tubers made way to much of a stink especally mat on obssed garage made xxv like best thong since sliced bread it's so so at best
@@om3973 yeah all personal preference and the dusting issue is something I’ve never experienced so not sure 👍🧼
@@om3973 alright I can see this is going now where, what did you want out of this? The bead maker train was like 5 years ago maybe watch some current stuff 🤷🏻♂️
You cant use high PH while cleaning - is what I was told but who knows great video
Griots ftw
@@JamieTheCleanerlol😂 baby hulk doesn’t care what you use
Defender works well. But it’s a spray on. It not ment to last that long
What do you use to pre-treat the bugs??
I use citrus pre treatments I’m currently using P&S Mud Buster 4-1
Defender is underwhelming
Great application, great price, still going at 4 months just top it off and it’s money 💰
@jamie the cleaner i second that
You need 3bug man waaaaay better than p&s bug
Send the link 👍
@JamieTheCleaner I'm in Canada 🇨🇦 so I get my stuff from carzilla and it's $26 a galon
@jamie the cleaner i think he meant 3D bug remover 😆it is good stuff
@@derekbelton5932 of cause it's 3D bug remover who wouldn't know this by now 😆 😂 🤣 😅
Garbage 4 weeks at best. Dumped it from my inventory.
Rip
Used defender before but it acts like a pollen magnet 🧲 did not like that, anything I can do to prevent that?
You could try and top with dream maker or paint gloss next wash to act as an anti static topcoat 👍🧼