I meant to post this yesterday, but got busy and didn't have the chance to. The other day I went to Canadian Tire to buy something. As always when I go there, I do my routine cruise through the detailing aisle. This time I notice the shelves look a bit different. I soon realized there were a few new products on the shelves. First, the less interesting stuff. 
At the store I went to they had a new Meguiar's tire dressing. It was a large (450ish) spray can of tire dressing with an adjustable spray pattern. Pretty pricey at $11 though. Meguiar's PlastX, a new plastic polish. Prestone is making a comeback with a new wax, car wash, tire dressing, and tire (or rim - can't recall) cleaner.
The stuff that really got my attention though, was a pair of new Simoniz Microfiber Mitts on the shelf. That's right - MF mitts. In Canada.
There were two varieties. A blue one about 6" wide which is labelled as a Dust/Detail mitt for $7. It's basically a blue high quality MF towel stitched together to form a mitt and a cuff added. The second is a very nice looking white MF wash mitt labelled as a Wash/Dush mitt for $12. This mitt is bigger and made out of a deep, thick pile of MF fibers about 3/8-1/2" deep - like a nice carpet and just as evenly cut across. I don't know how the MF mitts from places like CMA look in real life, but this looked even nicer. I'll try to take a pic of it sometime with my (recently acquired ) digicam.
The second amazing find, in the same day no less, was that elusive Ozium new car scent that Jngr likes so much. I had pretty much given up searching for this stuff locally (never got called back :down ) so I got detailing shock number 2 when I ran into this stuff just sitting on a shelf where they weren't the last time I was there. This was at the ACE Hardware in Richmond. Apparently they can order in almost anything that the US stores carry. I just didn't know they carried this! The only had 2 at the time, as well as other Ozium scents (or lack of scent). Priced at $4.
I have to say though, that Ozium NCS smells broadly similar to the Big Fresh stuff also sold by Medo. It's definitely nicer - less "harsh" and chemically smelling than the pungent Big Fresh version, but it's still what I call a "fake new car scent". It has a bit more "sweeter" and colonge/perfume-like hints to it. I will be using this on non-leather interior cars though since I really don't like the other stuff.
ACE also sold yellow foam applicators like the Meguiar's version except they were solid rather than hollow. I might get some for polishing because of the solid construction. Nice, even, and very fine foam cells (like Megs), unlike the cheap blue Sundance ones found at CT. $1.60 for two I think.
So many new things! :bounce
At the store I went to they had a new Meguiar's tire dressing. It was a large (450ish) spray can of tire dressing with an adjustable spray pattern. Pretty pricey at $11 though. Meguiar's PlastX, a new plastic polish. Prestone is making a comeback with a new wax, car wash, tire dressing, and tire (or rim - can't recall) cleaner.
The stuff that really got my attention though, was a pair of new Simoniz Microfiber Mitts on the shelf. That's right - MF mitts. In Canada.
There were two varieties. A blue one about 6" wide which is labelled as a Dust/Detail mitt for $7. It's basically a blue high quality MF towel stitched together to form a mitt and a cuff added. The second is a very nice looking white MF wash mitt labelled as a Wash/Dush mitt for $12. This mitt is bigger and made out of a deep, thick pile of MF fibers about 3/8-1/2" deep - like a nice carpet and just as evenly cut across. I don't know how the MF mitts from places like CMA look in real life, but this looked even nicer. I'll try to take a pic of it sometime with my (recently acquired ) digicam.The second amazing find, in the same day no less, was that elusive Ozium new car scent that Jngr likes so much. I had pretty much given up searching for this stuff locally (never got called back :down ) so I got detailing shock number 2 when I ran into this stuff just sitting on a shelf where they weren't the last time I was there. This was at the ACE Hardware in Richmond. Apparently they can order in almost anything that the US stores carry. I just didn't know they carried this! The only had 2 at the time, as well as other Ozium scents (or lack of scent). Priced at $4.
I have to say though, that Ozium NCS smells broadly similar to the Big Fresh stuff also sold by Medo. It's definitely nicer - less "harsh" and chemically smelling than the pungent Big Fresh version, but it's still what I call a "fake new car scent". It has a bit more "sweeter" and colonge/perfume-like hints to it. I will be using this on non-leather interior cars though since I really don't like the other stuff.
ACE also sold yellow foam applicators like the Meguiar's version except they were solid rather than hollow. I might get some for polishing because of the solid construction. Nice, even, and very fine foam cells (like Megs), unlike the cheap blue Sundance ones found at CT. $1.60 for two I think.
So many new things! :bounce
