Which chemical manufacturing companies
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Jesstzn
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In reality it doesn't matter who they get to make it .. if its a great product and you like it .. buy it .. if you did buy it and didn't like it then its water under the bridge.
There are many car-chemical manufacturers in America, who custom blend car-care products under different names.
If you've been around on this forum for some time, there was a HUGE "discussion" (IE, flaming) on this very issue, ending in the moderators closing down the posts. It was not a pretty site (not pun intended), but it did make for "interesting" reading. Seems to me it was between Duragloss and Zaino (cannot remember the specifics) or Zaino's carwash soap and Dawn dish soap. (Don't even go there!!)
Since I am not privy to who makes what this-or-that product for whom, nor would I want to guess because I am not a chemical expert, let's just say that IF that in your experience of car-care products one product you use from company ABC seems to be very similar to the one from company XYZ, but XYZ charges (a lot) more than ABC, YOU have to decide which one you will buy. Marketing aside, YOU know that companies can charge a premium for a product just by placing their Logo/Nameplate on a product with a special label, container, and packaging, but the contents are the same as a "lesser" brand. GMC and Ford both do this with cars between Cadillac and Chevy and Ford and Lincoln, respectively. It's called platform sharing, or as the bean-counters call it, economies of scale in marketing.
Let's just say, "buyer beware" and let it go at that. What is truth and what is fiction or hearsay, even within this forum, is still up to the reader to determine for themselves. Does it influence me in what I buy and what I use? ABSOLUTELY!! I greatly trust and respect the opinion and recommendations of "certain individuals" within forum, and I am sure those Autopians who read this forum with any regularity know who they are.
If you've been around on this forum for some time, there was a HUGE "discussion" (IE, flaming) on this very issue, ending in the moderators closing down the posts. It was not a pretty site (not pun intended), but it did make for "interesting" reading. Seems to me it was between Duragloss and Zaino (cannot remember the specifics) or Zaino's carwash soap and Dawn dish soap. (Don't even go there!!)
Since I am not privy to who makes what this-or-that product for whom, nor would I want to guess because I am not a chemical expert, let's just say that IF that in your experience of car-care products one product you use from company ABC seems to be very similar to the one from company XYZ, but XYZ charges (a lot) more than ABC, YOU have to decide which one you will buy. Marketing aside, YOU know that companies can charge a premium for a product just by placing their Logo/Nameplate on a product with a special label, container, and packaging, but the contents are the same as a "lesser" brand. GMC and Ford both do this with cars between Cadillac and Chevy and Ford and Lincoln, respectively. It's called platform sharing, or as the bean-counters call it, economies of scale in marketing.
Let's just say, "buyer beware" and let it go at that. What is truth and what is fiction or hearsay, even within this forum, is still up to the reader to determine for themselves. Does it influence me in what I buy and what I use? ABSOLUTELY!! I greatly trust and respect the opinion and recommendations of "certain individuals" within forum, and I am sure those Autopians who read this forum with any regularity know who they are.
David Fermani
Forza Auto Salon
kajunman said:
Some are pretty obvious actually. I'll just say this......If you figure out which brand/line that PBMA sells that is also directly sold by the manufacturer, chances are that they are also making products for PBMA too. One hint is: &$#@^%$* gmbh
Well, the one I think you mean is explained in the product description for wolfgang total swirl remover
"Total paint correction in a single car polish.
Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 by Menzerna is an all-in-one swirl remover that finishes like a polish. Remove 2000 grit sanding scratches, oxidation, and swirls - all with one polish. Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 is made by Menzerna of Germany to our specifications."
"Total paint correction in a single car polish.
Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 by Menzerna is an all-in-one swirl remover that finishes like a polish. Remove 2000 grit sanding scratches, oxidation, and swirls - all with one polish. Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 is made by Menzerna of Germany to our specifications."