I recently had a routine query on an order with Bilt Hamber. I was actually able to ring them up and speak to a very helpful person who efficiently dealt with it. No call screening, no waiting, no attitude. To me that speaks volumes.
Likewise, yet to take the plunge on products, got their clay bar ready to go, but after my meguiars and auto gym is done with, I'll definitely be going for their apc as well as some other bits to test the water👍🏼
I work in forestry on the west coast of Scotland and rely heavily on my quad bike to get to some seriously inaccessible places. As a consequence the atv gets covered in dirt much of which is peat based. Being acidic and when dry it is virtually impossible to remove even with a pressure washer. After washing the car one day I decided to give the quad a quick squirt of BH snow foam, unbelievably after a few minutes the peat started to slide off the plastics. A quick blast with the pressure washer brought it up like new. Fantastic stuff which I now use weekly.
What I love about BH is the simplicity in their product line.. often only one or two things for each aspect of a car detail and often the best in class 👍
The auto wheel is a great product. His comments about getting on the discs hits home. I cut it to a 50/50 ratio with water and it still get the job done. I have finally found someone in the states that stocks it so no more shipping charges from the U.K.
Been extremely impressed by all the products i've used by them - auto foam, auto wash, double speed wax, surfex and the medium level clay bar. the only thing i can say is the wax is pretty hard to buff off! But now 5 months later after 1 good layer my car still beads up like i've just applied it. Love using Bilt Hamber
I learned about BH from you Jon and I love Surfex HD. It's my prewash product diluted at 7%. I wash my car at least once a week and after rinsing Surfex off with a power washer, I just do a rinseless wash with a dilution of Sonax BSD and Megs Last Touch,. Other than that, 2 or 3 towels and a bucket of water, that's all I need. The car hasn't needed a shampoo wash in a year. Fusso Coat is my base sealant which helps make this quick and convenient wash process so effective and creates virtually no swrils or marring when done properly.
The other £ saving with BH clay (apart from the fact that you get loads of it for your money) is that they advise to use water as the lubricant rather than a detailing spray, saving even more on the decon stage.
@@SparkleanAutos Really? Where would you suggest? I buy all the AutoGlym stuff I use at halfords, Auto Finesse too. I find they have the best prices for the things I use that aren't BH.
We finally have a distributor over here in the states for BH. I'm really excited to give them a try, specifically the Surfex HD and clay. After watching John praise them for the past few years, I had almost gotten to the point where I was willing to pay shipping from the UK to try them.
I believe that's the place. I've never ordered from them before, but I haven't heard anything bad. Most of my supplies come from Detailed Image and Autogeek. The majority come from a local place that builds/maintains automatic car washes. They have a small warehouse that has the full Carpro, Optimum, Griot's, 3d, and Maguires Pro lines, as well as Lake Country and Buff & Shine pads. Prices are ridiculously low, like a gallon of ONR for $28. It's great for a small business like mine.
@@Pantfoot Thanks for the info. I checked out The Clean Garage which was a nice site. Prices were okay and you could use PayPal, so I finally have some Bilt Hamber coming my way :)
I absolutely love Bilt Hamber products. Started my own detailing business just shy of a year ago and Bilt Hamber products were instrumental in making my business a success. Market leading products at very reasonable prices. Great video Jon. 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏻👍🏻
Jon. I cannot help saying to myself "My God, how right you are". Couldn't agree more with your superb analysis. Im just a lay person and have been using BH stuff for 3 or 4 years. Their products could be summed up in a single word "quality " and of course something that is well worth the money spent on it. Its not an accident that Bilt Hamber are quality products,its the result of intelligent effort. They just gave you unexpected, disarming honesty. Quite simply, Head, shoulders and feather cap above the competition. Im not kidding you here. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.!
love your honesty i can tell you are you there for us novices and ive got to say you explain things that make sense pls keep making videos they are so easy to understand ive recently gone over to using bilt hammer products ive not only saved money ive also noticed how much better it is to look after my car thank you
They've got rid of that wide-necked bottle they've been using for the auto-wash which you complained about in your shampoo group test. Now they've using a bottle with a flip-up nozzle which is a big improvement.
I’ve realized this about the super heavy foamy car shampoos - they look cool, are fun to use, and kinda make us feel good about the fact that they’re doing a great job. However what I realized is, that anything besides a very thin layer that’s actually in contact with your vehicle, the rest isn’t doing anything other than looking good. If anything a lot of the time if you do a time lapse between the shaving cream like foam shampoos vs the more watery appearing ones, the shaving cream ones don’t dwell nearly as long and roll off much quicker - I think the fact that it’s so heavy and dense doesn’t allow it to dwell on the paintwork, and the weight sorta drags itself down. Don’t get me wrong I love the thick stuff too, and some are definitely much better than others at cleaning, etc.
BH has some amazing stuff, surfexHD, dynasty range, clambers and atom Mac. I all use them o my 20 year old Impreza with goo results ! Anything to keep rust away or at least slowed down is a good thing.....
Great products, I always end up coming back to them when try other things out. No tar n glue remover is my only gripe really, be nice to see them add one to range.
Bought Surfex HD on your recommendation and wasn't disappointed. Cleaned out my shower with 10% and got it sparkling, was blown away cause I'd tried all the usual stuff. The grout is bright white. Just spray it on, leave it then scrub and rinse
Their rust treatment products are excellent too. Edit: Just wanted to big up the Cleaner Polish as well - you undersold it. It's like a better Autoglym Super Resin Polish without any of the drawbacks like chalkiness.
BH is finally here in the states and today I got my first BH product, the snow foam. I have heard your high praise and this weekend I'm using it. Thanks
I have every product you have on your bench plus Finis wax. Been using Bilt Hamber for 12 years or so and they never let you down. I like the way BH don’t make a fuss about their stuff and let word of mouth do the talking. Love their new branding and see their in the USA now too so good luck to them👍
Bilt Hamber Auto Foam is awesome! Seems to be one of the few snow foams out there that take a scientific approach to pre-washing! There’s a fairly new channel popped up recently ‘V-Project UK’ which features it in their PIR video ... defo worth a watch ... not too convinced by Bilt Hamber Fine clay though ... it has a very brittle consistency - but advantage is that you can use it with water as a lube
Amazing brand, started with the double speed and expanded on your recommendations, surfex HD and auto foam 🙌 the power and price are the best, like you say they have some gaps but just fill them with the best of another brand like Koch and Carpro. Keep up the good work!
Hi John, Another great video mate. I was wondering if you could do an in-depth video for us noobs/beginners using the Bilt Hamber products & show us how to dilute the products to what ratio & give us a step by step guide on how best to use the products? You've probably done many videos in the past on it but doing a dedicated video for the amateurs amongst us would be much appreciated. Keep up the great work, we all appreciate your dedication. Thanks.
Yo fred I have covered this mate. Put in Bilt Hamber Brand Review into you tube. that will cover a lot of this. But also put in "how to calculate bilt hamber PIR" I can definetly do some more videos on this though. just working on a lot for the next ocuple of weeks.
@@ForensicDetailing - Hey John, thanks for that. I’ll definitely have a look at those videos. If you can do some more videos relating to this topic it would be very helpful & appreciative. 👍👌
I'm new to detailing and watched your previous Bilt Hamber run down, I'm become a bit of Bilt Hamber Evangelist!! I'm now the happy owner of a car that people genuinely look at and seem to be rather impressed.
Thanks again for another BH overview John. Very happy we're finally starting to see it in the US. What are your thoughts on their product safety sheets? In the US, we use NFPA Health Hazard ratings that go on a scale from 0-4, with 0 being the safest and 4 being the most hazardous. The current APC I use from Meguiar's has an NFPA rating of 3, which is far more hazardous than I'd like. I'm hoping either Meg's comes out with something a little safer or BH products get your nod of approval
Megs I think uses both sodium hydroxide and another hydroxide, megs APC is good though and you can get for good value in the USA. I could be wrong check that ingredients thing. Surfex is pure surfactant based and biodegrade-able. It should get a very good safety rating I hope. Test any other water based degreaser against surfex at 10:1 at breaking down grease and surfex will win.
Love that you touched on the concentrations. Not only are you not paying for water, but it reduces wasted storage space as well for those of us with smaller work spaces. Just wish there were more suppliers in the US 😭. I've ordered some stuff through ebay and other methods with high shipping costs because I really like a couple of their products.
So excited to try BH. I live in the United States and have never heard of them until just recently once I started watching your videos! Just ordered their finis-wax and I may even order there double speed wax as well. Very excited
hi John, only problem with built hamber products is that they are not in snazie bottles, but they do what they say , love them and thanks for introduicing them to me
Just wanted to send a BIG THANKYOU for this and your other videos. I bought and used surfex hd and korrosol on wheels and touchless on paintwork - car is gleaming even without contact wash :)
Hi Jon. Great vid and totally agree. One thing to add is that their customer service is also out of this world. By far the best I've come across in almost any walk of life. Peter Hamber is a proper gent!
surfex HD is fantastic, and bought simply on your recommendations from before. Cleans alloys, wheel arch’s, door shuts, sill lines. Cleans my wheels so well, if I do choose to use a fall out remover after, get very little ‘bleeding’ where it’s cleaned so much contamination off already.
18:30 I'm not a math shark ... But is 1 to 10 = 11? So.. 1L product for 10L water = 11L ready-mixed... So it's not 50L but 55L ready-mixed... So about 0,31 pence pr liter.. Am I wrong or...
Great video as always. You are right, Bilt Hamber have some amazing products. When I last bought something I even bought a couple of their microfibre Terry cloths for buffing off wax and using with their QD. They were lovely and soft too and were a 70/30 blend. Goes to show whatever they do, they do it well.
How come you've never had any autobrite direct products on your channel I love bilt hamber but autobrite direct have a huge amount of car cleaning /detailing products I'm surprised you have never put their products to the test/review Keep up the good work john👍
Magifoam, Hellshine Reaper Towels, Cherry Glaze, have been on the channel in the shoot outs, other products to I think. I thought magifoam was a very good prewash it came second in my test. This brand do lots of good things and have lots of happy customers, fair play to them they will do well. But I dont typically do the discount brands, even when you apply the discounts they dont get close to BH prices (which are never discounted), and I dont typically like fruit theme'd products like banana shampoo or the snow foam loaded with red dye and called devils blood etc.. sorry like I say once you push past 40 your mindset is different. Ill try and get more of it on going forward I listen to feedback like this, what I prefer isnt always what needs to go on the channel. People also want AF, and EZ car care products I try and get these on as well.
I agree with you definitely bilt hamber are extremely well developed and just as good a product I use the hd and snow foam myself every day I find the foam doesn't foam up as much as some of the others to which helps me not have a huge puddle of foam come the end of the clean lol Cheers for the reply 👍
@@trainsoffinland651 As they say over the pond: Tru dat. I have the same experience. I didn't see any leak though, but somehow the smell gets out and it is very distinct. But it works like hell ;) So far the best iron fallout remover I used.
@@OCDaddyZsolt i know right😂 but i store all of my chemicals in my wardrobe, so my room basically smells like🤮. So its a pretty friggin big deal so im not going to buy korrosol again no matter how good it is😔☹️
@@OCDaddyZsolt i taped around the cap with tape like 20 times and put it in a plastic bag and still the smell came through. And before that i cleaned the threads on the bottle and the cap
I’m working with their suffex hd now and it’s great but like mequires over your way it’s expensive for us here in the USA. Megs is cheap for us and BH is on the high side. 50 bucks for the 5 liter is the norm. But thanks for this break down of the line. Megs is about 23 for a gallon.
Couldn't agree more, fantastic products and you've barely scratched the surface. Their rust prevention and associated treatments (Hydrate 80, Dynax, etc.) are superb.
Just ordered some more double speed wax a couple of nights ago. We have a hose ban here just now - I double waxed three cars with double speed wax, ahead of the ban. Ban might be relaxed in December, but likely no water blasters.
Fantastic products. I started using their rust converter + treatment products when resorting my E36. Everyone was amazed at how effective they were. Their any rust primer is just incredible. Cavity waxes & underbody protection is second to none. As with all of their products a little goes a long way. I like to mix surfex & auto foam in my foam lance. It's incredible at removing winter road film
Awesome video Jon 👍 The last few years I've been going over from a bulk supplier to more named products and although still using some products like Tar & Glue remover I have gone over to a mix of BH and Angelwax with Carpro PERL chucked in for good measure. If you're in the trade Autowheel is a must for wheels that don't get looked after. Sometimes I have to hit real bad ones with an acid based wheel cleaner but not often. As you were saying it I was thinking BH need to do a T&G. Surfex HD has got to be the best product ever because of it's versatility, and I've never known anything like it for removing greenery. 👍
Just a note on the Korrosol, if you buy it in 5L jogs then the price per treatment gets a little bit more manageable and you can use your stylish hipster spray bottles if you like :-)
Thanks to you Jon I have tried a lot of Bilt Hamber products and have recommended them to my friends and colleagues. Surfex, Snowfoam, fallout remover and clay bar were all excellent. I just couldn't get on with the autowash, perhaps I got a dodgy bottle of it. Ended up going with Autoglym UHD shampoo and the autowash was relegated to wheel shampoo. Your channel is fantastic and keep up the great reviews 👍
Other than Auto Wash & Double Speed Wax, every other product I've used from BH has been fantastic. As you know Jon I'm a massive fan of Surfex, Auto Foam, Korrosol & Cleanser Polish. I don't clay bar much now but always keep some of the BH soft clay about for the alloys. Atom Mac is the same, very niche product but wouldn't be without it as it's great for brake discs. Also worth noting it makes a good maintenance wheel cleaner, it has surfactants in it which BH really should advertise more. I need to try Auto QD at some point, just have so many others to use up first, I'm sure you know the feeling 😉🤣
I first started becoming a BH fanboy with Auto Foam and then every time I've run out of a different product I've switched over to their range. I don't know if its always been the case but I got some Korrosol recently in the newer packaging/spray bottle and I feel like it has a strong smell of bubblegum or something, I was genuinely surprised considering fallout removers usually stink. Also yeah would love a tar remover from them, you just know it would work a treat.
after watching your videos John, have bought Bilt Hamber, the surfex APC is brilliant, and their wheel cleaner, also use the car shampoo. Will get the QD shortly. Great videos.
Love their stuff. I use their Auto Foam for cleaning my wheels as a lot of soaps go 'flat' once I start cleaning the wheels. I use maybe a capful in a bucket and it still seems 'soapy' enough after doing all 4 wheels. I use Gyeon Bathe+ for weekly washing but I'm very tempted to try their Auto Wash. Any thoughts between Bathe+ and Auto Wash?
Hi, can you dilute korrosol or even auto wheel, will be used for wheel cleaner mainly, along with agitating Would it be okay to use and still strong? For example If i was to wash the car every 1-2 weeks and not drive alot so wouldn’t build brake dust etc Thanks
I find the Auto-wash bottle perfect, it's easy to stick in a syringe and get the right amount to the bucket that way. Other manufacturers have small openings and tall bottles and once there is little product left, it's hard to get to it with a syringe and I end up pouring a random amount in the bucket typically using too much of the product.
ive tried both Ant, nothing wrong with either and these brands sell good quality chems, but I promise you they are not as powerfull or fast acting and cost more and the fact I use the other BH products as well because the other products are "not as powerfull or fast acting and cost more" just keep me using the same stuff.
I just found that a supplier in the US has limited supplies of Bilt Hamber products. I just ordered 5 liters of the Auto Foam. It’s still probably double what you pay in the UK but I think it will be worth it since it’s so dilutable.
Washing the car as normal should remove it. If not I would probably use their Surfex diluted at 1:10. If this fails, a tar remover should do the trick.
no mate there is a new distributor in the USA I can rememeber the name, someone will reply with it hopefully because google is not locating it for me either.
thanks for your great videos on this product (i will be buying some now😀). I watched the previous one in which you went into great detail explaining what each of the products do and giving your opinion based on what exactly you look for and essentially coming up with a 'does what it says' result, rather than it being gimmicky marketing that some other products do. 👍
It’s worth noting Bilt Hamber also has amazing customer service! I had my first order from them turn up damaged due to the currier, not BH fault at all, yet they sent me a new tin of there product free of charge straight away. I was very impressed with the Epoxy Mastic product which I bought too. Didn’t even know they did car cleaning products, I’ll defo be putting in an order soon now that I know haha
Love bilt hamber. Not used the foam yet but want to try your QD as drying aid tip. I’m too lazy for waxing these days but used to love auto-balm. When you say ‘older cars’ how old do you mean? 10 years? 20 years?
Forensic Detailing Channel ok thanks. Mine are about 15 so a few years of double speed before that then. Thank you very much for the reply. Keep up the great work.
Yep. BH are one of two brand leaders in my opinion, the other being Koch Chemie. Garage Therapy are coming up fast though to challenge them. As you said, it’s great we have the competition in the detailing world.
Simon, totally agree with your comment. I'm using all of these too. GT are very nice, Koch is great for volume at low cost but quality items, and BH are just leading the way.
I'm 100% in agreement with you! Koch Chemie's cutting compounds are fantastic, and BH for the cleaning/protection. And after the hype with Garage Therapy over the past few months, I bought the One/Wheel Shampoo... I must say it's very impressive - if their other products are as good they might be joining BH on my shelves!
After using bilt hamber qd watered down as a drying aid I found the windscreen was very smeary during rain. I had to stop and clean it as it made it difficult to see at night. Shame as it is a great product. Will be more careful where I use it in future.
Thank you for always providing the core analyses. These are very helpful. Btw, It is a pity that the culture of detailing is poor in Japan and it is difficult to obtain products from many of the world's mainstream manufacturers. But your always-enjoying passion gives me a good inspiration. I"m going to keep supporting you. With much respect from🇯🇵
Love this brand review. Koch Chemie have the best abrasive range I think, F6 is the most ideal for me. Surfex HD is an amazing cleaner, and the Auto QD works brilliant at 10:1. Auto QD smells like strawberry Opal Fruits I find, very nice. The Finis-wax is worth the extra, as it's very glossy and slick but needs leaving for 5 minutes before buffing. Hydro-wax is the same. Bilt Hamber Laboratories have switched from metal to plastic for their Auto QD bottle and new larger Auto Wash bottles recently with the new branding. When ordering any waxes or waterless Bilt Hamber Laboratories products, they always come supplied with their own microfibres, applicators, bottle heads, all absolutely free, which is a very nice touch. I can't fault the brand.
John iv only just discovered your channel a few weeks ago after years away from detailing. You’ve cost me a small fortune already buying new products. Used BH surfex at the weekend on my alloys and tyres dirt just lifts off. Can you recommend a good product for chrome strips / grills on an Audi to lift water spots and dirt.
Your path to the darkside is now complete. Proper Chrome get a metal polish called "white diamond" For laquered metal surface use a hand polish like SRP.
These products are all i use mostly now but they dont have any hydrophobic agents so dont expect your car to repel alot, you need to use the double speed wax to top up, but they are very professional products and it leaves your car very smooth if you dilute it right.
powerfull cleaning and deconing products. very solid affordable waxes and AIO polishes. gaps in the line though. But yer these are one of my favorite brands, using this stuff saves me money and non of the chems are cheap and sort of caustic...
I currently use Auto Qd at 2:1 as a detailing spray and it gives good gloss for me and tops up my DSW. Would using it at 10:1 as a drying aid in addition to using as a QD be too much and cause unnecessary layering? Brilliant video by the way as always. Amazing work 👍
Great message here Jon is that you need to be prudent when purchasing detailing products in that one should always try and buy the concentrate versions where ever possible and dilute yourself. Paying big money for water is ludicrous and there are far too many naive people who don't realise this. A great example is the ONR rinseless wash. A 1 gallon bottle would last a hobbyist years and years.
I'm planning to order some of the bilt hamber products after watching your review, just quick question about auto wheel and korrosol , are they concentrate? Need do be diluted ? Or they pre-diluted and ready to used ?
A product line I would love to see from BH would be as you said some dressings, Maybe just a tire dressing and a plastics/dashboard dressing just to make that last stage of cleaning the car really pop haven't tried the QD yet as I've been using the Auto glym detailer spray so will have to give it a try 👍🏻
I’ve used their clay bars for ages now. Their snow foam is ace; doesn’t look as impressive as others being a bit runnier but it lifts crap far better than others I’ve tried.
Bilt Hamber offer the best performance AND value by far, Auto-Foam, Surfex HD and Double Speed Wax are unbeatable (as are BH Clay etc etc etc lol) But Angelwax and Bouncers are my other two staple suppliers. Lots of other brands making great products deserving our support too! 🙂
I heard recently theres a new US distributor now. I cant remember who it is. Someone will read this and reply ( dont type in a URL just say the company name or it get filtered out by YT)
Jeremy Hunt blunders :) th-cam.com/video/pr2rZPc7-M8/w-d-xo.html
I recently had a routine query on an order with Bilt Hamber. I was actually able to ring them up and speak to a very helpful person who efficiently dealt with it. No call screening, no waiting, no attitude. To me that speaks volumes.
I started using BH purely from watching your channel! Love all the ones I’ve tried so far 👌🏼
I love that there is no bs with Bilt Hamber, no fancy buzzwords etc just excellent products that do what they are supposed to do
Discovered BH through this excellent channel; loving their products can’t believe I’d never heard of them before.
Likewise, yet to take the plunge on products, got their clay bar ready to go, but after my meguiars and auto gym is done with, I'll definitely be going for their apc as well as some other bits to test the water👍🏼
I work in forestry on the west coast of Scotland and rely heavily on my quad bike to get to some seriously inaccessible places. As a consequence the atv gets covered in dirt much of which is peat based. Being acidic and when dry it is virtually impossible to remove even with a pressure washer.
After washing the car one day I decided to give the quad a quick squirt of BH snow foam, unbelievably after a few minutes the peat started to slide off the plastics. A quick blast with the pressure washer brought it up like new. Fantastic stuff which I now use weekly.
you mean autofoam ? yeah works amazing on dirt
Try the surfex hd too as a pre wash that is awesome too
What I love about BH is the simplicity in their product line.. often only one or two things for each aspect of a car detail and often the best in class 👍
The auto wheel is a great product. His comments about getting on the discs hits home. I cut it to a 50/50 ratio with water and it still get the job done. I have finally found someone in the states that stocks it so no more shipping charges from the U.K.
Who has it?
That There 6ix, Google The Clean Garage and they’re in Pennsylvania.
Been extremely impressed by all the products i've used by them - auto foam, auto wash, double speed wax, surfex and the medium level clay bar. the only thing i can say is the wax is pretty hard to buff off! But now 5 months later after 1 good layer my car still beads up like i've just applied it. Love using Bilt Hamber
Autofoam is 🔥🔥
I learned about BH from you Jon and I love Surfex HD. It's my prewash product diluted at 7%. I wash my car at least once a week and after rinsing Surfex off with a power washer, I just do a rinseless wash with a dilution of Sonax BSD and Megs Last Touch,. Other than that, 2 or 3 towels and a bucket of water, that's all I need. The car hasn't needed a shampoo wash in a year. Fusso Coat is my base sealant which helps make this quick and convenient wash process so effective and creates virtually no swrils or marring when done properly.
The other £ saving with BH clay (apart from the fact that you get loads of it for your money) is that they advise to use water as the lubricant rather than a detailing spray, saving even more on the decon stage.
I always use onr as a lub
If they got into Halfords they would become the largest detailing brand in the UK easily. They make products that work without fleecing your pocket.
As soon as halfords come into the equation then that's when the fleecing starts and rip off and drive up the prices
At one time way back you could buy bilt hamber on line from Halfords but not from the shop itself.....
If you want decent, value-for-money, products then don't shop in Halfords!
@@SparkleanAutos Really? Where would you suggest? I buy all the AutoGlym stuff I use at halfords, Auto Finesse too. I find they have the best prices for the things I use that aren't BH.
@@DasArab if that's what you find then good for you 👍🏼
We finally have a distributor over here in the states for BH. I'm really excited to give them a try, specifically the Surfex HD and clay. After watching John praise them for the past few years, I had almost gotten to the point where I was willing to pay shipping from the UK to try them.
Is that "The Clean Garage"? How are they? I don't know anything about them.
I believe that's the place. I've never ordered from them before, but I haven't heard anything bad. Most of my supplies come from Detailed Image and Autogeek. The majority come from a local place that builds/maintains automatic car washes. They have a small warehouse that has the full Carpro, Optimum, Griot's, 3d, and Maguires Pro lines, as well as Lake Country and Buff & Shine pads. Prices are ridiculously low, like a gallon of ONR for $28. It's great for a small business like mine.
@@Pantfoot Thanks for the info. I checked out The Clean Garage which was a nice site. Prices were okay and you could use PayPal, so I finally have some Bilt Hamber coming my way :)
I absolutely love Bilt Hamber products. Started my own detailing business just shy of a year ago and Bilt Hamber products were instrumental in making my business a success. Market leading products at very reasonable prices. Great video Jon. 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏻👍🏻
i,ve used a few Bilt Hamber products and i have been nothing but absolutely impressed by them
It’s 1am. You’re making me want to go wash my car 😅 hasn’t been washed in about 5 weeks now 😒 life gets in the way ☹️
Jon. I cannot help saying to myself "My God, how right you are". Couldn't agree more with your superb analysis. Im just a lay person and have been using BH stuff for 3 or 4 years. Their products could be summed up in a single word "quality " and of course something that is well worth the money spent on it.
Its not an accident that Bilt Hamber are quality products,its the result of intelligent effort. They just gave you unexpected, disarming honesty. Quite simply, Head, shoulders and feather cap above the competition. Im not kidding you here. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.!
2:00 "...THREE sections - washing, decontaminating, polishing and protecting" 😂
haha yer, my own dumbness made me chuckle here as well.
@@ForensicDetailing I certainly don't think you're dumb. I just thought it was funny.
Started using them some time ago after watching your channel and ABSOLUTELY love their products!
love your honesty i can tell you are you there for us novices and ive got to say you explain things that make sense pls keep making videos they are so easy to understand ive recently gone over to using bilt hammer products ive not only saved money ive also noticed how much better it is to look after my car thank you
They've got rid of that wide-necked bottle they've been using for the auto-wash which you complained about in your shampoo group test. Now they've using a bottle with a flip-up nozzle which is a big improvement.
Jon any chance of reviews on EZ Car Care products?
I’ve realized this about the super heavy foamy car shampoos - they look cool, are fun to use, and kinda make us feel good about the fact that they’re doing a great job. However what I realized is, that anything besides a very thin layer that’s actually in contact with your vehicle, the rest isn’t doing anything other than looking good. If anything a lot of the time if you do a time lapse between the shaving cream like foam shampoos vs the more watery appearing ones, the shaving cream ones don’t dwell nearly as long and roll off much quicker - I think the fact that it’s so heavy and dense doesn’t allow it to dwell on the paintwork, and the weight sorta drags itself down. Don’t get me wrong I love the thick stuff too, and some are definitely much better than others at cleaning, etc.
BH has some amazing stuff, surfexHD, dynasty range, clambers and atom Mac. I all use them o my 20 year old Impreza with goo results ! Anything to keep rust away or at least slowed down is a good thing.....
I recently tried their clay bars and they were excellent compared to previous make.
Korosol and Surfex are my number 1 choice.
Great products, I always end up coming back to them when try other things out.
No tar n glue remover is my only gripe really, be nice to see them add one to range.
Bought Surfex HD on your recommendation and wasn't disappointed. Cleaned out my shower with 10% and got it sparkling, was blown away cause I'd tried all the usual stuff. The grout is bright white. Just spray it on, leave it then scrub and rinse
Their rust treatment products are excellent too.
Edit: Just wanted to big up the Cleaner Polish as well - you undersold it. It's like a better Autoglym Super Resin Polish without any of the drawbacks like chalkiness.
BH is finally here in the states and today I got my first BH product, the snow foam. I have heard your high praise and this weekend I'm using it. Thanks
I have every product you have on your bench plus Finis wax. Been using Bilt Hamber for 12 years or so and they never let you down. I like the way BH don’t make a fuss about their stuff and let word of mouth do the talking. Love their new branding and see their in the USA now too so good luck to them👍
The force is strong in this one!
From Chicago, GREAT VIDEO. We are finally able to get Bilt Hamber here in the US and for winter cleaning this stuff has promise. Love the channel.
thank you PDJ, love chicago :) I want to come and see chicago one day
Bilt Hamber Auto Foam is awesome! Seems to be one of the few snow foams out there that take a scientific approach to pre-washing! There’s a fairly new channel popped up recently ‘V-Project UK’ which features it in their PIR video ... defo worth a watch ... not too convinced by Bilt Hamber Fine clay though ... it has a very brittle consistency - but advantage is that you can use it with water as a lube
Amazing brand, started with the double speed and expanded on your recommendations, surfex HD and auto foam 🙌 the power and price are the best, like you say they have some gaps but just fill them with the best of another brand like Koch and Carpro. Keep up the good work!
Hi John,
Another great video mate. I was wondering if you could do an in-depth video for us noobs/beginners using the Bilt Hamber products & show us how to dilute the products to what ratio & give us a step by step guide on how best to use the products? You've probably done many videos in the past on it but doing a dedicated video for the amateurs amongst us would be much appreciated. Keep up the great work, we all appreciate your dedication. Thanks.
Yo fred I have covered this mate. Put in Bilt Hamber Brand Review into you tube. that will cover a lot of this. But also put in "how to calculate bilt hamber PIR" I can definetly do some more videos on this though. just working on a lot for the next ocuple of weeks.
@@ForensicDetailing - Hey John, thanks for that. I’ll definitely have a look at those videos. If you can do some more videos relating to this topic it would be very helpful & appreciative. 👍👌
Hello Jon can korrosol be diluted. Can you or anyone else answer this please.
Thank you
I'm new to detailing and watched your previous Bilt Hamber run down, I'm become a bit of Bilt Hamber Evangelist!! I'm now the happy owner of a car that people genuinely look at and seem to be rather impressed.
Thanks again for another BH overview John. Very happy we're finally starting to see it in the US. What are your thoughts on their product safety sheets? In the US, we use NFPA Health Hazard ratings that go on a scale from 0-4, with 0 being the safest and 4 being the most hazardous. The current APC I use from Meguiar's has an NFPA rating of 3, which is far more hazardous than I'd like. I'm hoping either Meg's comes out with something a little safer or BH products get your nod of approval
Megs I think uses both sodium hydroxide and another hydroxide, megs APC is good though and you can get for good value in the USA. I could be wrong check that ingredients thing. Surfex is pure surfactant based and biodegrade-able. It should get a very good safety rating I hope. Test any other water based degreaser against surfex at 10:1 at breaking down grease and surfex will win.
Love that you touched on the concentrations. Not only are you not paying for water, but it reduces wasted storage space as well for those of us with smaller work spaces.
Just wish there were more suppliers in the US 😭. I've ordered some stuff through ebay and other methods with high shipping costs because I really like a couple of their products.
I always use Bilt Hamber products - absolutely brilliant!
Just ordered a 5liter surfex. And I am going to order some more wheel cleaner and corosol.
So excited to try BH. I live in the United States and have never heard of them until just recently once I started watching your videos!
Just ordered their finis-wax and I may even order there double speed wax as well. Very excited
hi John, only problem with built hamber products is that they are not in snazie bottles, but they do what they say , love them and thanks for introduicing them to me
Just wanted to send a BIG THANKYOU for this and your other videos. I bought and used surfex hd and korrosol on wheels and touchless on paintwork - car is gleaming even without contact wash :)
Great to hear!
Hi Jon. Great vid and totally agree. One thing to add is that their customer service is also out of this world. By far the best I've come across in almost any walk of life. Peter Hamber is a proper gent!
surfex HD is fantastic, and bought simply on your recommendations from before. Cleans alloys, wheel arch’s, door shuts, sill lines. Cleans my wheels so well, if I do choose to use a fall out remover after, get very little ‘bleeding’ where it’s cleaned so much contamination off already.
18:30 I'm not a math shark ...
But is 1 to 10 = 11? So..
1L product for 10L water = 11L ready-mixed... So it's not 50L but 55L ready-mixed... So about 0,31 pence pr liter..
Am I wrong or...
Great video as always. You are right, Bilt Hamber have some amazing products.
When I last bought something I even bought a couple of their microfibre Terry cloths for buffing off wax and using with their QD. They were lovely and soft too and were a 70/30 blend. Goes to show whatever they do, they do it well.
My 25L of Af and also Surfex arrived this week. Superb products. Well done Bilt Hamber. Thanks for the video John. 👍🏼👍🏼
Great video John i a agree 100% ...we love Bilt hamber in Greece too
How come you've never had any autobrite direct products on your channel
I love bilt hamber but autobrite direct have a huge amount of car cleaning /detailing products I'm surprised you have never put their products to the test/review
Keep up the good work john👍
Magifoam, Hellshine Reaper Towels, Cherry Glaze, have been on the channel in the shoot outs, other products to I think. I thought magifoam was a very good prewash it came second in my test. This brand do lots of good things and have lots of happy customers, fair play to them they will do well. But I dont typically do the discount brands, even when you apply the discounts they dont get close to BH prices (which are never discounted), and I dont typically like fruit theme'd products like banana shampoo or the snow foam loaded with red dye and called devils blood etc.. sorry like I say once you push past 40 your mindset is different. Ill try and get more of it on going forward I listen to feedback like this, what I prefer isnt always what needs to go on the channel. People also want AF, and EZ car care products I try and get these on as well.
I agree with you definitely bilt hamber are extremely well developed and just as good a product I use the hd and snow foam myself every day
I find the foam doesn't foam up as much as some of the others to which helps me not have a huge puddle of foam come the end of the clean lol
Cheers for the reply 👍
Great video. I've tried pretty much all the products from the cleaning/decon range and the value for money and quality is really solid.
I love the BH products, especially their clay bar, the Korrosol and the Auto-wheel, but everything else is cool from BH.
Idk if its just me or does the korrosol leak or something. Where-ever i put the bottle, the room or garage starts to smell like korrosol 🤮
@@trainsoffinland651 As they say over the pond: Tru dat. I have the same experience. I didn't see any leak though, but somehow the smell gets out and it is very distinct. But it works like hell ;) So far the best iron fallout remover I used.
@@OCDaddyZsolt i know right😂 but i store all of my chemicals in my wardrobe, so my room basically smells like🤮. So its a pretty friggin big deal so im not going to buy korrosol again no matter how good it is😔☹️
@@trainsoffinland651 Try to put it maybe in a zip lock bag or similar.
@@OCDaddyZsolt i taped around the cap with tape like 20 times and put it in a plastic bag and still the smell came through. And before that i cleaned the threads on the bottle and the cap
The Bilt Hamber products are great products , thanks to you i found these great products !!!
I’m working with their suffex hd now and it’s great but like mequires over your way it’s expensive for us here in the USA. Megs is cheap for us and BH is on the high side. 50 bucks for the 5 liter is the norm. But thanks for this break down of the line. Megs is about 23 for a gallon.
Couldn't agree more, fantastic products and you've barely scratched the surface. Their rust prevention and associated treatments (Hydrate 80, Dynax, etc.) are superb.
Just ordered some more double speed wax a couple of nights ago.
We have a hose ban here just now - I double waxed three cars with double speed wax, ahead of the ban.
Ban might be relaxed in December, but likely no water blasters.
Fantastic products. I started using their rust converter + treatment products when resorting my E36. Everyone was amazed at how effective they were. Their any rust primer is just incredible.
Cavity waxes & underbody protection is second to none. As with all of their products a little goes a long way.
I like to mix surfex & auto foam in my foam lance. It's incredible at removing winter road film
Awesome video Jon 👍
The last few years I've been going over from a bulk supplier to more named products and although still using some products like Tar & Glue remover I have gone over to a mix of BH and Angelwax with Carpro PERL chucked in for good measure.
If you're in the trade Autowheel is a must for wheels that don't get looked after. Sometimes I have to hit real bad ones with an acid based wheel cleaner but not often.
As you were saying it I was thinking BH need to do a T&G.
Surfex HD has got to be the best product ever because of it's versatility, and I've never known anything like it for removing greenery.
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Just a note on the Korrosol, if you buy it in 5L jogs then the price per treatment gets a little bit more manageable and you can use your stylish hipster spray bottles if you like :-)
138 thousand subscribers!!! Congratulations John very well deserved mate hard works pays off pal
Thanks to you Jon I have tried a lot of Bilt Hamber products and have recommended them to my friends and colleagues. Surfex, Snowfoam, fallout remover and clay bar were all excellent. I just couldn't get on with the autowash, perhaps I got a dodgy bottle of it. Ended up going with Autoglym UHD shampoo and the autowash was relegated to wheel shampoo. Your channel is fantastic and keep up the great reviews 👍
Other than Auto Wash & Double Speed Wax, every other product I've used from BH has been fantastic. As you know Jon I'm a massive fan of Surfex, Auto Foam, Korrosol & Cleanser Polish. I don't clay bar much now but always keep some of the BH soft clay about for the alloys. Atom Mac is the same, very niche product but wouldn't be without it as it's great for brake discs. Also worth noting it makes a good maintenance wheel cleaner, it has surfactants in it which BH really should advertise more.
I need to try Auto QD at some point, just have so many others to use up first, I'm sure you know the feeling 😉🤣
What makes for a great maintenance wheel cleaner?
I love all their products I use double speed wax but find it takes too long to apply has anyone used their spray wax i never see any reviews on it
Best snow foam and auto wheel is second to none
I first started becoming a BH fanboy with Auto Foam and then every time I've run out of a different product I've switched over to their range. I don't know if its always been the case but I got some Korrosol recently in the newer packaging/spray bottle and I feel like it has a strong smell of bubblegum or something, I was genuinely surprised considering fallout removers usually stink. Also yeah would love a tar remover from them, you just know it would work a treat.
after watching your videos John, have bought Bilt Hamber, the surfex APC is brilliant, and their wheel cleaner, also use the car shampoo. Will get the QD shortly. Great videos.
Love their stuff. I use their Auto Foam for cleaning my wheels as a lot of soaps go 'flat' once I start cleaning the wheels. I use maybe a capful in a bucket and it still seems 'soapy' enough after doing all 4 wheels. I use Gyeon Bathe+ for weekly washing but I'm very tempted to try their Auto Wash. Any thoughts between Bathe+ and Auto Wash?
could listen to this guy all day. no bull to the point.
Hi, can you dilute korrosol or even auto wheel, will be used for wheel cleaner mainly, along with agitating
Would it be okay to use and still strong? For example If i was to wash the car every 1-2 weeks and not drive alot so wouldn’t build brake dust etc
Thanks
I find the Auto-wash bottle perfect, it's easy to stick in a syringe and get the right amount to the bucket that way. Other manufacturers have small openings and tall bottles and once there is little product left, it's hard to get to it with a syringe and I end up pouring a random amount in the bucket typically using too much of the product.
Have you tried W6 fall out remover by gtechniq or dodo juice. Ferrous dueller 🤔👍☘️
ive tried both Ant, nothing wrong with either and these brands sell good quality chems, but I promise you they are not as powerfull or fast acting and cost more and the fact I use the other BH products as well because the other products are "not as powerfull or fast acting and cost more" just keep me using the same stuff.
Bloody love Bilt Hamber, well priced and work like a dream. But same as you, wish they did a glass cleaner and external trim dressing.
Can’t fault any of there products Jon and whilst I occasionally other brands generally BH are my weapon of choice and my go to product..!!
Got some of the clay bar for Xmas after watching your video on it. As I don’t have a garage I need to wait for better weather
Hey up John have you ever used Espuma products? We have them as our work fleet products. Seem good value … Just wondering on your opinion?
I just found that a supplier in the US has limited supplies of Bilt Hamber products. I just ordered 5 liters of the Auto Foam. It’s still probably double what you pay in the UK but I think it will be worth it since it’s so dilutable.
Hi,
My mechanic closed my boot with oily fingers, now I have fingerprints. How do i remove without damaging the paint work? Which BH product?
Washing the car as normal should remove it. If not I would probably use their Surfex diluted at 1:10. If this fails, a tar remover should do the trick.
John, is there a link to purchase BH in the states? Thanks for another great video.
no mate there is a new distributor in the USA I can rememeber the name, someone will reply with it hopefully because google is not locating it for me either.
cant rememeber the name sorry
thanks for your great videos on this product (i will be buying some now😀). I watched the previous one in which you went into great detail explaining what each of the products do and giving your opinion based on what exactly you look for and essentially coming up with a 'does what it says' result, rather than it being gimmicky marketing that some other products do. 👍
It’s worth noting Bilt Hamber also has amazing customer service! I had my first order from them turn up damaged due to the currier, not BH fault at all, yet they sent me a new tin of there product free of charge straight away. I was very impressed with the Epoxy Mastic product which I bought too. Didn’t even know they did car cleaning products, I’ll defo be putting in an order soon now that I know haha
Is bilt hamber auto wash shampoo, auto foam and the new ones touch less safe on ceramic coatings ?
Love bilt hamber. Not used the foam yet but want to try your QD as drying aid tip. I’m too lazy for waxing these days but used to love auto-balm. When you say ‘older cars’ how old do you mean? 10 years? 20 years?
yer maybe 20-30 years plus
Forensic Detailing Channel ok thanks. Mine are about 15 so a few years of double speed before that then. Thank you very much for the reply. Keep up the great work.
Yep. BH are one of two brand leaders in my opinion, the other being Koch Chemie. Garage Therapy are coming up fast though to challenge them. As you said, it’s great we have the competition in the detailing world.
Koch chemie doesn't impress me tho
Simon, totally agree with your comment. I'm using all of these too. GT are very nice, Koch is great for volume at low cost but quality items, and BH are just leading the way.
I'm 100% in agreement with you! Koch Chemie's cutting compounds are fantastic, and BH for the cleaning/protection.
And after the hype with Garage Therapy over the past few months, I bought the One/Wheel Shampoo... I must say it's very impressive - if their other products are as good they might be joining BH on my shelves!
I normally use ONR and TW ceramic spray. Might give this a go once I’ve run out
After using bilt hamber qd watered down as a drying aid I found the windscreen was very smeary during rain. I had to stop and clean it as it made it difficult to see at night. Shame as it is a great product. Will be more careful where I use it in future.
Hi, how much water can I mix with the alloy wheel cleaner?
Thanks
Great for anyone with a good exchange rate and have access to them. In Australia, not easy to get and where you can they are too expensive
Would you recommend the snow foam is it better than the gtechniq snow foam apart from its half the price thanks
Thank you for always providing the core analyses. These are very helpful.
Btw, It is a pity that the culture of detailing is poor in Japan and it is difficult to obtain products from many of the world's mainstream manufacturers.
But your always-enjoying passion gives me a good inspiration.
I"m going to keep supporting you.
With much respect from🇯🇵
Love this brand review. Koch Chemie have the best abrasive range I think, F6 is the most ideal for me. Surfex HD is an amazing cleaner, and the Auto QD works brilliant at 10:1. Auto QD smells like strawberry Opal Fruits I find, very nice. The Finis-wax is worth the extra, as it's very glossy and slick but needs leaving for 5 minutes before buffing. Hydro-wax is the same. Bilt Hamber Laboratories have switched from metal to plastic for their Auto QD bottle and new larger Auto Wash bottles recently with the new branding.
When ordering any waxes or waterless Bilt Hamber Laboratories products, they always come supplied with their own microfibres, applicators, bottle heads, all absolutely free, which is a very nice touch. I can't fault the brand.
John iv only just discovered your channel a few weeks ago after years away from detailing. You’ve cost me a small fortune already buying new products. Used BH surfex at the weekend on my alloys and tyres dirt just lifts off. Can you recommend a good product for chrome strips / grills on an Audi to lift water spots and dirt.
Your path to the darkside is now complete. Proper Chrome get a metal polish called "white diamond" For laquered metal surface use a hand polish like SRP.
These products are all i use mostly now but they dont have any hydrophobic agents so dont expect your car to repel alot, you need to use the double speed wax to top up, but they are very professional products and it leaves your car very smooth if you dilute it right.
powerfull cleaning and deconing products. very solid affordable waxes and AIO polishes. gaps in the line though. But yer these are one of my favorite brands, using this stuff saves me money and non of the chems are cheap and sort of caustic...
I currently use Auto Qd at 2:1 as a detailing spray and it gives good gloss for me and tops up my DSW. Would using it at 10:1 as a drying aid in addition to using as a QD be too much and cause unnecessary layering?
Brilliant video by the way as always. Amazing work 👍
no will be fine mate or go 1:20 for drying aid maybe.
@@ForensicDetailing thanks for the speedy reply Jon. Really appreciated 😃
Great message here Jon is that you need to be prudent when purchasing detailing products in that one should always try and buy the concentrate versions where ever possible and dilute yourself.
Paying big money for water is ludicrous and there are far too many naive people who don't realise this.
A great example is the ONR rinseless wash. A 1 gallon bottle would last a hobbyist years and years.
I'm planning to order some of the bilt hamber products after watching your review, just quick question about auto wheel and korrosol , are they concentrate? Need do be diluted ? Or they pre-diluted and ready to used ?
Great stuff, brand and video! Any brand that puts performance over marketing and inflated prices has got to be right up there.
Great content as always Jon. I’d be very keen to see some swissvax products reviewed...
A product line I would love to see from BH would be as you said some dressings, Maybe just a tire dressing and a plastics/dashboard dressing just to make that last stage of cleaning the car really pop haven't tried the QD yet as I've been using the Auto glym detailer spray so will have to give it a try 👍🏻
I’ve used their clay bars for ages now. Their snow foam is ace; doesn’t look as impressive as others being a bit runnier but it lifts crap far better than others I’ve tried.
Bilt Hamber offer the best performance AND value by far, Auto-Foam, Surfex HD and Double Speed Wax are unbeatable (as are BH Clay etc etc etc lol) But Angelwax and Bouncers are my other two staple suppliers. Lots of other brands making great products deserving our support too! 🙂
Not available in the US unfortunately. There are some listings on Amazon but at ridiculous prices.
I heard recently theres a new US distributor now. I cant remember who it is. Someone will read this and reply ( dont type in a URL just say the company name or it get filtered out by YT)
The Clean Garage in the United States.
@@bradboustead1682 thanks I will check it out