Autobrite Direct Wheel & Tyre Cleaner Vs Britegel | Ep010 |

[@sgcbuk7613]

Loving the Tuesday series mate... Couple of decent products there. Seemed to preform well...

[@SparkleanAutos]

☺️ thank you mate. It's definitely remotivated me back into KZbin again after a very busy and stressful year! It seems to be well received too so onwards and upwards 🤞🏼🤞🏼👍🏼

[@gillywash1487]

Effortlessness all round, place on the shelf never looked in doubt.. I wonder if the rest of the range will follow suit, only one way to find out Stay tuned!

[@SparkleanAutos]

🤣🤣 is this a comment or a transcript 🤣👍🏼 Cheers Nick 🤜🏼

[@gillywash1487]

@@SparkleanAutos I don’t even know just letting you know I’m here for it 😂

[@SparkleanAutos]

@@gillywash1487 🤣🤣 as you have been from day 1 mate 🤝🏼

[@andywhite2930]

This is such a great little kit for anyone looking into trying a brand. Iv got some Brite Gel I got on the BF sale but yet to try it. Love the weekly Tues vids as well👌

[@SparkleanAutos]

Cheers Andy - I've still to get around to trying the rest of it!! Don't like using products now unless I have time to record it for a video! 👍🏼

[@paulquickmire4140]

Another great video Mark. I love everything about your style and delivery, more so the inclusion of the bloopers. If Dennis Nordon (it will be alright on the night) was still alive you would be on his show as a regular🤣🤣. Keep up the fantastic work, until next Tuesday 👍👍

[@SparkleanAutos]

I loved that show growing up 🤣🤣 Really appreciate that Paul, it gives me more confidence to just act naturally rather than record everything over and over again! Genuinely a massive thank you for that comment ☺️🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@paulquickmire4140]

No point putting a silver spoon in ones mouths, one would just sound awfully stupid 🧐🧐🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SparkleanAutos]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏼

[@sixtysecondsofstephens2386]

I was in Halfords the other day, bought the same kit. Looks really good products. Always enjoy your videos.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Happy days Stephen and much appreciated 👍🏼 It's definitely a great kit, I haven't found a product in it yet that doesn't work as directed! 👌🏼

[@AutobriteDirectLTD]

Another awesome review Mark! Glad you liked the products! Looking forward to the next phase 👍

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you! I'm really enjoying using them, I'm just confused as to why it's taken me so many years to get around to trying them! Looking forward to the next step 😊👍🏼

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Hello Mark, good review on the Autobrite Direct tyre & wheel cleaner,these products look a good range to use as I want to have a change in products eventually for something completely different.

[@SparkleanAutos]

I know what you mean, I love trying new things, even moreso when they work 🤣 This sample kit is only £20-25 if you shop around so maybe worth trying small amounts to see if you like it - just don't judge the sample triggers 👍🏼🤣

[@Geeky_detail_reviews]

Both excellent products I’ve just ordered more. Brite gel on my gloss black alloys on The T6 is excellent I really rate them both Brite gel is my favourite

[@SparkleanAutos]

No complaints from either but a proper trigger would help make the experience more enjoyable lol Thanks as always mate 👍🏼👍🏼

[@adrianlawrence7224]

Only ever tried the gel and was very impressed with its performance. Autobrite provided a heavy duty trigger with my one litre bottle which delivers the product as a mist. I found I had to chase the product around the wheel. By that I mean spray, agitate with brushes to ensure even coverage, leave to dwell and then perhaps a bit more agitation before rinsing. Sounds laborious but when is wheel cleaning anything else? The increased dwell time allowed me to work on multiple wheels and I'm not the fastset worker. Bottom line is I enjoyed that product and wish I stuck with. Very helpful to see you try both products together too.

[@SparkleanAutos]

I think you've hit the nail on the head here Adrian - wheel cleaning can be laborious no matter what you use! The sample bottle definitely wasn't the best example for how to apply the gel but even from that bottle, I was still able to get enough on the wheel to do the job - the working time of the product, like you said, was fantastic 🙂👍🏼

[@tinks43]

Great delivery in the vid, no nonsense & the proof is in the pudding. I use Britegel & love the easy to use effective results 👍🏻 Happy Boxing Day!

[@SparkleanAutos]

👍🏼 thank you Cotti, really appreciate the feedback. I like to film this series of videos in single shots as much as possible, to show people that these are the results I'm getting and that's all I can base my opinions on! No waffle, just "here's what it does"... I'm glad that's coming across 👍🏼 Happy Boxing Day to you too 👍🏼

[@johnbrown3951]

At the start of lock-down when I was on Furlough I had far too much time on my hands I started watching KZbin detailing videos and found out about various manufacturers of chemicals I had not heard about previously as I am lucky that I had at least four well known brands within a 50 mile radius of my home in Central Scotland to choose from and I used to pick up my chemicals personally. I started to experiment with AutoBrite, Auto Finesse & Garage Therapy. I always thought that AutoBrite was a pile em high sell them cheap brand but I was so wrong. The chemicals that I have tried and that is many have all been really good and although I am in the main a one brand guy now i.e Mitchell & King as they are brilliant and 5 minutes from my house I still swear by a few of their chemicals and have recently tried a few more i.e. wheel soap & purple rain but the standouts for me are the tar remover & glass cleaner but their wheel cleaners impressed me in your film. I look forward to the next installment.

[@SparkleanAutos]

That's very interesting you should say that John! I'm also always keen on supporting people local to me, which is one of the reasons brands like Anachem Automotive (now A-KEM!) and Harpure have featured on my channel a few times - that plus the fact they're just good products!! I had similar reservations about Autobrite Direct - I'd always seen them in my local motor factors and it seemed a bit gimmicky, what with all the different coloured/scented Snowfoams and themed shampoos. But the more I use their 'base' products, the more I've started to realise that they are actually very good chemicals... Easy to use, good results and an easy to understand system, they're a very easy brand to reach for on the shelves and are quickly becoming one of my favoured brands!! I didn't see that coming 6 months ago when I hadn't used any of their products before!!! Thank you John for taking the time to watch my videos and leave comments like this, I love the interactions with people 🙂👍🏼

[@pmbrowny]

Another great video Mark, nice comparison between the two and I don't think anyone would be disappointed with either as the results spoke for themselves, I bought 5l of britegel in the AB sale last year and still got more than half left, I also got a 500ml bottle of it too so that I can decant the 5l into it👍🏻 very little is needed and a couple of squirts into the wheel brush help keep the brush lubricated. I have paired it with GT wheel shampoo and it's a fantastic experience very little effort needed. Really enjoying these new videos and I look forward to Tuesdays with renewed excitement. Keep up the good work sir 👍🏻

[@SparkleanAutos]

Haha thank you Paul! I'd be very interested to try it with a proper trigger! Sounds like a great wheel cleaning system there, can't fault either product based on my own experiences 👍🏼 Who ever thought they'd look forward to a Tuesday 🤣🤣🤣🙌🏼

[@pmbrowny]

@@SparkleanAutos with a proper trigger it's very easy to use and economical too.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Sounds like a purchase is required! 🤣

[@decker0373]

I only just got it in on Tuesday, soft99 and EZ Car Care's black Friday sells took a lot of time to work through, as well as taking a lot of my hard earned 😂. Cracking product tests Mark thanks as always.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Haha it's a hard week to hold onto money Lee that's for sure 🤣🤣👍🏼👍🏼

[@jimmcgeown2083]

Both products performed very well and whilst I’m not keen on gel products there’s no denying it cleaned very well ,I think the market is awash with decent wheel cleaners not to mention APC’s but I love all seeing all these different brands being used and trying some myself ,and with Black Friday offers ongoing I know I’ll be buying some more ,loving this series Mark ,as always keep er lit big man 👏👏👏

[@SparkleanAutos]

Much appreciated Jim, as always 😉👍🏼 As you say, market is absolutely flooded with products but I'm in a great position of being able to test a lot of them and sharing my thoughts... So long as people want to hear what I have to say at least 🤣 Thanks again Jim 👍🏼👍🏼

[@DavidMcBay]

Another excellent Tuesday video video Mark. I do love sample size bottles but those wee spray heads can be brutal, I've found that even some proper triggers cant deal with gel like formula so those wee ones will always be struggling, anyway I know that's not the point of the video haha. Both cleaners looked to do an excellent job on some very dirty wheels so I can see why the products are back on the shelve.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Cheers Dave .. yeah I did struggle to get decent coverage with the gel one but as you say, I wasn't reviewing that part of it! The Autobrite Direct trigger on the 500ml Britegel bottle certainly looks the part on their website so maybe they've managed to work around that problem 🤔 because if you could get decent coverage with the gel then the advantages would be great. Anyway, thanks again mate 🤜🏼

[@Geeky_detail_reviews]

Excellent video as always my friend

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you mate ☺️

[@sixtysecondsofstephens2386]

Another great video.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you mate 👍🏼

[@triggerhappyautos]

I'm going to apologise for being late to the party Mark 🤣. Great products those! I particularly think the wheel and tyre cleaner is right up my street! By the way I think the word 'viscosity' would be suitable to describe the differences in the products 🤣🤣. Smasher as always. We come here to see different products and you always get it absolutely spot on showing us the capabilities of them. If I ever come to Northern Ireland I'm popping in for a session 🤣🤣

[@SparkleanAutos]

Haha I'll get the kettle on that day Sean 👍🏼 As for referring to different viscosities - I was recording the commentary at 1am and saying viscosity would have come out as viscoripitydippidydoodloscopy so I stuck with liquid and gel... I stand by my decision 🤣 Appreciate the feedback as always mate, it's comments like this from people like yourself that motivate me with this series 👍🏼🤜🏼

[@jamesbartlett5005]

This sample kit is £13 online at halfords at moment instead of £25 so I'm going to give them a go after your review mark 👍

[@SparkleanAutos]

£13 is excellent value for 12 new products to try out!! 👌🏼 Thank you James, and enjoy the kit 😁👍🏼

[@M.E63]

Nice video, I’ll be honest every wheel cleaner I’ve tried has been fine with agitation, maybe not the Poundland one but anything from even a budget detailing brand works fine, I been looking for a near touch less one but haven’t had much success, Mitchell and king have one which they said was touch less but I didn’t think much of it, if you ever get round to it then I would love if you could try out HLS automotive products

[@SparkleanAutos]

To be honest Imran, the wheels are typically the dirtiest, most contaminated part of the car... In direct contact with the brakes AND the road so you'll be doing well to find anything strong enough to completely clean them contactlessly without adversely affecting some of the components in the wheel arch (electrical sensors, flexible rubber brake lines etc.). If you, or someone you know, wants to send me some HLS automotive products to try, be my guest but I have more than enough products here for a couple of years worth of content without buying anything else! 🤣👍🏼

[@M.E63]

@@SparkleanAutos Yh I understand there’s no such thing as contactless anything when it comes to cleaning a car, but I’ve been looking for something for the wheels that’s near enough contactless, only reason I wanted that was as my wheels are black chrome using a brush gives it a lot of swirls, same technique on other wheels won’t swirl them up as much. Every non acidic wheel cleaner I’ve tried seem to perform the same, nothing stands out. I will sort out my products and I’ll see what I can send you

[@SparkleanAutos]

Anachem Automotive Cleanse is very good, I use it as a 'pre-wash' on my wheels to remove most of the dirt pre-contact

[@SparkleanAutos]

Black wheels are a nightmare though, you do need a soft microfibre or wool media to clean them rather than orushes

[@M.E63]

@@SparkleanAutos Yh after I polished them and ceramic coated them I don’t use brushes, just microfibre mitt and microfibre wheel whoolie, I do a pre wash first, mine are painted and it’s a black chrome which are a nightmare compared to my other car which has normal silver wheels, someone recommended valet pro bilberry wheel cleaner and said they work great as touchless but not convinced

[@GMDetails]

Nice twin test there from Autobrite Direct , I started getting serious with detailing with a few products from them, funnily enough it was a wheel cleaner called Very Cherry, not the acidic one , wasn’t brave enough for that 😂, I absolutely loved that at 10-1 Gel wheel cleaners are a right pain in the butt to dispense even with a good trigger, they never seem to spray evenly so well done for getting it out of a sample spray 👌 Results were good there, can’t ask for more and you didn’t use a lot at all, I’m done with RTU stuff tho, dare I say Surfex and leave it there 😂😂

[@cameronstevenson5894]

RTU products your paying for 90% water

[@SparkleanAutos]

Would definitely agree with you Graeme... I haven't been a big fan of any gel-like products I've used but like I said, I haven't used Autobrite's trigger yet so it would be unfair of me to assume it's just the same... It was hard work with the sample bottle but they're not really designed for that 🤣 The other one was excellent and I think the bottle said it can be diluted 20:1 for light/maintenance cleaning so good value too 👍🏼

[@GMDetails]

@@SparkleanAutos looking forward to seeing the next instalment of the kit 👌

[@SparkleanAutos]

Well it will come... But maybe Xmas will first - shelves full of products to test 🤣🤣😊😊😊

[@tmphotography8443]

I have both of these products, albeit the older version of wheel n tyre .I prefer normally the standard cleaner for barrels and tyres and gel for the faces. Being the Black Friday sale I nipped in earlier and got the wheel shampoo to test out at £4 for 500ml its worth a chance. Look forward to the other bits in part 2 as both again are regular products of mine . Shampoo I do like but I've as many shampoos as #pauldouldon does jetwashes 😂

[@SparkleanAutos]

🤣🤣 he has his fare share of machines lol Might not be this side of Xmas but I'll see what I can do 👍🏼👍🏼

[@tmphotography8443]

@@SparkleanAutos no rush there are a few products to go at yet .Its good to see them being reviewed as often they do seem to be a forgotten brand for reviews but guess as some products are re branded versions of others its expected.I just need it dry enough , and my father not pestering me , long enough to try the glass polish and wheel shampoo etc I picked up today

[@SparkleanAutos]

Good luck with them lol As you can see I've quite a few to get through so definitely a few Autobrite reviews will be included in this series going forward 👍🏼

[@cameronstevenson5894]

Never used there new cleaner britegel is ok for maintained wheels but non maintained its useless

[@cameronstevenson5894]

Also ive tested brite gel sitting on the wheel for upto 10 mins then just jet wash it it dosent do nothing when its sitting dwelling it needs to be worked in nice smell but

[@SparkleanAutos]

These wheels aren't maintained at all and it did an excellent job as far as I'm concerned... As for dwelling and rinsing, didn't try that as I'm just following instructions for this series - and going by those instructions, I have no complaints. We all have different experiences though, otherwise this would be a very boring hobby with nothing to talk about 🤣

[@cameronstevenson5894]

@@SparkleanAutos what i meant was baked on brakedust whent it goes that gold colour in the corners of the spokes when i do customers cars i come across this and britgel dosent touch it tbh your wheels here an apc would have removed this easily

[@SparkleanAutos]

Oh I know what you mean, sometimes even an acidic brake cleaner is required - but these are maintenance products and this test series is about a normal person at home using maintenance products to maintain their cars. On that test criteria, they both met and exceeded expectations. What a professional looks for and what the normal hobbyist/proud car owner at home look for are 2 different things. This series is aimed at the people at home who don't want to be bored with chemical jargon, they just want to know if they pick a product up off the shelf and use it as directed, will it give them the results they expect. 👍🏼

[@martinmees878]

Great video. I have to say I didnt get on with Brite Gel especially on diamond cut and painted wheels. I much prefer a bucket of water with a squirt of Purple Velvet shampoo and a few squirts of BH Surfex HD for both wheels and tyres.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Cheers Martin.. I was trying to hold off too much judgement on it as I'm not a huge fan of gel products .. and I always try to be impartial, especially without using it through a proper trigger, but it definitely wasn't as easy to use as the traditional style. Still did a good job cleaning though 👍🏼