Chemical Guys Hydro Suds Ceramic Car Wash Soap Review.

[@alexlittig7927]

I have been using this on my full 5 year ceramic coated GTI for a few months now. its honestly incredible at how well this beads after. It beads so well i can dry my car with a leaf blower in about 5 minutes. It just blasts right off. I tried this before ceramic coating and the water would stick to the car to much to blow off. I understand the website says what it says but on a fully ceramic coated car this stuff is unbelievable. This product makes my car so easy to clean. due to the existing ceramic coating just foaming the whole car and letting it sit for about a minute or two and rinsing it off gets 90% of the dirt off. than i do a second wash and use a wash mitt. this makes it very hard to scratch the car. the 5 year ceramic coating is the best thing i ever did. dirt just falls away effortlessly. I can understand why this did not work on just a waxed car. regardless of what the chemical guys website says a synthetic protectant just does not work well with plan wax. with a ceramic coating already in place this wash can bond with the coating because they are the same. Ill make a video next time i wash my car. I think chemical guys needs to update the product use description to ceramic cars only.

[@9NailzGarage]

Thanks for sharing!

[@theswatteam1909]

Yeah I coated my pickup with hydroslick from chemical guys. I did a terrible job coating it and you can still see a bit of residue on 2 or 3 places. But using this soap is just awesome. I don't even touch the truck, I just wash any loose dirt off with a pressure washer. Then foam it right up with a foam cannon (I use like 3 or 4oz, like double what they recommend). Once I get the whole truck foamed up I just wash it off with the pressure washer again. Which it says on the back to use a foam cannon for a high foam touch less wash. But once I finish washing it I'll use the hydro speed quick detailing spray and walk around it wiping it off. The truck is slick to the touch and feels awesome. But if you don't have any ceramic on your car just use any other wash N wax out there and you'll be fine. Chemx.com has a really nice looking 2 part touchless wash that looks really good.

[@captainbasilhamaty2460]

Thank you for sharing. I was thinking the same thing when I viewed the video. I got my new truck coated, with 9 layers, and they recommended a neutral balanced ph soap and found the hydro suds creamic car wash soap.

[@erniearambula3525]

From what I understand as to what Chemical Guys claim is that Hydro Suds is to help enhance and "Recharge " a car's paint that's already been ceramic coated.

[@9NailzGarage]

I looked it up to verify so this is straight from the Chemical Guys website, it does claim to add water beading to any surface coated or uncoated. HydroSuds is infused with nano SiO2 that leave behind ceramic protection and incredible gloss with every wipe of your mitt. HydroSuds offers a good level of protection alone, leaving a silica-rich film behind that helps repel water, dirt, and other pollutants, keeping your car cleaner longer. Use it on a non-coated car to add water beading properties, or on a coated car to revitalize your ceramic coating with a simple wash and dry!

[@bennyylopezz]

@@9NailzGarage so from your knowledge it’s safe on a car that’s never been washed with anything brand new straight out the dealer

[@opxoverkill1879]

Friendly tip , using the same mit will end up giving you swirls , in the video you show that there’s was a lot of dry mud on the side of the car , whether you power wash it with just water it still doesn’t fully remove the contaminates that it need to remove …. My suggestions I’ve been detailing for a while now is 1.) I always inspect the vehicle 2.) the main area I would look at it is always the front bumper , hood and both fenders you’ll see a lot of those bugs and insects in the front , when those bugs are dried your running that mit everywhere else causing even much more of the swirls that you want to avoid 3.) what I like to do is run a full contamination wash ( no mit ) just let it soak up all the contaminates ( once again even a contaminate wash will not 100% remove it all but it will do it job 60-70% of it ) then rinse the car down 3.) one thing is see as well is your running the mit in circular motion which that’s another reason that causes heavy swirl mark ) I personally run a “one angle” hense the reason of always starting on top on the car ( a back and forth motion ) ( or straight line ) I love your video so don’t take it personal it’s my person opinion🙏🏽

[@9NailzGarage]

Thank you for the advise!

[@TonyC0101]

THANK YOU! I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice that not only does it not bead, but it left horrible streaking, not a slick surface, and a thick, pasty residue that occurs after a rain.

[@9NailzGarage]

I didn’t notice the paste after rain, but yea overall not that impressed

[@Brickbuilder128]

Tried hydro suds myself and I probably spent over an hour trying to dry the car from the residue. The finish looks amazing, but I'm not sure how it will work yet.

[@Rogerjr96]

Thanks for the reviews. I use meguiar's ceramic detailer and ceramic wax and was wondering if chemical guys would be better or worse. The Armor All soap seems to have done the best.

[@9NailzGarage]

I do really like meguiars ceramic wax and like it a lot. Armor all has become my new favorite though

[@hootie191]

you say that chemical guys took away the beading of the final rinse of water. that's exactly whats its supposed to do . ceramic coatings and waxes are supposed to sheet the water not bead it.this ceramic technology is a whole different concept than what we have had with carnauba waxes and other related 'wax type products'. i have a 2018 shadow black f 150 pickup truck that i prided as one of the best looking 'driven daily' trucks in town. that was with the carnauba wax days. reluctantly, i tried some of the over to counter ceramic products on my truck. didn't have the expensive treatment done but just used what you could buy from the manufactures and at the auto parts stores and walmart. wow! what a difference, if you want a jelly, candy looking gloss on you paint go with ceramic products. if you do it right, like i said, the water sheets on the paint instead of beading. fyi, microfiber has come so so far in recent years, i think that laying down the money for premium quality towels is a must. really makes a difference in my detailing of my cars and trucks, weather its from cleaning glass to quick detailing or removing wax from the paint, the final sheen and gloss or quality of finish tells the tale of all your effort!!! we just dont run down the basement the the rag box and get an old t shirt or moms old dish or bath towels to wax the car or truck.

[@9NailzGarage]

Thanks for the comment

[@JWM5773]

Can you only use it on vehicles that are ceramic coated already?

[@searching616]

I wonder if it needs clean paint before application, would be interesting to see if it worked after stripping all previous waxes or coatings off.

[@searching616]

You should test it.

[@RaymondMoralesPuertoRico]

I bought this product hopping that the water beading will be stronger since I sealed my cars paint with Jet Seal and wax it with Butter Wet Wax but after washing it with Hydro Suds the water beading went away and worst the water shedding was horrible. That didn’t happened when I wash my car with Mr. Pink.

[@9NailzGarage]

I usually like most all Chemical guys products, not a fan of this one. Can't win them all I guess..

[@papis_dad1847]

Ceramic coating and wax don’t mix. I would venture to say that had it been non waxed paint it would have worked. Another reason for using it is if you plan to ceramic coat your paint then you have to find a soap without wax or just use a soap that has ceramic in it. I’m using this soap and then putting there ceramic spray coating over it and it has always looked and worked great 👍🏼

[@9NailzGarage]

Thanks for the comment, I’ll try it on a ceramic coat next time

[@WhatsTheT]

bruhhh you sounded so disappointed and defeated after seeing what happened lol. Have you reached out to Chemical Guys by chance? I was just about to buy this and then I saw this video. Glad I didn't get it.

[@ScouserBerny]

So I decided to give this a whirl on my 911 TTS. I too followed the instructions t the tee and watched the Chemical Guys videos to make sure I applied it correctly. The car has a coat of Rejex but I have never been satisfied with the beading, albeit it did have some beading. HydroSuds took any beading I had off the car entirely. In fact I think it probably does a better job than Chemical Guys Clean Slate! I will say that it did clean the car well though and it was pretty dirty. Anyway, I dried it all off then clay bared the paintwork. I then applied a coat of 303 Graphene Nano Spray. Man! is that stuff good. The beading is quite amazing and the paintwork feels silky smooth. The shine is like glass. I defo wont use HydroSuds again unless I need a Clean Slate 🤣🤣

[@9NailzGarage]

I’m glad I’m not the only one!

[@djsthemetereman]

I thought this was for cars with ceramic coating, or is your car coated?

[@9NailzGarage]

I looked it up to verify so this is straight from the Chemical Guys website, the last sentence answers your question. HydroSuds is infused with nano SiO2 that leave behind ceramic protection and incredible gloss with every wipe of your mitt. HydroSuds offers a good level of protection alone, leaving a silica-rich film behind that helps repel water, dirt, and other pollutants, keeping your car cleaner longer. Use it on a non-coated car to add water beading properties, or on a coated car to revitalize your ceramic coating with a simple wash and dry!

[@minutemanmac]

Beads up beautifully when I did my two cars

[@9NailzGarage]

Didn’t work for me, I tried it on different cars too..

[@Mr.Page1004]

How did you do it

[@snackymcgoo1539]

@minutemanmac, did your car have any protection already? Did you just spray on and then contact wash off and it worked? I mean this video was straight to the point, before and after and literally the protection got worse. But for you it worked. I am seeing conflicting experiences in this and other video comments. Almost like if a ceramic coating exists and is ALREADY doing a good job, simply washing it with any product would make that product seem like it helped.

[@danasato1901]

Thank you for this. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@9NailzGarage]

No problem!

[@ryanw1284ryansrants]

I've used this a few times and did have better luck when I thought I was recharging lol. I used for the first time in a few months (been awhile since I did a full wax) and found spots where it just removed all hydrophobic properties.

[@9NailzGarage]

Yea I usually like chemical guys products too, but I just had terrible results with this one.. Armor All really actually worked

[@ryanw1284ryansrants]

@@9NailzGarage same logic then as seal and shine.. lol Hidden gem!! I will say the hydro slick wax works wonders.

[@redheadeddude6863]

Try using chem-x Snake oil. Its a touchless Sio2 soap.

[@9NailzGarage]

I’ll give it a shot! Thanks!

[@phat_gunpla_etc]

beautiful weather in december for washing! love it...too cold here in wa...thanks for sharing!

[@9NailzGarage]

It’s hit or miss in Tennessee in the winter lol

[@Mc00CorD]

Hope you know this Soap is PH neutral, this is for ceramic coats. Might want to read the bottle.

[@9NailzGarage]

Thats not what the website says..

[@Sysaphys]

The problem is that this product is grossly misused. Simply put, if your car does NOT already have a ceramic coating or chemical guys equivalent, this will not enhance the surface. The soap is PH neutral and free of any wax so as to not strip what is already on your paint. Not sure why you lost some the very little amount of beading it did have. If you don't have a water softener, the PH and alkaline level in the water could have been the culprit. The other problem is also that they don't make it clear that it's meant strictly for ceramic coating. They assume that people will understand that "ceramic car wash" means car wash for ceramic coated paint.

[@9NailzGarage]

Straight from Chemical Guys website, it’s a terrible product…. “Use it on a non-coated car to add water beading properties, or on a coated car to revitalize your ceramic coating with a simple wash and dry!”

[@rodcole818]

thanks for this, it's exactly the same as I experienced. I looked at the directions and it says it will go over wax etc. At $53 aus I won't be buying it again..

[@saultrejo8012]

It only works on vehicle that have been ceramic coated and to rejuvenate the ceramic coating

[@9NailzGarage]

The website says differently, thanks though

[@9NailzGarage]

The website says differently, thanks though

[@ConstanceCox]

If you didn't have ceramic coating on it to begin with, what would you buy ceramic soap??

[@9NailzGarage]

Yes

[@112330059daniel]

Shake the bottle before using it.

[@DANNYFC1]

I been using this soap and to be honest I’m not impressed either I love there products I’m going to use the armor all soap for now on lol

[@andrewcramer7214]

Legit looks like it was washed with dish soap how flat that ended up being. Even for chemical guys I'm surprised how bad the result was.

[@9NailzGarage]

I know, I love chemical guys products, but this one isn’t worth the price. I was hoping it was going to be a positive review but it didn’t go that way..

[@jimbz20]

The amount of times he had to copy and paste the same description from chemical guys because no one read the previous comments😂 Honest review and I'm glad I watched this before I went out and spent the money on a product that clearly is not working to how it's claimed to work.

[@9NailzGarage]

I’m glad someone else can appreciate how many times I copied and pasted that lol thanks for watching! I’ve got a few other reviews to check out as well. Honestly Armor All ceramic is my new favorite, here’s a link Armor All Extreme Shield Ceramic Car Wash vs Muddy Jeep! Amazing!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYqueYOjattmm6s

[@jimbz20]

Did you do one on their ceramic glass cleaner? I tried it and did not care for it. Maybe you did or can make a video and have better luck than myself.

[@brandon54521]

That’s interesting. I will say sheeting leaves a lot less water spots when it sheets fast vs bead. But that was horribly slow sheeting if you could even call it that. I agree that it does look shiny in video after it was dried! I’d be curious what it would do washing it again.

[@9NailzGarage]

Agreed with less water spots with sheeting, but I do like that the beading seems easier to dry than when it sheets. I’ll be making another video next week testing Meguiars so we’ll see if it beads then!

[@brandon54521]

@@9NailzGarage. Some of the ceramic stuff needs time to cure. I wonder if tomorrow would be better. Just a thought. I used The Last Coat on my truck and it did get better with time, could feel it getting more slick day by day.

[@dianakeely2046]

I am going to let you use that product a couple more times to give it a try if you would like let me know when you want to do it. Very nice description

[@tammyschmidt4458]

LOL, Guess you will have to make a visit. When are you making the trip so we can plan around it.

[@peterlucas4560]

The soap residue after washing with this product Was unbeleivable... The car looked like I drove thru A volcanic eruption, raining down ashe all over the car... So I washed the car again... And again.. And had to use another car soap to clean of Residue this soap makes. We were laughing and Just like this is pretty sad that the car looked better Before being washed.

[@EXQUISITEMAD]

It is ment for exactly what the name says. Ceramic car wash soap

[@lmbrgneable]

You gotta have chemical guys hydro slick on the vehicle first...hydro suds maintains the hydro slick finish....so no you won't get results like you wanted.

[@9NailzGarage]

I looked it up to verify so this is straight from the Chemical Guys website, it does claim to add water beading to any surface coated or uncoated. “HydroSuds is infused with nano SiO2 that leave behind ceramic protection and incredible gloss with every wipe of your mitt. HydroSuds offers a good level of protection alone, leaving a silica-rich film behind that helps repel water, dirt, and other pollutants, keeping your car cleaner longer. Use it on a non-coated car to add water beading properties, or on a coated car to revitalize your ceramic coating with a simple wash and dry!”

[@donathangibbs937]

It’s not gonna happen right away😂 u gotta use it couple times let it sit in a couple washes ,

[@9NailzGarage]

Says instant on the bottle... Armor All Ceramic doesn't have a problem providing instant results.

[@adrianomarinelli6150]

Water sheeting indicates the surface Has a very low tension extremely slick surface … Which is exactly the properties you are looking for… So the product actually worked you’re just evaluating it incorrectly. Also the added benefit is less water spots!

[@9NailzGarage]

I was evaluating the claim from chemical guys as mentioned straight from their website copied down below. It specifically says “adds water beading properties” and it did not, that’s what they claimed and that is not what I received from the product. “HydroSuds is infused with nano SiO2 that leave behind ceramic protection and incredible gloss with every wipe of your mitt. HydroSuds offers a good level of protection alone, leaving a silica-rich film behind that helps repel water, dirt, and other pollutants, keeping your car cleaner longer. Use it on a non-coated car to add water beading properties, or on a coated car to revitalize your ceramic coating with a simple wash and dry!”

[@FrenchValleyAirport]

Looool it stripped your paint, Chemical guys is crap, and I'm someone who unfortunately owns a ton of their products, but phasing it out.

[@9NailzGarage]

I still like Chemical snow foam soaps, just not a fan of too much else.

[@CarlosJimenez-js9qx]

Thx for the review that helped a lot my car ended up just like yours so I’m gonna have to try a different soap i would not recommend it

[@9NailzGarage]

Try Armor All Ceramic, it actually works!

[@rycoy8208]

Try the turtle wax line that shit lasts forever

[@9NailzGarage]

I’ll give it a shot, thanks!

[@sourpatchdyl]

Lol you commented "haven't waxed it in a year" then you incorrectly washed your super dirty vehicle. You didnt have any wax or sealant left on the paint to begin with if you hadn't done a wax job in a year. The water beading on year vehicle at the beginning wasn't impressive to begin with because there wasn't any wax left. I just washed two cars today and it worked phenomenally

[@Deviantsoundz]

The comments trying to defend a bad product 😆

[@9NailzGarage]

Some people are just attached to the name lol

[@KingTheDetailer]

Chemical guys is full of shit , I prefer meguiars for the price

[@Pedroluvslupe]

Terrible foam so watery