NANOLEX PROFESSIONAL PRE-WASH REVIEW - 👎👎👎

[@AetheriusBE]

I use the Nanolex and i'm very happy with it, he's very economical and the wet effect last long on the paint for a long working time but it do not foam a lot

[@SuperchargedLlama]

What dilution are you using it at? I've got another video trying it at 1:10 where it performs better, but it's not great when compared to whatever else I'm testing it against. I would suggest you try some other products because I think you'll get a better performance.

[@decker0373]

Well played with this one, Adrian... as i said on Instagram, an honest review is really important, not a sales pitch which will cost me and leave me with a pile of poo. All the best.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

Absolutely agree with you there. I get a bit jaded of all the very positive reviews of products - I was given this for free btw, so there's not even that factoring into it (I like to think it never does in my reviews, but subconsciously it may do sometimes).

[@Geeky_detail_reviews]

Great testing as always mate. 😊 loved the short content straight to the point

[@SuperchargedLlama]

Thank you darling! I guess this one is more indicative, rather than exhaustive, but I wouldn't expect the results to change, given how far off the mark the Nanolex is.

[@keithblacknell957]

A timely video, doing my first wash after the month of monsoon we've had. Got some GT foam for xmas, hoping it's as good as my previous favs of Squid ink Alkafroth and Bh touchless.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

It certainly will be, at 3% PIR it's as good as Touch-Less at 5%. I've not used Alkafroth but people who have, and have used GT and BH all mention it in the same breath.

[@PaulDoldenDetails]

Great test Adrian that’s saved us some money 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@SuperchargedLlama]

And a substantial amount too, £51 for 5L! 😬 Thanks for watching darling 😘

[@metalmadhammer7376]

To be fair, the nanolex was sprayed on the dirtiest part of the side of the car. Shame you didn't do the other side with the nanolex at the back. Must try that GT foam but isn't it much more expensive than BH?.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

You're absolutely right, the lower part, right behind the wheel, is a lot dirtier than the rest, but the upper part isn't significantly worse. If it had even gotten marginally close then I'd have given it some wriggle room, but it didn't. I'm going to try a few other products out next time, I'll do the Nanolex again but at the back instead for the sake of fairness. With regards to the GT, it's more expensive than AutoFoam, but it's much nicer in terms of foam, and free'er rinsing, so that's worth it for me. Compared to Touch-Less I seem to remember it being about the same cost per wash, because Touch-Less maxed at 5% PIR and GT is at 3%, but cleans better. Got can also buy 1L of GT so it's a nice size to be able to try.

[@KarlHampson-TCB]

Cracking video! Always a great idea to do comparisons when testing a product. Nanolex was surprisingly disappointing but GT snow foam V2 looks cracking 😁

[@SuperchargedLlama]

Thank you darling! It's really nice to validate certain products. I've tested GT fairly extensively, but it's always been next to AutoFoam, so it's looked much of a muchness. When you do things like this you realise just how good it is!

[@markmoore6264]

Thorough test, any chance of giving HDD Road Rage and Grime Zero a Llama review.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

Thank you darling! You're absolutely right, I need to do some of the HDD ones, I'll use some of these up before grabbing yet more products 😬

[@markmoore6264]

@SuperchargedLlama Got too many myself, its like an addiction

[@pigeonpoo1823]

Excellent video. Always like a side-by-side comparison. I would like to have seen you use GT V2 (because it won) over the whole side of the car and then seen the results. Kind of like when you did the tyre cleaning test and used the Retyre on the tyre which had already been cleaned with VB. And it would possibly have shown if x2 rounds of prewash is the way to go (even with GT) Cheers snd happy new year!

[@SuperchargedLlama]

Funnily enough that's pretty much what I did afterwards, I put every left over in the pump foamer and did the whole car, not quite the same thing, I like your idea. I'm actually going to do a video where I try and do a quick contactless wash with Koch Vb, and I'm going to do two hits to see if that impacts the results.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

@@SuperchargedLlama I did a quick BH Autofoam and rinsed off with Spotless water 2 weeks ago (so I could let it air dry and go back to bed). It felt strange to basically miss the contact washing, drying and qd'ing, and not do wheels and tyres. Desperate times called for desperate measures 🤣 I was on nights over Xmas so was awake for like 2 hours, and I'll be damned if the car wasn't going to get some kind of clean!!!!! As a one-off, yes. As a regular thing, not a chance!

[@SuperchargedLlama]

@@pigeonpoo1823 that's exactly where I'm at atm. Not the shifts, but the precious little time!

[@AndreasSchwarzinger]

Interesting, I had similar issues with the Nanolex Prewash Snow Foam not properly foaming up

[@SuperchargedLlama]

Hmmm interesting. Was the cleaning power any good at least? Because auto Foam isn't very foamy, but it cleans like very few other products....and I just realised I didn't try this in a foam lance, but it won't be any good. Much like the GSF actually, as we were discussing the other day.

[@GMDetails]

I love to see a proper, well documented test, anyway about your video 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Kidding obv Adrian 😅 fantastic video , quick, to the point and surprising results I thought Nanolex would have been good as a few years ago their pre wash citrus was pretty decent, how things have changed. I’m glad you tried ONR cause I’ve not seen anyone else try it out as a prewash , I tried it after seeing a promo video from Yvan saying it is amazing as a prewash and I got the same results as you 😤

[@SuperchargedLlama]

Excellent feedback, thank you! I'd used ONR as a pre-wash in the summer and it seemed really similar to the GT ( V1 I think it was) so I was really surprised here. I'm going to do a side by side with Feynlab Pure Rinseless because I think that will be very capable....but I'm getting ready to eat my hat 🙃

[@decker0373]

I used ONR as a prewash when we had the Sahara sand, it did OK with that.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

@@decker0373 absolutely, and I think that's absolutely the context where onr is brilliant. Not good for attached dirt, but dust it's absolutely sublime. I'd even hazard a suggestion and say that there's nothing better at that job.

[@BarryCoombs1]

Not long bought 5L of GT Snow V2 for £35 which I use at 1/9 - produces great results and it's easily as good as BH AF and also works out at better value than it in 5L form. Thanks for the video! 🙏🏾

[@SuperchargedLlama]

I agree with you 💯 - 1/9 is 1% PIR in my Ava P57 set-up, it's definitely effective! The nice thing is that if you ever want a bit more oomph, you could just as more. I never used to need that on my own car because I cleaned it so frequently. But these days....

[@BrianW1612]

I've tested them side by side on several occasions at the same dilution & varied concentrations. AF is slightly more effective. Watering down the GT to 1% PIR would only make this gap even bigger so in my opinion, talking nonsense.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

@@BrianW1612 I've not experienced that personally. What I have noticed is that, at all dilutions, it depends what sort of dirt is on the car as to which is more effective. Sometimes it's GT, some time's it's AutoFoam, but it's always pretty marginal.

[@BrianW1612]

​​@@SuperchargedLlama like you I've tested on various cars, various levels of protection. Results were consistent in that at the same PIR they are close, AF just edges it but that gap does open more on lesser protected cars. Saying GT at 1:9 is effective is just nonsense & misleading to others. It will be fine for the summer months but this time of the year it's no where near strong enough regardless of protection in my opinion. That statement isn't specific to GT either, AF is the same at such a low PIR. Depending on protection & length of time between washes, both need to be used at minimum 2% PIR this time of year to obtain acceptable results for a safe contact wash. Even then 2% is pushing it & personally I'd never drop below 3% if you are leaving the car longer than 1 week between washes in the winter, just my opinion but I have posted plenty on DC to back this up.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

@@BrianW1612 ah I see what you mean. For me 1:90 is almost 1% PIR for my Ava P57 with the premium foam cannon. But that wouldn't be remotely the same with my Nilfisk C135i and MTM foam cannon. So it is effective, but obviously not as effective as 3%. I clear about 9.5L to empty the 1L foam bottle on the P57. But yeah, protection plays a big part in it. As does wash intervals etc..id you're washing weekly then 1% is effective. If it's every month, at this time of year, it won't do much (as you say). By effective I guess I mean it does remove some of the dirt. I'd hazard a guess that it's still more effective than this Nanolex.

[@gillywash1487]

Great job as always 😜 Nanolex looked pretty poor at that dilution I know you have to go by the instructions but at 1:10 or something it’d probably be decent, well something near Forst and much cheaper than RTU. Interesting that you seem to find GT snowfoam V2 more effective at 3% than GT citrus in a stronger mix, I’m yet to use them on a side by side test but thought they were similar power wise just the foam more foamy.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

Ha! BIG LOVE! I was thinking I should try it stronger, and perhaps I shall. There's a real kick in the teeth here though, £51 for 5L of Nanolex, £35 for 5L of GT, and even then, the GT is one of the priciest options on the market...but it's good so...hmmmm, let it off I guess? I enjoy using it more than Auto-Foam and at 3% it's as effective as Touch-less at 5%, and costs about the same.

[@WEZ4136]

Of these I’d go with GT snow V2, but do you know how it compares to BH Touchless? Great video as always with excellent information 👍👍👍

[@SuperchargedLlama]

Cheers darling. I'd say this and Touch-Less are broadly comparable on price per wash and cleaning performance (at 5% PIR for Touch-Less Vs 3% for GT, that's how GT actually cost marginally less, because you use significantly less product).

[@WEZ4136]

@@SuperchargedLlama I’ve yet to try the GT line but it’s next on my list after I finish the BH products I have left. 👍👍

[@glosjdm]

I've found that the nanolex premium range blue labels is alot better than there professional/ trade range black labels

[@SuperchargedLlama]

That's interesting, and completely nonsensical 🤦‍♂️ properly pricey though, would you say they're worth it over the competition?

[@glosjdm]

I ment black bottle not label. I've tried the pure shampoo, insect remover, wheel cleaner and iron remover, si splash sealant. Which were all good. The professional wheel cleaner concentrate was average.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

@@glosjdm ahhhhhh yes. You've highlighted a point there, Nanolex need to simplify their branding.

[@kevinb7058]

I do like surfex at 1.15 for a pre wash. I see Gyeon have a few new products next month. The Total Remover caught my eye. A sealant and coating remover 🤔

[@SuperchargedLlama]

I should really try Surfex as a pre-wash for comparison again. I was wondering what ratio to go with, I was mulling over 1:10 but was thinking that's hella strong. Gyeon need to up their pre-wash game so I'm interested to see what they bring out. I got some of that Kamikaze No.5 to compare to Megs Wash Plus, and that all sounds similar to the Gyeon product, but that's not properly informed.

[@kevinb7058]

Adrian I got cancoat Evo to try out when the weather warms up but would megs wash+ remove it if I want to change? Would love the kamikaze no5 but post and duty to Ireland is crazy 😱

[@decker0373]

​@SuperchargedLlama Hi Adrian, when I contacted BH, to ask about LSP safe surfex as a pre-wash, Mr Hamber responded "4%".... I guess it's whether you want to try it as a safe LSP prewash or as a dirt remover.

[@roger4880]

Thanks for the video. I alternate between Auto Foam and Touchless in a pump sprayer, at 2-4% both work out dirt cheap. Don't bother with a foam gun any more, too much product and hassle, plus neighbour's always want to know what I'm doing - rather have a peaceful wash experience :) 80ml to 160 ml of product with 4L of water, peanuts 💸 I was using Surfex and still have it, but found it does something to the wiper blades, window rubber and scuttle areas, so stopped using it. They took on a hazy appearance and wipers would judder excessively. For tyres and wheels it is good though. Not tried anything else but often hear in the forums that VB is one of the best if not the best pre-wash taking into account cost.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

That's a fantastic bit of insight right there, especially with the Surfex as well! I've got tonnes of Vb so it's something I'm going to do a bit more with, especially comparing different strengths and seeing how that impacts the cleaning ability. I'll try pump sprayer a Vs the foam lance too, although maybe not all in the same video. I was using a sprayer last winter and I am with you, it works really well. Not viable in the summer, but it's great when it's cool enough that it won't dry out.

[@caseypeploe1273]

What’s vb ?

[@SuperchargedLlama]

@@caseypeploe1273 Koch Chemie Vb is basically the same thing as Garage Therapy Decon Shampoo.

[@roger4880]

Would love to know what to use in the summer for pre wash, Bilt Hamber stuff dries fast. I use Adam's shampoo in the summer for the main wash as it doesn't dry quickly and easy to rinse.

[@SuperchargedLlama]

@@roger4880 I use GT Snow at 1% PIR generally 🤘 but sometimes they cars still require 3%, it just depends how dirty the client has let it get before bringing it to me. I don't do basic washes anymore because there's so little money in it, I leave them to valters and just focus on deep cleans as my lowest level package.

[@ThunderBandit84]

I expected you to put it up against Surfex TBF 😂

[@SuperchargedLlama]

I think I need to do a test with it at 1:10, and then have Surfex at 1:10 and Greenstar at 1:10....GT foam at 3%, Koch Vb at 1:10 (basically GT Decon), some Feynlab pure Rinseless at its 1:250 wash dilution.

[@ThunderBandit84]

@@SuperchargedLlama you do what you need to make. If you're going to test it I'm going to watch it