The Car Boutique reviews: 6 products from BILT HAMBER (HD)

[@davidmarshall6538]

I know that this is an older video but only just found the channel. Just subscribed and thank you for the simple explanation on PIR. Need to binge-watch the rest now.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks David. We have a more recent video explaining PIR so please have a watch. The older videos are a bit cringe but we had to start somewhere lol.

[@davidmarshall6538]

@@thecarboutique2467 Thanks for replying. They are a wee bit, lol. I'll check out the new video.

[@Vantavimeow]

This is the first time I've seen someone actually explain/show how to calculate PIR, everyone else throws around the buzzword but never actually does the maths/measurements. Thanks

[@thecarboutique2467]

Many thanks. I tried to explain it so everybody understands. Appreciate the positive feedback. Cheers.

[@adamb70]

Big thumbs up, simply for explaining PIR. Great video, and shows that generally you should use MORE product in your snow cannon than is typically recommended (ie. 1:9).

[@thecarboutique2467]

Agreed Adam. Thanks for positive feedback. Cheers.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

Great reviews. I love their stuff and keep trying new things with the 3 main cleaners, AF, AW and Surfex. Surfex in an ik foamer for wheels works well. But today tried surfex on wheels, rinse, then AW in ik foamer. Didn't work well. So added a dollop of my secret ingredient (Autoglanz foam booster) and now i have an awesome high foaming, nicely clingy wheel shampoo. I'm a scientist! Love the channel and time to binge the other videos.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks for watching. I sometimes cringe at my older videos but I had to start somewhere. Cheers again.

[@kevinhorner4904]

What a fantastic explanation and demonstration of getting the percentage correct for the products. Got a new subscriber! Many thanks!

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks Kevin. I'm a simple person so if I understand it .......lol. cheers.

[@howie8552]

Good video - thanks for posting. Another BH fan here!! I also use their clay bar and panel wipe. Their entire range is excellent.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Totally agree buddy. Good Times.

[@alexmacca9477]

I've had my car ceramic coated and am wary of using Korrosol, I do have all the products excluding the QD by BH. Great video and top notch production, well done.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Hiya Alex. Thanks for positive comments. I'm the same. My car is coated and although I think it would be ok, I do stay clear of strong fallout products.

[@richardhobbs7349]

Best group if products on the market! Great review

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks buddy and I would probably agree. The entire range is superb. Cheers.

[@philipgodel5394]

Been using Bilt Hamber products for a while now. Being a valeter myself I must agree as a range their products are hard to beat. Auto wheel is probably the best wheel cleaner on the market. Auto foam is probably the most effective snow foam as well. Not super foamy but that’s only good for photos. Amazing at stripping dirt from the car before the contact wash. Great video and review mate look forward to more

[@thecarboutique2467]

Philip. Thanks for positive feedback on the video. I'm in total agreement. Its easy to review good products as you just let the camera do its thing. BH are a brand that is hard to beat. Cheers.

[@deanpedley]

Absolutely brilliant products ive used BH for many years best products by a million miles imo....Great video

[@thecarboutique2467]

Deano many thanks for the positive feedback. And I agree, 1 of the best complete brands on the market. Cheers.

[@DavidC1]

I am a BH Superfan, cant go wrong with it, and it is CLASS LEADING CLEANING

[@thecarboutique2467]

David. I totally agree.

[@DiiZeh_]

Another cracking video/review mate. Really enjoy the format of these👍🏻 Bilt Hamber do some incredible products! No crazy marketing - just great chemicals that work extremely well!

[@thecarboutique2467]

Jake. Thank you for positive comments. Although I am new to the video editing I think we are getting there. I am going to try and make the videos shorter as I am concerned people will get bored. Love doing them and really glad your enjoying them. Cheers buddy.

[@DiiZeh_]

@@thecarboutique2467 I love these longer types of video reviews personally mate! I’d love to see more like this. Looking forward to your future videos 👍🏻

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@DiiZeh_ Cheers. I personally prefer them buddy. I see a lot of videos just showing a before shot, and after shot, then saying how great the product is. Our aim was to always be a quick intro, video on all parts of the process showing explicitly the product in question being used. Then of course after shots to add credibility to the review. We also try and give advice on each video which for this 1 was a simple explanation of calculating PIR. Again thanks for your support. Cheers.

[@23hublock1]

BH products never cease to amaze me as for how good they are, no frilly packaging, and sensibly priced. However, maybe it's just my bad luck but....I recently got a 1 litre bottle of Auto-Wash. It's the new style bottle, looks like the Auto-QD bottle only taller. After 3 or 4 uses, the spout that folds out from the lid became blocked with product. It's a very narrow spout, but may be prone to blocking with product....time will tell. Worst case will be a quick rinse after dispensing or I may drill it out a bit to make it bigger. Or, dispense it into my old style bottle....which would seem a shame really. The spout promotes using sparingly....but hopefully won't keep clogging up. Still the same fantastic product which I've been using for many years.

[@thecarboutique2467]

I saw they had changed their packaging but I can remember reading they were having difficulty with their bottle supplier. The bottle that I have is perfect. And I agree, if I get more in the New bottle I'm going to decant it into the old bottle. Cheers for the heads up buddy.

[@SuperGForce01]

Great products...great review. Nice job 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thank you very much. Appreciate the message. Cheers.

[@megalodon6108]

not sure if you covered it but it is worth a mention that all BH products are environmentally friendly and also have anti-rusting properties. great value I have had all mine for over 1 year now, just about the full range, and still have about half of each product having carried out a lot of washes

[@thecarboutique2467]

You are absolutely correct and I should have mentioned it. Good point and thanks. Cheers.

[@triggerhappyautos]

Awesome vid my mate! Hard to argue with them results. 👍👍🤘

[@thecarboutique2467]

Cheers buddy.

[@Ichabod_Jericho]

Their touchless snow foam is something to be admired here in So Cal. Hard to appreciate if you aren’t used to dumb foam soaps. 4/5 these days leave wax behind. Doesn’t flash on hot paint, rinses easy, breaks off bug guts like nothing before. No need for TFR. Amazing stuff I’ll never switch as long as he doesn’t change the recipe 😅

[@thecarboutique2467]

Hiya. I'm planning to do a review on some more of their products in May including the touchless. Cheers for comment.

[@thomj32]

Been getting kit together for the last few months as have an interest in detailing, after doing a lot of research started on BH snow, surfex and double speed wax, it makes perfect sense to use these as good value and excellent results, just got the auto wash to try for next clean also. Not impressed with fancy packaging and different colours, only results.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Exactly. BH products sell themselves based on performance and not fancy marketing etc. Great comment.

[@billybonson2534]

Another cracking video. Some really useful advice in this. Nice to see Bilt Hamber living up to there awesome reputation

[@thecarboutique2467]

Cheers Billy. Really impressed with this brand. Need to get some more to test. Looking at the BH waxes next.

[@garyjones2306]

Interesting and informative video. Well done that man! I'm just a layperson and have used all Bilt Hamber products. I dont want to wax lyrical but they are quite simply head,shoulders and feather cap above the competition. Nothing comes close! I have a white Honda civic and have tried hundreds of different products with mix results. Just using Bilt Hamber Auto foam and then the auto wash shampoo my car looks amazingly clean. Incredible products. I use the auto QD at a 10 to 1 ratio to bring the paint work to a 5 star level. It works wonderful for me at this ratio. Also they are superb value for money

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@garyjones2306 Gary. As said in my video, you will find it very hard to find another complete product range as BH. The emphasis on their products is pure performance. Outstanding product range. Cheers for your comment.

[@minisynthcollective7822]

Such great products. The wheel cleaner is mind blowing. Surfex perfect APC. Double speed wax so good. What amazing products.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Totally agree buddy.

[@zzhughesd]

Love BH products. Some people using a mix of GreenStar Koch Khemmie and their concentrated snow foam. Haven’t tried latter. Would say if car filthy don’t bother snow foam just use a foaming TFR in a cannon. With or without shampoo. And job done. For a cheaper stock car wash / sale

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks for watching buddy. An old video but thanks for your suggestions.

[@matthewsmith2787]

Bilt Hamber products never fail to disappoint

[@thecarboutique2467]

Totally agree so far buddy. Cheers.

[@karennadin5821]

Sounds wrong?

[@vuorte]

@@karennadin5821 lmao I was thinking the same

[@larvey]

cracking video - i've picked up a load of BH products myself recently. looking forward to using them.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks Harvey. I test a lot of brands and without doubt BH are amongst, if not the best. No flashy advertising, just honest very well priced products. Cheers and thanks for watching the video.

[@scottbowditxh7721]

Hey Andrew great video, learnt so much and the dilution of bilt hammer products was excellent and had so many uses, the wheel cleaner looked ace, with the auto foam and shampoo seemed so easy to rinse off and no thick residue to rinse off. Thanks for the pir for the foam I can see why it gives better and consistent results instead of using 100ml or an inch. The final finish on the Audi was stunning 👍 thanks for the heads up

[@thecarboutique2467]

Scott. Thanks for the positive feedback buddy. I used to get confused with PIR so thought and easy to follow guide would be useful for other people. Cheers.

[@Bikertyke]

Subbed after watching this review. Easy to follow PIR.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Cheers. I tried to keep it simple as even I used to get confused. Keep safe buddy

[@SBMc00]

Blitz detailing snowfoam cannon would need less if you changed the orifice jet inside to a 1mm or 1.1mm. Comes with a 1.4 as stock

[@thecarboutique2467]

You are correct. We discussed this with BD after we shot the video. Cheers.

[@markspooner9730]

Really good video, full of information and easy to watch. Keep up the good work.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Mark many thanks indeed. We enjoyed doing this video very much. BH are a stable product range always giving excellent performance and value. Cheers .

[@jasonphillips3865]

Dilute Auto Wheels 1:1. Good call, I've always used it this way.

[@thecarboutique2467]

👌

[@WORMGERM]

Dumb question but why didn't you just empty the snow foam cannon directly into the foamer bottle when you were working out the PIR?

[@thecarboutique2467]

Not a dumb question buddy. Didnt think of that. Defo do that next time. Your a genius lol. Feeling stupid now lol

[@goddyb7601]

Great content. I also use Korrosol, Surfex HD, Auto Wash & Auto Foam, would love to try Auto Wheel, but too cost prohibitive here in Australia, although interesting to see you knocked it down. Also, so you used Korrosol after hand washing, do you hand wash again, or just rinse it off? Thanks

[@thecarboutique2467]

Hiya buddy. Good question. I personally wash the car normally. If I am decontamination using Korrosol, I will then wash again after using Korrosol to remove any residue. Its a bit of a ball ache but you should not need to decontaminate every wash. Big hello to our Aussie friends.

[@goddyb7601]

@@thecarboutique2467 Thanks for the reply, glad to hear I'm not the only one washing twice haha, yeah ballache for sure but it's worth it, I then finish off with NV Lustre, awesome results

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@goddyb7601 cheers buddy.

[@ashbrooks2857]

I have only just located your interesting and informative channel. Apologies if you have answered this question previously but have you obtained a different hose & trigger mechanism for you Karcher pressure washer and if so can you advise where you obtained them & what foam cannon do you use please?

[@thecarboutique2467]

Hiya Ash, thanks for the comments. You are correct. The trigger gun is a quick release trigger gun from The Clay Cloth Company. The foam cannon mainly used in the video is from Alien Magic. The hose is the standard Karcher hose with the Karcher extension hose added. I would not recommend this hose, I would buy a decent 1 from Hoses Direct.

[@ashbrooks2857]

@@thecarboutique2467 many thanks

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@ashbrooks2857 feel free to ask to join our Facebook group. Lots of good content there. Cheers.

[@crunchstudio9475]

Great go to video. Thank you.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks buddy.

[@stevenmorgan6164]

A really nice video Very informative and helpful Thank you very much How would calculate BH Auto Foam if you were using a pump sprayer rather then a foam cannon? Let say the car is moderately dirty

[@thecarboutique2467]

Hiya Steven. Thanks for message. If your using a pump sprayer it is a lot easier. To get 4 % PIR all.you need to do is mix a 4% mix in your pump bottle.eg If you had a 5L pump spray you would do 5000 × 0.04 = 200. So put 200ml of foam mix in your bottle and top up with water to 5L. There is no additional water to factor in using a pump spray to just mix the 4% in pump bottle and start spraying.

[@stevenmorgan6164]

@@thecarboutique2467 Thank you very much for answering my question. I just started watching you KZbin videos They are excellent

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@stevenmorgan6164 Pleasure. I'm away on business at the moment and will be back at the end of May. Lots more videos planned so thanks for the positive feedback.

[@izzy__uk3856]

Love the stuff you do. Keep up the good work.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Cheers Izzy. Keep safe buddy.

[@davidduignan7924]

Hello can you tell me if the auto wash will strip off the paint sealant that is already applied? I am using P&S Bead Maker for the sealant.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Hiya David. Autowash will not strip wax or sealants. Great cleaning ability without sacrificing some of your protection.

[@keithpowell4314]

Outstanding review, thanks for the pir demo very informative and taking the time to post, New subscriber 👍

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks Keith. Saw a few other demos on PIR and it was a bit confusing so thought I would try a simple explanation for the folks. Cheers for the positive feedback.

[@keithpowell4314]

@@thecarboutique2467 more than welcome 👍

[@zzhughesd]

Auto Wheels mixable miscible water ??

[@jasonphillips3865]

Try another snow foam hit after your first rinse. Trust me it works wonders because you can ditch the 2 bucket wash. Prewash correctly and then there isn't any grit on the car.

[@thecarboutique2467]

Jason. Will defo give it a try. If it saves me time and effort it has my vote. Cheers.

[@jasonphillips3865]

@@thecarboutique2467. I've been doing it for 2 years on my Mercedes CLS 63 and it works great. My theory is that if you remove all the dirt and grit, then why do you need to rinse out your shampoo mitt? It shouldn't be dirty in the first place. 👍🏻

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@jasonphillips3865 Sound advice. At the end of the day, the more you can do to minimise touching the vehicle the better. You are very wise lol.

[@jasonphillips3865]

@@thecarboutique2467.Nah, just obsessed with cleaning the car 🤣 I can highly recommend the MJJC Pro snow foam lance 👌 Better than all the others I have plus Bilt Hamber double speed wax out performs everything else too.

[@thecarboutique2467]

​@@jasonphillips3865 Jason. We are doing a review of all 3 BH waxes next weekend. Heard good things about the MJJC so might have to do another battle of the speed cannons. Always good fun.

[@damienford3587]

Awesome...

[@thecarboutique2467]

And old video buddy but thanks.

[@franklineno8616]

These products seem really good and the pricing is excellent too,but does all of these products need to be measured out each time you want to use it?I don't mind the usual one or two caps full into water then im good to go,it just seems so much to do to clean the car,or maybe it's just not for me....

[@thecarboutique2467]

Hiya buddy. I do see your point. Most BH products need to be diluted. I just measure into bottles so it's good to go next time. Small price to pay for great products.

[@jamesperkins1699]

What connection do you have on the end of your trigger gun for it to fit to your foam lance?

[@thecarboutique2467]

Hiya buddy. The trigger gun is from the Clay Cloth Company. It comes with an assortment of triggers with 1/4 inch standard connector that most foam cannons fit to. Hope this helps. www.theclayclothcompany.co.uk/ourshop/prod_7539371-CCC-14-Quick-Release-5-Piece-Nozzle-Set.html

[@jamesperkins1699]

@@thecarboutique2467 cheers, where did you get your orange spray bottles from? Been looking for some but all have mixed reviews saying they don’t work!

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@jamesperkins1699 Hiya. I will find the link for you and post shortly.

[@keithclayton654]

Great video well explained 😎🤗

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks Keith. Appreciate the positive feedback.

[@darrenfish5544]

Don't the water keep going in to the Canon when it's attached to the pressure washer?

[@thecarboutique2467]

The water travels through the mechanism. At same time the foam solution is sucked up to mix with the water and then you get foam.

[@darrenfish5544]

@@thecarboutique2467 how do u no when the Canon is empty won't water keep going thow it

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@darrenfish5544 The only way you know the cannon is empty is either by physically seeing the cannon empty or, the output is just water, suggesting no more foam solution in cannon.

[@russellgoddard5281]

Awesome video thanks 😊

[@thecarboutique2467]

Thanks Russell. Appreciate the feedback. BH are a personal favourite so thought I would spend a bit of time on this video. Thanks again.

[@MrGymCrazy]

Within reason, the power (pressure) washer makes no difference, the faster the flow, the faster the product pickup.

[@thecarboutique2467]

I do agree to certain point. It is however worth mentioning. I did a comparison between my K2 and K4 and there was a difference of approx 10% in the results.

[@seantaylor3874]

Is this the very same Andy that used to live next door to me and admire my car valeting skills?

[@thecarboutique2467]

Hiya Sean. Yes. I learnt everything from watching you make the Skoda look mint. Good to hear from you buddy.

[@seantaylor3874]

@@thecarboutique2467 Thanks Andy, great to see I’ve influenced you in what looks like a great channel mate. You won’t be surprised to hear that I’m still heavily involved in car detailing. I will look for you on FB.

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@seantaylor3874 Good man. Make sure you subscribe buddy and join our group on Facebook. Same name. Boom !

[@seantaylor3874]

@@thecarboutique2467 consider it done.

[@r1gav]

What brush are you using on the tyres ?

[@thecarboutique2467]

www.slimsdetailing.co.uk/products/chemical-guys-wheel-tire-brush

[@r1gav]

@@thecarboutique2467 cheers just ordered one to collect on Monday 👍

[@thecarboutique2467]

@@r1gav pleasure buddy. They are great brushes. Rinse out after use and they last for ages. The 1 I used in the video is at least 2 years old and looks like new.

[@stephensomersify]

Music is Waaaaaay too N O I S Y !!

[@thecarboutique2467]

Totally agree Stephen. We didn't have the audio and video equipment we have now so alas the production was not as good. Hopefully the review presented still articulates the product performances. Thanks.

[@dereklee8080]

SURFACE HD, what the hell is that 🤭

[@thecarboutique2467]

Lol. I always say it wrong. I did a full Bilt Hamber review and kept saying it wrong. You have to laugh. Thanks for noticing lol