Product Name: Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer Price: $4.99 off the shelf at AutoZone Size: 16oz (473ml) Amount used during application: About 8 trigger pumps into a Costco MF towel per section of interior Dilution ratios: N/A Container appearance: Typical off the shelf Meguiar's product. Impossible to re-use spray bottle with no shutoff valve on the nozzle. Two curiosities. One is that the Meguiar's phone number and website address on the back label are both from the Netherlands. Product is made in USA however. www.meguiarseurope.nl if you're curious. There's also a couple typos on the back label. Directions or Application process: (From bottle): SHAKE WELL. For best results, apply with Meguiar's Supreme Shine TM Microfiber Towel. Apply product on surfaces cool to the touch. Mist onto one section at a time. Quickly spread product with a sofr, clean, 100% cotton terry cloth towel or micrfiber [sic]. Turn to a dry portion of towel and wipe surface dry. Do not let product self-dry. Return to damp portion of cloth for each initial wipe. (What I did instead): About 8 trigger pumps into a Costco MF towel per section of interior. Wipe a section (top portion of door panel, half of center console, and so on) down with this. No real need to dry separately. Ease of use: IMHO if you follow the bottle directions, you'll end up with overspray on the glass. Smell / Scent: Pleasant, though I can't quite place it. Sort of like laundry detergent I suppose. Consistency: thin liquid, maybe slightly thicker than straight water. Reasonably slippery, but not like a good detail spray. Feels water based to me Cleaning Ability: Very surprising actually. My yellow towel came up darker than it has with Einszett Cockpit Premium. I'd call it "more than mild" but if you've got bad stains, I'd look elsewhere. Lubricity: About what you'd expect. Suds: N/A PH: No idea Appearance: If you're a fan of Cockpit Premium, you're in for a treat with this stuff. Like CP, this stuff leaves no trace of itself behind - just nice clean vinyl and plastic. No shine, no goo, no gloss to speak of Durability: Don't know yet, but I also don't think that's applicable Pros: Works as advertised. Cheap, easy to find. Smells nice. Cons: Spray bottle is not refillable or reusable. Not available in gallon size to my knowledge. Not a "boutique" brand, if that's your thing Overall Comments: What a pleasant surprise! I'd become a CP user ever since I first tried it. I have to say, I like this just as well, and it costs half the money! Rating 1-5 (5 being the best): 5. A really great find. I'm pretty sure this will replace Cockpit Premium in my lineup, since it's half the money, and I can drive 5 minutes down the road and find it. --Karl in NC
Great write up. I use this stuff on my cars. I love it bc it is cheap, local and does a great job. On my 94 daily drive I notice I get almost a month before some of the black dash gets hints of brown. I do dust the dash very often with just a dry MF towel.
Nice review! I love Quik interior detailer myself! One of the best interior products for quick detailing!
As much as I love 1Z CP, I often thought about giving Megs IQD a try. Jut waiting for by bottle of CP to run out, its lasting me quite a bit though.
The nice thing about QID is the sprayer. It sprays a fine mist while most other products squirt a lot more product out than really needed. The same applies to their Exterior Detailer. Although I like other exterior detailers, the sprayer is first rate.
By the way those bottles are reusable. I have a couple of the QD bottles that I'm reusing right now. I also love those sprayer.
IQD is definitely pretty nice stuff. I picked some up from Kragen when they were having some sale a while back. I think it was buy one get one free. I tried this stuff yesterday to clean up the wood trim on my sister's Bimmer from the overage from wiping the dash and door panels down with PB's NL. It worked out really well but I think I might stick to something cheaper when I run out of this stuff. Who knows, I might catch it on sale again, hehe. From what I've experienced, all the Meguiar's QD bottles (QD, NXT SD, UQD, etc.) can be reused. It really does spray a really fine mist which is great in conserving product.
Can you guys clue me in on how to do this? My bottles have a sheath over where I'd expect to see a threaded-on spray head. I haven't pried it open, because last time I tried that, I cracked the whole thing and had to toss it.
