American Car - November 2015

This stuff is simply a glass cleaner

in a trigger spray bottle, much

like most other glass cleaners.

This one, however, is from Valet

Pro, a company that provides

valeting materials to the

professional. Whilst the auto

enthusiast might enjoy spending

a whole afternoon cleaning and

detailing their car until it's

surgically spotless, time is money

to a professional, and they want

maximum results with minimum

time and money expenditure, so

you'd expect this stuff to do a

workman's job, and quickly.

It does. Spray it on, wipe it off

with a microfibre and the job's a

good'un. Clear glass, minimal

smearing and no residual

Hmmm. This is just one of a

range of peculiarly-named

garage consumables from

CarPlan, but it could prove useful

to have around. Simply, it's a

spray that cleans grime and

neutralises corrosive deposits

from your battery terminals,

then sets to a gel-like blue goo

that keeps water and further

corrosion out, and ensures a

good connection. I've tried it, and

it's simple to use - although you

have to be careful to prevent it

going everywhere – and seems

to do what it suggests. The only

downside I can see is ... well, have

you ever thought to yourself, “I

really MUST go down to the car

accessory shop and buy a can of

battery terminal cleaner”? Most

garages and workshops will have

a small, cheap, ancient tub of

Vaseline at the back of a dusty

shelf that gets used on the odd

occasion you have to check your

battery terminals, and lasts for

years. Is this stuff the answer to

a question that nobody has

asked? Either way, if you simply

have to have every single

product under the sun for your

car care regime, here's the latest

must-have addition.

88 ACM

tried

’n’

tested

See http://www.valetpro.eufor

regional and online stockists.

AVAILABLE FROM:

ValetProGlassCleaner

TRIED’N’TESTED

LickMyBattery

TRIED’N’TESTED

chemical or alcohol stink. It lifted

off sap, bird cack and even the

residue left by long-gone stickers

and tax disc holders with little

fuss. The only areas I had to go

over again was the heating

element on the rear windscreen –

crud seems to gather along the

strips and set solid. When I'd

finished, it had transformed the

car from slightly neglected to

showroom fresh. And I'm not

sure what more you can ask of a

glass cleaner...

Widely available through car

accessory stores nationwide

AVAILABLE FROM:

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