Picked up some Megs APC.
Looking for responses on what everyone uses it on (interior or exterior) and at what ratios.

 

APC or APC+

 

I have the APC+ and use it to clean the tires/rims. Been using it non-diluted, but I think I can go to a 70/30 taio and still get awesome results.
No scrubbing, wiping nothing. I spray onto semi-wet tires/rims let sit for a min, spray off. Look as clean as the day I picked the truck up.

It's awesome stuff.

 

APC+ straight is really strong and in my opinion unecessary. 4:1 (80/20 water/APC+) works great on tires and wheel wells. 10:1 for interiors. APC (non +) will foam and can't be used with shampoo extractors.

 

Picked up APC (non+)

 

True. But have you ever seen anything cut thru grease/grime/crap like str8 APC+?!

 

Yeah I have Meguiars Super Degreaser at a 4:1 ratio will clean that nastiest of grease/grime/crap on tires and the engine bay. Plus you are wasting the concentrate. I bet you are going through the APC+ pretty quickly. Get some Super Degreaser and Dilute it 4:1 or 7:1 and you will have great results on tires/well/engines.

FX4Screwdude,

I use APC(non plus) to clean the dash/door panels/carpet stain spots/. On the exterior I have used it to clean texted plastic body molding(like on 03 Expeditions) to remove wax that got on them/tires/weels/engines. I found that Super Degreaser does better for less amount of work put in than APC does for the tires/wells/and engines.

Andrew

 

Not Impressed with APC.....on the tires anyway...

Mixed it 4to1 used it on my tires.
Didnt do much to clean the gunk off them.
I have this brownish looking crap that I dont know maybe is a combination of brake dust and tire dressing is all I can figure out. Some places its gone, other places it clearly stands out as a brown looking substance. But it wont come off with APC thats for sure

 

Did you use a stiff brush to scrub them good? This is especially important if they're not kept up with.

 

Yeap sure did.
Did it twice. Still didnt do much.

 

Interesting. APC+ works great for me. Is it possible that you didn't dilute it properly? How bad were your tires before you started?

 

would the APC+ be good to shine up leaf springs and such in the rear wheel wells. or hyperdressing?

 

APC+ (or any APC for that matter) is a cleaner and not a dressing. Hyperdressing would work but would be better to clean them up first using an APC like APC+.

 

ok thats all im after is cleaning them up basically and use on tires maybe then dress with somethign else. thanks ESF

one more question for ya. will simple green work as well on parts underneath and in wheel wells? just asking because i have tons of that here.

 

No problem. I think you'll really like both APC+ and Hyperdressing. APC+ is pretty straight forward. Mix to the strength you want depending on what you're doing and go to town. Hyperdressing for me had a slight learning curve. It can be diluted for different levels of shine from Matte to Glossy. I was getting the same results with each dilution until I figured out for the high gloss like 1:1 I had to spray it on and let it dry by it self. If I wiped up the excess it woudn't have a shine. Which is fine since I don't really like shiney tires but I want to know if I do what that look that I can achieve it like stated on the container.