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Got the Ranger and Mustang washed this week. Tyres cleaned with Brake Buster, wheels and body with Carpro Reset.
On the Ranger, after the wash I decided to apply Reload 2.0 to the paint and plastic trims. I feel like this product gets a bad wrap, but the latest formula is easier to apply and has exceptional gloss and slickness. I continued the Carpro theme inside by using InnerQD for the wipe down. InnerQD was my favourite interior QD for quite a while, but I mostly grab ADS Pilot these days as I prefer the scent and how is behaves under the towel. For the glass, I went with P&S Reflect, a product that I really like. I then wiped the wheels down with Amplify, dressed the tyres with OG TD.
For the Mustang, after blow drying with the EGO, I went with a very light go over with ADS Amplify, which was also used on the door jambs, engine bay, exhaust tips and wheels. Glass got the Reflect treatment, interior wiped down with a damp towel. The final job was a fresh layer of OG TD.
Two clean cars, and my little boy.
On the Ranger, after the wash I decided to apply Reload 2.0 to the paint and plastic trims. I feel like this product gets a bad wrap, but the latest formula is easier to apply and has exceptional gloss and slickness. I continued the Carpro theme inside by using InnerQD for the wipe down. InnerQD was my favourite interior QD for quite a while, but I mostly grab ADS Pilot these days as I prefer the scent and how is behaves under the towel. For the glass, I went with P&S Reflect, a product that I really like. I then wiped the wheels down with Amplify, dressed the tyres with OG TD.
For the Mustang, after blow drying with the EGO, I went with a very light go over with ADS Amplify, which was also used on the door jambs, engine bay, exhaust tips and wheels. Glass got the Reflect treatment, interior wiped down with a damp towel. The final job was a fresh layer of OG TD.
Two clean cars, and my little boy.
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P&S Release Vacuum Aid
As if the detailing world needed another product category, P&S has gone and created one anyway — the vacuum aid. I know, do we really need such a product? My answer to that is another question: who here hates vacuuming carpet as much as I do? Probably my least favourite detailing task. We've all been there, slaving away trying to remove sand, grass, twigs, leaves, pet hair — it burns time and certainly doesn't reward you the way polishing paint or dressing tyres does.
And so, the vacuum aid is designed to make that tedious task a little bit easier. Now, this product won't be for everyone — probably not for those of you who already stay on top of your interiors. But for the professional regularly dealing with kid carriers, trashed interiors, or that truly horrible excuse for carpet some Japanese and Korean car companies use, P&S Release is for you.
Release didn't start out as its own product — it began life as an off-label trick using P&S Paint Gloss, of all things. I first came across this in an interior how-to video from The Rag Company, presented by Sydni Brae Gwinn, a P&S brand ambassador at the time. Her method was misting the carpets with Paint Gloss before vacuuming, something she called a "vacuum aid." The static and friction dropped away, the vacuum attachment moved more freely across the carpet, and whatever was gripping the debris in the fibres finally let go. You also got a nice scent and a slightly richer-looking finish out of it, as a bonus.
I tried it myself and walked away genuinely surprised. It's not a magic fix — you're still doing the work — but the static reduction was real, and the whole process felt noticeably less of a fight.
By early 2025, that off-label trick had evolved into something official — P&S, with Sydni's input, released Release: a dedicated vacuum aid built specifically for carpets and fabrics rather than paint. It carries the same anti-static DNA as Paint Gloss, refined into anti-static agents and friction modifiers that help debris "release" from the fibres for smoother, easier vacuuming, plus an odour neutraliser that actually removes smells instead of masking them. That last part is where it properly breaks from its Paint Gloss origins and earns its place as its own product.
Using Release is dead simple: mist it lightly over the carpet section by section, give it a few moments to dwell (P&S's recommendation for full effect), then vacuum as normal. The difference is immediate — the attachment glides across treated carpet noticeably easier than untreated, and it leaves behind a clean, neutral "fresh" scent, nothing fancy, just inoffensive.
One thing worth flagging: this isn't a shampoo or cleaning agent, just a complementary step for the vacuum stage. If the carpet needs an actual clean, follow up with something like Carpet Bomber or Koch Chemie Pol Star.
Release isn't a 100% solution for tricky vacuuming situations — you still have to put in the hard work to get there. Tools like compressed air and dedicated pet-hair brushes still have a role to play alongside it, working as a team rather than a single fix. But together, they make the process a little easier, and for a task this universally disliked, that's worth paying for.
As if the detailing world needed another product category, P&S has gone and created one anyway — the vacuum aid. I know, do we really need such a product? My answer to that is another question: who here hates vacuuming carpet as much as I do? Probably my least favourite detailing task. We've all been there, slaving away trying to remove sand, grass, twigs, leaves, pet hair — it burns time and certainly doesn't reward you the way polishing paint or dressing tyres does.
And so, the vacuum aid is designed to make that tedious task a little bit easier. Now, this product won't be for everyone — probably not for those of you who already stay on top of your interiors. But for the professional regularly dealing with kid carriers, trashed interiors, or that truly horrible excuse for carpet some Japanese and Korean car companies use, P&S Release is for you.
Release didn't start out as its own product — it began life as an off-label trick using P&S Paint Gloss, of all things. I first came across this in an interior how-to video from The Rag Company, presented by Sydni Brae Gwinn, a P&S brand ambassador at the time. Her method was misting the carpets with Paint Gloss before vacuuming, something she called a "vacuum aid." The static and friction dropped away, the vacuum attachment moved more freely across the carpet, and whatever was gripping the debris in the fibres finally let go. You also got a nice scent and a slightly richer-looking finish out of it, as a bonus.
I tried it myself and walked away genuinely surprised. It's not a magic fix — you're still doing the work — but the static reduction was real, and the whole process felt noticeably less of a fight.
By early 2025, that off-label trick had evolved into something official — P&S, with Sydni's input, released Release: a dedicated vacuum aid built specifically for carpets and fabrics rather than paint. It carries the same anti-static DNA as Paint Gloss, refined into anti-static agents and friction modifiers that help debris "release" from the fibres for smoother, easier vacuuming, plus an odour neutraliser that actually removes smells instead of masking them. That last part is where it properly breaks from its Paint Gloss origins and earns its place as its own product.
Using Release is dead simple: mist it lightly over the carpet section by section, give it a few moments to dwell (P&S's recommendation for full effect), then vacuum as normal. The difference is immediate — the attachment glides across treated carpet noticeably easier than untreated, and it leaves behind a clean, neutral "fresh" scent, nothing fancy, just inoffensive.
One thing worth flagging: this isn't a shampoo or cleaning agent, just a complementary step for the vacuum stage. If the carpet needs an actual clean, follow up with something like Carpet Bomber or Koch Chemie Pol Star.
Release isn't a 100% solution for tricky vacuuming situations — you still have to put in the hard work to get there. Tools like compressed air and dedicated pet-hair brushes still have a role to play alongside it, working as a team rather than a single fix. But together, they make the process a little easier, and for a task this universally disliked, that's worth paying for.
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