Testimonials from Enthusiasts and Professionals
A letter of thanks from Richard Marston
"Dear Car Skin
It is now a year since I came to your stand at the Classic Car Show where I bought stages 1+2 (Deep Clean and CS12) and was sent a sample of Stage 3 (CS Pro).
As soon as conditions allowed the products were tried as per the instructions with amazing results. The products worked extremely well on the paintwork, chrome and rubber of my MGB GT giving a very high shine but it is the protection that is the best part of these products: I have suffered paint damage caused by bird 'muck' in the past but now the dreaded 'muck' pushes off like a small cow pat with a glossy underside leaving the paintwork completely free of any blemish. Other benefits of Car Skin include the obvious protection against water which quickly forms beads the size of large granules and then run off and dries without leaving streaks. The GT which is my daily driver stays cleaner for longer and although not the utopian self cleaning car is a very good half-way house. The products are frugal in use and I have only used Stage 3 (CS Pro) as a top up twice throughout the year to maintain the high gloss. Stages 1,2 + 3 (Deep Clean, CS12 + CS Pro) have been used once on my 'dry-use' MGB Roadster with equally good results and despite using a small sample bottles, I still have plenty of product left.
Well Done and Thanks
Richard Marston, Oxford"
Hi,
We brought the small detailing pack and the polish off you:0) Went on easy and spread a lot more than autoglym which we've been using.
Will be ordering again soon.
Da
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Just a quick picture of the car using your products that we brought at the classic car show last week.
The results are fantastic and we will be making further purchases off you in future.
Yours,
David Overfield
Halesowen
Review by Experienced Detailer and European Concours Competition Veteran
My wife’s an avid blogger who reviews products from toys to women’s products. So when she was approached by Winning Formulas she got Mark and myself involved to review the Car-Skin car cleaning products.
With the Passat and Audi away and having bodywork done we decided to detail my used and abused 2009 Ford Focus company car. I inherited the company car this year with my new role and unfortunately the car hadn’t been well looked after. The paint work was in very bad condition with bird droppings being left on for weeks.
So after a wash we first went over the car with Car-Skin Deep Clean using our electric polisher. The Deep Clean took the tree resin and contaminates off making the paintwork feel clean and smooth. It also removed a lot of the light scratches and swirls in the paintwork. The product was easy to buff off leaving no residue or dust.
We followed this with a coat of the CS PRO advanced polymer polish by hand covering a panel at a time allowing a few minutes before buffing off. This made an amazing difference to the car which although being a black metallic had never truly sparkled. But after a coat of the CS PRO the paintwork sparkled and looked incredibly deep.
We then moved on the the interior using Car-Skin Glass and Interior. Both products worked really well but the Glass in particular was very good. I’ve always had issues with glass cleaners as many leave smears or residue that shows up a few days later. Car-Skin Glass removed the dirt from the window without leaving any smears and two weeks on the windows haven’t revealed and cloth marks or smears.
Over all the Car-Skin products work incredibly well breathing life back into very poor paintwork. I’m going to try them on the A3 over the next few weeks. Big thumbs up to Winning Formulas!
TLC DETAILING
DETAILING WORLD'S REVIEW
WHAT IS IT?
1) Rapid Wax- 500ml- £9.95
2) CS Pro- 250ml- £19.99
3) CS80 Show – 250g- £299.99
WHAT DOES IT BRING TO THE TABLE?
Rapid Wax is a relatively new addition to the Rapid Response range from Car-Skin. It provides all the benefits of other Car-Skin polishes, with a depth of shine equivalent to CS12, but it is formulated in an emulsion. As a consequence it is essentially water-soluble before it has set. This allows it to be used on a wet car, for example, straight after washing with Car-Skin Shampoo.
CS Pro is a high-end polymer polish used to achieve a concours standard finish. Further more it provides protection against Salt, UV Light, and detergent shampoos. CS Pro is an ideal final touch to a car that has been treated with the Car-Skin Paint Surgeon Range.
CS80- This is the ultimate wax. 80% Brazilian Yellow Carnauba blended with our unique formula and sealing agent.
There are two CS80 Waxes available - both are at the very top end of what's available, matching or beating products 10x the price. CS80 Road has more emphasis on longevity, CS80 Show is for the deepest possible gloss available.
WHAT DO I THINK OF IT?
When Emily at Winning Formulas asked me to review some of their products, I was intrigued as I had never used any of their gear before so I gladly accepted. Not knowing what she was sending me added to the intrigue which then turned into astonishment when I read their sight for the product info. 
I felt something this special deserved a little more than my usual short and sweet review style so now is the time to make yourself a cuppa......
Done? Ok here goes.
First of all, the test section was to be my bonnet as I currently have another wax on test on the boot and didn't want to take that off just yet. The bonnet was treated with Dodo Juice lime prime before getting an IPA wipedown and seeing as it had been clayed a couple of weeks ago, it was now squeaky clean and free of all products.
Now with the the vast price gulf in the three products, it would be unfair to pit them against each other in a performance test, but I wanted to see what advantages a £300 wax had over the entry level tenner-a-bottle rapid wax. I masked the bonnet off into three sections, from left to right rapid wax, cs80, and cspro would be applied.
First up, the rapid wax.
With quite a runny but not watery consistency, rapid wax spread well and you could see it curing almost immediately but it wasn't the usual white but more of a thin film appearing so the "residue free" on the bottle was living up to its name and confirmed it would when it was a breeze to remove after a mere one minute curing time. You can use Rapid wax on a wet car and my bonnet was slightly damp, but the lack of a dry surface did nothing to break the stride of Rapid wax. Winning Formulas were very forthcoming with the fact that this wax is not designed to be durable (fortnight to three weeks at best), but is designed to be quick and easy to use. I can see this being the perfect product alongside ONR in the kit bag of a show car, as the quick curing time, ease of application and removal, and the fact you can use it on a damp surface, make it ideal for a quick spruce up in the middle of a field or the NEC.
PROS
Easy to use, good value, no residue, good finish, can be used on a damp car.
CONS
Not durable but it isn't designed to be.
CS Pro
CS Pro is a high-end polymer polish used to achieve a concours standard finish. Further more it provides protection against Salt, UV Light, and detergent shampoos. CS Pro is an ideal final touch to a car that has been treated with the Car-Skin Paint Surgeon Range.
WHAT DO I THINK OF IT?
CS Pro is not a polish by definition as it contains no abrasives so will not remove any surface defects, what it is, is a polymer emulsion that leaves behind a PTFE sheild which Winning Formulas say will last upto six months. As with the rapid wax, it was very easy to apply and remove and it also shares the same machine compatibility. CS pro is a panel by panel product and was cured properly on my bonnet in just under eight minutes. The finish again was nice and slick and I will again update on durability.
PROS
Easy on and off, nice finish, good claimed level of protection from the elements.
CONS
Not what we would categorise as a polish so don't buy it for removing defects.
CS80 Show
There are two CS80 Waxes available - both are at the very top end of what's available, matching or beating products 10x the price. CS80 Road has more emphasis on longevity, CS80 Show is for the deepest possible gloss available.
WHAT DO I THINK OF IT?
The first thing I thought is that product is an exceptionally brave move by Car Skin. I was comparing it in my head to the Noble M600 taking on a Ferrari 458 Italia, both incredibly good and expensive, but one is not as well known as its multi national competitor. £300 for a pot of wax is a lot, no matter who makes it, so Car Skin better have their A game in play to go up against the well established detailing "big boys" that command a similar price for waxes in their range. Now as we all know, the first thing you do with a wax, no matter how cheap or expensive, is give it a sniff and today was no exception. It's hard to pinpoint the smell of CS80 as normally a wax would smell like a fruit or another wax you have used but CS80 was a bit of a conundrum. At first I thought it smelled like collinite 476, but then it smelt sort of like a pure waxey smell with just a hint of solvent and I still can't make my mind up. Maybe I'll send a bit to Oz Clarke to see what he thinks. 
Sniff test done, time to crack on. Winning Formulas say you should apply this directly with your hands, but they also say it is down to the detailers personal preference on how they find best to apply it. So in the interests of fairness, I tried both directly by hand, and by foam applicator. Firstly by hand, I found the wax soon gave into pressure and scooped a tiny bit out and warmed it in my palms and the slightly grainy texture soon gave way to an oily emulsion that I spread in over lapping layers. Although I found this method to bring a sense of occasion to the application, as well as being quite fun, I did find that it was quite wasteful as I could not get it to spread thinly enough because the wax begins to cure soon after application. Indeed, Winning Formulas recommend no more than a ten minute cure time and removal by machine, so you really do need to get it thin or you'll be there a while and with arms like Popeye when it comes to removal. For the lower part of the bonnet, I used a foam applicator pad and although it came out in a small clump on the pad, the friction of application quickly melted the wax and I could spread it thinly and evenly with minimum waste, and it was sort of like colouring the bonnet it with a wax crayon as the wax on the pad melted a layer at a time and I found this method to be much more preferable than by hand, but for showing off purposes, I won't rule out direct hand application for the future.
For the curing time, I left it for the recommended ten minutes, panel by panel application and used a Serious Performance plush microfibre for removal. At this point I found out why removal by machine is recommended, as the wax had set like a rock hard shell over the bonnet and even a chap of my size was struggling getting it all off. So with a sweaty forehead and weak arm (stop laughing at the back) I dusted off the Meguiars G220 with a 3M blue finishing pad, and set it on the second speed setting. This was more like it, the wax was now flying the white flag in the face of its DA conqueror and the shine was starting to become evident. I applied CS80 to the roof and sides of the car and this time, left it to cure for a little less time, approx five minutes, and whilst this was easier to remove by hand, I'd still recommend a machine to assist in the removal.
OK, so now the bonnet was all ready for the last part of the test, could I tell the difference between a tenner-a-bottle, and a three hundred-a-pot wax? Wellllllll no not straight away I couldn't. All three sections looked pretty darn good and at this point I was a little dumbfounded as I was expecting to be blown away by the results, but as we all know, a good chunk of a cars shine is down to the prep so what does the significant hike in price bring with a prestige wax? Well in this case, the first significant difference is water behavior. As you will see from the video below, Rapid Wax and Pro both bead admirably, but the water does not want to hang around on the CS80, indeed the very next day when it rained (bloody typical!) you could see the difference in the three sections. Within one hundred feet the CS80 occupied area, was bone dry as the water surged backwards with mild acceleration.
Now I fully know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but to my eye, the CS80 also looked much better than the other waxes (including my other subject on the boot lid) under artificial light, in this case, the under cover car park at the Middlebrook retail park. I will try and get a shot if my camera skills allow but the CS80 seems to make the area look almost liquid in appearance and there is almost a shimmer, reminiscent of a heat haze on a hot summer road. I will of course, update on it's durability but three weeks on, it is still beading like day one and still looking very nice.
PROS
Fun to apply by hand, exceptional water behaviour, superb finish especially under artificial light, bragging to your mates you have car wax worth three hundred quid.
CONS
Difficult to remove by hand. The smell could have been better. Pricing and the need to be removed by machine may take it out of the reach of anyone but the die hard/well equipped detailer.
A very big thanks to Winning Formulas for entrusting me with their flagship product, and also for their honesty for telling me both what the products will and will not do.
Here we decided to try out a product that Car-Skin Winning Formulas had kindly sent us to trial, Bird and Insect Remover. We sprayed the product on all the areas with bird and insect splatters, left it for 1/2 minutes to break down them and rinsed it off. If there was still a mark the process was carried out again. We decided to carry out it this way because we don’t like wiping bird and insect splatters in case they scratch the paintwork.
Finished Shots: Unfortunately the picture we took of the exhaust turned out blurry when uploaded to the laptop, hopefully you can see it adequately from this picture.
Car-Skin Winning Formulas Deep Cut Chrome was chosen to firstly treat the exhaust to remove all rust and tarnishing from the brushed aluminium. A small aluminium brush was used to aid the Deep Cut Chrome in removing the stubborn tar spots, several applications were needed. Once the exhaust had been brought back to an as new condition, Car-Skin Winning Formulas CS Chrome was used to create a deep, long-lasting mirror finish (We found that these two Car-Skin products were excellent and would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a great metal polish). The exhaust is then given a coat of FinishKare 1000P to give some good protection and hopefully stop those stubborn tar spots from re-appearing.
Finished results: Car-Skin Winning Formulas Interior product was used on all plastic surfaces to give a nice dry stain finish...
We were kindly given some products to trial from Bert at Car-Skin Winning Formulas. We decided to use the interior product on all plastic surface to give a nice dry stain finish... We loved the it as it did exactly what it said on the bottle, so would therefore recommend it to everyone :-)
REFINED DETAILING CORRECTION
Refined Detailing, which is part of Refined Marques, a top end hyper-car reseller, used our products in depth and they were very impressed – here’s what they achieved with the Paint Surgeon Range on a BMW:
Before treatment – the paint is full blemishes, dull, faded, and there are signs of hologramming.
Above one can see how sharp the reflection is as well as how the colour has been restored to a deep lustre with sharp gloss edge.
Below the water droplets have beaded which shows the CS12 sealant doing its thing and protecting the paint.
D.C Valeting
Car-Skin Winning Formulas Never seen an Evo look so good!
D.c. Valeting yeah the guys face when he picked it up was a picture...seriously the best product ive used so far..will definatly be getting the whole range to try out..nice one :)
Car-Skin Winning Formulas Brilliant - I'm really glad you like it - I will give Simon at Form a shout and sort out a discount for you when you next come round to ordering - I suspect you might like our 80% Carnauba CS80 wax...
D.c. Valeting Excellent..yeah I like the look of the wax,what's the main difference between the road and show wax?
Car-Skin Winning Formulas The Road lasts longer but the gloss is slightly better on the show - we wangted one wax originally but it was impossible to get market leading gloss and longevity in one formula - so for cars that spend their life in a garage coming out for shows, the Show is better, for those that are left outside and driven more frequently, Road is best - both are over 80% Carnauba
D.c. Valeting Road is the way to go then I think,with cs pro put on before..:)I'll get in touch with Simon to work me out a price for the range of products..see if I can get them moving on the isle of man..I don't suppose you have any stickers/posters etc for advertising do you?
Thanks Darren
Scott Liddell fantastic results, never knew of car skin till a friend of mine whom also owns a valeting company like me had shown me the results, as they say you only get what you pay for, cracking results d.c. think i might get some of the testers kits to try first!
D.c. Valeting Thanks Scott I don't know about them until I got chatting to Simon @formautomotive on twitter,he sent me through the 5 stage rejuvenation kit I thought yeah yeah another product on the market that claims this that and the other but boy I was so wrong,everything about the product I love,no residue and no splatter from machining,I'd just order the lot mate :)worth every penny
Simon Teeney - MD Cleaner Carz (Lisburn)
"I have now had a chance to test most of the samples you sent and I am very impressed with the quality. The products are up there amongst the best and the mohair hood cleaner is the only one I’ve used that actually works!"
Professional Valeters
RST Steve on DETAILING WORLD
Hi all 
I'd thought i would put up my review of winning formulas "Plastic window restorer".
After an enhancement detail on a friends "frost white" R33 Skyline. I said to him i'll do his head lamps for him as I wanted to try the plastic window restorer. As some of you know the older jap imports suffer from the dull lamps.
So I preped the areas around the lamps and took off the grill and with a small cutting pad on my DAS6 pro (low speed) I proceded and the results were almost instant after the first wipe with a Mf cloth to buff off.
Left lamp corrected compared to the cloudy lamp.
Close up
Both me and the owner were very happy with the results.
Steve
Simple photo to show how amazing the Car Skin Winning Formulas 'extreme mirror finish' polish is!
All products work very effectively and quickly with minimal effort and minimal use of products which worked very well! The product that took us by storm is the CS Chrome Mirror polish a 5* product!
Aml Valeting All of the car skin products i have used have been amazing:-)
DPK Valeting ‘I was truly amazed at the quality’
Damien, Owner of DPK Valeting (Hertfordshire)
D.C Valeting
Cs pro on a focus RS, proof that even white can be stunning!
Amateurs
Knowing very little about cars beforehand, I was sure my 2001 Red Vauxhall Corsa was beyond the point of no return and would require a respray, however after a 20 minute demonstration with Bert, the Managing Director, I soon set to work with the Car surgeon range of products to see what a inexperianced novice like myself could achieve, with the results speaking for themselves. I was amazed with the outcome, as was anyone who had seen my car previously and the lucky neighbours that got to see it during the process. Since then I have gone on to the sell the car for far more than it was previously valued at, undoubtably due to the facelift! May I also note that the spots on the roof where due to vinyls put on in her younger views after a period of her being dressed as a ladybird for a charity rally. The ones on the roof stayed in order to help me find, an all too common car, in large car parks!
the pictures above show some of the demonstation area and the spots!
These photos were all taken in the same light while in the same spot after I had done some of the work
