I definitely agree… you have to be so careful now. Hell, everything is going down the shitter; lower quality, same price as before, and usually worse somehow. It’s just easier and cheaper for them to manufacture. What the hell do they care?
The fact is your paint is made of oils and they have to be replenished and taken care of. Molecularly speaking this is incredibly important for maintenance. Not to mention the nice barrier wax and other products make. Protection is key, and you’re right they definitely help visually.
These days the stuff you find everywhere is usually death in a bottle, but I’m also noticing that companys aren’t necessarily putting ‘contains silicone’ on their labels anymore. Everytime I looked @ a bottle of tire shine out there it always said that.
Now I feel like you can’t trust any mainstream product - like Amorall and 3M. Amorall is some scary shit, and 3M put silicone in everything this year - they just started that, they actually didn’t used to. How nice was that? It’s ridiculous out there and you get what you pay for, that’s for sure. Very scary.
Then car TV shows promote the shit UGH