Dude you said it exactly as I say it. The original CG Car Wash lasts me 8 months washing half a year twice a week on 1 vehicle and once a week on 2 others as well. That's using the two bucket wash method as well.
Honestly speaking I have used some very good products since my last posting so here goes:
Mother's California Gold Showtime- quick detailer. This is used to clean off extremely light dirt from the surface. I use it as a drying aid so there are no swirls inflicted in my really soft paint. 5 star product. At a cost of $50 i have used this product to clay and dry 2 cars over a one month period washing both weekly and I still have quite a bit left in the bottle. It really does add that safe feeling of lubricity to drying when the car is properly sealed/waxed.
Rejex - There is a thread on this. It is a very very good product and I have no doubts about it in my mind. See the thread for much more info. By far the easiest wipe on, haze up and wipe off product ever. This become my go to product as it lasts 4-6 months, sheets water like no other I've tried and has higher gloss and reflections than the Mother's Pure Carnauba. 5 star product. Cost me $96 at Interchem in Barataria.
SImple Green Car Wash - For washing cars it is alright at best. It's a cheap car wash by product. Takes quite a bit of product to provide decent lubricity and isn't so good for washing. However, when used to make AnthoneMorris' special degreaser, it works the part.
Meguiar's Deep Crystal Car Wash - My supply of California Gold car wash had finished after 9 months and over 25 car washes. I decided to try the Deep Crystal because it was $52 for the 64fl oz bottle vs $45 for 32 oz of the Mother's. It's not a bad product by any means. 2 cap fulls is enough to wash an entire car with very decent lubricity and scent. It does a fair job cleaning wise but is a bit weak when it comes to the more bonded contaminants such as 2 day old tree sap. Overall if you're someone who just washes to keep your car clean, by all means its a good product. If you're someone whose into detailing and really demand a good cleaner thats safe on the wax but will provide the lubricity and sudsing action of equal to or better than the California Gold car wash, Meguiar's Gold Class and NXT will get the job done.
I will be using this for a few months before I put it in the reserve and get something else for daily use.
Meguiar's Ultimate Black Trim Sponges - Pack of 2 sponges cost me $35 and though I have already used them both, they do wonders for new cars with half an unpainted car. All the lower black trims found on the majority of CUVs look very professionally dressed when rubbed with this sponge. It lasted 2 weeks in which every single day there had been huge thunder showers and approximately 4 or 5 car washes in which the treated areas were properly cleaned by hand.
Now that this has finished I am going to keep my sponges and buy the Ultimate protectant which is the same product and I will be using the sponges to apply it. 5 stars from me since I have previously used GableX tire dressing on these trims and while it did look alright, the meguiar's looks far better, it dries and feels just like a painted surface. Water even beads a bit on it unlike the tire dressing which would blacken any cloth I used to wash the car in question.
EagleOne's Nano Wax - I did an earlier honest review on this but I have to say, it was junk for any waxed car. it contains abrasives and will easily strip wax leaving a surface bare after 2 days or so as it is a spray on wax and does not last long at all.
Mother's Pure Carnauba - This is a really wonderful product to apply and remove. It smells alright, it goes on easy, spreads out easily, hazes up in about 15 minutes and wipes off easily as well. I used this in combination with the FX Synwax to create multi-layer protection when I did not have any sealant on hand. With this combination, red, black and extremely dark brown paint all gleamed, had higher definition reflections due to the carnauba and any time rain would fall, the cars would dry cleanly for the most part reducing washing periods.
I was able to go 2 weeks without washing the red car since its body panels are very curved, water would sheet itself off and leave the surface dry.