I tried using Mrs Hinch’s fave product to clean my car… There’s a reason you should ALWAYS read the instructions
AFTER falling in love with Mrs Hinch’s favourite cleaning product, one woman tried to use it to clean up her car, but it ended in disaster.
Liya explained that she saw a video on social media of someone using it to remove scrapes from the surface of their own vehicle.
In that clip, Liya said, it appeared as though the would-be hack had worked and she wanted to try it on her own black car.
“Okay, so this is The Pink Stuff, as you can see,” she told viewers as she produced a tub of the cleaning product.
“I saw this video [of a] girl using this, and she raved about how it gets scrapes and all types of stuff out of the car. So I’m like, okay, cool. Monkey see, monkey do.”
Despite the instructions of The Pink Stuff making no mention of being able to get rid of scrapes or being able to use it on cars, she decided to test it.
She then rolled clips of herself using an orange microfiber cloth with a small amount of the product on the surface of her car, where scrapes could be clearly seen by the viewer.
Explaining that she wiped in circular motions, she said that she had “got a lot of them”, referring to the marks.
She continued: “So I’m putting it on, you know, every door handle. Anytime, anywhere that I have a scrape. Cool. No problem…”
TikTok user @liya.leelee went from one spot on her car to another to try and get the scrapes off, explaining that once she wiped it down, it looked good.
“I’m wiping it off. Cool. Now you notice the flash,” she went on. “The flash is going to make everything look good… It looks like it’s amazing, like it’s actually working.”
But the following day she came face-to-face with an awful surprise as she found a “whole bunch of circular, powdered doughnut” marks on her car.
“I had a whole attitude because I literally used The Pink Stuff on everything. When I say I put that on everything, I put that on everything,” she went on.
“So I just thought for sure this was gonna work on my car.”
“I just can’t believe that I really thought that this was gonna work. I’m so mad. Don’t do it. Just don’t do it on your car,” she added at the video came to an end.
In the caption, she wrote: “DO NOT USE The Pink Stuff on your car to get rid of scrapes or anything else”.
In the product description of the product on its own website, it states: “The Pink Stuff Miracle Cleaning Paste is perfect for cleaning dirt, grime and stains on saucepans, cooker tops, sinks, uPVC, barbecues, ceramic tiles, glass, showers, garden furniture, paintwork, boats, brass and rust… the list is endless.”
But does not say anything about being able to use it to get rid of scrapes or being able to apply it directly onto the surface of cars.
And viewers of the video were quick to comment on her mishap.
“It’s like basically liquid sandpaper,” one person wrote below the clip.
Another said: “People really need to start reading the directions on packaging”.
While a third added: “And this is why we don’t believe everything we see on TikTok no matter how much it may seem believable lol”.