About P&S Detail Products
P&S Detail Products traces back to 1961, when founder Bill Phillips built the company in Hayward, California after years of selling auto reconditioning chemicals out of his own station wagon to pay for college. Bob and Dave Phillips carried the family business forward after Bill's passing in 2014, growing it into one of the largest professional detailing chemical manufacturers in the United States, with products stocked in detail shops, dealerships, and body shops nationwide. In January 2024, P&S was acquired by MPE Partners alongside its portfolio company Appearance Technology Group, continuing the brand's supply to professional and DIY detailers under the same product lines.
Bill Phillips received the International Detailing Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 and was inducted into the IDA Hall of Fame in February 2021, industry recognition that reflects P&S's standing among working detailers rather than a retail marketing push. That professional pedigree shows up directly in our own testing: the brand's Xpress Interior Cleaner, Bead Maker Paint Sealant, Pearl Auto Shampoo, and Brake Buster Wheel and Tire Cleaner each earned a spot in a RevRated roundup, and each carries a 4.6-to-4.7-star rating across thousands of verified reviews -- a level of consistency across four entirely different chemistry categories that few detailing brands match.
Brand website: psdetailproducts.com
What P&S Detail Products makes
P&S Detail Products's range runs wider than the products we rank. We feature the lines that won their RevRated categories:
Interior cleaners
concentrated all-surface interior cleaner -- featured on RevRated — featured on RevRated
Paint sealants
spray-on drying-aid sealant with UV protection -- featured on RevRated — featured on RevRated
Car wash soaps
high-lubricity auto shampoo from the Renny Doyle Double Black Collection -- featured on RevRated — featured on RevRated
Wheel & tire cleaners
non-acid gallon-format wheel and tire cleaner -- featured on RevRated — featured on RevRated
Waxes & coatings
carnauba waxes and ceramic coating lines for professional finish work
Dressings & polishes
tire, trim, and paint polish lines sold alongside the core cleaning chemistry
Why we recognized P&S Detail Products
The RevRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products independently earn top-pick status in our hands-on category reviews. P&S Detail Products earned it because its products came out on top in 4 separate guides — evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, run on real vehicles, and judged on merit.
P&S Detail Products products we feature
P&S Xpress Interior Cleaner — 1 Gallon
The highest-rated interior cleaner in our roundup at 4.7 stars from over 8,000 reviews, and a detailer-standard formula used by professional shops and mobile detailers as their default. The professional 10:1 dilution ratio turns a single gallon into ten gallons of ready-to-use cleaner, and it works across leather, fabric, vinyl, plastic, and rubber without needing surface-specific products.
Read the 7 Best Car Interior Cleaners of 2026 guide →
P&S Bead Maker Paint Sealant
Applies directly to a wet vehicle as a drying aid, laying down protection in the same motion as drying the car, with built-in UV filters and stabilizers that guard clear coat from oxidation and fade. It's the spray sealant the detailing community defaults to, rated 4.7 stars across more than 8,000 reviews and the most forgiving formula in the category for first-time users.
Read the 7 Best Car Paint Sealants of 2026 guide →
P&S Pearl Auto Shampoo — 1 Quart
Part of the Renny Doyle Double Black Collection, the professional detailing line used by a team with more Pebble Beach concours wins than any other, this shampoo's extreme lubricity lets a wash mitt glide across paint with almost zero friction -- the exact property that keeps micro-scratches from becoming visible swirl marks. It's 100% biodegradable, coating-safe, and rated 4.7 stars across 1,800-plus reviews.
Read the 7 Best Car Wash Soaps of 2026 guide →
P&S Professional Detail Products Brake Buster Wheel and Tire Cleaner, 1 Gallon
A pro mobile-detailer favorite and the highest-rated gallon option in our roundup at 4.6 stars across 6,296 ratings. Non-acid chemistry is safe across wheel finishes and ready to use straight from the jug, and the gallon format delivers the best cost per wash for anyone cleaning wheels regularly or across multiple vehicles.
Read the 11 Best Wheel Cleaners of 2026 guide →What earned P&S Detail Products the recognition
- Four category wins across four separate RevRated roundups -- interior cleaners, paint sealants, car wash soaps, and wheel cleaners -- a breadth of chemistry categories few detailing brands cover, let alone win, all at once.
- Six decades of professional-detailing credibility: founded in Hayward, California in 1961, with founder Bill Phillips earning the International Detailing Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 and induction into the IDA Hall of Fame in 2021.
- Products built for and endorsed by working detailers, not retail marketing -- the Pearl Auto Shampoo is part of the Renny Doyle Double Black Collection used by a championship-winning concours detailing team, and Xpress Interior Cleaner and Brake Buster are both described by reviewers as pro mobile-detailer staples.
- Consistent, statistically deep review performance across the full win set -- every featured product rates between 4.6 and 4.7 stars, with review counts ranging from roughly 1,800 to over 8,000 per product.
- Real value engineering behind the professional-grade positioning: the Xpress Interior Cleaner's 10:1 dilution ratio turns one gallon into ten gallons of ready-to-use cleaner, undercutting the per-application cost of comparable retail products.