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The DIY Detail Podcast

The DIY Detail Podcast

How We REALLY Develop Products at DIY Detail!

May 1, 2026 · 33 min · 16 segments

Send us Fan Mail This podcast is a behind-the-curtain look at research and development at DIY Detail. How do we develop products, and why?…

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Speakers: Yvan LacroixHostNick McGurkHost

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈209k followers

R&D approach and shelf stability0:32 – 1:56

N

Nick McGurkHost

0:32

Ivan, you've been doing research and development for a little while now in, in the gra- grand scheme of things.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:38

Yeah, uh, since about 1985, '86.

N

Nick McGurkHost

0:42

So how does one do research and development the right way?

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:47

There's not a right way, there's not a wrong way, but there are many different ways of doing it, and at DIY Detail, we take our time.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:55

We do it slowly.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:56

We don't rush things.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:58

And rushing things, you can see it by formulas that separate.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:03

Now, there are some things that are inevitable to separate.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:05

A lot of waxes, they're going to separate, especially a cream or a liquid wax.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:10

But take an example, our gold standard compound.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:13

You don't need to shake it up.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:14

The gold standard polish, you don't need to shake it up.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:17

Most of our chemicals, they're shelf-stable.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:19

The only things that you need to shake up contain graphene.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:22

So the, the quick beads, the one-year, the three-year coatings, they need to be shaken up to redistribute the graphene oxide.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:29

Other than that, none of our products you need to shake up.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:33

So that's one thing.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:35

We go for shelf stability, and that takes six months to test.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:39

So literally, it's tested for six months to make sure that it, you know, the formula, when we put it there and when we take it off the shelf, is the same.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:47

It works the same.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:48

You, you know, you put the Rinse Less Wash in the bucket, it's gonna be fine, or you, you put the, uh, the Incredible Suds in your foam cannon, it's gonna foam whether you shook up the bottle or not.

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R&D approach and shelf stability0:32 – 1:56

N

Nick McGurkHost

0:32

Ivan, you've been doing research and development for a little while now in, in the gra- grand scheme of things.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:38

Yeah, uh, since about 1985, '86.

N

Nick McGurkHost

0:42

So how does one do research and development the right way?

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:47

There's not a right way, there's not a wrong way, but there are many different ways of doing it, and at DIY Detail, we take our time.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:55

We do it slowly.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:56

We don't rush things.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

0:58

And rushing things, you can see it by formulas that separate.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:03

Now, there are some things that are inevitable to separate.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:05

A lot of waxes, they're going to separate, especially a cream or a liquid wax.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:10

But take an example, our gold standard compound.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:13

You don't need to shake it up.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:14

The gold standard polish, you don't need to shake it up.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:17

Most of our chemicals, they're shelf-stable.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:19

The only things that you need to shake up contain graphene.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:22

So the, the quick beads, the one-year, the three-year coatings, they need to be shaken up to redistribute the graphene oxide.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:29

Other than that, none of our products you need to shake up.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:33

So that's one thing.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:35

We go for shelf stability, and that takes six months to test.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:39

So literally, it's tested for six months to make sure that it, you know, the formula, when we put it there and when we take it off the shelf, is the same.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:47

It works the same.

Y

Yvan LacroixHost

1:48

You, you know, you put the Rinse Less Wash in the bucket, it's gonna be fine, or you, you put the, uh, the Incredible Suds in your foam cannon, it's gonna foam whether you shook up the bottle or not.

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