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All these fancy smancy synthetics and quartz coatings you can have. They all have their problems. Real men use good old fashioned Carnuba. Nothing beats the shine of this wax. Nothing. It will always be the classic go to application for those who seek the very best show car appearance. It’s more affordable too.
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I use Turtle Wax Ice on my car and it leaves a great shine and lasts a long time. I have also used Adam’s Polishes products and they do a very good job on the car.
Big improvement from the days of polishing up the flintstone mobile:
Meguiars ultimate fast finish
"Product Features:
Protects for a full year
No buffing required
Spray and wipe your way to a shinier, protected paint
Maximizes water beading paint protection, gloss, & slickness
Revolutionary no buff formula-simply spray & wipe"
My add-ons: NO/NO whitening of black plastic/rubber!
In florida sun (baking) plus overnight dew (salt water gummy) lasts about 2 months, not a year as advertised.
Literally spray on and wipe excess off, saves time from the old school: first application, then buffing out. No wax cleanup from accidental application on black plastic or rubber parts.
Expensive at $13.99, but how much is your time worth?
Last edited by SilverGhost; 03-24-2018 at 02:53 PM.
^^^ $13.99 is not expensive for a wax/sealant at all, that's actually on the very low end. And Walmart is clearing this product out right now and if you can find it still, it's priced at around $5 a can! I grabbed the last two cans from the Niagara Falls, NY Walmart when it first went on clearance at $9 per can. I'm still working with the first can that I bought, I've done 10 coats (on 3 different cars) and the can still feels half full. So one can goes a very long way!
Like you said, it's awesome that it leaves no white residue behind! I have always hated that leftover residue that got in all the nooks and crannies. And even if it only lasts a couple of months, applying it is a 15-20min process, so redoing it more often is a piece of cake.
Big improvement from the days of polishing up the flintstone mobile:
Meguiars ultimate fast finish
"Product Features:
Protects for a full year
No buffing required
Spray and wipe your way to a shinier, protected paint
Maximizes water beading paint protection, gloss, & slickness
Revolutionary no buff formula-simply spray & wipe"
My add-ons: NO/NO whitening of black plastic/rubber!
In florida sun (baking) plus overnight dew (salt water gummy) lasts about 2 months, not a year as advertised.
Literally spray on and wipe excess off, saves time from the old school: first application, then buffing out. No wax cleanup from accidental application on black plastic or rubber parts.
Expensive at $13.99, but how much is your time worth?
The only problem I have in using Meguiars products are their petrochemicals. That, and they're awful pricey for being petrochem..
I switched to water-based (non-petrochemicals) technology over 10+ years ago. Much better results, i.e. shine intensity, less time in application, no harmful fumes, no greasy clean-up, no oily finish that attracts dust, etc.
03-23-2018, 01:52 PM
My choices as well.
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