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Old 04-12-04, 11:54   #1 (permalink)
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Talking Lots of new stuff tested!!!

Well, I finished the car up this past weekend and tried alot of new stuff so here goes:

Eurow brand sheepskin mitt from walmart - very plush and soft, great feel and so far has held up well. Did not lint from what I could tell.

NXT car wash - Did its job, sheeted nice, lifted dirt well. Nothing SUPER, but hey, its soap, it did its function

VM - Wow. Its all I can really say. Just Wow. I had some really annoying light haze on my car. Nothing I had tried prior to this would really make it look better. I applied with a PC on speed 4 and a white polishing pad. The last 5% or so of defects just dissappeared. The paint was super slick, very wet looking, and very reflective. The consistency of this stuff is like water, and it didnt have a vanilla smell anymore as I heard. I did use a bit more than I thought I would, I noticed that applying by hand in the small areas I was able to use less product. I applied and removed in direct sun, went on and came off easy. There is no way to mess up with this stuff, its fantastic. The car really had "pop" for the first time since I have been detailing it. The annoying haze caused by DACP, gone, one pass. This stuff felt like it was, and I hate to say it like this, digging into the paint. When I saw how thin this stuff was I thought this is never gonna work, dont know how it does, and dont care, its fantastic.

EX-P - Wet, deep, reflective, wet, to quote scottwax "dipped in salad oil look." Everything I expected. Looks nice over VM. I found that it really has a "personality" and didnt seem sterile like other sealants. Go thin on the app, I applied way to thick and buffing this stuff off was worse than buffing off SG. Thats my only real complaint, the thickness made it difficult to apply thin, which led to the 1 and a half hour buff off...I kid you not. This stuff can be hell to buff if you go too thick. Other than that, fantastic.
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Old 04-12-04, 01:08   #2 (permalink)
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Pics?

I agree about EX-P in that its thickness makes it harder to apply a real thin layer but with a little practice you can do it.
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Hmmm I thought the exact opposite lol. I felt EX-P was one of the easiest products I have ever used to buff off, even when applied thick. VM and EX-P are right up there in my favorite products list.
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It began to rain here in the good ol NJ before I could snap some pics

I will get a digi for this weekend and wash it up and snap some pics. Came out great!
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Hmmm I thought the exact opposite lol. I felt EX-P was one of the easiest products I have ever used to buff off, even when applied thick. VM and EX-P are right up there in my favorite products list.
Same here!

Just think about how many people here don't know these products, and don't know what they're loosing

And yet, a couple of months ago VMW was way underrated by some serious members here....

And EX-P has just been released, it's working VERY well, so far
 
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