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Old 05-04-05, 03:21   #1 (permalink)
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303 Protectant: any scientific comparison test?

Is there any scientific comparison: 303 Protectant against other protectants?

Like this?
http://rustbullet.com/IndTesting/NTS/ASTM_D2794.htm

At 303 web site 'thechnical information' section, I read many personal stories: "Bob applied 303 here . . . great result", , "Joe applied 303 there . . . . surprised" . .

Care care products sellers often copy (often it is exact copy: Ctrl^C Ctrl^V) a couple of sentences from 303 web page.

However, I do not see any scientific comparison.


Some of my limited personal experience indicates that 303 does not do what it claims.

The 303 web page claims that 303 can be wiped off from glass easily, while "leading protectant" is very difficult to remove from glass. I find that many other protectants are easier to wipe off from glass than 303.

About resisting white wax staining on a black plastic, I found TurtleWax protectant did the job better than Vinylex, and Vinylex did the job better than 303 Protectant (This content was cut out by waxforum.com (Mothers) administrator without any notification. I do not know why this personal experience is so dangerous to forum readers. Now any of my posting does not appear instantly on the waxforum. The administrator seems to censor my writing.). Since 303 is recommended for tougher application: marine, kayak, ski, etc., and 303 web page claims that its excellent repellancy prevents trim whitening, I expected it has better repellancy agains wax than others. But 303 did not resist wax stain as well as some cheaper protectants.
 
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Old 05-04-05, 05:03   #2 (permalink)
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303 looked like crap on my car, left streaks in the vinyl an dried it out
 
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It's hard to tell I wonder how 303 got the endorsement of those big names indicates on its web site? I would be very interested in seeing a scientific test.
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Old 05-04-05, 05:11   #4 (permalink)
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303 is the best thing I have used on vinyl and rubber. I don't get it on glass so I don't worry how easy it wipes off. As for drying out vinyl I have never heard of 303 doing that before.
 
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