9 wax test...

[imported_Ivan Rajic]

Well I was bored today so I decided to go out and test 10 of my waxes/sealants on my mom`s 05 Toyota Corolla. (I actually used 10 waxes/sealants but for some weird reason the before/after shots of Poorboy`s EXP didn`t come out clear at all... hence the 9 in thread title)



The car has never been detailed or waxed and, as you`ll see in the pics, it`s in pretty bad shape (I`ll detail it in a month or so and post pics again)



Products used were KAIO+SG, KAIO, KSG, Meg`s 21, Meg`s 26, Optimum Car wax, P21S, NXT, Natty`s Blue... I used m/f towels to put the stuff on and wipe off... all of them were left on for about 10-15 mins to dry. Before applying anything, roof was cleaned with Meg`s #34.



I did this just to see how much stuff each of these can hide... I used KAIO just to see if there was a big difference between just waxing, or cleaning with KAIO then waxing... there was!



Pics...



Test area...

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/roof.JPG



KAIO+KSG before

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/11.JPG

KAIO+KSG after

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/1.JPG



KAIO before

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/22.JPG

KAIO after

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/2.JPG



KSG before

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/33.JPG

KSG after

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/3.JPG



M21 before

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/44.JPG

M21 after

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/4.JPG



M26 before

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/55.JPG

M26 after

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/5.JPG



Opt Wax before

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/77.JPG

Opt Wax after

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/7.JPG



P21S before

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/88.JPG

P21S after

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/8.JPG



NXT before

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/99.JPG

NXT after

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/9.JPG



Nat. Blue before

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/66.JPG

Nat. Blue after

http://e-owned.com/albums/userpics/10041/6.JPG





I know there are many variables here, such as the place where the pic was taken on the area for each LSP, but I did try to use the middle of each area just to have somewhat of a consistency...



I rated them like this... not according to only the photos above, but what I saw in person...



1. KAIO+SG

2. KAIO

3. Meg`s 21

4. NXT

5. Meg`s 26

6-9... KSG, P21S, Natty`s and Opt Wax all looked very similar in person and each added a very similar level of gloss to the bad paint... I would say P21S, SG, natty`s, then Opt in terms of shine, but it was very minimal.



I concluded that, even if there`s no plan to polish/fully detail the paint, a paint cleaner/polish like KAIO is important prior to sealing the paint because, as seen in the pics, it cleans up very small swirls and all of the oxidation/fading present.

Also, it appears that Meg`s has some nice fillers in their LSPs, which helped hide some of the swirling.



Well, hope this helps someone... like I said, I was bored and decided to see how different LSPs behaved on a badly conditioned 05 Corolla... no hard facts here, just observation...

[awahl63]

Nice job Ivan

[Todd@RUPES]

Check them in a couple weeks in terms of water beading ablility.



Here is how I would guess they will rank



1) #16

2) KAIO SG

3) KSG

4) Meg`s 21

5) KAIO

6) Opti Wax

7) Nattys

8) NXT

9) PS21

[mikebai1990]

Wow, that must`ve involved lots of work! It`s similar to that thread in the Hall of Fame (http://autopia.org/forum/hall-fame/77859-test-swirl-removal-hand-new-post.html). I`d be curious to see how fillers (Meguiars #9 comes to mind) would fare in this kind of test.

[imported_Ivan Rajic]

Check them in a couple weeks in terms of water beading ablility.



Here is how I would guess they will rank



1) #16

2) KAIO SG

3) KSG

4) Meg`s 21

5) KAIO

6) Opti Wax

7) Nattys

8) NXT

9) PS21



I am planning on doing that... although I don`t like to judge LSPs according to water beading (I need to dig up a pic of my 98 BMW beading water "perfectly"` after being polished by rotary, Meg`s #83 and LC orange pad... no sealant... so I`m a little skeptical about that...)



Anyway... I highly doubt any of the products will be gone within a couple weeks, but my guess would be the KSG or KAIO SG would be at the top as far as durability is concerned... we`ll see

[DM101]

Were you trying to see what products covered up the swirl marks? You picked products not designed to cover swirl marks or minimal swirl marks. That paint needs major correction.

[joshtpa]

KAIO will do that to an extent.

[imported_Ivan Rajic]

Were you trying to see what products covered up the swirl marks? You picked products not designed to cover swirl marks or minimal swirl marks. That paint needs major correction.



I was trying to see how the paint will look like after applying the above LSPs (LSPs in my detailing collection, which I use after correcting paint) There was no intention to do something to the paint, rather just observe what results each product yields

[wannafbody]

seems to me as if the M21 and NXT did the most filling.

[kleraudio]

Nice post lecchilo, thanks!



Impressed with the KAIO/SG combo, never would have suspected that.



Jim

[imported_themightytimmah]

I`m pretty surprised that #21 hid better than #16... definetly good to know for the future.

[imported_DieselMDX]

very cool post, thanx for taking the time

[mblgjr]

Nice, now continue with a durability test...

[Todd@RUPES]

I think #16 will easily be the longest lasting product you have on there.

[imported_Ivan Rajic]

I think #16 will easily be the longest lasting product you have on there.



Why do you say that? I haven`t had a chance to test durability of #16 yet but have used KSG, P21S and NXT for a while now and I highly doubt anything mentioned in the first post can compare to KSG`s durability...