For all of the NuFinish haters out there...

[gamby]

I got a ton of hate/negativity in this thread for saying the stuff lasts a year:

http://www.autopia.org/forum/thread121211.html



Well, I did my Mom`s car again and here`s what this "awful" stuff did after 14 months:



(this is without any additional attention in the past 14 months outside of a couple of washes, without any QD) (car is garaged FWIW)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/gamby/detailing/corolla10beads.jpg



Here`s the before and after for the helluvit:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/gamby/detailing/corolla10dirty.jpg



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/gamby/detailing/corolla10done.jpg

Not concours-level, but good enough for Mom`s daily driver.



I spent most of the time on the interior--didn`t take pics of that--too busy cleaning it. I took around 3 hours extracting, cleaning, protecting, brushing and scrubbing. :wall



Exterior didn`t get any correction.



Wash w/ Megs Deep Crystal car wash

Clay w/ Mother`s clay bar w/ (fresh) soapy water as lube

NuFinish applied w/ Griot`s polisher and an LC CCS Green pad (I LOVE applying LSPs this way)

Megs Ultimate QD

Megs Hot Shine Tire Gel



Let the haters chime in...

[Alexshimshimhae]

angry much ? lol dunno what this is about but i`ve never heard of this product...well actually maybe once or twice but if it lasts 14 months i`d say that`s pretty darn cool

[gamby]

angry much



Read through the thread I posted. I was insulted, so I guess I came in w/ a chip on my shoulder for this one. :nixweiss

[Alexshimshimhae]

i figured there`d be something to that effect... best advice is to let it go... at the end of the day what works for yoiu works for you yanno? btw the car looks good =]

[elmy3111]

NuFinish is the ONLY wax I use on my personal cars and on a customer`s car that requests it (he has been using it longer then i`ve been alive). It the the best damn stuff i`ve used in terms of durability. It may not produce the slickest paint or greatest shine....and it does leave a lot of dust behind if you leave it on too long but for $8/ bottle it is hands down my favorite wax. It is amazing how well it holds up to the unpredictable weather here in northeast PA.

[David Fermani]

If you think Nufinish lasted this long, why aren`t any other detailers bragging about it? Especially when there`s no other sealant/wax with even remotely close durability. Just being Devil`s advocate. I think the car looks nice FWIW.

[imported_Larry A]

If it works for you , use it. Most people never use any polish or wax on their cars at all, and they couldnt care less.

[howareb]

I think that I will take the bait on this one David, (HEHE),



Wax is one of those subjects like beauty, everyone has their own opinion about it. If a wax is giving you what "you want" then I am glad that you found your wax. While durability is just one of many factors to consider when choosing a wax, professionals will choose a particular product more so based upon the look, feel, and also how easy a product is to work with. Nu Finish does fit the bill with durability, and it has soso looks; but it is just a bear to work with. It smells horrible (and smell is not something that I really care about), and worst of all, it is not very kind to plastic trim and who needs more dust when you are just trying to put on an LSP.



I am glad that you have found something that makes you happy. Me however, I think that I will pass.

[Poordude]

I used to use nu-finish before i found this site. I switched to collonite 476s. The shine & durability is umpteen times better!!!!

[tom p.]

I used to use nu-finish before i found this site. I switched to collonite 476s. The shine & durability is umpteen times better!!!!



+1. And the typical NuFinish maven will never know this as they haven`t had the chance to try the many other products that are vastly superior.



I`ll agree that NuFinish is a good solution for those folks who wash and wax their car just once a year :)

[TLMitchell]

i figured there`d be something to that effect... best advice is to let it go... at the end of the day what works for yoiu works for you yanno? btw the car looks good =]



+1 :xyxthumbs



If you get the results you want who cares if you use a mixture of Kiwi shoe polish and cow dung? (hmm, maybe I`m on to something here!?! :eek: ) If you post up results threads you`re inviting both pats on the back as well as the inevitable contrarians that believe they know better than anyone else. It`s all about what you prefer and what works for you.



Think I`ll drop Swissvax a line and run the Kiwi/dung idea by `em. Maybe they`ll whip some up, put my name on it and charge a gazillion bucks per oz. I`m gonna be filthy, stinkin` rich! RICH, I say! :har: :har: :har:



TL

[gtppilot]

+1 :xyxthumbs



If you get the results you want who cares if you use a mixture of Kiwi shoe polish and cow dung? (hmm, maybe I`m on to something here!?! :eek: ) If you post up results threads you`re inviting both pats on the back as well as the inevitable contrarians that believe they know better than anyone else. It`s all about what you prefer and what works for you.



Think I`ll drop Swissvax a line and run the Kiwi/dung idea by `em. Maybe they`ll whip some up, put my name on it and charge a gazillion bucks per oz. I`m gonna be filthy, stinkin` rich! RICH, I say! :har: :har: :har:



TL



You could sell it to the same people who drink the coffee that is picked out of piles of lemming ( or whatever animal it isl ) crap !! It`s all in how you market it.



This argument is kind of of like going onto a (insert high performance car here) enthusiast website and saying my Ford Escort gets me to work just as well. True...however...ah never mind.

[gamby]

If you think Nufinish lasted this long, why aren`t any other detailers bragging about it? Especially when there`s no other sealant/wax with even remotely close durability. Just being Devil`s advocate. I think the car looks nice FWIW.



See, here`s the thing--I don`t THINK it works that way. I posted a pic of it actually working that way. I`m not saying it`s the greatest thing since sliced bread--I`m saying it`s decent, durable protection for an average car. It clearly lasts a year on a garaged car, so I don`t need it to do much else. Detailers don`t brag about it because there`s no prestige related to using an OTC product that can be found in dept stores. That said--thanks for the compliment.



elmy--it barely dusts if you apply it by machine. It just leaves a nice, thin coat with very little residue after it`s worked in for a bit. It also evens out the shine WAY more--zero blotchiness that way. Comes off very neatly with an mf.



As for plastic trim, I mask that stuff off.



Regardless--I`m trying Griot`s One-Step sealant next for these similar un-pampered daily drivers. In terms of better time management for non-enthusiast customers, I`m thinking a polish (Megs UC, SIP or Griot`s 1) followed by the One-Step will produce a nice, durable result in a reasonable time for what I charge (the people I detail for have no interest in paying $400 for a detail). This will be a nice 5-hour combo, I think...

[gamby]

...for the heckofit, here`s an E46 330 Sport Package (can`t remember the particular nomenclature) that was a MESS when I started (didn`t take a before, but picture and un-garaged, un-treated red car that`s only been "touchless" washed for the past few years of its life. :wall



This was wash/clay/SIP/NuFinish/Megs UQD



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/gamby/detailing/redE46done.jpg



He was astounded at the result (as was I)

[Dan]

(this is without any additional attention in the past 14 months outside of a couple of washes, without any QD) (car is garaged FWIW)



Garaged is the operative word here.