JustinR32
06-27-2004, 08:53 PM
Guys, this is one of those $5 bottles of wax that, if used properly, gets you about 85% of the way there. It is extremely easy to use, giving it a VERY high results-to-effort ratio, thus making it one of those products that your friends will thank you for recommending.
I used this on my wifemobile, a 2001 Chev Impala LS in mahogany metallic red.
My intent was to do an "enlightened" Joe Average job on the car, which was last waxed in... November (shudder), with MPPC/MPPP.
I washed with #00, 2 buckets, and sheepskin mitts with the cuffs cut off. All the MPP* was gone, as evidenced by water pooling all over the car.
Instead of drying, I went right to claying, with the new Meg`s Quik Clay. Nice stuff. I used 1/4 of a bar, and for once didn`t drop the clay. When I was finished, I had a nice smooth surface to work with. I was going to ColorX with the PC, but instead I did what an enlightened Joe Average would do; I used a terry-covered pad to apply the product.
ColorX goes on fairly "wet"; it has a high water content. I found that I actually preferred using a bit more product than I use with other waxes for that reason; it seems to have a lower concentration of "active ingredient" compared to other products. It also has an interesting clean smell, one that I rather liked.
I applied the ColorX, working it in until it felt smooth under the pad, and keeping enough product on the pad to leave it feeling lubricated. I worked outside in the shade, on a 73* day with low humidity and light breeze. The product goes on very easily (due to the high water content) and dried VERY quickly under those conditions. I applied and removed CX two panels at a time, rather than doing the whole car and then removing. Removal of CX is like removing #20; wipe it off with a mf towel, with absolutely no effort. There is minor dusting, and I didn`t notice any staining of trim. Total time to apply and remove was maybe half an hour to 40 minutes.
CX doesn`t make any claims to remove swirls and spiderwebs, but this car doesn`t really show them all that much. Not that they`re not there, but the car doesn`t show them. One application of CX had no noticeable effect on them. I would imagine that repeated applications, perhaps bi-weekly during the summer, would reduce them slightly.
CX isn`t all that aggressive, like MPPC and ScratchX are. I would describe its cleaning ability as "enough". It will remove minor bug stains and minor sap and bird drop marks easily, but it won`t deal with real etching at all (and of course you don`t want it to). It readily produces a clean, even surface.
The finished look is pretty impressive, especially for a $5 bottle of wax. The most obvious characteristic for me is the amount of darkening that CX provides. I`ve used this on two cars now, and I noticed it on both. CX gives a very attractive dark and reflective look. It`s not as liquid and glossy as the Meg`s "wet" kings, #26 and NXT, but more the "handsome" look of Gold Class, dark and very "clean". It`s the kind of look that lets the color of the paint through, and doesn`t change it much.
This is the cleaner/wax that I`d reach for first, and it`s going to be the Malibu`s steady diet this summer, based on appearance and how easy it is to use.
Pictures? I dunno. All internet car pictures look good. It looks like a clean dark mahogany Malibu.
Tom
I used this on my wifemobile, a 2001 Chev Impala LS in mahogany metallic red.
My intent was to do an "enlightened" Joe Average job on the car, which was last waxed in... November (shudder), with MPPC/MPPP.
I washed with #00, 2 buckets, and sheepskin mitts with the cuffs cut off. All the MPP* was gone, as evidenced by water pooling all over the car.
Instead of drying, I went right to claying, with the new Meg`s Quik Clay. Nice stuff. I used 1/4 of a bar, and for once didn`t drop the clay. When I was finished, I had a nice smooth surface to work with. I was going to ColorX with the PC, but instead I did what an enlightened Joe Average would do; I used a terry-covered pad to apply the product.
ColorX goes on fairly "wet"; it has a high water content. I found that I actually preferred using a bit more product than I use with other waxes for that reason; it seems to have a lower concentration of "active ingredient" compared to other products. It also has an interesting clean smell, one that I rather liked.
I applied the ColorX, working it in until it felt smooth under the pad, and keeping enough product on the pad to leave it feeling lubricated. I worked outside in the shade, on a 73* day with low humidity and light breeze. The product goes on very easily (due to the high water content) and dried VERY quickly under those conditions. I applied and removed CX two panels at a time, rather than doing the whole car and then removing. Removal of CX is like removing #20; wipe it off with a mf towel, with absolutely no effort. There is minor dusting, and I didn`t notice any staining of trim. Total time to apply and remove was maybe half an hour to 40 minutes.
CX doesn`t make any claims to remove swirls and spiderwebs, but this car doesn`t really show them all that much. Not that they`re not there, but the car doesn`t show them. One application of CX had no noticeable effect on them. I would imagine that repeated applications, perhaps bi-weekly during the summer, would reduce them slightly.
CX isn`t all that aggressive, like MPPC and ScratchX are. I would describe its cleaning ability as "enough". It will remove minor bug stains and minor sap and bird drop marks easily, but it won`t deal with real etching at all (and of course you don`t want it to). It readily produces a clean, even surface.
The finished look is pretty impressive, especially for a $5 bottle of wax. The most obvious characteristic for me is the amount of darkening that CX provides. I`ve used this on two cars now, and I noticed it on both. CX gives a very attractive dark and reflective look. It`s not as liquid and glossy as the Meg`s "wet" kings, #26 and NXT, but more the "handsome" look of Gold Class, dark and very "clean". It`s the kind of look that lets the color of the paint through, and doesn`t change it much.
This is the cleaner/wax that I`d reach for first, and it`s going to be the Malibu`s steady diet this summer, based on appearance and how easy it is to use.
Pictures? I dunno. All internet car pictures look good. It looks like a clean dark mahogany Malibu.
Tom