GoodnClean
02-22-2005, 08:37 PM
I poked aroud but didn`t see any huge SynWax threads so I decided to start another one. If any mods know of one I didn`t find, feel free to merge just shoot me a PM to let me know you did it ;)
Anyways I stopped by Advance Auto Parts yesterday and saw the new Mothers SynWax and thought I`d buy some. I got home a little early today and it was 50 or so, so I decided I`d do a nice wash and throw a coat of the SynWax on to see how it looks.
The obvious competitor for this product is NXT, you can see that in how its marketed and packaged. All in all I say not bad, and great for a consumer level product.
The main reason I tried it is that I read in places that some people felt that it had better swirl hiding properties than NXT. Now, NXT is probably the best LSP I`ve ever used at hiding swirls. I also firmly believe that with the right pad/buffer combo you can remove swirls with NXT. So I had high hopes for SynWax in this regard.
The test bed was my 2003 Lexus ES300 with some light to somewhat moderate swirls on the lower panels caused by non-Autopian winter washes, couple of trips through a carwash etc. It had 2 coats of EX-P and 2 coats of #16 on it before winter which was holding up well with WAUD boosters after washes. Basically the same condition it was in this time last year when I tried NXT on it. All I did was wash with WAUD (like I always do) then I used the SynWax with a polishing pad on speed 4 on the PC, just like I did NXT. I also did one half of a door with NXT and one half with SynWax. Unfortunately I don`t have any pics as I was fighting the sun the whole time.
I was actually quite impressed with SynWax but its very different than NXT. Much easier to work with, but not the same swirl hiding properties IMHO. NXT was noticably better in this regard. I`d say that SynWax was noticably easier to work with than NXT which I always had horrible smearing problems with. It struck me as similar to EX-P in looks although slickness wasn`t much improved over the washed and WAUD`d surface. Look was though. Like NXT it looks noticably better and feels slicker a couple hours after application.
All in all, nice product and probably the only arguably true sealant in the consumer marketplace.
Anyways I stopped by Advance Auto Parts yesterday and saw the new Mothers SynWax and thought I`d buy some. I got home a little early today and it was 50 or so, so I decided I`d do a nice wash and throw a coat of the SynWax on to see how it looks.
The obvious competitor for this product is NXT, you can see that in how its marketed and packaged. All in all I say not bad, and great for a consumer level product.
The main reason I tried it is that I read in places that some people felt that it had better swirl hiding properties than NXT. Now, NXT is probably the best LSP I`ve ever used at hiding swirls. I also firmly believe that with the right pad/buffer combo you can remove swirls with NXT. So I had high hopes for SynWax in this regard.
The test bed was my 2003 Lexus ES300 with some light to somewhat moderate swirls on the lower panels caused by non-Autopian winter washes, couple of trips through a carwash etc. It had 2 coats of EX-P and 2 coats of #16 on it before winter which was holding up well with WAUD boosters after washes. Basically the same condition it was in this time last year when I tried NXT on it. All I did was wash with WAUD (like I always do) then I used the SynWax with a polishing pad on speed 4 on the PC, just like I did NXT. I also did one half of a door with NXT and one half with SynWax. Unfortunately I don`t have any pics as I was fighting the sun the whole time.
I was actually quite impressed with SynWax but its very different than NXT. Much easier to work with, but not the same swirl hiding properties IMHO. NXT was noticably better in this regard. I`d say that SynWax was noticably easier to work with than NXT which I always had horrible smearing problems with. It struck me as similar to EX-P in looks although slickness wasn`t much improved over the washed and WAUD`d surface. Look was though. Like NXT it looks noticably better and feels slicker a couple hours after application.
All in all, nice product and probably the only arguably true sealant in the consumer marketplace.