servo-15
09-09-2005, 03:26 AM
Greetings everyone, I’ve been a lurker for a while, but am now brave enough to post…
I’ve been using Collinite’s 845 insulator wax for a while now and have made a few observations. Firstly, the only autopian-grade products I can compare my results to are Megs gold class wax, Autoglym SRP / EGP and Turtle wax Platinum gloss. My car is an Audi in ming blue (a very dark, pearlescent blue – looks black at night), unfortunately, I do not have any pics yet, but will hopefully have some soon.
The car was initially polished with the SRP and then waxed with the IW – very easy to use.. The car looks great; dark, glossy and “fairly wet” and the finish is certainly very slick. In the rain, water beads off like a mofo, and afterwards the drops are very small, like tiny ball bearings. The crazy beading lasts for at least 2 months, and I would guess it would last a maximum of 5 months.
I was initially using Meguiars quik detailer and found it to be a revelation. Easy to use, great shine and smells delicious. I don’t know what it smells of, but whatever it is, I want to drink it. After that finished I switched to Clearcote’s Quikshine. Unlike the megs, I needed to spray and wipe once, then buff to a shine with a dry mf. The results looks good too, somehow less shiny/reflective than Megs but perhaps deeper? Anyway, I noticed that the beading became a lot larger afterwards – but still like a regular good wax. After washing the car (and presumably removing the QS) the intense beading did not return and so it seems that QS somehow affects 845’s beading ability (and therefore possibly durability).
There was an interesting thread about using 845 as a WAUD, so I thought I’d develop it into a “WAUQD”. So I basically put some IW on to a mf and used it with the QS to QD the car. After the haze developed, I buffed the car to a shine and it looks awesome. Takes longer than using megs’ quik detailer but same as just the QS and with a much better finish!
Has anybody else experienced an unusual interaction between 845 and QS? I also have some 476 which I want to use for the winter, I’m wondering if anyone has any experiences of topping this with s100/p21s? yep, I’m thinking of using P21s as a WAUQD too, heheh.
I’ve been using Collinite’s 845 insulator wax for a while now and have made a few observations. Firstly, the only autopian-grade products I can compare my results to are Megs gold class wax, Autoglym SRP / EGP and Turtle wax Platinum gloss. My car is an Audi in ming blue (a very dark, pearlescent blue – looks black at night), unfortunately, I do not have any pics yet, but will hopefully have some soon.
The car was initially polished with the SRP and then waxed with the IW – very easy to use.. The car looks great; dark, glossy and “fairly wet” and the finish is certainly very slick. In the rain, water beads off like a mofo, and afterwards the drops are very small, like tiny ball bearings. The crazy beading lasts for at least 2 months, and I would guess it would last a maximum of 5 months.
I was initially using Meguiars quik detailer and found it to be a revelation. Easy to use, great shine and smells delicious. I don’t know what it smells of, but whatever it is, I want to drink it. After that finished I switched to Clearcote’s Quikshine. Unlike the megs, I needed to spray and wipe once, then buff to a shine with a dry mf. The results looks good too, somehow less shiny/reflective than Megs but perhaps deeper? Anyway, I noticed that the beading became a lot larger afterwards – but still like a regular good wax. After washing the car (and presumably removing the QS) the intense beading did not return and so it seems that QS somehow affects 845’s beading ability (and therefore possibly durability).
There was an interesting thread about using 845 as a WAUD, so I thought I’d develop it into a “WAUQD”. So I basically put some IW on to a mf and used it with the QS to QD the car. After the haze developed, I buffed the car to a shine and it looks awesome. Takes longer than using megs’ quik detailer but same as just the QS and with a much better finish!
Has anybody else experienced an unusual interaction between 845 and QS? I also have some 476 which I want to use for the winter, I’m wondering if anyone has any experiences of topping this with s100/p21s? yep, I’m thinking of using P21s as a WAUQD too, heheh.