Why do I keep buying all these different LSPs???

[wfedwar]

I think I have convinced myself that LSP makes almost no difference in the appearance of my cars, but for some reason I keep buying more! A quick count in my garage showed seventeen different LSPs. What`s worse is I can only remember actually using up and reordering two of these (AJ and AJT), while all the others are somewhere between 30-99% full. I don`t know what I keep expecting when I buy a new one, but I can`t stop. I wish I could just settle on one and leave well enough alone, but that doesn`t seem possible. Anyone else with this same problem?

[Carticular]

Gotta love addictions!

[ta240]

Don`t worry, the next one you buy will be perfect.

[Dan]

I probably have 30+ Trying out new ones is fun. I wish we`d do more trading on this forum, so much wasted product, and the newer sealants seem less stable, so buying 16oz containers is a total waste.

[bogi094]

I probably have 30+ Trying out new ones is fun. I wish we`d do more trading on this forum, so much wasted product, and the newer sealants seem less stable, so buying 16oz containers is a total waste.

did you try HD poxy? of so how was that?

[ta240]

trading would be good, I wish more places would sell small `sample` sizes, not really because I want to try it before I buy it but as you mentioned having 16 oz of it sitting around is such a waste. For the price of some of them it would be nice to get 6 or 7 samples that could do 2 or 3 coats.

[Street5927]

I think it is a combination of addiction and searching for that product which will give you that "perfect" finish.

[ALAN81]

Your sick like the rest of us. I stopped counting my LSP a few years back

[RogueM3]

You just need to make a rule for yourself to have a max of 5-10 LSPs or so. Stop buying new ones until you pare down your current collection to (8).



I used to buy pretty much everything new to market (was up to 25+) but have since sold or traded off most of mine and probably have somewhere between 8-10 left and I feel substantially better.



If you find yourself staring at Click and Brag pictures thinking "I need that LSP"...your need to instead think to yourself, "I need that amount of prep work...my LSPs will be fine"

[Leadfootluke]

What do we do with our old OTC LSP`s from wally world and the likes that we won`t use anymore? haha.



I`m all for having a lot

[imported_Jakerooni]

I was like that with polish awhile back. Never got into it with LSP`s I always figured wax was wax and if I glossed the paint correctly that the LSP wasn`t going to matter much if at all. But man did I have a shelf full of polishes trying to get that paint the way I wanted it.

[ta240]

I think it is a combination of addiction and searching for that product which will give you that "perfect" finish.

yep, is that LSP that someone just mentioned the one that will take the finish over the top? Is it the one with the sharp, deep, wet look all in one? Or what if I top my current setup with that one? Sometimes for me it`s the `I`ve been using this one for awhile, I think I`d like to try an LSP that has a different look. Or maybe this one will be the perfect one for my color and paint"

It may be mostly in the prep work but when you are obsessed with the finished product, that LSP that takes it 3% more is so worth it

Nothing like having your wife come home from work and tell you that one of her co-workers walked up to her car and said "now, there`s no way that`s turtle wax on your car"

[imported_DJ Mayo]

I regularly use 3-4 LSP`s. Now spend your money on finishing polishes!!!

[salty]

Not sure how many I`ve tried over the years, easily 50+, mostly sealants looking for longevity.



There are quite a few factors involved in choosing a winning LSP for me.



For me I would be able to apply it to the whole vehicle with easy removal, no effort dirt release, last for many months, wax like jetting with a sealant shimmer. Among some others that I am forgetting.



Narrows it down to only a few, but then one could also include a maintenance topper LSP and things become a lot more complex.



Most quality LSP`s can achieve about 90% of what I am looking for.



But still looking for the holy grail in my eyes.

[wfedwar]

You just need to make a rule for yourself to have a max of 5-10 LSPs or so. Stop buying new ones until you pare down your current collection to (8).

Good idea, but how do I do that? I have a liter of Klasse--that`s an heirloom!