the Gurureports review of Meguiars #26

**jmdlat** · 08-20-2002, 10:21 PM

Meguiars #9 followed by #26 is the best combo for a dark colored car.

I tried both paste and liquid. Paste does last longer. Liquid buffs up easier. Both offer the same shine.

You decide which is most important: Durabability or time you spend.

**NattyBumppo** · 08-21-2002, 06:54 AM

Originally posted by mrdetailer

Carnauba`s don`t last in blistering heat on a dark color car. I put both #26 and P21S on both a Red and White car. The Red was shot in about 4 weeks, regardless of whether it was P21S, or Meguiars #26. The white car lasted a lot longer.

I`m surprised. I`ve used #26 on my non-garaged, red F150 and dark green Taurus and found it to bead like crazy for at least 8 weeks. I`ve switched to P21s on my F150 but still consider #26 to be the go-to wax if I don`t want to wax every month.

**jerry@robs** · 08-21-2002, 07:01 AM

It all depends on how much rainfall, acid content in rain, wash frequency, etc you have in your areas...

My brother in law`s CRV (who lives in a suburbian/provincial area ) wax (i believe he only uses a cleaner wax) beads even after 2 weeks of rain and heat...

It all depends on your conditions

**mrdetailer** · 08-22-2002, 11:21 PM

I`ve been OCD for about 4 summers. Last summer I went 7 months before rewaxing. From May -- November. It was fine. the other summers I went 45 days on cleaner wax and generally 90 days otherwise. But this summer has been much hotter and drier. Circumstances change the need.

**Green Monster** · 08-27-2002, 06:29 AM

I still can`t believe they rank Rain Dance(#7) higher than #26(#25).

**Scottwax** · 08-27-2002, 10:02 PM

Originally posted by Green Monster

I still can`t believe they rank Rain Dance(#7) higher than #26(#25).

It`s definitely a mistake. Meguiars #26 beaded for 3 full weeks longer, but they mistakenly gave #26 a C for durability and Rain Dance a C-. Based on other waxes that beaded the full 8 weeks, the lowest score was a B- and #26 had more beads than that wax. Meguiars also had better appearance scores overall also.

I hope Steve recalculates the score for #26 to reflect the durability error.