Today I will be reviewing Nanolex Reactivating Shampoo. I received this shampoo as a tester from Gil of Nanolex.us. I believe the sample is somewhere around a 4oz. bottle.
First impression:
Shipped securely in a nice sample container which was then placed inside of a ziplock bag just to be sure. So open the spout and it smells like banana. Go to put it in the bucket and it is a very watery consistency much more so than the soaps I am used to at this point (mainly CG and Lusso auto bathe).
Use:
The vehicle I used for this test is my girlfriends 08 Acura TL in Royal Blue Pearl (a.k.a. The testbed). It was in a relatively dirty state:
Didn`t look too bad from far, but up close:
And then there was our favorite animal leaving it`s presents behind:
I decided I would use the soap as part of my usual 3BW. According to what Gil said, we were supposed to use the whole bottle in one wash. I had already foamed the car with Honeydew Snow Foam, so I decided I would use around half the bottle just to be safe. It came out of the bottle extremely quickly because of the watery consistency, so I actually ended up with a little over half the bottle in the bucket. The smell was pleasant, even though I hate bananas. It foamed up quickly and had a nice amount of suds.
So off to a great start, now onto putting the mitt to the paint. The suds didn`t really transfer all that well from the bucket to the mitt then onto the paint. So it didn`t really glide as well as my favorite Lusso soap, but it was along the lines of the CG just a little less smooth. Rinsing the soap was easy and it did seem to either leave something behind or “reactivate” the Hydr02 that was on the car because of:
Then what was left in the bucket:
Not a lot of suds but suds none the less. So the car was now cleaned I proceeded to dry it and dress the tires and trim and here is the end result:
Conclusion:
I liked the soap. It cleaned well, smelled good, and foamed up well enough. That said would I purchase it? I don`t think so. Reason being I prefer the glide, smell, and gentleness of Lusso Auto Bathe. I would give it the edge in beading after cleaning though, so maybe it does really clean better? The other reason I wouldn`t would be the price, I thought Lusso would be the most expensive soap I would ever use at around $3.25 a wash at regular price, but according to Gil`s dilution rate and the price of this soap at their site it boils down to $12.75 a wash. So it is a good soap but it may only be worth the price of admission if you have the LSP it is supposed to “reactivate” applied and even at that only once in a blue moon if you ask me.
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