Prima Banana Gloss Review

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Prima Banana Gloss
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Prima Banana Gloss Liquid Wax

Description:
"Banana Gloss is a premium liquid wax with a deep glossy shine. If you want easy, waxing with BG couldn`t be any easier. It works on hot paint, cold paint, in the sun or in the shade. It won`t stain trim or leave white residue. It dries almost instantly, so waxing becomes a quick and easy project.
If that wasn`t enough, BG will actually fill and conceal some pretty heavy paint swirls. Do you see spider webs when you look at your car in the sun? Try some BG. The improvement will be significant.
Banana Gloss has a complex resin that levels the paint while providing protection and durability. There is a touch of carnauba for added depth. Black paint looks like a deep pool of oil and paint with metal flake looks bass boat thick.
There is quite a bit going on here. You get easy application, paint cleaners, no white residue, trim safe, concealing and of course, protection. All that is left is durability. You should see a good 45-60 days on a daily driver, but with a wax this easy, you may not find out.
Prima Banana Gloss: Amazingly easy, simply stunning."

Date of photos was December 22nd 2013
Vehicle: 2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Yellow Jacket Edition (owned by family friend)

Vehicle was detailed by me back in august and probably had not been cleaned since then, it is mostly kept in his shop under a car cover

ONR wash, bug removal, tar removal, speedy surface prep sponge fine grade
Prima Banana Gloss applied by hand via red ccs hand applicator



Application: The consistency is very fluid and thin and I found the bottle needed to be shook often to avoid becoming very runny coming out of the bottle. Other than that it applied very easily and spread across easily as well. I did lose a little bit out of the seams of the lid on the bottle, most likely due to the consistency being so thin.

Smell: *correction: just smelled this in the garage and i have to change my opinion. it does not smell good, nor horrible but great. kind of reminds me of petroleum

Wipeoff: At first I did the hood and then waited about 10 minutes and this stuff did not really dry up very much. It said it did not have a cure time on the bottle so for the rest of the vehicle I did one panel at a time, wipe one and then wipe off. Results were the same as letting it dry 10 minutes on the hood. Either way wiped up very easily and dusting was no problem. I even got a little on some trim and it wiped off with no residue.

Observations: This is marketed as a wax but it says it has a resin that levels the paint and it fills swirls so I would consider it a cleaner/glaze wax with limited protection. Maybe I`m wrong but thats what it seemed like after using it on two different vehicles so far.

Price: 19.99 16oz
Good Value: I`d say yes, I have used it on a challenger and a toyota sequoia and have only used about 15%.

Pros: The `paint leveling resin` took out some minor water spot etching and some bird remains that I would have normally reached for a cleaner/wax or aio product for. It left a very nice shine on the car. I opted not to top it since I will be back down there in two months and I would like to test the range of durability.

cons: unsure where this should go in the step routine, before wax/sealant used as glaze type product OR as wax type lsp

okay on with the pics...

dirty
dirty p side r view.jpg
dirty door close.jpg
dirty spoiler.jpg


clean
clean full p side front.jpg
clean hood p side.jpg
clean spoiler.jpg
hood reflection trees.jpg
clean front hood reflections close.jpg
clean full d side front.jpg

comments welcome, thanks for viewing

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this is another vehicle i recently clayed and put banana gloss on as well
dirty
dirty driver side rear angle.jpg

dirty d side angle.jpg

clean
clean d side rear angle2.jpg

clean d side angle.jpg

hood reflection close.jpg

[Pats300zx]

Great review. I really like Banana Gloss and Epic. I haven`t really tried a Prima product that I didn`t like. The only thing that I wasn`t thrilled with was there soap.

[TroyScherer]

Nice review.


I have used half a bottle of Banana Gloss. I would classify this as a "filler wax". The complex resin that levels the paint act like the filler you find in glazes. As you apply this to paint it will fill the minor imperfections and create the gloss you want. But after a few washes / weeks the imperfections will re-appear.


If you combine Amigo & Banana Gloss you have a filler / gloss combo that is great.

[Todd@RUPES]

Very nice review, thank you for sharing!

[512detail]

Nice review.

I have used half a bottle of Banana Gloss. I would classify this as a "filler wax". The complex resin that levels the paint act like the filler you find in glazes. As you apply this to paint it will fill the minor imperfections and create the gloss you want. But after a few washes / weeks the imperfections will re-appear.


If you combine Amigo & Banana Gloss you have a filler / gloss combo that is great.

thanks. i`d like to try that combo but i have to put my ordering on a freeze after black friday sales and my christmas gifts to myself (duetto kit and lots of extras)

After using it twice I feel like the banana gloss alone needs to be topped with a sealant. I have plans on trying it after a light polish (Pro Polish or even as a topper to polish w/sealant) or maybe by machine and then either EX-P or Optiseal

It`s sun friendly so I know it will find a place into some combination come sprint and summer.

[mnehls86]

Great review. Look forward to hearing about the durability.

[PA DETAILER]

great review. love prima. i have used....

amigo
hydro seal
hydro max
wax as you dry

still all unbeatable in my book. in fact when my spring detail rolls around, it will most likley be..

amigo
hydro seal & hydro max
wax as you dry (to maintain) one of the best products on the market.

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hydro seal & hydro max
wax as you dry (to maintain) one of the best products on the market.

agreed. this is the original prima product i purchased because i tried the eagle 1 wax as you dry and liked it. i have three empty bottles of it. loved that stuff

[PA DETAILER]

i added the refill size to my last order.

Prima Hydro Spray Wax

[Pats300zx]

great review. love prima. i have used....

amigo
hydro seal
hydro max
wax as you dry

still all unbeatable in my book. in fact when my spring detail rolls around, it will most likley be..

amigo
hydro seal & hydro max
wax as you dry (to maintain) one of the best products on the market.

I just used some Hydro Max as a quick winter prep when the temps were decent. Love that stuff

[wendell jarvis]

I was impressed with this product too, like Troy stated, its a filler wax...durability is not the key feature, top it Col#845 is a serious combo, Hydro Max is great too and Nero.....

[mnehls86]

If you combine Amigo & Banana Gloss you have a filler / gloss combo that is great.

Combine as in top Amigo with Banana Gloss? or mix the liquids together?

[TroyScherer]

Combine as in top Amigo with Banana Gloss? or mix the liquids together?

Combine as in a 1, 2 combo. (Glaze & wax)


So yes top Amigo with BG. But BG is not very durable. So I only use this during the summer here when I feel like waxing more often.

[mnehls86]

For sure. That is what I figured but I had to ask.