5 Way Wax Test / Blind Survey

Which wax would YOU use?

  • Wax 1

    Votes: 11 28.9%

  • Wax 2

    Votes: 11 28.9%

  • Wax 3

    Votes: 11 28.9%

  • Wax 4

    Votes: 2 5.3%

  • Wax 5

    Votes: 3 7.9%
  • Total voters
    38
  • Poll closed .
Just out of curiosity how come you have a black hood?

Was the original blue one damaged? Or do you secretly want a black car and are slowly changing it over one panel at a time? ;)
 
Angus said:
Just out of curiosity how come you have a black hood?

Was the original blue one damaged? Or do you secretly want a black car and are slowly changing it over one panel at a time? ;)
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That was pretty funny. One panel at a time! -- My stock, blue hood is in perfect condition (it better be, it's tucked away in storage).

Well, back in 2008, I was looking into making my own fiberglass hood. Since that would have been my first attempt, I didn't want to risk damaging my hood so I picked up the black one and used it in case the plan went bad. Once I put it on, I just liked it so much, I left it! Didn't bother with fiberglass hoods at all.
 
Nice video and Poll, i enjoyed seeing the different reactions at the same time. The whole time i'm like "yeah #1 sheets the water off nicely and it's pretty much drying itself" and then once the soap came it was like "whoa,ok wth #2" , a very interesting change for #2. I'm still going with #1 .

Thanks for the video.
 
Migue said:
Nice video and Poll, i enjoyed seeing the different reactions at the same time. The whole time i'm like "yeah #1 sheets the water off nicely and it's pretty much drying itself" and then once the soap came it was like "whoa,ok wth #2" , a very interesting change for #2. I'm still going with #1 .

Thanks for the video.
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Yup, that was pretty much my reaction (with #2) as I was "filming." And from that, I wanted to share.

You're welcome. I'm glad others got some enjoyment from this.^_^
 
4u2nvinmtl said:
Very cool post it was fun participating in the vote!

Funny I picked BFMS (my fav wax out of the lot)
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Thanks.... and yes, that *is* funny ^_^

Angus said:
Meg's Ultimate Liquid Wax for the win!
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Megs would like that, I'm sure. I was watching the numbers closely, and this one pulled strong near the end (like watching a horse race!)

The Driver said:
Number 2 hands down. The resistance to chem/soap is just like a coating. Try a little reset on it an see :D
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Interesting idea. Just might have to. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
JustJesus- I'm late to this party as per our PMs ;) And I gotta say I found it more interesting than I'd expected to!

Will it get very dirty Wed.-Wed.? I'm wondering how the waxes will behave when soiled. Also curious about blow-drying behavior (even just driving it at speed might work).
 
Tpr1634 said:
I'm thinking and voted for #2, I really thought it looked like 845 so I'm curious.:dance2
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Curious about? Me, i'm curious to see how 845 does. I have a bottle, just never got around to trying that one out.

Accumulator said:
JustJesus- I'm late to this party as per our PMs ;) And I gotta say I found it more interesting than I'd expected to!

Will it get very dirty Wed.-Wed.? I'm wondering how the waxes will behave when soiled. Also curious about blow-drying behavior (even just driving it at speed might work).
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This party is just getting started? haha.. - Glad you found it more interesting than expected. Now you see why I wanted to see what others thought ;)

Ohhhh boy. It got dirty within two days. It's been a thorn on my side, having the hood as dirty as it is. I have my change and camera ready to go, for today's wash. However, should I push it back one day so I can mount a GoPro to observe the blow-drying behavior? I don't own a blower yet, so I normally hop on the freeway to air dry it.
 
JustJesus said:
Curious about? Me, i'm curious to see how 845 does. I have a bottle, just never got around to trying that one out.



This party is just getting started? haha.. - Glad you found it more interesting than expected. Now you see why I wanted to see what others thought ;)

Ohhhh boy. It got dirty within two days. It's been a thorn on my side, having the hood as dirty as it is. I have my change and camera ready to go, for today's wash. However, should I push it back one day so I can mount a GoPro to observe the blow-drying behavior? I don't own a blower yet, so I normally hop on the freeway to air dry it.
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Get a hat mount for the cam. This way we see what you do.
 
Ronkh said:
Get a hat mount for the cam. This way we see what you do.
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Sorry, Ron. Not sure I follow. I was going to mount the GoPro high on the windshield, aimed downward on the hood. I was then going to drive to capture the blow-drying behavior.

EDIT: Should I do the spot-free rinse, like usual, or just hit it with the high pressure water to rinse off? The air drying will follow immediately.
 
JustJesus said:
EDIT: Should I do the spot-free rinse, like usual, or just hit it with the high pressure water to rinse off? The air drying will follow immediately.
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I've never noticed DI water behaving differently from "regular" when drying (other than the spotting issue) so I'd use the spot-free just to avoid the risk of the waterspotting.
 
New Video Posted - 1 Week Update

WOW. Autopia's new look completely threw me off. I thought I was in one of those error pages where you can register a domain.

Anyway..

Status Update - 08/28/15 - 8 days later (Week 1)


Here is a short video showing the effects after having the wax on for one week and one day. The test panel was dirty, and hopefully the pics captured it.

This time, I *was* able to video the spot free rinse. I also added a short drive after the wash, to create a "blow-dry" type scenario. I used a GoPro mounted on the top of the windshield. I'd suggest as large as screen as possible to see the water behavior to this air drying. I used a 23" computer screen, and can barely make things out. Sorry guys, but that's the best I could do without rigging something up (and I wouldn't know where to start on that!).


OKAY, can someone please embed the video like before? Thanks a bunch.
 
JustJesus- Good job on the latest video. For some reason I was expecting the beads to roll/blow off sooner.

Watching these makes me wish you had FK1000P on one section (or maybe M16 ;) ).
 
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