9 wax test...

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imported_Ivan Rajic

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Well I was bored today so I decided to go out and test 10 of my waxes/sealants on my mom's 05 Toyota Corolla. (I actually used 10 waxes/sealants but for some weird reason the before/after shots of Poorboy's EXP didn't come out clear at all... hence the 9 in thread title)



The car has never been detailed or waxed and, as you'll see in the pics, it's in pretty bad shape (I'll detail it in a month or so and post pics again)



Products used were KAIO+SG, KAIO, KSG, Meg's 21, Meg's 26, Optimum Car wax, P21S, NXT, Natty's Blue... I used m/f towels to put the stuff on and wipe off... all of them were left on for about 10-15 mins to dry. Before applying anything, roof was cleaned with Meg's #34.



I did this just to see how much stuff each of these can hide... I used KAIO just to see if there was a big difference between just waxing, or cleaning with KAIO then waxing... there was!



Pics...



Test area...

roof.JPG




KAIO+KSG before

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KAIO+KSG after

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KAIO before

22.JPG


KAIO after

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KSG before

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KSG after

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M21 before

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M21 after

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M26 before

55.JPG


M26 after

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Opt Wax before

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Opt Wax after

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P21S before

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P21S after

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NXT before

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NXT after

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Nat. Blue before

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Nat. Blue after

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I know there are many variables here, such as the place where the pic was taken on the area for each LSP, but I did try to use the middle of each area just to have somewhat of a consistency...



I rated them like this... not according to only the photos above, but what I saw in person...



1. KAIO+SG

2. KAIO

3. Meg's 21

4. NXT

5. Meg's 26

6-9... KSG, P21S, Natty's and Opt Wax all looked very similar in person and each added a very similar level of gloss to the bad paint... I would say P21S, SG, natty's, then Opt in terms of shine, but it was very minimal.



I concluded that, even if there's no plan to polish/fully detail the paint, a paint cleaner/polish like KAIO is important prior to sealing the paint because, as seen in the pics, it cleans up very small swirls and all of the oxidation/fading present.

Also, it appears that Meg's has some nice fillers in their LSPs, which helped hide some of the swirling.



Well, hope this helps someone... like I said, I was bored and decided to see how different LSPs behaved on a badly conditioned 05 Corolla... no hard facts here, just observation...
 
Check them in a couple weeks in terms of water beading ablility.



Here is how I would guess they will rank



1) #16

2) KAIO SG

3) KSG

4) Meg's 21

5) KAIO

6) Opti Wax

7) Nattys

8) NXT

9) PS21
 
TH0001 said:
Check them in a couple weeks in terms of water beading ablility.



Here is how I would guess they will rank



1) #16

2) KAIO SG

3) KSG

4) Meg's 21

5) KAIO

6) Opti Wax

7) Nattys

8) NXT

9) PS21
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I am planning on doing that... although I don't like to judge LSPs according to water beading (I need to dig up a pic of my 98 BMW beading water "perfectly"' after being polished by rotary, Meg's #83 and LC orange pad... no sealant... so I'm a little skeptical about that...)



Anyway... I highly doubt any of the products will be gone within a couple weeks, but my guess would be the KSG or KAIO SG would be at the top as far as durability is concerned... we'll see
 
Were you trying to see what products covered up the swirl marks? You picked products not designed to cover swirl marks or minimal swirl marks. That paint needs major correction.
 
MDRX8 said:
Were you trying to see what products covered up the swirl marks? You picked products not designed to cover swirl marks or minimal swirl marks. That paint needs major correction.
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I was trying to see how the paint will look like after applying the above LSPs (LSPs in my detailing collection, which I use after correcting paint) There was no intention to do something to the paint, rather just observe what results each product yields
 
TH0001 said:
I think #16 will easily be the longest lasting product you have on there.
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Why do you say that? I haven't had a chance to test durability of #16 yet but have used KSG, P21S and NXT for a while now and I highly doubt anything mentioned in the first post can compare to KSG's durability...
 
BMW^Z4 said:
great job !
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ty... I actually did something similar on the hood of that same car... I used all of the polishes I had with different pads.. it was #9, 82, 80, 83, 2, 4, FP II, and 4 with wool pad... all the pictures came out lilke crap and blurry so couldn't post anything... I'm planning on doing lots of testing, with PC and rotary and different pads/products so I'll post the stuff up when I'm done
 
lecchilo said:
Why do you say that? I haven't had a chance to test durability of #16 yet but have used KSG, P21S and NXT for a while now and I highly doubt anything mentioned in the first post can compare to KSG's durability...
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I say this because I have seen #16 last an EASY 6 months, in the harsh Florida climate. I have never gotten anything close to that of KSG... #16 and Collonite #845 are considered legends in thier amazing durabilty, but it looks like it doesn't matter since #26 was used.
 
TH0001 said:
I say this because I have seen #16 last an EASY 6 months, in the harsh Florida climate. I have never gotten anything close to that of KSG... #16 and Collonite #845 are considered legends in thier amazing durabilty, but it looks like it doesn't matter since #26 was used.
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Gotcha... I guess it's different in different climates... I easily got 6 months through a horrible Chicago winter with 2 coats of KSG ... washed every 2 weeks... never tried #16 or #845 though so can't compare
 
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