imported_Grouse
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So when i placed my order for a crapload of detail spray. I threw in a can of this.
It all showed up two days after i put my 2nd coat of fmj on my audi.
After finishing a clients car, i decided to prep the Audi for an up coming bmw overnight drive.
Did a quick wash and dry. I Opened up can 58 out of 2000. After applying a thin layer and wiping it off i stepped back to inspect the car.
Wow. The silver flake was just immense. Staggeringly brilliant. My purpose was not really look but to test its durability on wet, damp, grimy washington-oregon roads on the drive.
Saturday starts, I meet up for the drive and proceed to hit 260 miles of twisty's. My inspection of it saturday evening showed the wax held up well. Slickness was not affected and just as it started to rain i was able to see the car basically self rinse.
Sunday morning and i Saw it was still raining and jumped for joy. The rain was nothing heavy but typical PNW drizzle. Driving to Portland was a breeze other than Oregon’s i-84 has ruts the size of rivers. The wax held up very well. Even with constant spray from other cars, semi's trucks and vans.
Once in Portland i took a close look just to see how it was holding up. After pulling the car in the garage i was able to see that indeed the wax was doing fine. The flake pop that fmj did not have was still there.
Monday, the drive back to Seattle, mostly oily damp roads. The car was covered in that infamous black grime. A quick real carwash last night and again i am pleasantly surprised. The slickness was there. Albeit the slickness was less than when first applied. A quick spritz of CG prodetailer and everything was returned.
I will continue to update how the wax lasts. For slickness I think it is even a shade better than FMJ, it's IMHO just super slick. For looks I really love it on my silver metallic. Natty's just seemed to dull the flake. this makes it pop wonderfully. And Adams butter wet wax gave the Look I wanted but seemed to have very little durability 200-300 miles in Seattle weather and roads.
In total We put about 750-800 miles this weekends, through mist, rain, muck, and following 30 bmw’s on the damp twisties. I’d consider it a good start to a test.
For now i ham holding judgement on durability but out of
Looks 9 out of 10
slickness 9.5 out of 10.
It all showed up two days after i put my 2nd coat of fmj on my audi.
After finishing a clients car, i decided to prep the Audi for an up coming bmw overnight drive.
Did a quick wash and dry. I Opened up can 58 out of 2000. After applying a thin layer and wiping it off i stepped back to inspect the car.
Wow. The silver flake was just immense. Staggeringly brilliant. My purpose was not really look but to test its durability on wet, damp, grimy washington-oregon roads on the drive.
Saturday starts, I meet up for the drive and proceed to hit 260 miles of twisty's. My inspection of it saturday evening showed the wax held up well. Slickness was not affected and just as it started to rain i was able to see the car basically self rinse.
Sunday morning and i Saw it was still raining and jumped for joy. The rain was nothing heavy but typical PNW drizzle. Driving to Portland was a breeze other than Oregon’s i-84 has ruts the size of rivers. The wax held up very well. Even with constant spray from other cars, semi's trucks and vans.
Once in Portland i took a close look just to see how it was holding up. After pulling the car in the garage i was able to see that indeed the wax was doing fine. The flake pop that fmj did not have was still there.
Monday, the drive back to Seattle, mostly oily damp roads. The car was covered in that infamous black grime. A quick real carwash last night and again i am pleasantly surprised. The slickness was there. Albeit the slickness was less than when first applied. A quick spritz of CG prodetailer and everything was returned.
I will continue to update how the wax lasts. For slickness I think it is even a shade better than FMJ, it's IMHO just super slick. For looks I really love it on my silver metallic. Natty's just seemed to dull the flake. this makes it pop wonderfully. And Adams butter wet wax gave the Look I wanted but seemed to have very little durability 200-300 miles in Seattle weather and roads.
In total We put about 750-800 miles this weekends, through mist, rain, muck, and following 30 bmw’s on the damp twisties. I’d consider it a good start to a test.
For now i ham holding judgement on durability but out of
Looks 9 out of 10
slickness 9.5 out of 10.
. I still have soveran and always will (like Zymol concours, victoria waxes), but 5050 is my current goto. I had it on for over a month with 3 washes and qd after - still looked great. I had 2 layers on. Note, I think that the look improves once it cures and gives a better range (like zymol) that beats soveran. Souveran though may have a tad edge on wet look. I usually do not make price a factor, but include that, the ease of use (I did half the car and was still able to go back and easily buff of without dusting), able to apply in the sun and durability (have not seen this with soveran) - its a winner. Side note: my laptop crashed with the pics of the 5050, but on the CG site the red mercedes E500 is me (also me with the EZ Glaze) 
