I'm going nuts with aquawax

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Gopher

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I finally bought into the hype and picked up a bottle of AW. To say I've been impressed would be an understatement.... I've flat out gone nuts with it!



So far I've AW'ed my household sinks, mirrors, stainless appliances, garbage cans, my humidor, TVs... shoot! I even wax my fiancee's glasses.



What other wacky uses have you guys found for the stuff? I'm restraining myself now from the urge to wax the toilets (we'll see how good it beads!)
 
Any polished material is game. I got a gallon of it. I find myself using it a lot on other peoples cars. Like when family members are like "hey, can you wash my car?". Give it a hit with aquawax when i finish and they're always like "WOW! what did you do!?" They should see what I can do with a buffer and polish.



I don't know what it is about it, but it seems to enhance the looks of everything it touches. light, dark, metallic, non metallic, topping sealant or nuba.



Oh and i love the smell...almost as much as i love the price.



They have a lot of other excellent products too. I also use their QD, car wash, tire and mat dressing, glass polish, 105, leather conditioner
 
I use a lot of their different products and have not found one I have not been impressed with. It's 12:30 AM here and I'm wide awake and might just go through a coat on.
 
I wasn't really expecting to be that impressed after using it for the first time this week. I have to say though, I really like it. I don't like the smell though. One of the only detailing products I really just don't care for the smell at all.
 
I remember being hugely impressed the first time I used it (which was around the time it was the talk of the town around here...June 06'), but once I started using it more I became less and less impressed with it.



I didn't like how it would sorta kill the beading of the product under it (IME), and the looks were only on par with that of a good QD.



These days I am more impressed with OCW.
 
Interesting, i've always found the beading to be on par with anything, but i'll take your suggestion and give OCW a shot when the gallon of AW runs out. In the meantime, i'm quite satisfied.
 
Bigpoppa3346 said:
I remember being hugely impressed the first time I used it (which was around the time it was the talk of the town around here...June 06'), but once I started using it more I became less and less impressed with it.
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Same thing happened to me...I dunno if it's mob psychology and self-hypnosis or what. At least with UQD I was never impressed with it from the get-go.
 
Bigpoppa3346 said:
I remember being hugely impressed the first time I used it (which was around the time it was the talk of the town around here...June 06'), but once I started using it more I became less and less impressed with it.



I didn't like how it would sorta kill the beading of the product under it (IME), and the looks were only on par with that of a good QD.



These days I am more impressed with OCW.
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I noticed the same thing about beading. I first did M21 followed by AW. The car sheeting water so well that my black car drove through 3 thunderstorms over a week and sheeting clean....literally it looked like I had just washed it a day ago. After the next wash I hit it with AW again and ever since, the car doesn't sheet very well and the beading on the horizontal panels are is very large and not very impressive.



That said, the look is really amazing, but I'm going to limit the amount I use it. I was using it after every wash or so and ended up with around 4-5 coats. Car was ridiculously wet looking, but almost fake....don't know how to explain. 1 or 2 coats max give an incredible wetness though.
 
Bigpoppa3346 said:
I remember being hugely impressed the first time I used it (which was around the time it was the talk of the town around here...June 06'), but once I started using it more I became less and less impressed with it.



I didn't like how it would sorta kill the beading of the product under it (IME), and the looks were only on par with that of a good QD.



These days I am more impressed with OCW.
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I use AW after washes and find it to be wet looking and the beading is fine. Is the OCW you are impressed with the newer version?
 
I'm using the old OCW. Now, OCW doesn't bead all that well either but it is a nice refresher to an LSP that is on the way out.



I dunno about AW, when I used it over 845 (1 or 2 month old application, can't remember) it just seemed to kill the beading/slickness that I otherwise would have gotten with it in the coming washes.
 
I picked up some AW and some old formula OCW at about the same time and I have to agree with previous posters, after using both on my cars I'm starting to favor OCW.



However the wife loves the smell of AW, so I'll just keep using it on her minivan and use the OCW on my rides. :D
 
AW is something I will conitue to buy. I love how you can see the gloss come up after an hour or so. I have had it last 4-5 weeks by itself at the end of winter. I use it after every wash, no problems.
 
scary bill said:
Oh, I forgot to mention I do use it on my guitars and basses as well.
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My drum kit is done with AW , it has a lot of chrome and its a black titanium fade mix . sweeeet !!



One thing I love its the beading and how when I'm driving in the rain the water just blows and rolls off.
 
I am kind of surprised by some peoples experiences. I have both AW and the old OCW and on my Burgundy Metallic Civic I prefer the AW. OCW seemed to do a nice job with protection but AW seemed to have better looks. They both beaded equally well and almost as well as my 845IW.



-Frank
 
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