House of Wax
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I finally got around to trying out the sample of Nanolex's Reactivating Shampoo today. I've held off reading the other reviews to keep from affecting my opinions...I'll be curious to go back now and read the others to see how they compare.
Link to the product: https://nanolex.us/show-item.asp?i_id=1011
<span style="color:rgb(0,51,102);font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgb(217,225,232);">Nanolex Reactivating Shampoo is high performance shampoo that incorporates a number of trick features. Firstly, it feels extremely slick and allows your wash mitt to glide effortlessly over underlying surfaces as you wash your car. Secondly, it lays down a film of nano-scale components as it cleans, thus restoring and refreshing previous protective coatings. Thirdly, it also contains a high-tech rinsing aid that will leave your car almost completely dry after it is rinsed off. Whilst absolutely the best choice for washing and maintaining the finishes produced by Nanolex sealants, it can also be used to great effect on surfaces protected with other synthetic sealants and waxes.
Test subject is my 07 Dodge Ram. It currently has about an 8 month old application of HD Nitro Seal on it as well as 2 months old Chemical Guys Pete's 53. Here's a few before shots of the truck. It wasn't horribly dirty, so the befores/afters won't be too dramatic
Washing was done via two bucket method with a lambswool wash mitt (I don't have a foam canon, so I can't speak to how effective that is). I believe I read somewhere that the proper dilution was 1oz. of product per 1 gallon of water, so that's what I went with. Scent was decent and it created what I would consider an average amount of suds:
The mitt slid across the surface of the truck with what felt like an "ok" amount of slickness and the suds didn't really hold up much (if you find that sort of thing important). My usual routine when doing a two bucket wash is to clean the wheels/wheel wells with a separate cleaner first and also pre-treat bug guts. For the purposes of this review I used just the shampoo. I felt it worked very well cleaning up these areas on its own. The most impressive part to me was how well it rinsed off and the lack of spots (especially on the windows). I don't have any shade at my house to wash in, so it's typically a mad dash to try and get the vehicle dried without spotting badly. This stuff rinsed off very well and the surface had nice beading to it:
And finally some after shots:
Overall conclusions:
Overall it performed how a quality car shampoo should. Things I was impressed/pleased with:
- cleaned the surfaces well (including wheels, wheel wells, and bug guts
- left nice beading
- rinsed off very well with minimal spotting and no streaking
Things I wasn't impressed by:
- slickness just felt ok
- suds were average at best (if that's important to you)
- dilution ratio
- price
It's a quality shampoo for sure, but for me it just doesn't quite justify the higher cost over other shampoos that I like (optimum car wash and Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Glow for example)
Link to the product: https://nanolex.us/show-item.asp?i_id=1011
<span style="color:rgb(0,51,102);font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgb(217,225,232);">Nanolex Reactivating Shampoo is high performance shampoo that incorporates a number of trick features. Firstly, it feels extremely slick and allows your wash mitt to glide effortlessly over underlying surfaces as you wash your car. Secondly, it lays down a film of nano-scale components as it cleans, thus restoring and refreshing previous protective coatings. Thirdly, it also contains a high-tech rinsing aid that will leave your car almost completely dry after it is rinsed off. Whilst absolutely the best choice for washing and maintaining the finishes produced by Nanolex sealants, it can also be used to great effect on surfaces protected with other synthetic sealants and waxes.
Test subject is my 07 Dodge Ram. It currently has about an 8 month old application of HD Nitro Seal on it as well as 2 months old Chemical Guys Pete's 53. Here's a few before shots of the truck. It wasn't horribly dirty, so the befores/afters won't be too dramatic
Washing was done via two bucket method with a lambswool wash mitt (I don't have a foam canon, so I can't speak to how effective that is). I believe I read somewhere that the proper dilution was 1oz. of product per 1 gallon of water, so that's what I went with. Scent was decent and it created what I would consider an average amount of suds:
The mitt slid across the surface of the truck with what felt like an "ok" amount of slickness and the suds didn't really hold up much (if you find that sort of thing important). My usual routine when doing a two bucket wash is to clean the wheels/wheel wells with a separate cleaner first and also pre-treat bug guts. For the purposes of this review I used just the shampoo. I felt it worked very well cleaning up these areas on its own. The most impressive part to me was how well it rinsed off and the lack of spots (especially on the windows). I don't have any shade at my house to wash in, so it's typically a mad dash to try and get the vehicle dried without spotting badly. This stuff rinsed off very well and the surface had nice beading to it:
And finally some after shots:
Overall conclusions:
Overall it performed how a quality car shampoo should. Things I was impressed/pleased with:
- cleaned the surfaces well (including wheels, wheel wells, and bug guts
- left nice beading
- rinsed off very well with minimal spotting and no streaking
Things I wasn't impressed by:
- slickness just felt ok
- suds were average at best (if that's important to you)
- dilution ratio
- price
It's a quality shampoo for sure, but for me it just doesn't quite justify the higher cost over other shampoos that I like (optimum car wash and Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Glow for example)
