i applied the paste version this past week, and it is somewhat tricky to apply. In hot weather, you can't wait for it to dry to a haze, otherwise it cakes up and it takes more work to buff out, and you may risk scratching your paint that way, though I didn't have scratching issues. Also, you may even get nufinish caked onto your microfiber towel, and that might cause marring. You always have to keep the applicator damp and apply only a superthin layer.
I have a dark charcoal metallic paint, and the only method that worked was to wipe on and wipe off within seconds.
With this method, I get no marring, hazing, or anything.
What may look like marring is most likely just dried nufinish that you didn't buff out in time. I've seen it leave streaks, that's why I use the quick wipe on/off method. To remove streaks, you just wipe on a tiny bit of nufinish and wipe off immediately.
Water beads pretty good. In comparison, the Meguiars gold class wax I put on just a couple weeks ago is already pretty much gone. It just doesn't last with my car parked outside 24/7.
I did the left side of the trunk lid with meguiars, and the right side with nufinish. you can really see how the nufinish repels the water.
the shine is good enough. I can't really tell the difference between meguiars otc carnuaba and the nufinish on my trunk.
If it still beads water next month, it will have saved me a lot of tiring waxing work.
On a dark car, nufinish is less forgiving than wax. But it's a trade-off I'm willing to make if it actually lasts half a year.
