Review on Collinite 845 Insulator Wax

HeadnSouth said:
What the deal with VOC? It seems like its a better product...
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No real point in wondering about VOC regs, it's a true case of no point in fighting city hall. In direct comparisons, the pre/post-VOC reg 845s perform identically anyhow.
 
Accumulator said:
No real point in wondering about VOC regs, it's a true case of no point in fighting city hall. In direct comparisons, the pre/post-VOC reg 845s perform identically anyhow.
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Thanks, I figure it was something that I really didn't need to know.:D
 
Quickstrike said:
Some ppl still prefer the 845 though, because they say it has more of a glow to it and is easier to apply.
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Exactly what I've been telling people about IW since I started using it!
 
nice revue; agree with all. the collinites are fine products

personally, i have switched over to the collinites ( used to use #16; still like it and use it but have leaned towards the collinites) for my winter wax for those harsh ny/penn winters. i use the 845 followed by the 476 ( some use 476 followed by 845 claiming one gives a wetter look. maybe ? haven't really considered it. at most i would think the differences are negligible) about late october/early november put on by machine after a good wash,clay,and polish. get all winter out of them, usually lasting until march or even april. that is some durability. unless i get one of those "balmy" winter days of mid to high 50s in january /february, i leave the cars alone and don't wash them. hasn't hurt them a bit and they look fantastic again after a full detail in the spring.

only criticism of the collinites is it smells like dung but judging from how they work, i guess i'm going to have to deal with that.
 
Old post, but 845 and 476 are currently on clearance at my Harbor Freight...



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yakky said:
Such good products in such crappy packaging... oh what the world will never know...
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Do you think the packaging *really* matters? I can't imagine paying attention to that; maybe I'm, uhm...different, but I always think that fancy packaging is some twit's (wasteful) assumption that the customers are as silly as he is.



OTOH, I have a book I've been meaning to read ("Predictably Irrational") about how (most?) consumers supposedly think that might give me a different view of the subject :think:
 
Yeah, I'd say the average guy that walks into an auto parts store wants a good looking bottle with a picuture of a shiney car on it. I've seen generic bathroom products with more appealing labels than collinite.
 
I recently got some Collinite 845 to try out and it's separated out in the bottle. There are "clumps" of stuff and some liquid, looks kind of bad.



I've tried some out and it seems to work pretty good. Does anybody else have this clumping issue and/or how do you get it back into solution? Thanks.
 
Just push the clump back down into the bottle and shake and shake. Eventually it will become a nice milky consistency. At least that is what worked for me.
 
Jam said:
I recently got some Collinite 845 to try out and it's separated out in the bottle. There are "clumps" of stuff and some liquid, looks kind of bad.



I've tried some out and it seems to work pretty good. Does anybody else have this clumping issue and/or how do you get it back into solution? Thanks.
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Just shake it up well until it liquifies.
 
I've shaken it quite a bit since that's what the bottle says, but there isn't a lot of room for the stuff to move around. The clumps are kind of hard too, looks bad. I'll shake it around some more and maybe post a pic for you guys to see if it doesn't work out.
 
Jam said:
I've shaken it quite a bit since that's what the bottle says, but there isn't a lot of room for the stuff to move around. The clumps are kind of hard too, looks bad. I'll shake it around some more and maybe post a pic for you guys to see if it doesn't work out.
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Keep shaking. It took 10 min of shaking to get it back to normal for me when I first bought it :wow:
 
or stand it on a radiator for an hour until it warms through nicely, then shake a lot :D



also helps if you are standing on 1 leg, singing the national anthem and not wearing any shoes.
 
Remember that Collinite puts the "born on date" on their products. The one I bought today was from earlier this year...
 
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