Wolf Gang Review

actually it is co-owned by one of the owners of Pinnacle Waxes. Read the bio page , as the creator also made the line "Detailers Pride" .
 
killrwheels said:
actually it is co-owned by one of the owners of Pinnacle Waxes. Read the bio page , as the creator also made the line "Detailers Pride" .
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Thanks for the correction...co-owned. I'm guessing Wolfgang Determan didn't play a role in Pinnacle R&D...



But I'll give it a shot anyway! Heck, what doesn't Pinnacle Souveran work with or look great with :)
 
[QUOTEwhat doesn't Pinnacle Souveran work with or look great with [/QUOTE]



I gotta agree with this one. I love Soveran and it makes a great topper for those that need better durability than Pinnacle alone. :bounce
 
This weekend I tried the wolfgang kit on my 1996 hightop luxury van. a huge vehicle that i dont want to detail as often as my other cars.I used the sample soap supplied and found it to have good foam and nice lubrication. I really liked this soap but for the steep cost ,ill stick with my mothers soap.

I applied the pre-cleaner with my pc on 3. went on great but if i let it haze too long i needed the detail spray to remove the residue.It gave a nice shine and i really was pleased with the result.

the sealant i applied by hand ,it remined me of LS with its easy on easy off and left the paint very slick.not the high gloss and depth of LS but thats not what i was looking for . im looking for a great look that doesnt need as much maint. as a carnuba and i think this fits the bill nicely. I'll just have to wait for durability.if i can get 4 to 5 months from this ive found a new process for the van.

The detail spay seems to be mostly a cleaner while not giving the extra shine of a mothers showtime.

All in all im happy with the results and will probably order more of their products to try since it appears the quality overall is great

I attached a pic but im not sure the true look of the wolf gang cameout. the lighting wasnt the best at that point
 

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Horseman2475 said:
Can you apply the Sealant in the sun?
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I'm sure I'll be finding that out soon enough.



Chris Y.-I think it will be at least a little bit of time before anyone is topping Wolfgang-let's see how it does on it's own first....but per a customer's request, I did top it with Meguiars #16 and the paint looked a bit wetter and more liquid looking.



roadchief-nice job on the hightop! I know what a bear those can be to clean. I've also noticed with the Pre-Cleaner that you can only work one panel and have to wipe the excess off immediately or it welds itself to the paint much like Meguiar's Swirl Free Polish #82 does.
 
roadchief[/i] [B]I applied the pre-cleaner with my pc on 3. went on great but if i let it haze too long i needed the detail spray to remove the residue.It gave a nice shine and i really was pleased with the result.[/b][/quote][QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mr. Clean 2K said:
I precleaned the wqhole tundra before I removed it... Put it on thin and you have no problems...
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My experience was much the same as Mr. Clean's . . . I used a PC and white polishing pad, spread the polish at 3-4, then cranked it up to 5-6 and worked it until it began to disappear and dry a bit. If I tried to wipe it off immediately, it tended to smear, and required several wipings to remove completely. I discovered that if I let the residue haze and dry more completely, it buffed off more cleanly/easily, but with just a little more initial effort to "break" the haze. I ended up doing about a 1/4 of the car at a time, then going back to remove residue; seemed to work OK. I also discovered that the polish goes a very long way . . . once the pad got primed, it only took six or seven small dabs (pea-sized) around the pad to do 1/2 panel.



I think using the WG polish sparingly, and working it with the PC to get a thin coat are keys to easy residue removal. That opinion is only based on two uses on relativey cold days, so take it with a grain of salt . . . could be a different animal on warmer more humid days.



Tort
 
WOW ! First rain in Florida recently and Wolfgang beads up as uniform as P21S. While I like Pinnacle Soveran as a carnuba better than P21S/S100 .... I has always commended the P21S for beading. (heavy beeswax makeup) Never seen a synthetic sealant do beading so small , and uniform. I am impressed ! :up
 
jgv said:
Have you seen Zaino beading?
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yep, used it faithfully for two years before finding Pinnacle Soveran. While it beads well, never have I seen more uniform and equally sized beads as P21S. Wolfgang came very close, when natural rain fell upon it. Funny, when I washed it last week it did not bead the same way. Maybe the QD has some redeeming qualities to it .
 
*ot - not a hijack!



Scottwax said:
Meh....not me. Not until digital equals print.
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Actually Scott, they're getting pretty close - if you can afford it:
  • Canon EOS-1DS Digital SLR, 11,100,000 pixels = $7,000
  • Kodak DCS Pro 14n Digital SLR, 13,700,000 pixels = $4,000



Just to name a couple - but definetly way beyond my range!



However, there are a bunch of digital SLRs with 6,000,000+ pixel capability out there now. Canon's EOS Digital Rebel can be had for around $800 I believe. While that still isn't high definition film quality, for web posting I don't know if you could see a difference :nixweiss
 
Kevinch-look at my pics compared to any digital pics on this board-there is a difference!



I paid $320 for my Nikon N60 and 28-80 and 75-300 lenses and probably $500 a year for film and processing (which I can write off) and I have a negative, print and picture CD. Still much cheaper than an $800 camera, photo quality printer and paper.



Yet another ADD Autopia thread!
 
:bow No argument here on the quality of your pictures Scott- they are beautiful!



Without going too far OT here, my thought process was that once you digitize a print file photo (as onto a picture CD), I don't know how much cleaner that pic will be than that of a high end digital SLR, or possibly one of the newer 6+ megapixel units. Certainly, the SLRs are very expensive. However the newer digitals, especially SLRs, are available with lenses and features that are comparable to the quality of those available for film SLRs. But I won't be able to prove anything - I don't see me spending $5 large on a camera anytime soon!



But - the real advantage of digital cameras is to people like me who can manage to take a nice photo, but need to snap 3 - 5 of them & throw out the ones that aren't so good! :o Now I can review them on the screen & keep shooting until I get what I want, & once I load them to my PC I get to reuse the little Compact Flash card over & over.
 
Kevinch-even after transfer to a picture CD and then resized and compressed, I can still come out ahead with 35mm since the original source is so good. Kind of like the difference in transfering an LP to a CD vs the live perfromance to a CD.



One of these days though, who knows? Maybe digital will be equal or even better?
 
Adding to the OT photo discussion:



Some of us (me) have shaking hands and thus go digital because of that. My Nikon 3500 has a feature called BSS (best shot selector) where it will take 10 pictures rapidly, check the sharpness of them, and keep the best one. That's what I use for non-moving stuff. I have to keep the camera in manual mode for that though.



Film is better than digital for quality. It's CCD resolution vs. molecules. No contest.
 
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