[DeTomaso] Wanted - scientific car wax results
Charles McCall
charlesmccall at gmail.com
Mon Apr 7 13:49:39 EDT 2014
Thanks all for the replies. One thing that several people mentioned that I
forgot to include is that I am happy with the meguir's product, but I was
wondering if there have been improvements in the past 20-25 years since the
study was done.
Based on the replies, I think some Nu-Finish is in my future.
Thanks for the help!
From: chelinial at gmail.com [mailto:chelinial at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Al
Chelini
Sent: lunes, 7 de abril de 2014 2:43
To: Charles McCall
Cc: Multiple recipients of list detomaso
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wanted - scientific car wax results
Hi, Charles and group, [I hope this chart transmits well]
The latest report on the top 3 liquid waxes from Consumer's Reports goes:
LIQUID WAX
cost
per container
overall
score
price
per oz.
durability
Meguiar's NXT Generation Tech Wax 2.0 G12718
<http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/tires-auto-parts/car-wax/car-wax-ra
tings/models/overview/meguiars-nxt-generation-tech-wax-2-0-g12718-99031516.h
tm>
$18
69
$1.00
poor
Nu Finish NF-76 see here
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a CR "best buy"
$8
68
$0.50
very
good
Meguiar's Gold Class Carnauba Plus G7016
$13
68
$0.81
poor
The best overall paste wax is ....yup ...
Nu Finish
with an overall score of 71
No, I don't have any financial interest in any wax product, other than the
bottles on my shelf.
Now ordering engine parts to hopefully make next month's POCA Rally.
Regards, Al C.
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi all
What now seems like a billion years ago, but was probably 20-25 years
ago, Consumer Reports did a full and impartial test of car waxes.
They bought a dozen varieties and followed the instructions. The
results were classified based on categories such as "durability after
30 trips through the car wash", "ease of application/removal", "gloss
to the untrained eye", "amount of powder produced" and I forget what
else. The winner was some exotic was that cost $80 a bottle, while the
second place wax, which was a mere 1 point behind, was a Meguir's
product that I have faithfully used for the past 20 years as a result
of that study.
It is easy to apply, it is easy to remove. It doesn't leave powder
everywhere. It leaves a nice shine and leaves the paint extremely
slippery. I don't have to apply it very often, as water beads up
heavily for quite some time after application. I have happily used the
product for years, confident that it is the best bang for the buck,
based on an impartial and scientific study. For me, this adds more
value that anecdotal evidence such as someone saying "I use wax X and
it works well". Unless you compare X to Y under the same conditions,
how can you not know if Y works even better?
Anyway, over here in Spain I've run out of my favorite Meguirs. So I
used a 100% Carnuba that I got for Christmas on the daily driver BMW,
and am horrified. It's the same brand that Johnny Woods uses on his
Pantera (and actually sells) so if you've ever seen his car then you
know that it makes things shiny. But it is a huuuuuge pain to remove.
It requires a tremendous amount of force and scrubbing millimeter by
millimeter to get the stuff off. I have wax powder everywhere - all the
seams, it seems like the whole car is covered in a fine powder. I'd
guess it took at least 3-4 times longer than the Meguir's due to the
difficulty of removal - you really need to scrub hard to get the stuff
off.
All that time trying to get the damn stuff off made it clear to me that
I need to buy more wax. But if I want to buy the best possible miracle
wax, is anyone aware of a study where they compare the various brands
back-to-back to determine which one is really the "best"? The study I
saw recommended some products if your goal was Pebble Beach as the
product worked well but lasted 24 hours, other products if you planned
to wax the car once in its lifetime, and another for "regular" waxing
every few months. By rating the various characteristics - durability,
ease of application, price, ease of removal, gloss, whatever, you could
pick the best product for your use.
Anyone still subscribe to Consumer Reports? Anyone know of another
impartial study? Thanks!
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Thanks all for the replies. One thing that several people mentioned
that I forgot to include is that I am happy with the meguir's product,
but I was wondering if there have been improvements in the past 20-25
years since the study was done.
Based on the replies, I think some Nu-Finish is in my future.
Thanks for the help!
From: chelinial at gmail.com [mailto:chelinial at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Al
Chelini
Sent: lunes, 7 de abril de 2014 2:43
To: Charles McCall
Cc: Multiple recipients of list detomaso
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wanted - scientific car wax results
Hi, Charles and group, [I hope this chart transmits well]
The latest report on the top 3 liquid waxes from Consumer's Reports
goes:
LIQUID WAX
cost
per container
overall
score
price
per oz.
durability
Meguiar's NXT Generation Tech Wax 2.0 G12718
$18
69
$1.00
poor
Nu Finish NF-76 see here
a CR "best buy"
$8
68
$0.50
very
good
Meguiar's Gold Class Carnauba Plus G7016
$13
68
$0.81
poor
The best overall paste wax is ....yup .....
Nu Finish
with an overall score of 71
No, I don't have any financial interest in any wax product, other than
the bottles on my shelf.
Now ordering engine parts to hopefully make next month's POCA Rally.
Regards, Al C.
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Charles McCall
<[1]charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all
What now seems like a billion years ago, but was probably 20-25
years
ago, Consumer Reports did a full and impartial test of car waxes.
They bought a dozen varieties and followed the instructions. The
results were classified based on categories such as "durability
after
30 trips through the car wash", "ease of application/removal",
"gloss
to the untrained eye", "amount of powder produced" and I forget what
else. The winner was some exotic was that cost $80 a bottle, while
the
second place wax, which was a mere 1 point behind, was a Meguir's
product that I have faithfully used for the past 20 years as a
result
of that study.
It is easy to apply, it is easy to remove. It doesn't leave powder
everywhere. It leaves a nice shine and leaves the paint extremely
slippery. I don't have to apply it very often, as water beads up
heavily for quite some time after application. I have happily used
the
product for years, confident that it is the best bang for the buck,
based on an impartial and scientific study. For me, this adds more
value that anecdotal evidence such as someone saying "I use wax X
and
it works well". Unless you compare X to Y under the same conditions,
how can you not know if Y works even better?
Anyway, over here in Spain I've run out of my favorite Meguirs. So I
used a 100% Carnuba that I got for Christmas on the daily driver
BMW,
and am horrified. It's the same brand that Johnny Woods uses on his
Pantera (and actually sells) so if you've ever seen his car then you
know that it makes things shiny. But it is a huuuuuge pain to
remove.
It requires a tremendous amount of force and scrubbing millimeter by
millimeter to get the stuff off. I have wax powder everywhere - all
the
seams, it seems like the whole car is covered in a fine powder. I'd
guess it took at least 3-4 times longer than the Meguir's due to the
difficulty of removal - you really need to scrub hard to get the
stuff
off.
All that time trying to get the damn stuff off made it clear to me
that
I need to buy more wax. But if I want to buy the best possible
miracle
wax, is anyone aware of a study where they compare the various
brands
back-to-back to determine which one is really the "best"? The study
I
saw recommended some products if your goal was Pebble Beach as the
product worked well but lasted 24 hours, other products if you
planned
to wax the car once in its lifetime, and another for "regular"
waxing
every few months. By rating the various characteristics -
durability,
ease of application, price, ease of removal, gloss, whatever, you
could
pick the best product for your use.
Anyone still subscribe to Consumer Reports? Anyone know of another
impartial study? Thanks!
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