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As you can probably guess, I am Bias when it comes to this topic. Everything that you all have mentioned is great! Finding a product that works for you and you only is the key.
Before I got started with my product line, almost a year ago, I was detailing cars full time. Mainly mobile, unless the vehicle needed some serious work on the paint surface. At that point I would work on them under some halogens and florescents at my home. During that time I would bounce back and forth between most of the brands mentioned. As I found many of them nice to you use, nothing met my needs and reqiuirments that I was looking for.
Then I started experimenting.....mixing products together, not the smartest thing to do, trying to come up with a different way to apply them and so on.
To make a long story short....I was at a car show demonstarting my detail tips to a few people and, one of the Viper club members came over and started asking me chemical questions. At the time I only knew what I read and have experimented on my own. We swaped info and he got me in contact with a very good chemist! From that point on, I have taken the pros and cons from all of the products I have used/tried and made them better. Of course, that is my opinion. Only the people that use my stuff can make that decision on there own.
For the record, I respect every manufacturer out there who established themselves the way I am trying to. It doesn't matter who it is, if it works for you then they accomplished what they set out to do! If you just like something.....then try another brand like mine. You just might amaze yourself!
Last edited by The Detail Dude; Mar 17, 2008 at 08:17 AM.
Trying P21s-100 carnouba wax after I use the Ultima Paint Guard Plus sealant. Will let you know how it turns out in a few weeks...new to detailing and will lose my virginity next weekend after my detailing supplies arrive!!! Wish me luck (I am going to need it - my wife got the bill and now I am living in the doghouse...lol).
Trying P21s-100 carnouba wax after I use the Ultima Paint Guard Plus sealant. Will let you know how it turns out in a few weeks...new to detailing and will lose my virginity next weekend after my detailing supplies arrive!!! Wish me luck (I am going to need it - my wife got the bill and now I am living in the doghouse...lol).
Not on the list but recently I tried Adam's Buttery Wax and it's pretty amazing. Prior to that I've been using NXT 2.0.
Adam's Buttery Wax is simply "white labelled" Chemical Guys Butter Wet Wax. Great wax but not in the same league as Chemical Guys Pete's 53. Simply the finest wax I have ever used.
I personally have had great luck with Zymol products and especially the $13 bottle of cleaner wax. It works well for the interior wood consol that scratches easily. I love this product. Zymol carbon is much better, but it is over double the price and a little trickier to remove.
I won't use anything else but Zaino anymore. Tried all sorts of stuff, but Zaino is by far the easiest use, it shines better than other waxes I've tried, even in lighter colour cars. I thought I'd but before-after pictures to clear up the difference:
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