advantages with the 22ple and nanoskin

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03-08-14, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jtrue28

Waxes and sealants do NOT give the car its shine. They protect, that is it. If your paint has fine scratches and marring, the wax/sealant fills those in to give the illusion of shinyness. A properly polished car, with either a DAP, or other machine will produce the best shine possible.

http://youtu.be/eiIEHn-9qo8

Watch that guy's videos...he knows his stuff.

While I am a firm believer in the practice of properly polishing a vehicle, it is worth noting that the protective products do posses some visual qualities of their own.

The glass/silica coatings are the most noticeable to me... the shine is a very hard/candy shell type of look that is to be expected by the thin layer of glass that was just applied to the paint. It is definitely a different look than a carnauba wax.

But again, it is all negligible if the vehicle is not properly polished in the first place.