Swanicyouth
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I've been using Pinnacle Synergy as the wax on my daily driver since the summer. I've used Collinite, etc... and have decided Synergy lasts longer than any of them. I've been neglecting my DD because the weather here has been terrible: lots of snow and salt. Last winter I used Collinite 915 as my winter wax. While it's an excellent wax, it did not hold up to the snow and salt on the lower panels of my vehicle.
It seems a lot of people look at beading on the hood or roof, the parts of the car that tend to stay the cleanest. The hood and roof tend to always bead for me - almost with any product. They don't get much of the road sludge. I wanted to look at the filthiest part of the car - the car the gets the most snow and the the most salt - the lower panels. This is the real test of durability IMHO. Is there any wax left under all that salt?
So, I wanted to see if Synergy was holding up. It has been on there maybe 3 months. First, this is what I am starting with:
Yeah, it's pretty bad. It's been caked in salt for a couple of months. First thing I did was rinse down the left side of the vehicle; just the 2 panels (F & R doors). They were pretty filthy; so just water won't bring back the beading as you can see:
Then, I got some highly concentrated CG's Citrus Red (1:22) and cleaned just the bottom half of the rear door panel waterless wash style. The goal here was to have one clean panel to see if the wax was holding up and a dirty panel next to it to compare it to.
I specifically chose this soap because it's fairly aggressive, has a reputation for "stripping" wax, and has no gloss enhancers that could cause false beading.
As you can see, Synergy is holding up to the snow and ice (after rinsing off Citrus Red):
Dirty panel / no beading on bottom half (just rinsed with water):
Here is a 50:50s of the dirty vrs clean areas (some clean overlap on front door):
As you can see Synergy is beading well (right) compared to dirty area. I'm convinced Synergy may be the only "wax" that can truly hold up to these conditions.
After the whole cleanup and another coat of Synergy & Tuff Shine:
Synergy may be expensive, but this truly is a case of you get what you pay for. Just as an FYI; I got Synergy for free. So if it sucked - I'd have no buyers remorse and would tell you.
It seems a lot of people look at beading on the hood or roof, the parts of the car that tend to stay the cleanest. The hood and roof tend to always bead for me - almost with any product. They don't get much of the road sludge. I wanted to look at the filthiest part of the car - the car the gets the most snow and the the most salt - the lower panels. This is the real test of durability IMHO. Is there any wax left under all that salt?
So, I wanted to see if Synergy was holding up. It has been on there maybe 3 months. First, this is what I am starting with:
Yeah, it's pretty bad. It's been caked in salt for a couple of months. First thing I did was rinse down the left side of the vehicle; just the 2 panels (F & R doors). They were pretty filthy; so just water won't bring back the beading as you can see:
Then, I got some highly concentrated CG's Citrus Red (1:22) and cleaned just the bottom half of the rear door panel waterless wash style. The goal here was to have one clean panel to see if the wax was holding up and a dirty panel next to it to compare it to.
I specifically chose this soap because it's fairly aggressive, has a reputation for "stripping" wax, and has no gloss enhancers that could cause false beading.
As you can see, Synergy is holding up to the snow and ice (after rinsing off Citrus Red):
Dirty panel / no beading on bottom half (just rinsed with water):
Here is a 50:50s of the dirty vrs clean areas (some clean overlap on front door):
As you can see Synergy is beading well (right) compared to dirty area. I'm convinced Synergy may be the only "wax" that can truly hold up to these conditions.
After the whole cleanup and another coat of Synergy & Tuff Shine:
Synergy may be expensive, but this truly is a case of you get what you pay for. Just as an FYI; I got Synergy for free. So if it sucked - I'd have no buyers remorse and would tell you.
