Loach
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Big thanks to Dwayne from Poorboy's World for sending me their beta version of Natty's Black to try out! I've been working with it for the last two weeks and I'm definitely a fan of the wax. It's super easy to apply and remove from the paint, it has that real nice smooth texture to it, and it's made the black paint I've been applying it to look incredible and feel super slick.
It seemed like the cold environment took a toll on the wax during shipping. When I opened the jar up to see the wax it looked dried out with cracks through it, chunks and flakes covered the top surface. But this is that type of wax where if you just run your finger across the top of it, it really melts down quick to leave a smooth and slick texture and I was able to bring the wax back to life in no time. This texture reminds me of Wolfgang Fuzion, it isn't grainy at all. The wax has a nice scent to it as well, I couldn't figure out what it was but it's certainly not going to keep me from using it over and over. I had no trouble waxing the entire car by hand before removing, this isn't a wax that is going to give you trouble if you wait long before removing or if you remove it soon after applying.
Here you can see the black tint of the wax left behind after skimming across the top:
I had Poorboy's Black Hole Glaze out with me, and I wanted to see just what the wax will and won't do in terms of darkening and filling. I found a junker hood laying around and put the two head to head to see the differences.
Here's the hood before compounding:
After compounding with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound on heavy polishing pad with DeWalt 849X rotary, followed up with CarPro Eraser:
Nice buffer trails for testing. (Please note that with this test I am not endorsing using fillers for jobs where true correction is expected and advertised.) I set up a tape line, we have Natty's Black on the left and Black Hole on the right:
No surprise here, Black Hole is known for its filling ability and filled close to 100% of all buffer trails. You can see Natty's Black will fill slightly and darken nicely. Here's Natty's Black by itself with no tape line:
And Black Hole by itself:
Had an opportunity to test the wax out on this Accord here:
And after shots:
And of course some quick beading shots:
Overall I'm very pleased with the wax. My biggest priority for hand waxing with paste waxes is ease of use and that's what is going to keep me grabbing for a specific wax. Natty's Black certainly delivers on that front while producing an excellent shine on the paint's I've applied it to so far. Initial beading is great, I have plans to make a video in the future of it and I'll post that here when I get around to it. Once again, thanks to Autopia for setting up the giveaway and to Dwayne from Poorboy's World for reaching out to me to let me try it out. I'm going to enjoy working with the wax in the future!
