Looking to get that Wet look, Help Please

[Accumulator]

Really, you aren`t going to get much more than [a couple weeks] that out of the majority of waxes with the exception of FK or Collinite..

Maybe JustJesus will post about how long Malm`s lasts. It was better than most IME, but that was decades ago (and thus pre-VOC).

 

[ttforcefed]

3m imperial hand glaze and zymol after cleaning the paint gives the dripping wet look every-time

 

[JustJesus]

...and that the beading lasts for a couple weeks Really, you aren`t going to get much more than that out of the majority of waxes with the exception of FK or Collinite.

Maybe JustJesus will post about how long Malm`s lasts. It was better than most IME, but that was decades ago (and thus pre-VOC).

I`m sure my environment plays a big part in how long I`ve had waxes last on my cars.

3D Carnauba lasted about 5 months on a quarter panel of my daily driven Yaris

FK1000p was on the way to 1 year on the wife`s Kia before I decided to redo it with [I forgot].

I currently have Finish Kare`s Pink Paste on my hood. Applied mid-September. If I`m up for it, I`ll go during lunch and see how it does at the local coin-op.

As for Malm`s.... I stopped tracking 5 waxes at the two month mark. Malm`s was doing well, right next to FK1000p. Though, water seemed to come off a bit faster rate on the Malm`s section.

Here`s a pic of the 5 waxes being compared.




And here`s a short video of water on the hood at two months

 

[acuRAS82]

3m imperial hand glaze and zymol after cleaning the paint gives the dripping wet look every-time

Which Zymol?

 

[ttforcefed]

For me ital as i mostly have red Italian cars


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[acuRAS82]

JustJesus, how did Fuzion holdup during that 2 month span? Any sign of being still there at the end?

 

[JustJesus]

JustJesus, how did Fuzion holdup during that 2 month span? Any sign of being still there at the end?

It was, but nowhere near at the level of Day 1. This is based solely on water behavior.

 

[Accumulator]

As for Malm`s.... I stopped tracking 5 waxes at the two month mark. Malm`s was doing well, right next to FK1000p. Though, water seemed to come off a bit faster rate on the Malm`s section...

Malm`s is wonderfully hydrophobic. For "just another liquid wax that nobody`s even heard of" it`s really great stuff...again, assuming that it`s basically the same now as it was 30-some years ago.

 

[Accumulator]

..[I use primarily] ital as i mostly have red Italian cars

I always wondered about that "wax for certain paints" that they play up...like, their Glasur is supposed to be "specially formulated for German paints like Glasurit", but Glasurit`s paint is nothing special and the idea of a wax made specifically for it always struck me as silly. No, not saying that about the Ital, but it`s not like all the Italian automakers are using the same paint. Eh, I`m just thinking out loud here..no offense intended.

 

[ttforcefed]

I always wondered about that "wax for certain paints" that they play up...like, their Glasur is supposed to be "specially formulated for German paints like Glasurit", but Glasurit`s paint is nothing special and the idea of a wax made specifically for it always struck me as silly. No, not saying that about the Ital, but it`s not like all the Italian automakers are using the same paint. Eh, I`m just thinking out loud here..no offense intended.

None taken. My diablo is silver so i dont use ital on it. I really like how the zymol smells. P21 or whatever is called is also very good if u dont care about scent


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[Lonnie]

About Malm`s Wax:
Their Concentrated (liquid) Carnauba Wax is about $35.00, but at 1/2 pint (8 fluid ounces). that is a little pricey for a wax-waster (sorry 512 Detail and Ronkh!) like myself, even if used judiciously.
Then again, I could move up to their Extreme Concentrated Carnauba Paste Wax at ONLY $250 and it does not say how much is in the container not is it covered by their money-back guarantee because it is custom-made per order.
Not dissing their carnauba products; they must have a customer base that apparently still buys their products, or they would not be in business.

This product was the "cat`s meow" in the 1970`s and 80`s, as it was advertised in car-related magazines galore (you know, those glossy "printed things" with information & COLOR pictures that came in the snail-mail or were on newsstands every month before the Internet took over).
I still have some Coral Blue AutoFobulin that Dennis Weaver (AKA;"McCloud") used to sell in TV Infomercials. It was good stuff in the late 80`s-early 90`s, until I started using Liquid Glass. But I digress.....

 

[Accumulator]

ttforcefed- Glad I didn`t give offense, hard to know how things come across online.

I hear you on how some products smell

See how preferences vary?!? I hated how P21s looked on my (sorta-silver) Jag so much that I stripped it off, and I *never* bother doing that.

Sounds like the Ital is just right for you on your red cars, and I like that your Diablo is silver

 

[JustJesus]

Malm`s is wonderfully hydrophobic. For "just another liquid wax that nobody`s even heard of" it`s really great stuff...again, assuming that it`s basically the same now as it was 30-some years ago.

So true. It really is great stuff (my experience so far). I`m guessing it was more well-known back in the day?

About Malm`s Wax:
Their Concentrated (liquid) Carnauba Wax is about $35.00, but at 1/2 pint (8 fluid ounces). that is a little pricey for a wax-waster (sorry 512 Detail and Ronkh!) like myself, even if used judiciously.

They claim that 1/2 pint should be good for 25 midsize cars. Less than $2 to do a car, they say. For a wax-waster, like those mentioned above, it may not come close to 25.

For me, if it can keep up with the big boys at a higher price point, then the 35$ isn`t bad at all.

 

[Accumulator]

Lonnie- Eh, I somehow missed your last post on this thread I haven`t priced/used it since forever and didn`t know the current price. It might indeed be a little pricey for people who don`t apply nutty-thin the way I do, but if you do apply it that way it takes *SO* little to do a vehicle that a pint (the size I got IIRC) oughta last for many years.

JustJesus- It *might`ve* been more popular then, but only because Boutique/Small Co. Label Detailing Lines weren`t such a Big Industry with so many players. Their "Kit" with Polish, Finishing Polish/Glaze, and Wax was rather unique for the time, and they were how I found out about the Cyclo (my older one still has a Malm`s label on it). I mean, *NOBODY* else sold a complete kit like that, with a RO polisher, back in the early `80s. And you could still do a lot worse today even with all the New Best Things that keep coming out.