Collinite 845 - How Thick?

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dalemccl

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I bought some Collinite 845 about a week ago and opened it today. Even after shaking, it was very thick - too thick to pour out of the bottle; I had to squeeze the bottle to get some out. Is that normal? (It had been in my garage for a few days and it was 50 degrees outside when I opened it, so maybe that contributed to its thickness.)



Also I put it on top of 3 layers of KSG on my bright red car and was expecting to see a noticable improvement - either in shine, depth, wettness or something. But I could see no improvement over the KSG, which looked very good on its own. Is this normal?
 
You need to shake it a lot more. Shaken properly, it will turn out to be pretty thin. It doesn't have anything to do with the temps either, as I have used 845 when it was around 50 and the consistency was still thin.
 
I havent used it but from reading posts about 845 it seems like people only use it for durability rather than looks.
 
02 SC Frontier said:
...people only use it for durability rather than looks.
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On well prepped paint, 845 will look as good as anything else out there. If you aren't getting the look you want, you need to prep more.
 
Eh...I dunno, it's more on the looks side of the looks/durability trade-off than their 476S paste. One great thing about the 845 is that it doesn't stain trim at all (not that the 476S is bad about that) and it can go on very, very thin when that's desired (like around pinstripes).



But yeah, it's not, *IMO* one of those waxes that'll dramatically change the look of something like KSG, at least not the way some paste waxes can.



Bigpoppa3346 is right, the stuff really will thin out like you can't *imagine*, you have to see it for yourself to believe it. Often the "thick stuff" is just a plug of [whatever it is] at the top of the bottle. Poke that down into the rest of the 845 and stir the whole thing up with a (clean) long-bladed screwdriver or something. Then shake shake shake, maybe try putting it under hot running water (yeah, the 50 degree temps didn't help) and then shake some more. It'll turn really, really thin; as I said, you can't imagine until you experience it.
 
Bigpoppa3346 said:
On well prepped paint, 845 will look as good as anything else out there. If you aren't getting the look you want, you need to prep more.
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I concur, 845IW will look as good as anything out there !
 
Hmm, guess I need to shake mine some more. I just stirred it with a screwdriver and shook it a little bit, but it never thinned out. I had to squeeze the bottle because it was the consistency of sour cream or something. Hopefully it doesn't compromise the durability.. Guess I better try to thin it out and put on another coat just in case.
 
It thins out to something the thickness of real (milk) cream when shaken for at least a few minutes, really makes it go on nicely. I agree that lookswise it is very nice, adds a good bit of depth and lots of wet looking shine. My gripe is the looks don't last all that long. IMO when the carnauba washes off and the polymers take over its rather ho-hum.
 
There is no need to use a microwave. Just a healthy mechanical excitement, and it'll go. It is a specific Collinite behavior, so don't worry about durability. It even acts like that vice versa: if you leave it unmolested for more weeks, it'll revert back to the thick state. Mine is like a brick in a sauce now...



Great, great product!
 
I took mine out today thinking I was going to use it and it was pretty thick. I had to shake the sh!t out of it at first then it started to liquify and move freely in the container.



SHAKE IT... you won't break it :chuckle:
 
The durability factor is determined by how long you leave it to haze. Best to leave it around 10-15 minutes before removing with a MF or else you are just wiping it all away.
 
Bigpoppa3346 said:
On well prepped paint, 845 will look as good as anything else out there. If you aren't getting the look you want, you need to prep more.
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I definitely second that!! Collinite provides a VERY wet shine with unmatched durability in the carnauba section.



Now for viscosity, mine is extremely thin and runny. I would compare its consistency to that of melted butter.
 
Heh, just submerge it in a container of hot water for a bit, it'll thin right out.



I'm not sure, but last time I used it on my uncle's van (that is mop-washed), swirls that were there at pre-inspection, were NOT there afterwards... I :think: it may have **some** filling capabilities?



Maybe just my eyes, but after just a wash, and 845, the thing was SPOTLESS under full sun. (845'd, then aquawaxed)
 
EdLancer said:
The durability factor is determined by how long you leave it to haze. Best to leave it around 10-15 minutes before removing with a MF or else you are just wiping it all away.
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:eek: , That is something I would like to do with alot of products, but after 5 mins.. I cannot allow myself- to not start wiping.. I guess I suffered emotional trauma from leaving TW-super hard shell on too long when I was a teen..lol
 
silk said:
:eek: , That is something I would like to do with alot of products, but after 5 mins.. I cannot allow myself- to not start wiping.. I guess I suffered emotional trauma from leaving TW-super hard shell on too long when I was a teen..lol
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:werd: I've also had my experiences with the super hard shell Turtle Wax. Looking back, it has been the worst wax of all the waxes I've used. Mediocre application and IMPOSSIBLE removal. And it barely lasted 2 weeks on an outdoor car! Then I moved to Mother's Carnauba, and now I'm using Collinite :)



Don't worry about the Collinite. I use the paste version (476S) and I leave it on until I finish the application of the entire car (40-50) minutes. The wax comes right off, as long as I don't leave it in the sun... Once I had the sun beating down on one side of the car, and I didn't remove the wax until I finished the entire car. The wax on the sun-beaten side didn't come off because it became very "liquidy". I tried wiping off the wax, but it just turned into a haze of wax. It didn't leave any wax residue or clearly visible white wax marks, but the haze was there for a while...
 
Used the 845 for the first time today. Consistence is like milk, weird, just sit's on the pad like a puddle. Once the pad get's moist this stuff will go a long way. Comes off pretty easy when layerd thin. I put this on top of Menzerna AJ which I did last week with also a clay. The paint is very glossy and slick as hell. This is a very nice product, glad I decided to keep it.
 
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