Thought I would give everyone an update...
12-13-2009
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I finally found some time today to try out my new pot of Swissvax Insignis. And what a pleasure it was! One of the first thinks you notice about this wax is (apart from the watermelon smell) is how oily and soft it is. Very much opposite of my Saphir, which is gritty in form and quite hard. I used one of Phil's excellent Uber red applicators, which seemed rather large at first, but worked perfectly.
As I said, the wax is quite soft, so all it took was a few dabs in the pot (no turns, no swipes) and you can really see against the red applicator how much/little you're putting on there. One of the things that really impressed me about this wax was how very very little you use. One dab would be good enough to do my entire bonnet. I think for my entire truck, I probably only dabs 6 times. Of course, application was a breeze, quite a bit easier than my Saphir and even easier than Souveran, which I didn't think was possible. Removal was stunning as well, which I did after about 10 minutes.
I will report back on durability and beading, which are my two most important factors. I shall let the looks speak for themselves.
All in all, very impressed. It's not a cheap wax, but with how little you use of it, I can see this lasting someone for a very long time.
Disclaimer: pictures are straight out of the camera, I only resized them and added a black border.
01-15-2010
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It's been 33 days now since I have touched the truck since I applied my first layer of Insignis. During that time, it was parked outside in Ft. Worth for 10 days covered in a few inches of snow. When I came back from my holiday, both of my batteries were drained to a point where the truck wouldn't start.
So, after 33 days of some very non-Texas weather, and it not being washed. here are some pictures demonstrating how the wax is holding up...
the snide comment do show up from time to time. They are just usually a bit better hidden at it in that section. But in all honesty I think jdora has it right. If the customer wants it and is willing to pay for it then that's all that matters. My initial comment was just to debunk some mis-information on the hype. This wax isn't any better than any other quality wax on the market today. It just isn't. But it has a good name behind it and that alone will usually help the sell on it and people will gladly pay for it. I mean it's not worse than other waxes either. So no harm by using it. Just no real advantage to using it outside of being able to sell the name behind it which can equal into some good extra dollars in the end.
