For all of the NuFinish haters out there...

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gamby

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I got a ton of hate/negativity in this thread for saying the stuff lasts a year:

http://www.autopia.org/forum/thread121211.html



Well, I did my Mom's car again and here's what this "awful" stuff did after 14 months:



(this is without any additional attention in the past 14 months outside of a couple of washes, without any QD) (car is garaged FWIW)

corolla10beads.jpg




Here's the before and after for the helluvit:

corolla10dirty.jpg




corolla10done.jpg


Not concours-level, but good enough for Mom's daily driver.



I spent most of the time on the interior--didn't take pics of that--too busy cleaning it. I took around 3 hours extracting, cleaning, protecting, brushing and scrubbing. :wall



Exterior didn't get any correction.



Wash w/ Megs Deep Crystal car wash

Clay w/ Mother's clay bar w/ (fresh) soapy water as lube

NuFinish applied w/ Griot's polisher and an LC CCS Green pad (I LOVE applying LSPs this way)

Megs Ultimate QD

Megs Hot Shine Tire Gel



Let the haters chime in...
 
angry much ? lol dunno what this is about but i've never heard of this product...well actually maybe once or twice but if it lasts 14 months i'd say that's pretty darn cool
 
i figured there'd be something to that effect... best advice is to let it go... at the end of the day what works for yoiu works for you yanno? btw the car looks good =]
 
NuFinish is the ONLY wax I use on my personal cars and on a customer's car that requests it (he has been using it longer then i've been alive). It the the best damn stuff i've used in terms of durability. It may not produce the slickest paint or greatest shine....and it does leave a lot of dust behind if you leave it on too long but for $8/ bottle it is hands down my favorite wax. It is amazing how well it holds up to the unpredictable weather here in northeast PA.
 
If you think Nufinish lasted this long, why aren't any other detailers bragging about it? Especially when there's no other sealant/wax with even remotely close durability. Just being Devil's advocate. I think the car looks nice FWIW.
 
I think that I will take the bait on this one David, (HEHE),



Wax is one of those subjects like beauty, everyone has their own opinion about it. If a wax is giving you what "you want" then I am glad that you found your wax. While durability is just one of many factors to consider when choosing a wax, professionals will choose a particular product more so based upon the look, feel, and also how easy a product is to work with. Nu Finish does fit the bill with durability, and it has soso looks; but it is just a bear to work with. It smells horrible (and smell is not something that I really care about), and worst of all, it is not very kind to plastic trim and who needs more dust when you are just trying to put on an LSP.



I am glad that you have found something that makes you happy. Me however, I think that I will pass.
 
I used to use nu-finish before i found this site. I switched to collonite 476s. The shine & durability is umpteen times better!!!!
 
Poordude said:
I used to use nu-finish before i found this site. I switched to collonite 476s. The shine & durability is umpteen times better!!!!
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+1. And the typical NuFinish maven will never know this as they haven't had the chance to try the many other products that are vastly superior.



I'll agree that NuFinish is a good solution for those folks who wash and wax their car just once a year :)
 
Alexshimshimhae said:
i figured there'd be something to that effect... best advice is to let it go... at the end of the day what works for yoiu works for you yanno? btw the car looks good =]
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+1 :xyxthumbs



If you get the results you want who cares if you use a mixture of Kiwi shoe polish and cow dung? (hmm, maybe I'm on to something here!?! :eek: ) If you post up results threads you're inviting both pats on the back as well as the inevitable contrarians that believe they know better than anyone else. It's all about what you prefer and what works for you.



Think I'll drop Swissvax a line and run the Kiwi/dung idea by 'em. Maybe they'll whip some up, put my name on it and charge a gazillion bucks per oz. I'm gonna be filthy, stinkin' rich! RICH, I say! :har: :har: :har:



TL
 
TLMitchell said:
+1 :xyxthumbs



If you get the results you want who cares if you use a mixture of Kiwi shoe polish and cow dung? (hmm, maybe I'm on to something here!?! :eek: ) If you post up results threads you're inviting both pats on the back as well as the inevitable contrarians that believe they know better than anyone else. It's all about what you prefer and what works for you.



Think I'll drop Swissvax a line and run the Kiwi/dung idea by 'em. Maybe they'll whip some up, put my name on it and charge a gazillion bucks per oz. I'm gonna be filthy, stinkin' rich! RICH, I say! :har: :har: :har:



TL
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You could sell it to the same people who drink the coffee that is picked out of piles of lemming ( or whatever animal it isl ) crap !! It's all in how you market it.



This argument is kind of of like going onto a (insert high performance car here) enthusiast website and saying my Ford Escort gets me to work just as well. True...however...ah never mind.
 
David Fermani said:
If you think Nufinish lasted this long, why aren't any other detailers bragging about it? Especially when there's no other sealant/wax with even remotely close durability. Just being Devil's advocate. I think the car looks nice FWIW.
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See, here's the thing--I don't THINK it works that way. I posted a pic of it actually working that way. I'm not saying it's the greatest thing since sliced bread--I'm saying it's decent, durable protection for an average car. It clearly lasts a year on a garaged car, so I don't need it to do much else. Detailers don't brag about it because there's no prestige related to using an OTC product that can be found in dept stores. That said--thanks for the compliment.



elmy--it barely dusts if you apply it by machine. It just leaves a nice, thin coat with very little residue after it's worked in for a bit. It also evens out the shine WAY more--zero blotchiness that way. Comes off very neatly with an mf.



As for plastic trim, I mask that stuff off.



Regardless--I'm trying Griot's One-Step sealant next for these similar un-pampered daily drivers. In terms of better time management for non-enthusiast customers, I'm thinking a polish (Megs UC, SIP or Griot's 1) followed by the One-Step will produce a nice, durable result in a reasonable time for what I charge (the people I detail for have no interest in paying $400 for a detail). This will be a nice 5-hour combo, I think...
 
...for the heckofit, here's an E46 330 Sport Package (can't remember the particular nomenclature) that was a MESS when I started (didn't take a before, but picture and un-garaged, un-treated red car that's only been "touchless" washed for the past few years of its life. :wall



This was wash/clay/SIP/NuFinish/Megs UQD



redE46done.jpg




He was astounded at the result (as was I)
 
gamby said:
(this is without any additional attention in the past 14 months outside of a couple of washes, without any QD) (car is garaged FWIW)
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Garaged is the operative word here.
 
How much does she drive? If all it does most days is sit in the garage, I think most waxes would still bead after a year.



You're also using beading as the only measurement of protection. Just because the paint is beading doesn't mean that there is any of the NuFinish still left on the paint.



Sure NuFinish makes a car look good. So does running it through the carwash. IMHO though detailing should be about making a car look its best, and there are just so many easier to use products out there that deliver better results I just don't see why you'd want to use NuFinish...
 
I was bored while in Target this weekend and I grabbed a bottle. It seems like it has been reformulated again. The last time I tried it, it had very an alarmingly coarse abrasive in it. Now it seems super smooth. I just did an AIO comparision, I'll be posting a thread soon, we'll see how this stuff shakes out compared to ZAIO, FK215 and Poliseal.
 
yakky said:
I was bored while in Target this weekend and I grabbed a bottle. It seems like it has been reformulated again. The last time I tried it, it had very an alarmingly coarse abrasive in it. Now it seems super smooth. I just did an AIO comparision, I'll be posting a thread soon, we'll see how this stuff shakes out compared to ZAIO, FK215 and Poliseal.
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Please post the link in this thread just so I won't miss it. I'd be curious to see your findings.



The car is a daily driver that sees all 4 New England seasons. Certainly not a garage queen.



I said earlier--I wasn't looking for a concours-level finish. It serves its purpose as a cheap, easy-to-find, durable 1-step that can go on with a buffer and produce a decent result. For that, it works. The car looks nice--even up close. That's all I'm going for in this situation. I'm not championing it as the best thing ever, but I refuse to naysay it for the sake of elitism.



As I said earlier in this thread, Griot's One-Step sealant will most likely take the place of NuFinish in my arsenal. More expensive, more of a PITA to get (can't grab it off the shelf while I'm picking up toothpaste and underwear), but will probably yield a nicer result.
 
gamby said:
.. Griot's One-Step sealant will most likely take the place of NuFinish in my arsenal. More expensive, more of a PITA to get (can't grab it off the shelf while I'm picking up toothpaste and underwear), but will probably yield a nicer result.
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I'll be interested to hear how the Griot's works out. Actually, I'd be pretty surpised if it lasts all that long *or* does all that much correction, but eh...this is just intellectual curiosity on my part, not like I'm gonna be using anything different (gee, don't *I* sound all closed-minded :o ).



As for plastic trim, I mask that stuff off.
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For me, using a sealant on such trim is a nice way to keep it attractive/protected, just like the paint. Zero maintenance too.



yakky said:
It seems like it has been reformulated again. The last time I tried it, it had very an alarmingly coarse abrasive in it. Now it seems super smooth.
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Yeah, I remembered it as being harshly abrasive too (did *NOT* finish out OK on the cars I saw that were done with it either).
 
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