Meguiars #21 Mini-Review

SpoiledMan said:
You might want to test GC again to be sure of that statement.;)
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Agreed. I've found GC to have a decent amount of cleaning, and if it weren't the cleaning ability of the GC it would be the solvents in it that would remove the NXT. I don't want to get into the debate of layering, but I doubt you can really "layer" many products, especially Megs products, who even say that their products don't layer. Products like Zaino, Klasse, etc., sure, but especially with a product that says it cleans, I doubt it.
 
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Thought this thred was about M#21. Is NXT a better choice for my dark blue metallic?



Are either if these better if applied and/or removed by hand or machine?



:nixweiss
 
SDLexus said:
You don't have to remove your previous applications of #7 or #26. Everything in the tan bottles is formulated to work together. I prefer M21 x2 without any topper. It looks great on its own. There is a 16 oz bottle of M21 available from Meguiar's if you don't need the 64 oz jug. With M21 a little goes a long way; it is very easy to work with and apply thin layers.



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I only see the 64oz size of M21 on Meguiar's site... Where did you find this 16 oz???
 
LMG_35C said:
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Thought this thred was about M#21. Is NXT a better choice for my dark blue metallic?



Are either if these better if applied and/or removed by hand or machine?



:nixweiss
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#21 spreads a loooooooong way when I use my Cyclo to apply it. I have only done really small areas by hand but I feel machine is the better way to go.
 
SDLexus said:
The only problems I had with M21 was with the product "sweating" when heavy pressure was applied during application. I had little beads of water separate from the product, which were easy to re-incorporate but needed to be addressed immediately; once they dried they took a little extra elbow grease to buff out. I have learned that this was due to a faulty batch which has since been corrected. BTW, if anyone else experienced this problem you can call Meguiar's customer service for an exchange.
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Mine does this. Is there a thread on Megsonline about this? I've wondered whether this fault affected performance or its just an application issue. Anyone have any experience on this?
 
If anyone is interested here is M21 on my red car, and my girlfriends silver Honda - The pictures don't show the flake as much as it was popping, if anyone can tell me how to get really good flake pictures I"ll try again. It really made her car shimmer....

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:usa Joshua nice rides and I can definately see the flakes pop on the silver honda.



Great job on the vehicles as usual :kewlpics



mongo
 
Alfisti said:
Mine does this. Is there a thread on Megsonline about this? I've wondered whether this fault affected performance or its just an application issue. Anyone have any experience on this?
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Yes there actually is a thread at Meguiarsonline about this issue. From what I understand the bad batch issue affected both NXT and M21. I haven't had any issues with the performance of the sealant itself because of this but it does affect the ease of use IMHO. If you call that toll-free customer service number on the back of your bottle they should take care of you.
 
Ok, thanks. :) I'm very disappointed with the newer Megs LSPs. I have a jug of #21 but I prefer to use other brands because of all the issues.
 
I just used #21 on my black integra this weekend as a topper over SFX-2 and SFX-3 by PC. The 21 has made the pearl in my black stand out like I've never seen it before. When you get close to my car now, all you see is purple and green pearl rather than just a deep black. Not only that, I previously used #26 and had to QD my car every night because of the dust. It's been 2 days now and there is hardly any dust on my car. I swear that dust must be afraid of the #21. I love the stuff.
 
CleanGSR, if you get a chance to post some pictures that would be awesome! I too was shocked how much the metallic just pops out. I have yet to find a flaw with 21. You brought up a good point with dust accumulation. My car sat outside all day yesterday and we have a gravel driveway and cars were coming and going up the driveway and it hardly had any dust/dirt on it. Also, I think you will like the sheeting effect it seems to have. It started to rain last night so I quick ran the hose over my moms van (also wearing 21) and pulled it in the garage to dry off whatever water was left.



I found it is very easy to dry off you're waffle weave will just glide over the surface and slickness improves after it has time to cure. It is definately a sealant where as time goes on the look only gets better.



Mongo: Thank you again for the kind words! :)
 
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