imported_DennisH
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Well I was told you couldn’t tell the difference between Souveran and Trade Secrets and normally challenges like that I just ignore since it seems like they just cost me money and unwanted products. After checking out the website and finding this statement I decided to give it a try.
This remarkable carnauba wax may be layered for optimal effect and durability. Show vehicles are commonly layered with 15 to 20 coats, with each layer deepening the color. You'll never use another wax on black vehicles. Trade Secret carnauba wax will not streak or leave white residue. It will so transform your waxing process, you will look forward to applying it! Black and other dark colors will never again be a problem. Trade Secret's white carnauba literally deepens a vehicle's color with each layer.
First I did an IPA wipe down of one fender on my black 39 ford and applied Trade Secrets X2 to the fender. What my eye detected was increase in shine/gloss, Natty Blue depth but loss of that Souverian glow. Since I recently detailed my 39 and Good Guys car show is only a couple of weeks away I didn’t want to change LSP.
My 35 Ford needed a light polishing so I pulled out the XMT-1 and did a quick polishing to get rid of some small swirls that were induced by using QD at car shows. I put on three coats of Trade Secrets over the entire car allowing 24 hours between coats for cure time. I can say that after the first coat I was a little disappointed with the results I felt that is was lacked the depth and wetness of both Natty Blue and Souveran but had the shine of a lot of the sealants. The second coat seem to added the much need wetness and depth and it was very apparent where there was only one coat and where there were two coats of wax. With NB or Souveran I can see a difference in the second coat but nothing as dramatic as Trade Secrets. The third coat didn’t yield a dramatic difference but there was a slight difference. Since then I have added 4 more to bring the total to seven just the hood and I have not seen any increase what so ever. I going to continue to put coats on just half the hood for a total of about 12 on one side and leave the original three on the other side and see if I can see a difference between the two. Of coarse a thread like this is worthless without pictures..
Now for the ones in the Sun
Trade Secrets will not be knocking my Souveran off the top shelf for black but I will be sitting on the second shelf next to Natty Blue.
This remarkable carnauba wax may be layered for optimal effect and durability. Show vehicles are commonly layered with 15 to 20 coats, with each layer deepening the color. You'll never use another wax on black vehicles. Trade Secret carnauba wax will not streak or leave white residue. It will so transform your waxing process, you will look forward to applying it! Black and other dark colors will never again be a problem. Trade Secret's white carnauba literally deepens a vehicle's color with each layer.
First I did an IPA wipe down of one fender on my black 39 ford and applied Trade Secrets X2 to the fender. What my eye detected was increase in shine/gloss, Natty Blue depth but loss of that Souverian glow. Since I recently detailed my 39 and Good Guys car show is only a couple of weeks away I didn’t want to change LSP.
My 35 Ford needed a light polishing so I pulled out the XMT-1 and did a quick polishing to get rid of some small swirls that were induced by using QD at car shows. I put on three coats of Trade Secrets over the entire car allowing 24 hours between coats for cure time. I can say that after the first coat I was a little disappointed with the results I felt that is was lacked the depth and wetness of both Natty Blue and Souveran but had the shine of a lot of the sealants. The second coat seem to added the much need wetness and depth and it was very apparent where there was only one coat and where there were two coats of wax. With NB or Souveran I can see a difference in the second coat but nothing as dramatic as Trade Secrets. The third coat didn’t yield a dramatic difference but there was a slight difference. Since then I have added 4 more to bring the total to seven just the hood and I have not seen any increase what so ever. I going to continue to put coats on just half the hood for a total of about 12 on one side and leave the original three on the other side and see if I can see a difference between the two. Of coarse a thread like this is worthless without pictures..
Now for the ones in the Sun
Trade Secrets will not be knocking my Souveran off the top shelf for black but I will be sitting on the second shelf next to Natty Blue.
. I am near the end of my stock of the pre-voc AIO and my EX, and will be replacing AIO with JW Prime or DP Prima lines. I still love EX but may try others, only because I have them (Prima, WG, AJ, and tons of CGuys stuff). Durability topic aside, imo I never had durability problem with using EX over AIO and and then topped by souveran, EX is one of the easiest to use. It bonds with every carnauba I have tried, and I truely think the benefit of this being a carnauba based sealant helps in the depth department. I would allow 24-48 hours curing before topping it with souveran (no scientific reason, just being careful). Make sure you qd the car before you lay the souveran. Souveran is very easy to use, WOWO either with the provided foam applicator or by hand. Wait 24hrs and can layer again if so desired (I sometimes thinks this deepens the color and sometimes not - layering beyond two times may/maynot improve the look that is another thread). Other than that nothing special, just have fun. I have not tried RMG, but do not see a problem as EX is canub based.