Tested the Topix-tissues this week-end :
Some time ago I requested a sample, and last friday I got it.
What I got were two plastic wrapped tissues(in a sealed bag) :
one polishing towel
ono dry wipe towel.
The polishing towel is wrong named "cause it does not contain abrasives (as the company replied when I mailed them about it), but in Belgium nobody knows anything else but "to simonize"
:sosad
The polishing towel is a tissue impregnated with a product ,
when you whipe the towel over the painted surface of your car, it leaves a white haze witch instantly dries & cures.
As the product is ON the towel , you can't spill it, you can't even use too much:xyxthumbs
On my Mazda MPV I had enough with 1 towel sized about 20 square centimeters.And there was enough left for my motorcycle.
ease of use : 10/10 :my MPV was done in 20 minutes
finisch: very smooth and shiny : this reminds me of Z2 (realy)
buffing: no residue , whipes off very easily : that's where the dry-towels enter the scene : they are non-woven towels for taking the product off.Forget them and use MF :
the 20 cm square towels are just not big enough, plus I don't trust their not'scratching ability as they are too thin:down
One MF could easily buff the whole car as the residue is very little and not loading the MF.
Black trim is not stained:bow it gets kinda hazed, but like Z it gets buffed away easy
It smells like nothing, but the feel on your hands is the same as after using Armor all:nixweiss , strange,...
What I don't like is that on the package it says nowhere that your car should be prepped !My car was Z'd 3 months ago, smooth to the touch and after the Topix even smoother and shinier.But I can see the dissapointment on someone who did not start with a prepped car : he can never have good results.Compare it with a beater-car and someone putting Z2 on it : it will never work out:down
Durability: too soon to ask , but this week lots of rain is expected, so I'll be able to tell more later on
Price : by the end of the week I will know
My personal opinion:If durability and price turn out to be satisfying, I think it will be a good Quick protection system, ala zaino, whithout the mixing issues, but time will tell.
Christiaan
