After going through my first bottle of NXT, I've come to the conclusion that as far as durabilty, NXT ranks as low as anything I have ever used, period. Although I usually wash, VM and NXT my 5 cars every week, I began to suspect a lack of long term protection. The final straw for me was today because my Silver '98 CRV had escaped washing for almost 3 weeks. Mind you, there have been 2 rain showers over this time, but no extreme weather that I think would effect the results.
I washed the car with Megs Deep Crystal car wash today and I swear there was no sign of beads, sheets or any other indication there was anything other than raw clearcoat on the car. Running your hand across the surface, it stopped like you just snagged the arresting hook on an aircraft carrier, with a resounding squeak. I know quite a few have said they thought that NXT had good durability, but they must have completely different conditions than I do. I've been noticing a lack of beading, etc on all the cars after only a week anyway.
Before the naysayers begin, while I never claim to be some kind of expert, I have been detailing my own cars for over 40 years and am a pretty picky guy when it comes to my rides. I've used about everything out there and have even been a Z distributor in the past, done a few complete car color sands, painted a couple of complete cars, so I'm not a newbie per say.
I'm not here to put Meg's down or anything else, just posting an observation. I still think the combo of VM and NXT produce the best look I've ever had on my dark red Vette and my son's pure black Prelude, and I will keep using it on those two cars for now, knowing that a temperary beautiful shine from NXT is what I getting on those 2 cars. As for the other cars, I've got Z, Souveran, Clearcoat Moose carnuba, and Turtle Wax's new Ultra Gloss polish (honestly not bad at all for about $7). I'm just gonna play with all of them for a while on different cars to see how it goes.
I washed the car with Megs Deep Crystal car wash today and I swear there was no sign of beads, sheets or any other indication there was anything other than raw clearcoat on the car. Running your hand across the surface, it stopped like you just snagged the arresting hook on an aircraft carrier, with a resounding squeak. I know quite a few have said they thought that NXT had good durability, but they must have completely different conditions than I do. I've been noticing a lack of beading, etc on all the cars after only a week anyway.
Before the naysayers begin, while I never claim to be some kind of expert, I have been detailing my own cars for over 40 years and am a pretty picky guy when it comes to my rides. I've used about everything out there and have even been a Z distributor in the past, done a few complete car color sands, painted a couple of complete cars, so I'm not a newbie per say.
I'm not here to put Meg's down or anything else, just posting an observation. I still think the combo of VM and NXT produce the best look I've ever had on my dark red Vette and my son's pure black Prelude, and I will keep using it on those two cars for now, knowing that a temperary beautiful shine from NXT is what I getting on those 2 cars. As for the other cars, I've got Z, Souveran, Clearcoat Moose carnuba, and Turtle Wax's new Ultra Gloss polish (honestly not bad at all for about $7). I'm just gonna play with all of them for a while on different cars to see how it goes.
