ReNew 3000 and S&W

budman3

Detail time!
Hello everyone.
I was at a motor home rally last weekend and as a door prize I won some "ReNew 3000-- To restore color, remove oxidation, cleans, polishes & shines." It says is can be used on all surfaces. I have not used it on the RV yet, but I was bored today and decided I'd try it out on my truck. The bottle says it can be used on all painted surfaces so what the heck? I first tried it out on the semi-cleaned hood and first impression is that it really does clean the surface. At this point I decided to compare it to S&W. The truck has one coat of NXT on it which was applied about 2 weeks ago.

I did not purchase the product so I had to do some searching to find it. This is the only place that I could find, so here is the link:
ReNew 3000

ReNew 3000:
-Thick milky substance
-Doesn't run
-Wipes easy but a little difficult to remove
-Cleans very well without inducing swirls
-Left a clean, slick surface

My process was:
1- ReNew 3000 was sprayed on the tailgate
2- Wiped the product in with one MF towel
3- Let dry for a few seconds
4- Buffed residue off with another MF.

My impressions were that I was able to quickly clean the surface very well without getting swirls. The final outcome were similar to S&W but the cleaning stage is a little different.

-The Renew 3000 seemed to collect the dirt better than S&W.
-I did not feel the grit with Renew 3000 as I do with S&W but neither of them produced any swirls.
-I know that the surface was very dirty and that S&W may not work on it but I tried it out anyways.
-I used the same process for S&W but this way was a little easier on the arm. S&W is just so easy to spray, wait a few seconds and wipe off.
-ReNew 3000 on the other hand I had to rub it in for an amount of time longer than S&W and it is thicker so it does feel more difficult to remove, but nothing crazy.
-S&W does run down the paint whereas ReNew 3000 does not.

Just as I was going to start a cleaner surface it started to rain so I will have to get back to you guys if you'd like me to try it out on there. Time for the pictures!!
 
Left Side was Renew 3000 and Right Side was S&W.

Pictures:
1- The whole tailgate that I did my test on.
2- Left dirty side that ReNew 3000 was done on
3- ReNew 3000 misted on
4- ReNew 3000 wiped in
5- Renew 3000 buffed off to a nice shine
 
Left Side was Renew 3000 and Right Side was S&W

Pictures:
1- Half done ReNew 3000
2-Dirty Tailgate that S&W will be used on
3- S&W sprayed on
4- S&W wiped in
5- Buffed to clean surface (truck had some swirls to begin with)
 
Last ones...

1- One last of the S&W side
2- Both sides done
3- ReNew 3000

Closing thoughts:
It is difficult for me to say which one is better because well, both are really similar. Both cleaned the surface, didn't induce swirls and left the surface very slick. The only thing about ReNew 3000 is that I doubt that it polished, removed oxidation and restored paint, but as a waterless wash it worked wonderful.

If you stuble upon this product, give it a try. I am impressed and am very glad that I got this gallon of it. Its always fun to use a product and report it back to the city! I'll keep an eye on the tailgate to see what happens in the near future. If you have any questions just gimme a shout! Good luck!
 
Actually I just looked on the bottle and it does have some info about the company:
Environmental Products of America, Inc.
Birmingham, AL 35210
(205) 951-5100
If you stumby upon it give it a try!
 
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