Swanicyouth
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I was one of the lucky winners of the HD / 3D Autopia contest to win a free product. The product I choose was HD Express. This product is a spray wax / gloss enhancer or "gloss enhancing quick wax" as they call it. They were kind enough too also include a sample bottle of HD Dress - their exterior dressing in the box.
I liked the bottle and the label off the bat. It doesn't have a boutique feel - but a professional feel. The sprayer is of the infinitely adjustable screw type.
I washed my car using Pinnacle Rinseless and waterless. The wax on the car is Natty's Blue.
The bottle came with this little red internal cap which I'm guessing is to prevent leaks during shipping. I've only seen this cap once before - but can't recall where. It's a nice touch.
Anyway, when I popped the lid - I noticed this stuff is thick and milky. Thick like a regular sealant may be.
So, after the car was cleaned, I sprayed some on my paint (duh). You tell ME what you think it looks like:
Dunno. There is no fine spray with this stuff. It's like spraying a thick sealant on paint. You just have drops of the stuff on your paint. There is no mist. No matter how much you fiddle with the sprayer - it just doesn't aerosolize. The stuff is too thick.
Anyway, it does feel significant when you spread it on your paint. It adds a good bit of "slickness". However, the product just wasn't for me. Not that it's "bad" - but I think it may be more trouble than it's worth. I don't know about durability or beading. But, this car lives in the garage - so it's not an issue for me.
As you can see, I'm using it my black BMW. I feel all of these sprayable products are best tested on black. It does streak a bit on black and just requires more buffing and rubbing than I want a product like this to require. It did streak, but the streaks weren't a mess - you were able to remove the streaks if you buffed them down enough.
With so many great spray waxes available, I don't see why I would use this stuff again. IMHO, if your selling a spray wax product, it should melt into the paint easily. Products that do this that come to mind are Prima Hydro +/- Max, Aquawax, Wolfgang Deep Gloss Spritz Sealant, Sonax Brilliant Shine, Poor Boys Spray & Gloss, etc...
This isn't a bad product - it's just not for me. I'm probably spoiled - because I have like 25 spray waxes.... It did leave a nice gloss and slickness. The problem is, I can think of many products I have that would do the same with less headaches. This stuff seems like a liquid sealant / wax that was "watered down" with something to ALMOST make it sprayable. I even tried switching the sprayer and it was the same.
So, to be honest - I really didn't care for this product. It was too thick and just to much work. I just think this product is confused. It's not quite a spray wax - and not quite a liquid wax sealant. It seems to be OK at either - but not particularly great. It doesn't take a long time to apply a good liquid wax or sealant to a car - so If going with a sealant, I think I'd rather just using something that hazed up and buffed off cleanly, like BFWD or WG DG PS.
On the flip side, the exterior trim dressing sample they included I really like.
This stuff was the perfect consistency to spray. It smelled pretty good - almost like Souverän to me. This is what it looked like sprayed:
I loved this little bottle and the sprayer. This was one of the only times I could spray the dressing directly on the tire and not get it on the wheel:
The dressing says it can be cut 1:1, but I wouldn't do that. It seems pretty perfect as it is. It gave a really dark black non-greasy factory type look in one coat:
I was even more surprised to find out a 16oz bottle of this stuff only costs 9 bucks. This stuff seems as good as anything PBMG is offering (probably better); just for much less $$$.
So there you have it. I like the exterior dressing - but didn't like the spray wax. If anyone lives near me (Limerick PA) - and wants the spray wax - I'm more than happy to donate it for your review.
3D thanks for the contest.
I liked the bottle and the label off the bat. It doesn't have a boutique feel - but a professional feel. The sprayer is of the infinitely adjustable screw type.
I washed my car using Pinnacle Rinseless and waterless. The wax on the car is Natty's Blue.
The bottle came with this little red internal cap which I'm guessing is to prevent leaks during shipping. I've only seen this cap once before - but can't recall where. It's a nice touch.
Anyway, when I popped the lid - I noticed this stuff is thick and milky. Thick like a regular sealant may be.
So, after the car was cleaned, I sprayed some on my paint (duh). You tell ME what you think it looks like:
Dunno. There is no fine spray with this stuff. It's like spraying a thick sealant on paint. You just have drops of the stuff on your paint. There is no mist. No matter how much you fiddle with the sprayer - it just doesn't aerosolize. The stuff is too thick.
Anyway, it does feel significant when you spread it on your paint. It adds a good bit of "slickness". However, the product just wasn't for me. Not that it's "bad" - but I think it may be more trouble than it's worth. I don't know about durability or beading. But, this car lives in the garage - so it's not an issue for me.
As you can see, I'm using it my black BMW. I feel all of these sprayable products are best tested on black. It does streak a bit on black and just requires more buffing and rubbing than I want a product like this to require. It did streak, but the streaks weren't a mess - you were able to remove the streaks if you buffed them down enough.
With so many great spray waxes available, I don't see why I would use this stuff again. IMHO, if your selling a spray wax product, it should melt into the paint easily. Products that do this that come to mind are Prima Hydro +/- Max, Aquawax, Wolfgang Deep Gloss Spritz Sealant, Sonax Brilliant Shine, Poor Boys Spray & Gloss, etc...
This isn't a bad product - it's just not for me. I'm probably spoiled - because I have like 25 spray waxes.... It did leave a nice gloss and slickness. The problem is, I can think of many products I have that would do the same with less headaches. This stuff seems like a liquid sealant / wax that was "watered down" with something to ALMOST make it sprayable. I even tried switching the sprayer and it was the same.
So, to be honest - I really didn't care for this product. It was too thick and just to much work. I just think this product is confused. It's not quite a spray wax - and not quite a liquid wax sealant. It seems to be OK at either - but not particularly great. It doesn't take a long time to apply a good liquid wax or sealant to a car - so If going with a sealant, I think I'd rather just using something that hazed up and buffed off cleanly, like BFWD or WG DG PS.
On the flip side, the exterior trim dressing sample they included I really like.
This stuff was the perfect consistency to spray. It smelled pretty good - almost like Souverän to me. This is what it looked like sprayed:
I loved this little bottle and the sprayer. This was one of the only times I could spray the dressing directly on the tire and not get it on the wheel:
The dressing says it can be cut 1:1, but I wouldn't do that. It seems pretty perfect as it is. It gave a really dark black non-greasy factory type look in one coat:
I was even more surprised to find out a 16oz bottle of this stuff only costs 9 bucks. This stuff seems as good as anything PBMG is offering (probably better); just for much less $$$.
So there you have it. I like the exterior dressing - but didn't like the spray wax. If anyone lives near me (Limerick PA) - and wants the spray wax - I'm more than happy to donate it for your review.
3D thanks for the contest.
