The Wax Test - Looks Full Results

[imported_Dave KG]

Disclaimer: the results in the thread represent the opinions and thoughts of those attending this wax test. They are not designed to be hard fact, but rather opinions shared by like minded enthusiasts based on the preparation and the thoughts of folks on the day. Please take these results with the fun that they are intended, and remember they represent opinion and not hard fact



Seven black sapphire three door Vauxhall Corsas were prepared identically - washed with Shampoo Plus, clayed with Bilt Hamber Soft Clay, compounded with 3M Fast Cut and finished to near perfection with Menzerna PO85RD Final Finish... Each car was then wiped down with IPA to ensure a blank canvas and then each car received three layers of an LSP (different on on each car), wiped down the following morning with purified water and rolled out into the sunlight for assessment on the day of the test.



For full details of the preparation, see the following threads:



Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4



Now the results.



For the first part of this thread, the cars were rolled out into the sun, wiped down and then photographed - apollogies for the slightly changing light in these shots, cannot be helped for outdoors as the sun was in and out - but a general idea can be gained here - spot a difference other than slightly changing lighting?!!



The cars:





Zaino Z2

Swissvax Best of Show

Collinite 915

 

[imported_Dave KG]

***** Royale

Autoglym HD Wax

Raceglaze 55

And now, shiny bonnets test in more controlled lighting:



Zaino Z2

***** Royale

 

[imported_Dave KG]

Swissvax Best of Show

Autoglym HD Wax

Raceglaze 55

Collinite 915

And now just for fun, some random shots of the cars parked up - spotting a difference in pictures is nigh on impossible, in the flesh it was still practically impossible!...

Now, to the numbers... everyone attending was asked to rank the cars in order of preference, from 1 - 6 (7th, car with no LSP ignored)... this then gave the cars a points tally as follows:



1st = 7pts, 2nd = 6pts, 3rd = 5pts, 4th = 4pts, 5th = 3pts, 6th = 2pts



Here's how the cars scored - not everyone attending fully filled in a form, owing to not being able to see any difference at all... but these are the results we have:



Zaino Z2: 3rd, 2nd, 6th, 1st, 4th, 5th, 3rd, 5th, 4th, 5th, 4th = 46pts



***** Royale: 5th, 3rd, 1st, 6th, 5th, 1st, 3rd, 2nd, 6th, 3rd, 5th = 48pts



Swissvax Best of Show: 2nd, 5th, 2nd, 5th, 3rd, 4th, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 1st = 61pts



Autoglym HD Wax: 4th, 4th, 5th, 4th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 6th, 3rd, 1st, 3rd = 47pts



Raceglaze 55: 6th, 6th, 4th, 2nd, 6th, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 4th, 6th = 42pts



Collinite 915: 1st, 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 1st, 6th, 3rd, 4th, 2nd, 6th, 2nd = 56pts





These are the accurate scores:



1st: Swissvax Best of Show = 61pts

2nd: Collinite 915 = 56pts

3rd: ***** Royale = 48pts

4th: Autoglym HD Wax = 47pts

5th: Zaino Z2 = 46pts

6th: Raceglaze 55 = 42pts



What I will say is this though - every wax recieved a whole variety of placings which leads me to believe personally that its all in the eye of the beholder and the above results while they show a little consistency for the top two, for the last four there's nothing but random variation. As one would expect.



Again, I stress these results and this test are purely for fun and no serious conclusions should be drawn.



Guys - its all in the prep!! :thumb:

 

[imported_kenny17751]

Great work Dave! Stunning results!!!

Where does this leave us now though???

 

[Scottwax]

Just looking at the first set of pictures, I really liked how the Collinte 915 looked.

 

[Legacy]

Just like Dave said, "its all in the prep"

 

[dbesins]

great work!

It is really hard to spot any difference although SV has a darkening effect,

The only difference I spoted was from the 1st (zaino) to the 2nd car (SV) the more natural look of the wax compare to the zaino sealant. it s all perception tho.

 

[yello430]

Dave ,



Thanks for all your effort and hard work . It's always difficult to try all the great products that are available . Your work confirms much of my own limited experience in that given some good product choices , with the right prep work , most of the high end products look very much alike . Certainly personal preferences play a role , but when all is said and done , it's usually personal choice . Thanks for all your hard work .

 

[BillM]

great work!

It is really hard to spot any difference although SV has a darkening effect,

The only difference I spoted was from the 1st (zaino) to the 2nd car (SV) the more natural look of the wax compare to the zaino sealant. it s all perception tho.

I agree 100% , Now get back out there and wash them all 5 times and see what lasts longer :grinno:



Great write up !!!!! It sure looks like the winner will be "It's all in the prep"

 

[MikeWinLDS]

Another awesome test, Dave. I'd rather spend $10 and get the same results $1000 would buy. It's all a bunch of hype! It's just bragging rights to say that your wax costs however much more than the next guy.

 

[Wasatch]

Nice test/review, thanks.

 

[Alfisti]

Thank you for your exhaustive tests! Well done, Dave



Have an Ardbeg on me.

 

[imported_paradigm]

great thread...thank you for taking time to document this and share. i'm happy to see collinite ranking so high as well (even if it is random). should give the "big boys" something to think about.

 

[imported_DieselMDX]

wow awesome stuff considering i have a few of those LSPs i am very happy

 

[imported_artikxscout]

That was interesting. i liked the race glaze the best but it came out to be last ...

 

[Showroom Shine]

Good Posting and testing! Why didn't one of you use Sourveran? Or Fusion?

 

[wannafbody]

It would have been interesting to see Z5pro in the mix. Personally on dark colors I think it looks richer than Z2pro. Collinite makes some nice sleeper waxes.