imported_Dave KG
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Been meaning to try the Dodo Purple Haze wax out for a little while now, finally got a dryish weekend to get a couple of layers on the S60...
As the car is black, I used Meguiars #7 Show Car Glaze on the car before the wax to give a nice deep wettness to the paint - its an old school product, #7, but never fails to impress me with the finish it leaves on paint, especially dark colours. Its certainly a product I wouldn't want to be without. :thumb:
Then, onto the wax and over two days, two layers of Dodo Pruple Haze was applied to the car using a foam applicator. The wax seemed to have quite a grainy texture in the jar but spread nice and easily onto the paintwork... It was important to keep only a small amount of wax on the applicator and keep the layer thin - too much wax would clot up the applicator pad I found and you'd end up wasting product by loosing it in the pad. Small amounts and nice thin layers though and the product was easy to put and and buffed off with ease.
The end results of the two layers was a lovely deep wet shine on the black, coupled to the #7 the finish was lovely and deep looking. The wax also produced quite sharp almost sealent like reflections in the finish without loosing the warmth and glow of a carnauba wax which was very impressive. The price of the wax pitches it well and truly into the Victoria Concours territory and it aquits itself very well here, with better wettness than the Concours but not quite got the glossy look that the Concours delivers in my eyes. The finsih is a different style: sharper and wetter, as opposed to the Concours wax's softer and glossier look. Both waxes for me are pretty much as good as each other on the looks front, just with different nuances to the finish. ULtimately, I lean towards the glossier softer finish of the Concours, but take nothing away from the Dodo Purple: its a supberb wax, punches well into the premium wax territory without the premium price tag and would eb a worth addition to any collection if yuo have a dark coloured car. Just need to assess the durability now.
To the pictures:
And courtesy of the "great" British summer, a couple of beading shots too..
:lol: :lol:
As the car is black, I used Meguiars #7 Show Car Glaze on the car before the wax to give a nice deep wettness to the paint - its an old school product, #7, but never fails to impress me with the finish it leaves on paint, especially dark colours. Its certainly a product I wouldn't want to be without. :thumb:
Then, onto the wax and over two days, two layers of Dodo Pruple Haze was applied to the car using a foam applicator. The wax seemed to have quite a grainy texture in the jar but spread nice and easily onto the paintwork... It was important to keep only a small amount of wax on the applicator and keep the layer thin - too much wax would clot up the applicator pad I found and you'd end up wasting product by loosing it in the pad. Small amounts and nice thin layers though and the product was easy to put and and buffed off with ease.
The end results of the two layers was a lovely deep wet shine on the black, coupled to the #7 the finish was lovely and deep looking. The wax also produced quite sharp almost sealent like reflections in the finish without loosing the warmth and glow of a carnauba wax which was very impressive. The price of the wax pitches it well and truly into the Victoria Concours territory and it aquits itself very well here, with better wettness than the Concours but not quite got the glossy look that the Concours delivers in my eyes. The finsih is a different style: sharper and wetter, as opposed to the Concours wax's softer and glossier look. Both waxes for me are pretty much as good as each other on the looks front, just with different nuances to the finish. ULtimately, I lean towards the glossier softer finish of the Concours, but take nothing away from the Dodo Purple: its a supberb wax, punches well into the premium wax territory without the premium price tag and would eb a worth addition to any collection if yuo have a dark coloured car. Just need to assess the durability now.
To the pictures:
And courtesy of the "great" British summer, a couple of beading shots too..
:lol: :lol: 
