What is your best inexpensive product? What is your worst premium product?

Lumadar said:
Not sure $11 could be considered expensive by any budget for a wax. I guess if you compare it to a small bottle of Turtle Wax, but even then...
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This was ages ago before I left High school - Back then the median wax price seemed to be $5



-and actually, I think when gold class wax first came out it was $14 at my local auto store -Either way, I remember thinking it was a premium price considering my budget.
 
AeroCleanse said:
Best inexpesive:

ONR

Meguiars D151

Optimum Spray Wax

Meguiars M40



Worst (not expensive or niche)

Meguiars NXT Tech Wax 2.0

Meguairs Hyper Dressing
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-Not a fan of Hyper Dressing?? Just curious as to why?

I'll admit it's not the BEST but it seems to be a great value -plus- I can fine tune it to give me the correct shine. (which for me is practically matte)
 
Picus said:
How are/were you using 476/915? They can be a little finicky, but between the two I'd say they are (ime) the best bang for the buck out there. Just curious about your experience.
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Do a search on the hologram problem. There are posts out there on this topic. I like them for the 1st layer, but the 2nd layer always seems to do this to me.
 
Worst premium product? "Zymol" cleaner wax.

Yes, there's a story behind it, but it's still got the prestigious name written all over it, so I feel it's relevant.



Best cheap product? Simple paint prep, wax/silicone remover solution like prep-sol. Heck, even 3M Adhesive remover is excellent.
 
my best 'inexpensive' find :



twug paste wax / still love it and use it all the time



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steck said:
my best 'inexpensive' find :



twug paste wax / still love it and use it all the time



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I have quite honestly never seen that, but I don't touch turtle wax products anymore. I really hope they just decided to re-package somebody elses wax, like collinite, and call it their own. For their own sake I hope it's true.



As you can tell, Turtle Wax has lost all credibility with me. If you look into the product I mentioned in my post above, you'll understand. Search for "Zymol Turtle Wax cleaner wax."



It's just one of many products from Turtle Wax that I have had more than just a bad experience with. Also, considering many experiences of other uses, my claims are not unwarranted. Perhaps I will eventually be proven wrong, though? I'd like that to happen.
 
charlesaferg said:
I have quite honestly never seen that, but I don't touch turtle wax products anymore. I really hope they just decided to re-package somebody elses wax, like collinite, and call it their own. For their own sake I hope it's true.



As you can tell, Turtle Wax has lost all credibility with me. If you look into the product I mentioned in my post above, you'll understand. Search for "Zymol Turtle Wax cleaner wax."



It's just one of many products from Turtle Wax that I have had more than just a bad experience with. Also, considering many experiences of other uses, my claims are not unwarranted. Perhaps I will eventually be proven wrong, though? I'd like that to happen.
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I wouldn't be so quick to judge, I know their platinum paste has a loyal following.
 
wfedwar said:
Do a search on the hologram problem. There are posts out there on this topic. I like them for the 1st layer, but the 2nd layer always seems to do this to me.
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All you need is one coat:LOLOL, especially with 915. Any additional coats right after will only overload the paint.
 
Speaking of carnaubas...



Expensive overated: Zymol Concours, Souveran, Lusso.





Inexpensive and possibly the best carnauba for the price bar none: 915.



Personally 915 will outlast almost any carnauba wax out there, plus the look is great.
 
Best inexpensive products:



CD-2 Engine Detailer

Collinite 845

Harly Wax

Meguiar's ColorX



Best expensive products:



Meguiar's Ultimate Wipe (great towel for removal of wax)



Worst expensive products:



I do not have sufficient experience with premium products to say that I've been disappointed. I am trying out various boutique waxes and am not yet convinced that they bestow a significantly superior look to my Harly Wax or Collinite 845, though the ones I have tried so far all look good; but the jury is still out.



I have been quite disappointed in the blue plush microfiber towel known as the "Shag Rag Towel." It does not dry as well as my waffle-weave towels and it does not remove polish, wax, or quick detailer as well as my other towels. I really do not find plush towels very useful.
 
Best Inexpensive

1 - Woolite He

2 - White Plastic Toothpicks

3 - Stoners Glass Gleaner (IG)

4 - What Odor? Odor Eliminator





Expensive Underperforming

1 - Ultima Elastrofoam

2 - Prima Products

3 - PC

4 - Lexol Leather Products
 
charlesaferg said:
You know what, I'll give it a try. I'm glad you gave me a recommendation.
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Not a recommendation -just saying enough people like that specific wax to justify it's existence.



Trust me, overall I think TW isn't all that great - Remember those obnoxious neon green/orange bottles of one of their lines (forgot what they called it think it was "2001") -it worked terrible too...
 
HappyWax said:
-Not a fan of Hyper Dressing?? Just curious as to why?

I'll admit it's not the BEST but it seems to be a great value -plus- I can fine tune it to give me the correct shine. (which for me is practically matte)
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Doesn't give me the look I want and doesn't last long. I much prefer M40
 
charlesaferg said:
I have quite honestly never seen that, but I don't touch turtle wax products anymore. I really hope they just decided to re-package somebody elses wax, like collinite, and call it their own. For their own sake I hope it's true.



As you can tell, Turtle Wax has lost all credibility with me. If you look into the product I mentioned in my post above, you'll understand. Search for "Zymol Turtle Wax cleaner wax."



It's just one of many products from Turtle Wax that I have had more than just a bad experience with. Also, considering many experiences of other uses, my claims are not unwarranted. Perhaps I will eventually be proven wrong, though? I'd like that to happen.
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The deal with the Zymol cleaner wax, is that Zymol has an agreement with TW to distribute (and probably make) that wax. Zymol doesn't have the distribution network that TW has, and constantly trying to ship less than truckload, less than pallet amounts of product gets very expensive.



This sort of tolling and distribution arrangement is very common in the specialty chemical industry. This doesn't reflect badly on either company.



Zymol is better off spending their factory time making $1800/can waxes, rather than $14/bottle waxes, and TW gains by increasing utilization of their factories and distribution network.



As for TW products, the folks who don't like the company need to point out which product they don't like and why. Blanket announcements of "OMG!! turtle wax sucks. LOLOLOLOLOL" are dumb. As are comparisons between unequal products.



The only TW product I have an issue with is the Red Rubbing Compound, because its really not clear coat safe, which is not entirely obvious from the label.



The situation with TW Ice liquid is also unfortunate, they should have rebranded the reformulated liquid as Ice 2.0, rather than just rebadging it as "3X durability" which causes small amounts of the discontinued older formula to be stocked together with the new formula. Kind of like how you often see NXT/NXT 2.0 products stocked together.
 
wfedwar said:
Do a search on the hologram problem. There are posts out there on this topic. I like them for the 1st layer, but the 2nd layer always seems to do this to me.
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Yup, I get that, too. However, topping 476 with 845 works well. And honestly, I think one layer of 476 works about as well as two.
 
Best inexpensive:

1. DG 901

2. ONR - it has so many uses

3. Woolite

4. LA's Totally Awesome



I do not find myself as of yet purchasing expensive products so I can not add to the list of worst expensive.
 
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