What is the best car wax out there?

cheshirecat · 04-04-2013, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Amj2020

The truth is you will never achieve a shine with wax alone. You must polish a cars paint in order to get a greater shine from the paint. You can protect and make it feel slick with wax but this will not change any imperfections in the paint surface. IF you want to cheat polishing, just use Zaino products as they produce a nice "shine" after applied but they do not require orbital polishing. Whoever said that earlier was right on point. Good luck but sounds like you may benefit from a cleaner wax or an all in one type product. It all depends on how committed you are to your cars appearance.

Waxes that have fillers will hide the imperfections. Sometimes these waxes are called "glazes".

Regardless, you're completely correct. When people wax and the car looks better, they're seeing this imperfections filled in and they think the wax gives the car more of a gloss, when it's really just a more uniform surface area reflecting the light more evenly.

Nick@Adams · 04-04-2013, 03:52 PM

Americana works well for me.

MacCool · 04-04-2013, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick@Adams

Americana works well for me.

Americana is excellent and is all I use, but I'll bet you a dollar that you didn't get that finish on that car without machine polishing as the first step.

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cheshirecat · 04-04-2013, 04:33 PM

hmm... the reviews on the americana are pretty stellar. think im going to have to grab a tub. expensive but if it looks that good and can go through 30+ applications it seems worth it.

jcosta79 · 04-04-2013, 07:12 PM

To answer the OP's question: goldRush Rally (tm) Wax | 1of 1

Better start saving your pennies now. It costs around $100,000.

Cmike2780 · 04-04-2013, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jcosta79

To answer the OP's question: goldRush Rally (tm) Wax | 1of 1

Better start saving your pennies now. It costs around $100,000.

You'd have to be a complete douchebag/idiot to ever think paying that much for a wax is going to outshine any other high quality wax out there. The fact that it exist merely points toward how truly gullible the super rich are to a pretty simple wax product. This is nothing more than a publicity stunt.

cheshirecat · 04-04-2013, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780

You'd have to be a complete douchebag/idiot to ever think paying that much for a wax is going to outshine any other high quality wax out there. The fact that it exist merely points toward how truly gullible the super rich are to a pretty simple wax product. This is nothing more than a publicity stunt.

It's the same as producing speakers that cost the same amount. There are people that want only the best and they will spend that kind of money to get "the best", regardless of whether or not the quality is better than something else.

I'm assuming this wax is promoted heavily in Saudi Arabia or the UAE... I'm sure it would look super on a chromed Veyron.

Nick@Adams · 04-05-2013, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MacCool

Americana is excellent and is all I use, but I'll bet you a dollar that you didn't get that finish on that car without machine polishing as the first step.

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It was definitely machine polished. As you know though, Americana just amplifies the shine.

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Originally Posted by cheshirecat

hmm... the reviews on the americana are pretty stellar. think im going to have to grab a tub. expensive but if it looks that good and can go through 30+ applications it seems worth it.

You'll get closer to 50 applications on a Z car. It also comes with a 110% guarantee...but to my knowledge, not a single pot of Americana has ever been returned.

MacCool · 04-05-2013, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick@Adams

It was definitely machine polished. As you know though, Americana just amplifies the shine.

Yes. Machine polished, Super Sealant, Brilliant Glaze, Americana. It's hard for me to understand people thinking they can get any kind of depth of shine with just some brand of car wax from WalMart. Best appearance is not about the wax alone...the wax is just one step in the process. A necessary step for best depth of shine, but just one step.

I'm just a rank amateur with a Porter Cable (having become a believer, I recently moved up to a Flex), but I absolutely know that the difference between polishing-waxing and just waxing is very, very apparent.

Nick@Adams · 04-06-2013, 08:13 AM

B-E-A-utiful!!!

cheshirecat · 04-06-2013, 05:37 PM

^ Car looks perfect. Well done.

ColdFire · 04-06-2013, 09:54 PM

If duriability was not an issue for you. Then going any way sealent or paste wouldn't hurt.
It's up to your preference, each has it own charatristic look wise and application ease.
Paste is more for the pleasure of smelling the nice wax and feeling the car with your own hand, quite an intimate experience (depend of the paste your using).
Sealent across the board smell like chemicals but does the job quite nicely and the durability is not an issue at all compared to paste wax.

Now that's my personal fav. for the bling look you can use:
Paste: P21s with there cleaner wax
Paste: Wolfgang Fuzion with there cleaner wax
Sealent: Blackfire (slickest touch to the hand, you will glide your hand over the car every single time.. so slick to the touch)
Sealent: Menzerna

04-04-2013, 03:52 PM	#47 (permalink)
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jcosta79 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: N/A Posts: 1,430 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 14	To answer the OP's question: goldRush Rally (tm) Wax \| 1of 1 Better start saving your pennies now. It costs around $100,000. Nick@Adams likes this. __________________ 2012 PW NISMO #0559 - GT Spec Brace Kit - Swift Springs - ARK TP & Invidia CBE K&N Intake - UpRev Tune - 15mm Z1 Spacers & Studs - StopTech Slotted Rotors & SS Lines - ZSpeed CMAK with Stage 2 Clutch and Lightweight Flywheel

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04-04-2013, 04:33 PM	#49 (permalink)
cheshirecat A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 1,428 Drives: N54 135i Rep Power: 292	hmm... the reviews on the americana are pretty stellar. think im going to have to grab a tub. expensive but if it looks that good and can go through 30+ applications it seems worth it.

04-06-2013, 05:37 PM	#56 (permalink)
cheshirecat A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 1,428 Drives: N54 135i Rep Power: 292	^ Car looks perfect. Well done.

04-06-2013, 09:54 PM	#57 (permalink)
ColdFire Base Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Qatar Age: 34 Posts: 106 Drives: 13 370Z 6MT, 15 GT-R Rep Power: 368	If duriability was not an issue for you. Then going any way sealent or paste wouldn't hurt. It's up to your preference, each has it own charatristic look wise and application ease. Paste is more for the pleasure of smelling the nice wax and feeling the car with your own hand, quite an intimate experience (depend of the paste your using). Sealent across the board smell like chemicals but does the job quite nicely and the durability is not an issue at all compared to paste wax. Now that's my personal fav. for the bling look you can use: Paste: P21s with there cleaner wax Paste: Wolfgang Fuzion with there cleaner wax Sealent: Blackfire (slickest touch to the hand, you will glide your hand over the car every single time.. so slick to the touch) Sealent: Menzerna