albertoaguilar8
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I’ve never been a fan of carnauba pastes. Meguiar’s M21, 3M Synthetic Wax and Autofinesse Power Seal have been my choices the last years; since of all of them last more than three months, their application is relatively easy, and my previous experiences with bulky paste waxes aren’t good, I never tried another carnauba wax.
However, last month, I received Mckees’s 37 Trademark Carnauba Paste Wax from Nick Rutter. Also, last week, after a heavy rain, I had some serious contamination issues that involved old debris and dirt; since it haven’t rain in about 3 months (I live in a dessert area), I believe contamination accumulated in my house's roof and landed in my car in the horizontal surfaces, you can see the nasty stains in the following picture:
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Fortunately, I applied Mckee’s Paint Coating back in February, and the contamination was absorbed by the coating without reaching the clear coat as we we’ll see later. So, this was the perfect scenario to test the gift from Nick.
I began by washing and protecting the wheels like I did in this link with my wife’s SUV. After that, I washed the car using Mckees’s N914 Rinseless Wash at 128:1 dilution (instead of the recommended 256:1). This is the proper dilution for claying, so I proceed with a rinseless wash using this dilution and BEFORE drying the car I made a wipe with a damp towel in this solution (to make sure the surface is clean) and spray this same dilution as lubricant to decontaminate using Mothers Speed Clay 2.0. This way, I save about 30 minutes and the car was clayed and almost ready to receive a coat of wax.
Since the car had several stains, I applied Mckee’s 37 Coating Prep Polish to remove them and, according to Nick Rutter, this product cleans but does not remove the paint coating so I still have some protection. The stains are gone at this point.
I applied a thin coat of wax.
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Let me tell you that at this point I was surprised, the wax is very easy to apply, a little goes a long way and, according to the instructions you don’t need to wait for the wax to haze, wipe on wipe off. My 10 year old girl helped me to remove the wax, she left some spots but it was ok since I made a final wipe with the 128:1 dilution of N914.
Here are some shots in the shade:
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And some shots in the sun:
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Look at that shine and reflections!
Final thoughts.
There are several things I can say after this process.
Mckee’s paint coating acted as a sacrificial layer to save my clear coat, even if you don’t like paint coatings, having one as a barrier for contaminants is a good practice.
N914 is an excellent product, as you can see I saved some time by using it as rinseless wash at 128:1 clay lubricant dilution. It doesn’t leave anything behind but a clean surface.
Prep Coating Polish from Mckee’s cleans very well, those nasty stains were gone after using it, and I still have the paint coating.
Finally, as I said, I’ve been using synthetic sealants and waxes to obtain at least three months of protection. The thing is that if you’re reading this, you’re probably like me and cannot wait more than a couple of months without doing something to your car; thus, those three months are worth only on the wife's SUV. Given the ease of application (the applicator moves smoothly) and the amazing results (look at those reflections!!!), applying this wax every 4-6 weeks, and then use a spray wax every week or so for maintenance, shouldn’t be a problem. In my experience, synthetic products give you some sort of candy gloss, but they cannot compare with the deep and reflections of a paste wax like this one.
Products used:
However, last month, I received Mckees’s 37 Trademark Carnauba Paste Wax from Nick Rutter. Also, last week, after a heavy rain, I had some serious contamination issues that involved old debris and dirt; since it haven’t rain in about 3 months (I live in a dessert area), I believe contamination accumulated in my house's roof and landed in my car in the horizontal surfaces, you can see the nasty stains in the following picture:
View attachment 57692
Fortunately, I applied Mckee’s Paint Coating back in February, and the contamination was absorbed by the coating without reaching the clear coat as we we’ll see later. So, this was the perfect scenario to test the gift from Nick.
I began by washing and protecting the wheels like I did in this link with my wife’s SUV. After that, I washed the car using Mckees’s N914 Rinseless Wash at 128:1 dilution (instead of the recommended 256:1). This is the proper dilution for claying, so I proceed with a rinseless wash using this dilution and BEFORE drying the car I made a wipe with a damp towel in this solution (to make sure the surface is clean) and spray this same dilution as lubricant to decontaminate using Mothers Speed Clay 2.0. This way, I save about 30 minutes and the car was clayed and almost ready to receive a coat of wax.
Since the car had several stains, I applied Mckee’s 37 Coating Prep Polish to remove them and, according to Nick Rutter, this product cleans but does not remove the paint coating so I still have some protection. The stains are gone at this point.
I applied a thin coat of wax.
View attachment 57693
Let me tell you that at this point I was surprised, the wax is very easy to apply, a little goes a long way and, according to the instructions you don’t need to wait for the wax to haze, wipe on wipe off. My 10 year old girl helped me to remove the wax, she left some spots but it was ok since I made a final wipe with the 128:1 dilution of N914.
Here are some shots in the shade:
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View attachment 57695
View attachment 57696
And some shots in the sun:
View attachment 57697
View attachment 57698
View attachment 57699
Look at that shine and reflections!
Final thoughts.
There are several things I can say after this process.
Mckee’s paint coating acted as a sacrificial layer to save my clear coat, even if you don’t like paint coatings, having one as a barrier for contaminants is a good practice.
N914 is an excellent product, as you can see I saved some time by using it as rinseless wash at 128:1 clay lubricant dilution. It doesn’t leave anything behind but a clean surface.
Prep Coating Polish from Mckee’s cleans very well, those nasty stains were gone after using it, and I still have the paint coating.
Finally, as I said, I’ve been using synthetic sealants and waxes to obtain at least three months of protection. The thing is that if you’re reading this, you’re probably like me and cannot wait more than a couple of months without doing something to your car; thus, those three months are worth only on the wife's SUV. Given the ease of application (the applicator moves smoothly) and the amazing results (look at those reflections!!!), applying this wax every 4-6 weeks, and then use a spray wax every week or so for maintenance, shouldn’t be a problem. In my experience, synthetic products give you some sort of candy gloss, but they cannot compare with the deep and reflections of a paste wax like this one.
Products used:
- Mckee’s 37 Hydro Blue, for the wheels
- Mckee’s 37 Rinseless Wash N914, as rinseless wash and clay lubricant
- Mothers Speed Clay 2.0, as clay substitute
- Mckee’s 37 Prep Coating Polish, to clean surface
- Mckee’s 37 Trademark Carnauba Paste Wax, as LSP
- Meguiar's Endurance Tire Gel, for the tires.
