megs black wax

Conan said:
I have an old Soft99 paste wax called "Bi-Gloss" and it's pretty durable in Philippine weather where most products don't make it past one month. It lasted 6 weeks for me.
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Hi... Im from Malaysia... what does bi gloss looks like? I have a blue, red & silver soft99 paste wax..... all covered in thick dust... hehehehe. you should try CG or WG products... :props:
 
So unfortunately no pics.. My Nikon is on the frits.. But I will give you my best verbal breakdown :).

The car - 2008 Pontiac Gran Prix - black

So my paint is pretty swirled no DA right now so every things been done by hand or my wax spreader (turtle wax orbital).

Paint was pretty dirty. Lots of road salt and grim.

Steps taken.

1. Shampoo - Meguiar's Gold Class.
2. Clay - Meguiar's clay
3. QD - Onr
4. Meguiar's Black Wax

I used my orbital to spread it out thin. I used the provided black poly applicator for the front and rear bumper along with the side mirrors and spoiler.
Wax was a almost metallic black paste Application was a breeze. I let it sit to haze for about 25 minutes. Finger swipe test passed. Removal was really easy. Car has a great shine and some of the minor imperfections are not as noticeable. So overall I was impressed. Its a great way to clean up your paint and get a good shine with fairly minimal effort.

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Sounds good. Let us know how long it lasts. Hopefully it's not like the Turtle Wax Black Box that lasts about two weeks then its gone. I would expect better from Meg's. my truck is black so I'm excited to see what it lasts like.
 
Well it rained last night. Very little water on the car and good beading. Took some pics with my phone so if the quality is off I apologize.

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RMM said:
Meguiar's is having a very "Japanese" approach to the market with these products...
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You mean 3M. There is no Meguiar.s , it is just a marketing name. 3M purchased Meguairs several years ago. It is the same as Proctor and Gambles purchase of Olay or any of it brand names.
 
Damn! Looks good. That beading is awesome! Gotta love the fresh wax bead.
 
Thanks I'm very happy with it right now. I'll update in a few weeks on the durability.

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Well over night it was hard to tell with the rain. The next day it did collect dust like a magnet on the rear end but that could of been due to the area I was driving in.
 
FUNX725 said:
I really like this comparison chart of Mr. Stoops:

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IMO...For an AIO with more "correction" ability (and a vehicle's 'color' notwithstanding)...
The White Wax would seem the better choice.

Either way...Meguiar's has some promising new products.

:)

Bob
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In truth, that graphic was developed by our marketing team, not me. I just posted it on MOL. It does, however, clearly show the relative difference between the cleaning and polishing abilities of Black Wax vs White Wax. Obviously either wax can be used on any color vehicle, but the "marketing" behind these two was to give consumers a clear choice based on typical needs of light colors versus dark colors. As members of this detailing forum most of you are far more educated in all things related to paint care than the "average consumer" is, so you probably already know this.

At our Thursday Night Open Garage held immediately following the intro of these products at SEMA, we did a little demo of White Wax on a blue BMW. Here are before and after shots showing the defect removal of White Wax. Keep in mind that White Wax is essentially a strong cleaner wax that makes use of our SMAT abrasives, hence it's defect removal ability.

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The above was done with a G110v2 and a W8207 Soft Buff 2.0 polishing pad, running at speed 4.

slimnib said:
You mean 3M. There is no Meguiar.s , it is just a marketing name. 3M purchased Meguairs several years ago. It is the same as Proctor and Gambles purchase of Olay or any of it brand names.
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And this really just needs to be addressed because it couldn't be more wrong.

We currently have the same marketing staff here in Irvine, CA that we had before 3M purchased Meguiar's. We still have the same R&D staff - same VP of R&D, same chemists - as we did before 3M purchased us. In fact, we just moved them into a new, bigger and better lab in a building across the street from their old digs here in Irvine. There is no direct sharing of product formulation between 3M and Meguiar's, other than our abrasives and adhesives (sanding discs, masking tape). So, for example, there is no 3M equivalent of M100, M101, M105, Ultimate Wax, Black Wax, White Wax, etc. All of our R&D is done here in Irvine, CA and not in St. Paul, MN.

3M has been a tremendous help to us with regard to things like supply chain issues, International Marketing, and other "behind the scenes" technical aspects of running a business, but otherwise they leave us pretty much alone to keep doing what we've been doing since 1901. In fact, all of us here in Irvine have kept our same email addresses, something that's never happened with a 3M acquisition before. Instead of me now being at [email protected] (or would that be mmm.com??), I'm found at the same [email protected] email that I have been since I started here, before 3M entered the picture.
 
Thanks Michael. I was really impressed with the black wax and how well it performed. I've always had great results with all the Meguiars products I've used. So tell your chemist C Ray said thanks :)
 
To Mike Stoops, any idea on when he White and Black Wax will be available in stores? Or will they be a online only deal?
 
Update. Just picked some up at O'Rielly Autoparts yesterday. They had just gotten it a few days ago they said. So it's finally hitting stores! Along with the White Wax.
 
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