Best Cleaner/Wax

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Need some opinions...What is the best Cleaner/Wax to keep a new White car nice and clean and white?
 
For a new car, you might want to use regularly a good quality cleaner wax like Megs' M20 Polymer Sealant. It's a milder cleaner wax than others out there, but it might just be the ticket for you.
 
Well I wasn't sure if you were asking for a Cleaner Wax or a cleaner and a wax hahaha. But if you are looking for something that really cleans the paint of all contaminates and really prepares the surface for wax, you could look at Pinnacle Paint Cleansing Lotion which is great stuff. Maybe even some clay bars too. However, Akimel suggested megs poly sealant and that will just work great as well!

The better prepared the surface, the WHITER it shall be!
 
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whenever you ask opinions on "what's the best" regarding ANYTHING, you are going to get a million different answers, all dependent on who answers you and what product THAT responder likes themselves.
Probably 99% of any answers you get won't give you an actual "THE BEST" based on any objective testing but rather simply what someone else thinks or feels works well for them so they use it and therefore likes to recommend it.

The best you can do at that point is take these recommended products, try a few out for yourself and see what works for you and what YOU like. Some may give better results over others while others you may find are just easier to use so you are willing to somewhat compromise a bit of end-result quality for ease of use, etc.

As for as MY opinion, I have no idea if it's "the best" or not even close to the best, but for a all-in-one, one step product, for cleaner/wax or polish wax, I use a lot of the Megs D151 Paint Reconditioning Cream.
It has a polish factor of 4 (same as the Megs M205 polish), has polishing oils for the paint, and has a nice carnuba wax.

On all my details that i'm not doing separate step paint correction, just a regular wash, wax, interior, etc the D151 is my standard use product since it gives me some polishing power for minor swirls, marks, scuffs, etc plus the wax all in one step.
I use it with my Flex 3401 polisher and usually a LC white pad.

I've been very satisfied with the results from the D151 as a AIO product but as I said initially, this is just MY opinion and you will probably get a ton of others with a wide array of various products recommended.
 
Klasse AIO has worked very well for me on my wife's white Accord. It definitely gets that layer of film (I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, since you also own a white car) off to bring back your white car's original brightness. Zaino AIO works very well too, but it's a little bit pricier. I've also used Mother's Cleaner Wax. It's cleaning ability is also very good and it leaves a very nice shine, but it's not as slick as the KAIO or ZAIO and it doesn't last as long. However, it's a lot cheaper and readily available anywhere in the known universe.:cheers:
 
BarryK said:
whenever you ask opinions on "what's the best" regarding ANYTHING, you are going to get a million different answers, all dependent on who answers you and what product THAT responder likes themselves.
Probably 99% of any answers you get won't give you an actual "THE BEST" based on any objective testing but rather simply what someone else thinks or feels works well for them so they use it and therefore likes to recommend it.

The best you can do at that point is take these recommended products, try a few out for yourself and see what works for you and what YOU like. Some may give better results over others while others you may find are just easier to use so you are willing to somewhat compromise a bit of end-result quality for ease of use, etc.
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+10000

Best post ever!! :goodpost:

I like Klasse AIO as far as ease of use and diversity of product, although I have wanted to try the Meg's 151 cause I have heard good things.
 
Duragloss 105, and if the paint needs more cleaning use Duragloss 501. Meguiars Color X is good as is Poorboys polish with carnuba and polish with sealant.
 
Meguiars Color X is a great cleaner wax. I use it on our cars via the pc all the time. Looks and works great.
 
I thought that Color X was just a paint cleaner and not a wax.

What about the Wheel Wax Glacier Polish & Sealant? That is supposed to clean and leave a sealant behind.

I really like Optimum Poli-Seal and Zaino Z-AIO. Z-AIO is easier on, but Poli-Seal is easier to buff off. Both work on paint, glass, plastic, and metal.

There is also Pinnacle XMT 360 which can be applied by hand or by machine.
 
Emile said:
I thought that Color X was just a paint cleaner and not a wax.
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ColorX is a cleaner wax. Here is a listing of Meguiar's cleaner waxes, from least aggressive to most aggressive:

  • Meguiar's A12 Cleaner Wax (Consumer Line - Maroon bottle)
  • M20 Polymer Sealant
  • ColorX
  • M06 Cleaner/Wax (ColorX, M06, M66 are all very close. M06 can be applied by rotary--that is the major difference)
  • M66 Quick Detailer
  • D151 PRC
Hope this helps.
 
I was never the biggest fan of cleaner waxes until I used XMT 360. When I have time I will always opt to do a multi step process but for those times when you want the convenience of a one step product that cleans, corrects defects and applies a paint sealant, XMT 360 is perfect.
 
Dwayne said:
I was never the biggest fan of cleaner waxes until I used XMT 360. When I have time I will always opt to do a multi step process but for those times when you want the convenience of a one step product that cleans, corrects defects and applies a paint sealant, XMT 360 is perfect.
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Plus, XMT360 leaves behind one of the best shines for a one stepper. For me it has left a very glossy surface.
 
Cleaner wax:
Poli-Seal and a polishing pad did a great job on my car.
Cleaner and a wax:
Jeff Werkstat Prime STRONG also did a great job cleaning the paint.
Megs #16
 
i too like the 360 i used it on a friends white tacoma which had that film that white cars seem to get and it came right off. nice thing about 360 is that you buff till its gone very easy i usually wipe the car down too but thats more out of habit it really does buff away. plus its made by pinnacle how can you go wrong. but thats just my opinion :D

opinions are like noses everybody's got one and they all smell:DIm the MAN
 
It's also going to depend what area of the US, and beyond, where you do your detailing job.

My $.02.

Stephen
 
duragloss 501 for use by hand. prime strong for use by machine
 
TheJazzGuy said:
:iagree: Meguiar's ColorX is really a fantastic product, and very affordable too.
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Found another fan! I think colorx really goes unused too much. I have turned polishing pads different colors with it. It does great with a hand pad as well. It really makes white brighter and is a great base to top with.
 
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