Sizzle Chest
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- Apr 3, 2011
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I received my winnings from the contest on the forums a couple weeks back. Just got the time to do my review!
The victim: 2010 Porsche Cayenne. It was pretty hammered. Daily driver, lives outside, only sees drive thru car washes, etc...
Upon receiving my package from AG I found that Nick had included the Paint Cleansing Lotion. Thanks Nick!
Synergy comes in a black Pinnacle box. In the box is a nice Cobra microfiber towel, a Crown Royal'esque silk bag that contains the pot of wax and the applicator.
Synergy has a screw on lid and when opened has a kind of shoe polish/chemical smell...along with a hint of sweetness to it. A strange combo!
I first washed/dried the vehicle. I then clayed it with a Nanoskin speedy prep sponge. ( I love these, they make claying so much easier and faster. Drop one? No biggie, don't throw it away, just drop it back in your bucket and rinse it off! Now get back to claying!)
Next up was breaking out the Rupes Duetto and an assortment of Rupes pads along with some M205 to see what it 'liked'. I settled on a yellow pad. I polished the vehicle. I then used CarPro eraser.
Next step was to use the Pinnacle Black Label Surface Cleansing Polish. I applied this by machine using a LC blue finishing pad. You don't need much, it spreads very far. Lasts a long time. This amount did the hood.
Wiped it off, it comes off very easily and then started to apply the Synergy.
Synergy was applied by hand with the included applicator. It goes on very smoothly. Evenly. I would've liked to have been able to machine apply it, but it wasn't that bad.
I let it sit for a little over 20 minutes as the conditions were very humid and kinda hot. (the instructions call for 10 minutes and then remove) I did sections for the car at one time: hood, front fenders, front end. Then wiped it off and finished the vehicle.
It comes off relatively easy...as long as you do not apply it too heavy! I had a few 'heavy' spots that I got a little over-vigorous with the application and it was a little harder to remove---I didn't need a hammer and chisel or anything, but it was more difficult to remove in these areas.
After removal, the vehicle had an excellent shine depth and slickness to it. Synergy felt very 'slick' to the hand after it was used. The shine was very, very nice and the depth of the paint looked wet and deep to me.
All I can ask for in a LSP! I will see how the durability is over the next few months and report back.
The victim: 2010 Porsche Cayenne. It was pretty hammered. Daily driver, lives outside, only sees drive thru car washes, etc...
Upon receiving my package from AG I found that Nick had included the Paint Cleansing Lotion. Thanks Nick!
Synergy comes in a black Pinnacle box. In the box is a nice Cobra microfiber towel, a Crown Royal'esque silk bag that contains the pot of wax and the applicator.
Synergy has a screw on lid and when opened has a kind of shoe polish/chemical smell...along with a hint of sweetness to it. A strange combo!
I first washed/dried the vehicle. I then clayed it with a Nanoskin speedy prep sponge. ( I love these, they make claying so much easier and faster. Drop one? No biggie, don't throw it away, just drop it back in your bucket and rinse it off! Now get back to claying!)
Next up was breaking out the Rupes Duetto and an assortment of Rupes pads along with some M205 to see what it 'liked'. I settled on a yellow pad. I polished the vehicle. I then used CarPro eraser.
Next step was to use the Pinnacle Black Label Surface Cleansing Polish. I applied this by machine using a LC blue finishing pad. You don't need much, it spreads very far. Lasts a long time. This amount did the hood.
Wiped it off, it comes off very easily and then started to apply the Synergy.
Synergy was applied by hand with the included applicator. It goes on very smoothly. Evenly. I would've liked to have been able to machine apply it, but it wasn't that bad.
I let it sit for a little over 20 minutes as the conditions were very humid and kinda hot. (the instructions call for 10 minutes and then remove) I did sections for the car at one time: hood, front fenders, front end. Then wiped it off and finished the vehicle.
It comes off relatively easy...as long as you do not apply it too heavy! I had a few 'heavy' spots that I got a little over-vigorous with the application and it was a little harder to remove---I didn't need a hammer and chisel or anything, but it was more difficult to remove in these areas.
After removal, the vehicle had an excellent shine depth and slickness to it. Synergy felt very 'slick' to the hand after it was used. The shine was very, very nice and the depth of the paint looked wet and deep to me.
All I can ask for in a LSP! I will see how the durability is over the next few months and report back.
