Shane731
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- Dec 25, 2009
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Combining my review on these two products for simplicity's sake. Got these in the mail I think about a week and a half ago, but I had to wait for nice weather to give them a try. My victim for this review was my dad's 2000 Honda Accord LX, daily driver, about 85,000 miles on it. I have DP Poli-Coat topped with Collinite 845 on it for the winter, but it hadn't been washed in about 2-3 weeks. By the way, this car sits outside 24/7, so XMT Shampoo Gel had its work cut out for it. It was a pretty nice day on Sunday - around 60* or so, low humidity. Perfect. I usually use two wash mitts - a lambswool mitt for the top half, and a microfiber chenille mitt for the lower half. Also, our water is relatively soft (just a note for reference sake). I will do the pictures and videos first, and my thoughts will follow.
reasonably dirty, as you can see from the mark to the right of my finger
before washing
before washing
before washing
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWtbqS9qe0E]Consistency of Pinnacle XMT Shampoo Gel New Formula - YouTube[/video]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezl6EKdHjOs]Washing with Pinnacle XMT Shampoo Gel New Formula - YouTube[/video]
beading post wash
after wash and dry and dressing the tires with PB Bold N Bright
after XMT 360 spray wax
got some nice depth goin' on
silver metallic FTW!
Ewwwww! Nasty rinse water!
some beading shots after a light drizzle tonight (Monday evening)
hood
roof
trunk
In short, I feel that Pinnacle XMT Shampoo Gel is a good shampoo for the money, especially since it is hyper concentrated, and you can't beat it on BOGO! It had decent cleaning ability, rinsed good, had pretty good lubricity - just a nice product at a nice price. My go to shampoos are still Ultima Shampoo and the Dodo Juice shampoos, but that boils down to personal opinion. XMT 360 spray wax is a very nice product for carnauba spray wax lovers. You don't really need a whole lot per panel, but I found the easiest way to use it was to evenly mist the whole panel (for me, this was 4-8 sprays per panel depending on panel size), wipe it in, and then turn the towel over and buff off. This worked great for me, I was able to go around the whole car fairly quickly, and had no issues with streaking. The towel I was using was the Cobra Gold Plush Jr. So, in short, I feel that these are two great products from Pinnacle and I'm sure you won't be disappointed! Thanks for looking!
reasonably dirty, as you can see from the mark to the right of my finger
before washing
before washing
before washing
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWtbqS9qe0E]Consistency of Pinnacle XMT Shampoo Gel New Formula - YouTube[/video]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezl6EKdHjOs]Washing with Pinnacle XMT Shampoo Gel New Formula - YouTube[/video]
beading post wash
after wash and dry and dressing the tires with PB Bold N Bright
after XMT 360 spray wax
got some nice depth goin' on
silver metallic FTW!
Ewwwww! Nasty rinse water!
some beading shots after a light drizzle tonight (Monday evening)
hood
roof
trunk
In short, I feel that Pinnacle XMT Shampoo Gel is a good shampoo for the money, especially since it is hyper concentrated, and you can't beat it on BOGO! It had decent cleaning ability, rinsed good, had pretty good lubricity - just a nice product at a nice price. My go to shampoos are still Ultima Shampoo and the Dodo Juice shampoos, but that boils down to personal opinion. XMT 360 spray wax is a very nice product for carnauba spray wax lovers. You don't really need a whole lot per panel, but I found the easiest way to use it was to evenly mist the whole panel (for me, this was 4-8 sprays per panel depending on panel size), wipe it in, and then turn the towel over and buff off. This worked great for me, I was able to go around the whole car fairly quickly, and had no issues with streaking. The towel I was using was the Cobra Gold Plush Jr. So, in short, I feel that these are two great products from Pinnacle and I'm sure you won't be disappointed! Thanks for looking!
