Product Review: Poorboy's World Liquid Natty's Blue

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First off, thanks to Autogeek for allowing me to test this product. I was chosen at random to review the new liquid wax from Poorboy's World and was excited. After a little trouble with the product initially, testing was on.

Round 1

Product: Poorboy's World Liquid Natty's Blue

Product Type: Liquid Wax

Scent: Bubblegum

Price: Free for testing, $19.99 available to the public

Prep: My prep work started with a wash using 3oz. Duragloss 901 then clay using Mother's OTC clay kit. After a drying the vehicle, I wiped the car down with a body solvent named "Take Off" (brand name withheld), followed by a water wipedown.

Application: Passenger side of car received a heavy coat of LNB to simulate the average Joe that doesn't know how to properly apply products, driver side received a proper thin coat. Allowed product to haze and sit for about 30 minutes.

Removal: A pain in the butt. The product was sticking to the paint, excessive dust found it's way into door jams and around door handles. I was not happy. In fact I must have sent CEE DOG at least 10 pm's telling him how mad I was and how much I hated the product. Sorry Corey.

Durability: The very next day the paint was sticky, not slick at all, water was not beading very well. The week ahead consisted of off and on rain showers and high humidity. My drive to work is 150 miles one way which makes an excellent time for testing against road grime and such.

Conclusion: I hated this stuff. I contacted Pockets and asked if their test environment was subjected to high humidity and he kindly informed me that it was very high and also asked if I would give it another try. After some thinking I agreed to his request. I also thought heavily about my prep stage and questioned myself many, many times.

Round 2

Product: Poorboy's World Liquid Natty's Blue

Product Type: Liquid Wax

Scent: Bubblegum

Price: Free for testing, $19.99 available to the public

Prep: Prep this time consisted of 3oz. DG 901, 3oz. Meg's APC+, then a body solvent wipedown, followed by 2 91% IPA wipedowns, and a water wipedown. I also wanted to use Wolfgang Paintwork Polish Enhancer on an area to see if that assisted with application.

Application: The passenger side received the heavy application to simulate average Joe again and the driver side received the proper thin coat. One area of the car received assistance from Wolfgang Paintwork Polish Enhancer making it an absolute breeze to apply. Allowed product to haze and sit for over an hour.

Removal: 100 times easier. Not sure what happened the first time, my guess is the body solvent but I was recently informed that it should have evaporated. Who knows? Still some dusting but nothing like the first time which was very weird.

Durability: The next day my paint was as smooth as a baby's bottom. I was happy at this point. After 3 weeks the beading was still present but not as strong, I adjusted this with a Duragloss Aqua Wax booter session.

Conclusion: This product is very affordable, somewhat easy to use, and durability is not too bad but could be better. I would recommend this to someone on a budget. If you have the extra $20 then I recommend Pinnacle Liquid Souveran if you're wanting a liquid wax.

Pro's: Affordable, great smell, pretty good product

Con's: After 3 weeks I was still wiping off residue, both from the heavily applied side and the properly applied side. Too much dust for me.

Once again, thanks to Autogeek for allowing me to test this product, thanks to Pockets for instantly responding to my pm's, and thanks to Poorboy's World to allow members of this community to test this product free of charge.

Thanks,
Richard
 
Nice Review, very through!:props: Interesting findings for sure! Thanks for your time and effort to do this.
 
Nice Review, very through!:props: Interesting findings for sure! Thanks for your time and effort to do this.

Thanks. I think I'm the only one that was not as impressed with this product. All the other reviews make this product out to be the best thing around. I guess you can't please everyone. :dunno:
 
I appreciate your HONESTY. Not everything is the best thing since sliced bread! Excellent Richard! :props:
 
The only time it was hard for my to remove is when I applied way to much. If you apply it thin there should be no left over wax
 
The only time it was hard for my to remove is when I applied way to much. If you apply it thin there should be no left over wax

Sorry but I disagree with your last statement based on my experience. I was finding left over's for 3 weeks straight. As stated in my review, I applied it heavy on one side and very thin on the other side and had left over's on both sides. I just didn't have the same experience with this product as everyone else, which makes me wonder...
 
Sorry but I disagree with your last statement based on my experience. I was finding left over's for 3 weeks straight. As stated in my review, I applied it heavy on one side and very thin on the other side and had left over's on both sides. I just didn't have the same experience with this product as everyone else, which makes me wonder...
Good honest review..I commend you Richard.:xyxthumbs:
 
Excellent review. With your experiences being so opposed to the experiences others had, I'm wondering if possibly you got a bad batch of product.
 
Thanks for the feedback. I remember trying to remove Wesleys, Raindance and similar products from the 60's and 70's that were sometimes impossible to remove.

What product(s) would give a similar finish for comparison's sake to Liquid natty's blue at the price point regardles of paste, liquid, spray or sealant?
 
Excellent review. With your experiences being so opposed to the experiences others had, I'm wondering if possibly you got a bad batch of product.

It is very possible due to the fact that it was a BETA product. However, they released the product very, very fast so I can't comment on changes made. I would like to try some from another batch to be honest with you.

Thanks for the feedback. I remember trying to remove Wesleys, Raindance and similar products from the 60's and 70's that were sometimes impossible to remove.

What product(s) would give a similar finish for comparison's sake to Liquid natty's blue at the price point regardles of paste, liquid, spray or sealant?

LNB is a good product, very nice beading, leaves the finish very clean and slick. As mentioned above, it could have possibly been my batch that needed some tweaking. I would put Duragloss #105 up against a lot of products, sealants or waxes. Don't let the price of this product fool you.
 
Richard, Thanks for the excellent and honest review :dblthumb2::xyxthumbs: (That's 3 thumbs up)
I don't have any clue how I missed this. I remember all our conversation about this product when you were using it. My apologies for not replying on here sooner. Not sure if I missed this or just forgot to reply.

As you know I had a different experience then you so it's great to see another opinion.
 
Hey Richard, I don't know how I missed this either. Any way thanks for a great, honest review. Funny 2 guys whose opinions I value so much, differ so greatly. Corey sent me some of the beta stuff a while back, but I must confess I never got around to trying it. I'll have to give it a whirl this spring. As you know I'm not a fan of liquid waxes, more of a paste or sealant kind of guy. Any way once again, GREAT review and thanks for your honest and valued opinion.:props:
 
I was sent the Beta version of Nattys Blue several months back, did a review on another forum, I never had the problem of removal, my experience was easy on and easy off, my final conclusion is that for the money it is a good product (you get what you pay for) the negative side is the durability is very weak......other than that...its a good product.....remember, its only $20.00
 
Thanks. I think I'm the only one that was not as impressed with this product. All the other reviews make this product out to be the best thing around. I guess you can't please everyone. :dunno:

Richard,

This is interesting to me also.

While most products do perform a bit differently due to a variety of variables, the thoughts and conclusions regarding this product seem sort of extreme or much wider than I've seen in the past.

It's a great review but the question that begs to be answered is why such poor or unacceptable results. Not being please with a product is normal but it seemed to me that you were having a lot of trouble with it.

Thanks for posting! :props:
 
Thanks Corey & Tad.

Richard,

This is interesting to me also.

While most products do perform a bit differently due to a variety of variables, the thoughts and conclusions regarding this product seem sort of extreme or much wider than I've seen in the past.

It's a great review but the question that begs to be answered is why such poor or unacceptable results. Not being please with a product is normal but it seemed to me that you were having a lot of trouble with it.

Thanks for posting! :props:

I honestly can't figure out why my results were so different than everyone else? I want this product to work for me so bad. I plan to strip my car down again and give it one more shot. This time I will not use the body solvent previously used, only use a soap/apc mixture while washing. I still haven't polished my own car, but that shouldn't have anything to do with it.
 
Thanks Corey & Tad.



I honestly can't figure out why my results were so different than everyone else? I want this product to work for me so bad. I plan to strip my car down again and give it one more shot. This time I will not use the body solvent previously used, only use a soap/apc mixture while washing. I still haven't polished my own car, but that shouldn't have anything to do with it.

When you do, any chance you could try using IPA, MS and your body solvent wipedowns on separate sections of the hood to see if a wipedown makes a difference with the wax application/removal?

If your results were related to paint surface preparation and residual contaminants affected setup and curing, it would be interesting to see if one prep method was better than another.
 
I honestly can't figure out why my results were so different than everyone else? I want this product to work for me so bad. I plan to strip my car down again and give it one more shot. This time I will not use the body solvent previously used, only use a soap/apc mixture while washing. I still haven't polished my own car, but that shouldn't have anything to do with it.

Could it have something to do with the prep step?

Round 1

Prep: My prep work started with a wash using 3oz. Duragloss 901 then clay using Mother's OTC clay kit. After a drying the vehicle, I wiped the car down with a body solvent named "Take Off" (brand name withheld), followed by a water wipedown.


Round 2

Prep: Prep this time consisted of 3oz. DG 901, 3oz. Meg's APC+, then a body solvent wipedown, followed by 2 91% IPA wipedowns, and a water wipedown. I also wanted to use Wolfgang Paintwork Polish Enhancer on an area to see if that assisted with application.

I'm wondering if the prep step in Round 1 left a coating that didn't work well with the Wax. The prep step in Round 2 should provide you with a much cleaner surface thus improving the situation, and it did.

I'd try cleaning it again using conventional products; Wash, Clay, an IPA wipe-down, then try the wax and see if you have more success.
 
I'm wondering if the prep step in Round 1 left a coating that didn't work well with the Wax. The prep step in Round 2 should provide you with a much cleaner surface thus improving the situation, and it did.

If I remember correctly Richard was thinking the same thing.
 
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