Review-Collinite Double Coat wax

BigGar

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I have used this product regularly for the last year or so on many different cars of all colors that get used in many different ways. Daily drivers, show cars, vintage racers, antiques, new exotics, you name it.

I've always like the soft feel of a car that's waxed with carnuba, but have never found one that offered much durability, until Collinite. This stuff is ridiculous. It's as hydrophobic as anything I've ever used and just keeps looking great and beading water week after week, month after month.

I'll preface this with the fact that using this, or pretty much any other straight carnuba car wax requires a very smooth, very clean, properly prepped paint. You can't depend on this wax to clean anything off of your paint. There are no cleaners. No abrasives. No solvents.

That said, once your paint is ready, a coat or two, which goes on and comes off quite easily (don't let it dry forever and don't apply to hot paint in the sun-common sense...) and you will have a very happy car. I use a damp, clean cellulose sponge to apply, about a panel at a time. I use a fresh microfiber to remove about 99% of the wax. It gets built up on that one as I go. I use another fresh microfiber with a touch of de-ionized water spritz or quick detail spritz for a final going over.

It doesn't seem to attract dust like some carnubas do, and washing a car off is a breeze, as nothing sticks. A good rinse removes most of the dirt, and then mitting it off with soap doesn't seem to degrade the wax at all, which is very unlike most carnubas. It does say "detergent proof" on the old-school can.

This stuff has been around forever apparently. My dad's buddy, a Corvette restorer, asked me to try it out and give him my thoughts. I'm glad he gave me a can and I've continued to keep this stuff in my truck.


Gar
 
So, do you think this wax looks as good as other less durable products? What have you used?
 
great to know, just bought a can for a person in the family who just bought a new truck
 
So, do you think this wax looks as good as other less durable products? What have you used?

I've used Collinite 476 and Menzerna Powerlock on my white Dodge.

I believe Power lock gave it a wetter look vs Collinite.

I wonder what BigGar thinks however.
 
Here's a red Mustang I did yesterday but with 915.
 
You can't depend on this wax to clean anything off of your paint.
There are no cleaners. No abrasives.
No solvents.
Collinite 476s is, indeed, a really good wax... :props:

But it does seem to have a solvent as one of its ingredients: Petroleum distillates---hydrotreated light.
(Or as we have come to know it: Kerosene.)

To be sure: It's a "low odor" solvent. But it's still a solvent.
And...With that it mind: Does kerosene have the ability "to clean"?

:)

Bob
 
Collinite 476s is, indeed, a really good wax... :props:

But it does seem to have a solvent as one of its ingredients: Petroleum distillates---hydrotreated light.
(Or as we have come to know it: Kerosene.)

To be sure: It's a "low odor" solvent. But it's still a solvent.
And...With that it mind: Does kerosene have the ability "to clean"?

:)

Bob

Sure it will clean. Whether it's Kerosene, Mineral Spirits, Naptha, some sort of Petrol product, it might lift a little bit of tar, or other Petrol based nasties. But for cleaning the paint, no, it of course wasn't intended to do that.

All Carnaubas have to have some solvent carrier. Otherwise, you'd be dealing with something like straight paraffin candle wax.

I've let 476 totally dry, and it was easy off. It depends on paint, weather, and how much you're applying.

I got one can on ice, and I'm thinking it's time to pull out that can.
 
Sure it will clean. Whether it's Kerosene, Mineral Spirits, Naptha, some sort of Petrol product, it might lift a little bit of tar, or other Petrol based nasties. But for cleaning the paint, no, it of course wasn't intended to do that.

All Carnaubas have to have some solvent carrier. Otherwise, you'd be dealing with something like straight paraffin candle wax.

I've let 476 totally dry, and it was easy off. It depends on paint, weather, and how much you're applying.

I got one can on ice, and I'm thinking it's time to pull out that can.
I hope the OP takes note.

:)

Bob
 
Collinite 476s is, indeed, a really good wax... :props:

But it does seem to have a solvent as one of its ingredients: Petroleum distillates---hydrotreated light.
(Or as we have come to know it: Kerosene.)

To be sure: It's a "low odor" solvent. But it's still a solvent.
And...With that it mind: Does kerosene have the ability "to clean"?

:)

Bob

Oh Bob your deep thought posts always make me step back and think :props:
 
Haven't tried 476 but I do have 845 and 915 and they are amazingly durable and bead water like mad.
 
According to Mike, "Find a product you like, and use it often". I'm sure there are other waxes with better durability or better looks, but if it works for you then more power to you.
 
I us it on my wife's daily driver. She drives a lot and it holds up very well.
 
Bob, no doubt you are correct. It's not 100% carnuba wax, so no doubt there are other ingredients. I just meant that it's not going to pull much of anything off your paint. Maybe a tiny bit of tar.
I'll be honest, I'm not that much of a wax geek. I'm a polishing psychotic though. If the car doesn't look 99% without any wax on it, I don't feel I've quite done my job. If you get the paint that nice, it's hard not to get a pretty stunning shine.
I polish with a combination of 3M and (or) Meguiars products. I've been considering trying some of the Menzerna??? stuff as I've heard good things about it.
I'm no doubt behind the times as far as waxes and sealants go, but the cars I work on always get a lot of compliments. I'll be reading up on a lot of the waxes and sealants here and maybe even try something new. I've never been much of a sealant guy, but it's always been more in the way they are sold, often like snake oil, than the products themselves.
I have gotten excellent durability out of MicroSeal 2000 from Blue Ribbon, but lately I've been using the Collinite a lot more because it seems to be just as durable and has that carnuba feel.



Gar
 
used it for the first time as my winter wax last winter and was very impressed, lasted 5+ months with ease. applied it in November and remove it in April when I do my spring detail. was still repelling water pretty well and could have waited another month or so if I wanted. Good stuff!
 
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