sparkism13
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Please forgive me the half-assed review as I was not planning on writing a review, but thought I would share my opinion on this White Wax by Meguiar's.
In the land of daily drivers, most of us have found out the hard way that keeping fine swirls and scratches off a daily driver is like trying to keep Bill Clinton off a young intern.
Well, you, know what I mean.
So, I don't know if it's just me, but it seems that the AIO product is becoming more and more popular because many of these products can achieve truly fantastic results in just one step. Even though it seems like taking a shortcut relative to a 2 or 3 step approach, it's still quite a bit more effort than 98% of the car-owning general population puts in to their vehicles. And I think we can thank sites like AG for that. Anyhow, an AIO polishing is nothing to scoff at, especially for a daily driver that you've already compounded and corrected at some point.
So, I read about the White Wax and was really intrigued. I had been wanting to try Meguiar's D151 but it's only sold by the gallon jug and it would go bad before I used all that product so I thought this was more practical to try. At $11/7oz tube, that's $1.57/oz, White Wax is about as expensive as Menzerna and Wolfgang, but it is available pretty much everywhere. It comes in a goofy toothpaste-like tube, and the consistency is similar to thick toothpaste- specifically, the kind of toothpaste with those little "crystals". It's very gritty. I wasn't sure how well it would finish down being that it felt gritty, but I have a lot of confidence in Meguiar's products so I proceeded on.
I used a Meguiar's microfiber finishing disk with the White Wax as that is all I had on hand, and mostly speed 4 on a DA polisher. I used it first on my wife's silver RX330, which is in decent condition. I had recently washed/clayed and started to polish with D301, but ran out of time, so I decided to pick back up with the White Wax. It was very easy to work with and very easy to wipe off. I did at least 4 passes per section and let it haze before buffing off. I found that if I left it too long, it was harder to remove than if I buffed it off after every 2 sections or so. It's probably not something you want to let dry while you do the whole car.
Anyhow, I don't have any before pics because trying to photograph defects in metallic silver paint in the sun is next to impossible (hint: you might also go blind). But here are the results. I will honestly tell you that I have never seen the RX330 shine this much. Every time I wiped a section, I had a smile on my face. The gloss and reflection was just amazing. As far as cleaning ability, my mf pads told that story. They were filthy! I wish I had taken pics of them. It really cleaned up the paint, which I had never done before on this car. I could not find any marring or scratches left behind by the mf finishing pads, but again, it's extremely difficult to see them in silver paint anyhow. Especially now that the metallic flakes sparkle like someone poured a bag of glitter all over the car.
Overall, I am impressed with the product. The biggest cons I found were the the tube container (stupid) and the price. Longevity is supposed to be better than D151, but we'll see. If I can get 60-90 days of water beading, I will be happy. I mean, let's face it, why do I need 6 months, 1 year, or 2 years of protection when I can barely go a month without waxing my car?? :becky:
In the land of daily drivers, most of us have found out the hard way that keeping fine swirls and scratches off a daily driver is like trying to keep Bill Clinton off a young intern.
Well, you, know what I mean.So, I don't know if it's just me, but it seems that the AIO product is becoming more and more popular because many of these products can achieve truly fantastic results in just one step. Even though it seems like taking a shortcut relative to a 2 or 3 step approach, it's still quite a bit more effort than 98% of the car-owning general population puts in to their vehicles. And I think we can thank sites like AG for that. Anyhow, an AIO polishing is nothing to scoff at, especially for a daily driver that you've already compounded and corrected at some point.
So, I read about the White Wax and was really intrigued. I had been wanting to try Meguiar's D151 but it's only sold by the gallon jug and it would go bad before I used all that product so I thought this was more practical to try. At $11/7oz tube, that's $1.57/oz, White Wax is about as expensive as Menzerna and Wolfgang, but it is available pretty much everywhere. It comes in a goofy toothpaste-like tube, and the consistency is similar to thick toothpaste- specifically, the kind of toothpaste with those little "crystals". It's very gritty. I wasn't sure how well it would finish down being that it felt gritty, but I have a lot of confidence in Meguiar's products so I proceeded on.
I used a Meguiar's microfiber finishing disk with the White Wax as that is all I had on hand, and mostly speed 4 on a DA polisher. I used it first on my wife's silver RX330, which is in decent condition. I had recently washed/clayed and started to polish with D301, but ran out of time, so I decided to pick back up with the White Wax. It was very easy to work with and very easy to wipe off. I did at least 4 passes per section and let it haze before buffing off. I found that if I left it too long, it was harder to remove than if I buffed it off after every 2 sections or so. It's probably not something you want to let dry while you do the whole car.
Anyhow, I don't have any before pics because trying to photograph defects in metallic silver paint in the sun is next to impossible (hint: you might also go blind). But here are the results. I will honestly tell you that I have never seen the RX330 shine this much. Every time I wiped a section, I had a smile on my face. The gloss and reflection was just amazing. As far as cleaning ability, my mf pads told that story. They were filthy! I wish I had taken pics of them. It really cleaned up the paint, which I had never done before on this car. I could not find any marring or scratches left behind by the mf finishing pads, but again, it's extremely difficult to see them in silver paint anyhow. Especially now that the metallic flakes sparkle like someone poured a bag of glitter all over the car.
Overall, I am impressed with the product. The biggest cons I found were the the tube container (stupid) and the price. Longevity is supposed to be better than D151, but we'll see. If I can get 60-90 days of water beading, I will be happy. I mean, let's face it, why do I need 6 months, 1 year, or 2 years of protection when I can barely go a month without waxing my car?? :becky:
