OK, it's been almost 2 full months that I tried the "NEW" Eagle 1 Gel Wax on both my car and my wife's SUV.
We have had so much rain since my first post(4-4-11) that I really haven't had time to focus on washing the cars as I have been trying to get the yard/landscaping and outside of the house in shape for summer. Or even on a sunny Sat/Sun, we just had other things to do.
Even if I thought about washing the cars because there was some sun outside, there was always a huge black cloud in the distance and comming my way in a matter of 30 minutes.
Anyway, after 2 months of rainy days, there was a fine layer of light grime on the surfaces of the vehicles but, after another rain storm ended I had noticed no water beading on either car. Nothing, just sheeting! Leads me to beleive that the product did not hold up during the cool rainy days. It was never warm/hot outside. Now, we're gettig warm temps since the Memorial Day Weekend.
So, I washed my car and dried it. It looked great all by itself before applying any product. But, before I dried the car, I shot the garden hose water in the air so that the water came down eminating rain drops...No water beading at all. Nothing!
I used some of that green Turtle Wax Car Wash Soap. So, at least I did use some car wash soap product that doesn't have any silicone in it as to add a "water beading finish" to the paint. This way I could judge the Eagle 1 Gel Wax durability after a good washing.
Well folks, the E1GW doesn't really have any duribility for 2 months. Although, it does leave the rain water beading after about 3 weeks. This I know because I just did my daughters car 3 weeks ago when she came home from Buffalo and again this past Memorial Day Weekend. It was again raining apon her arrival and the rain water was beading on her car. Not great but, it was beading water. She put together my new gas grill(a 4-5 hour job) and I washed/waxed/vacuumed her car and changed the oil/filter. A deal I couldn't pass up!
We have had so much rain since my first post(4-4-11) that I really haven't had time to focus on washing the cars as I have been trying to get the yard/landscaping and outside of the house in shape for summer. Or even on a sunny Sat/Sun, we just had other things to do.
Even if I thought about washing the cars because there was some sun outside, there was always a huge black cloud in the distance and comming my way in a matter of 30 minutes.
Anyway, after 2 months of rainy days, there was a fine layer of light grime on the surfaces of the vehicles but, after another rain storm ended I had noticed no water beading on either car. Nothing, just sheeting! Leads me to beleive that the product did not hold up during the cool rainy days. It was never warm/hot outside. Now, we're gettig warm temps since the Memorial Day Weekend.
So, I washed my car and dried it. It looked great all by itself before applying any product. But, before I dried the car, I shot the garden hose water in the air so that the water came down eminating rain drops...No water beading at all. Nothing!
I used some of that green Turtle Wax Car Wash Soap. So, at least I did use some car wash soap product that doesn't have any silicone in it as to add a "water beading finish" to the paint. This way I could judge the Eagle 1 Gel Wax durability after a good washing.
Well folks, the E1GW doesn't really have any duribility for 2 months. Although, it does leave the rain water beading after about 3 weeks. This I know because I just did my daughters car 3 weeks ago when she came home from Buffalo and again this past Memorial Day Weekend. It was again raining apon her arrival and the rain water was beading on her car. Not great but, it was beading water. She put together my new gas grill(a 4-5 hour job) and I washed/waxed/vacuumed her car and changed the oil/filter. A deal I couldn't pass up!
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