OK, it's the first week into February and my test car, an '02 silver BMW 330ci has been a very busy boy.
He's been to the Texas hill country (San Marcos area) twice and has been in his 50-50 work rotation, sitting outside both at my house and in the Port of Houston parking lot when he's working his week. When off, he's garaged.
I have washed him at least 6 times since this crazy test began and both the 476s and the Insulator wax are holding up superbly.
I use Turtle wax's Ice line car wash soap and a wool wash mit.
The Ice line is supposed to have water conditioners in it - I guess so - the car rinses well, but anyway, that's what I'm using to wash the car.
We haven't had much rain here in Houston so the wash jobs aren't the type where I use a high concentration of soap to break through the slime one gets on his car when it DOES rain here. The wash water has been pretty weak as all I'm cleaning off is mostly dust and road shutz (and the occasional bug too).
After drying the car (synthetic chamois) the paint is still smooth and has that nice waxed feel.
So, so far we have draw, as far as the Bimmer is concerned.
Now, the black Mazdaspeed 3 is doing the same test but his wax seems to be thinning quicker than the silver BMW. Before I make any conclusions I have to say that neither of these cars were "treated" before waxing with the Collinte products - no Dawn wash to remove wax, no polishing or claying, nothing was done prior to the test short of washing the cars. Hey it's winter for crying out loud!
The Speed's thinning issues can be more attributed to his having many different waxes used on him - Rejex, Griots, Rain X and New Car Finish just to name a few. The remnats of these waxes may have challenged the Collinte products ability to adhere to the paint. I think the Speed 3 test may be somewhat compromised.
Having said that, he still beads water like crazy; the beads are just a bit bigger than the tight, small beads the BMW displays. We will carry on until he beads very little.
Is it because the Speed is black that the wax is having problems? Maybe, maybe not, but we will settle this account when the beading stops. At that point I'll Dawn wash the car, clay and polish it and do the 50-50 wax test again. It'll probably be summer by then and THAT will provide a really good torture test for these 2 waxes - black car/major sun exposure.
Sorry for this too long post but it's kinda fun testing these two waxes - I'll be back when somthing changes.
Cheers all! DV
He's been to the Texas hill country (San Marcos area) twice and has been in his 50-50 work rotation, sitting outside both at my house and in the Port of Houston parking lot when he's working his week. When off, he's garaged.
I have washed him at least 6 times since this crazy test began and both the 476s and the Insulator wax are holding up superbly.
I use Turtle wax's Ice line car wash soap and a wool wash mit.
The Ice line is supposed to have water conditioners in it - I guess so - the car rinses well, but anyway, that's what I'm using to wash the car.
We haven't had much rain here in Houston so the wash jobs aren't the type where I use a high concentration of soap to break through the slime one gets on his car when it DOES rain here. The wash water has been pretty weak as all I'm cleaning off is mostly dust and road shutz (and the occasional bug too).
After drying the car (synthetic chamois) the paint is still smooth and has that nice waxed feel.
So, so far we have draw, as far as the Bimmer is concerned.
Now, the black Mazdaspeed 3 is doing the same test but his wax seems to be thinning quicker than the silver BMW. Before I make any conclusions I have to say that neither of these cars were "treated" before waxing with the Collinte products - no Dawn wash to remove wax, no polishing or claying, nothing was done prior to the test short of washing the cars. Hey it's winter for crying out loud!
The Speed's thinning issues can be more attributed to his having many different waxes used on him - Rejex, Griots, Rain X and New Car Finish just to name a few. The remnats of these waxes may have challenged the Collinte products ability to adhere to the paint. I think the Speed 3 test may be somewhat compromised.
Having said that, he still beads water like crazy; the beads are just a bit bigger than the tight, small beads the BMW displays. We will carry on until he beads very little.
Is it because the Speed is black that the wax is having problems? Maybe, maybe not, but we will settle this account when the beading stops. At that point I'll Dawn wash the car, clay and polish it and do the 50-50 wax test again. It'll probably be summer by then and THAT will provide a really good torture test for these 2 waxes - black car/major sun exposure.
Sorry for this too long post but it's kinda fun testing these two waxes - I'll be back when somthing changes.
Cheers all! DV
