Wax versus Sealant Battle Royal.

[stepbill]

I had simoniz glasscoat put on my truck and would like to get a deep shine on it. Should I or can I use Collinite Marque on it or should I use a spray that Adams's sells for treated vehicles?

 

[Burla]

The deepest shine comes from oily paint glazes WITH oils and a wax like pinnacle Souverän or other real white nubas. Now, you need to have a real smoothly polished paint job to make it that wet and shine, and usually a color like black or deep blue. Really only good for show cars, or someone who has a lot of time, because this is not as durable but as wet as you can get.

60 bucks for 3 ounces true white nuba.

 

[blackbeautyhemi]

I will be slappin' some Meguiars ultimate paste wax next wash ... my wheels got ultimate polish and the ultimate paste wax yesterday and they look nice !

I also used Meguiars medium cut cleaner on my front drivers side because it had a huge X that looks to me like someone either keyed it or scratched it with something .. so I had to cut it a bit, polish it and then waxed it .. here are the rims now ...


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I will be doing the entire truck probably this weekend with the polish and the wax and I will post some pictures ...

Did you do this by hand or with a small buffer? The lips on my wheels could use this from I believe road debris bouncing around on them. Looks good btw!

 

[CheechDogg.0n37s]

Did you do this by hand or with a small buffer? The lips on my wheels could use this from I believe road debris bouncing around on them. Looks good btw!

By hand ....but I am going to invest in a small buffer ... it took a good while

 

[Burla]

look into drill polishers for wheels.

 

[Juniorss]

I had simoniz glasscoat put on my truck and would like to get a deep shine on it. Should I or can I use Collinite Marque on it or should I use a spray that Adams's sells for treated vehicles?

I mainly use a combo of Meguairs professional line spray wax which if I remember correctly is a hybrid spray sealant/wax (i have so many products I cant keep track anymore) and Wolfgangs Deep Gloss paint sealant 3.0. The Peterbilt and Corvette below were clayed and had Wolfgangs applied. The Hellcat probably hasn't been waxed the traditional way in close to two years. I only use the spray wax as a drying aide when I wash it.

 

[Pull Ya]

+1 on Wolfgang 3.0 sealant---really good stuff!!!!!!
Jay

 

[CheechDogg.0n37s]

look into drill polishers for wheels.

DUDE ! i can not find a fawken drill polisher around here ... that would really help tons !

 

[Burla]

Megs power ball, but there are a bunch of different ones. Put drill wheel polisher in amazon search bar. I still like mothers polish for most wheel, just put it on the wheel with an applicator and buff off. You can put wheel wax on after that if you feel like it.

 

[Hemi395]

I've been using Adams H20 Guard and Gloss for years until I got my truck ceramic coated. It literally lasts 4+ months and is really easy to apply. You can put it on plastic too.

After getting the ceramic I've been using Carpro Reload on it which can be used as a stand alone sealant. It's supposed to protect against UV and you can put it on plastic as well.

 

[BTD07]

I will be slappin' some Meguiars ultimate paste wax next wash ... my wheels got ultimate polish and the ultimate paste wax yesterday and they look nice !

I also used Meguiars medium cut cleaner on my front drivers side because it had a huge X that looks to me like someone either keyed it or scratched it with something .. so I had to cut it a bit, polish it and then waxed it .. here are the rims now ...


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I will be doing the entire truck probably this weekend with the polish and the wax and I will post some pictures ...

Whats your tire process? They look great

 

[CheechDogg.0n37s]

Whats your tire process? They look great

Thanks !

Well to start off, as soon as I got the truck home from getting lifted with the new wheels and tires, I cleaned the tires with nothing but the foam cannon with car shampoo with wax. As soon as they dried naturally, I slapped some silicone based dressing that I buy from a detail guy here in town, it's a super concentrated high gloss dressing ...

Cleaning the tires with the shampoo with wax weekly will keep the dirt from embedding itself on the tire since the silicone seems to help it from doing that ...

 

[BTD07]

Thanks !

Well to start off, as soon as I got the truck home from getting lifted with the new wheels and tires, I cleaned the tires with nothing but the foam cannon with car shampoo with wax. As soon as they dried naturally, I slapped some silicone based dressing that I buy from a detail guy here in town, it's a super concentrated high gloss dressing ...

Cleaning the tires with the shampoo with wax weekly will keep the dirt from embedding itself on the tire since the silicone seems to help it from doing that ...

I never find the time do my tires well enough lol

 

[CheechDogg.0n37s]

I never find the time do my tires well enough lol

It's all time consuming my Man ... but well worth it when you take the time to take care of your investments lol ... I usually spend about 2-3 hours every time I wash my truck between the wash and inside detailing ...

 

[ThunderMug95]

I have been using CarGuys Hybrid Wax Sealant. Very pleased. Both my Ram and ‘18 Terrain Denali coated with Commodore(Reputable local mfg) coating at dealer. I had to clay the Denali yesterday..its white and had about 40k black spots on the lower half.

 

[Burla]

I was expecting a 3 month draw between zaino and double coat, but that was clearly not the case and we do have us a winner- Zaino. This was a winter test, I actually believe Zaino would be better in the summer as far as longevity and protection, and even though Collonite didn't last as long, I still like it for a winter coat, because double coat is just that, it is a thick coat of protection whereas Zaino isn't as thick, but will give surface retention and uv protection for a longer time. In the hot CA summer waxes just don't last, so for me I will Zaino my summers and Collonite my winters, 4 details a year. You can see the DC still has some retention, but the beads are geting larger which means it is in a state of fail. Same thing with the roof as well. You can see from zaino side, tight beads and if you look in the distance you see the amount of water on the collonite side. No doubting these results, a picture tells it all. Collonite Double Coat = 3 month wax, Zaino Z5pro 3 month + wax. I like both products a lot. Also for powder coat, Collonite for sure, didn't like the zaino on pwder coat but the collonite the clear winner there.

Collonite DC



Collonite DC



Zaino z5pro

 

[BWL]

I let time get away from me so I never seem to know how long a finish lasts. I've gone to jet seal 2x a year and waxing on top sometimes. Biggest thing I've noticed sealing vs wax is when I just wax I spend a full day a couple times a year getting crud off the paint with the clay bar, but sealant I just get a little bit around the rear bumper and behind the front wheels and the odd fleck here and there.

 

[0rion]

I've been a long time zaino user. Think I started in late 90's early 00's on my fbody. That being said for my trucks I use wizards and it's pretty good stuff. I even did my 5er with wizards last year....now that was a process. I had over 20 hours in it.

Just did the 06 with wizards this weekend. Gray doesn't really pop as well as a darker color but the tree reflections tell how reflective it is. Not bad for 13 year old paint.
I also did my black 98 formula last year with wizards just to see how it looked on a dark color. Shot is a picture straight down onto the hood. 20 year old paint.

 

[BC9696]

When my truck is dirty I take it to the car wash and kill time shooting pool, smoking cigars and drinking at the bar across the street. Yeah...my truck is usually sparkling clean. LOL

They offered me a discount to have a sealant put on the truck and I gave em the nod not expecting much. Well that stuff not only sheds water but it keeps the truck cleaner. Even everyday dust doesn't stick like it used to and if I hit a little rain, the truck looks like it was just detailed, everything just rinses off. I am a huge fan of sealants now. I still have the truck hand waxed quarterly but that sealant is the bomb!

 

[Burla]

never heard of wizards, does that make me old?

It's more muted then Zaino, which trust me is a compliment. Muted sealants pop a lot more then mirror sealants. Has nothing to do with durabilty, they can be equal for all I know, just saying I like muted sealants and waxes. Zaino is kind of anomoly, obviously like that too, but it is rare to have a mirror shine look that wet. I would like to see those two on a panel.