![]() ![]() Second, aircraft paint is very, very soft. It needs to be a random orbital buffer so as not eliminate the chance of burning the paint. Next, get yourself a random orbital buffer. Clay baring and/or the use of dawn will remove all wax from the paint and a protectant will need to be applied later. I then use a clean bucket with whatever soap I'm using to clay bar the entire plane. If it does, I clean that last using simple green extreme and a micro fiber sponge that is only used for heavy cleaning. I assume the belly is not greasy nor has a lot of exhaust residue. Again, use the two bucket method with grit guards at the bottom of each bucket. If, it's been awhile (at least a year), I will use dawn dish washing detergent to wash. If it's a routine wash, I like Meguiars Gold Class soap and a wool wash mitt. I use the 2 bucket method (one bucket for soap, one for rinsing the wool mitt). I wash and polish my plane and all my cars routinely. Not a small advance if you ask me.So, I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to this stuff. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the newest and best products perform as well or better than the older generation of products but they are easier to apply and remove. Not because it performs poorly, but because there are so many competing products out there that do as well or better. I doubt you will find too many people talking about NuFinish. While Miata forums are great, detailing forums have a lot more info relative to product usage & results. Most manufacturers formulate their products so you can use both a sealant for long term paint protection and a wax over them for gloss and shine. The new Polymer sealants do a much better job at protecting the paint long term but they don't provide as much gloss as the waxes. Meguires has also been around forever but seems to have become much more mainstream over the past couple decades.įrom a technology standpoint, sealants are more advanced than waxes. I see NuFinish as a mainstream product and there's nothing wrong with that. Technique is important for superior results no matter what product you go with but for the money and protection, Collinite goes on the car once a year - twice if I know it was an extra tough season.Īfter follow-up washes, I apply a spray wax to maintain gloss & protection. It is not expensive and a pea size dab will do one panel with a DA polisher. Collinite 845 is in just about every professional detailers garage I have visited in person. NuFinish has been a decent performer for a long time. I've done quite a bit of educatin mysef on the subject. No, I don't work for them and don't even know anyone who does. It really does last longer than any others that I have tried. I grew up near where it is made and go to the factory when I am there to replenish my supply. I loved NuFinish car wash, and was disappointed when it went MIA.Ĭollinite Insulator wax is a good choice if durability is your primary goal. I see Nufinish now has a version of Quik Wax available and I'll be trying a bottle of that with the next purchase. I recently tried a Turtle Wax brand "Quik Wax" spray and, while lower priced, found it to be almost identical to Maguires except I don't believe it attracts the dust as quickly. The NC2 is a garage queen and the Quik Wax seemed to last well as long as I didn't drive it in weather.Īfter a year and a half and two more applications of NuFinish (and being too lazy to continue to top that with Carnuba) I've found that the NuFinish plus a Quik Wax is more-than-adequate for appearance and protection. Wow! I never felt nor saw a finish to beat those results. After the first wash I put Maguire's Quik Wax over that. I couldn't have imagined a nicer, deaper finish. Waited a day and put Mothers pure Carnuba on top. Declining the sealant option from the dealer, the day I brought my 2010 NC2 home put a coat of NuFinish on it. I use NuFinish as a base for some good Carnuba wax like Mothers Still could not tell the difference after 30, 60, 90 days.īased on my experience I would not recommend it. I then hosed off the wheel and still could not tell the difference. I could not tell the difference which half of the front wheel had the REJEX or the Mequiar's. At the end of the week, in BMW fashion, the wheels were covered in brake dust. Drove the car for one week, 300+mi Chicago commute. I applied REJEX to one-half of one the front wheels and Meguiar's (this was 7-8 years ago and can't remember which product) to the other half of the wheel. ![]() I bought it to minimize the brake dust build-up on my E-46 wheels after a recommendation from Car and Driver for that particular purpose. I tried REJEX when it first came out in the market and found it to be no better than a good wax product from Meguiar's, Mothers or other brand name products. If you want a finish that actually last 6+ months, nothing sticks to, and has a great shine try looking into REJEX. ![]()
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