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Last Step Process/Protection In order to protect all your hard work and to keep your vehicle looking like new it’s important to know how to use a wax/sealant properly. Do you have a question about a wax or sealant? Do you have a unique way of applying wax? Feel free to post here.

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Old 05-25-2008, 12:09 PM
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Thanks for all the opinions. Know a see that when it come to high end wax, durability is not something that people care much; it's more about the look.
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Thanks for all the opinions. Know a see that when it come to high end wax, durability is not something that people care much; it's more about the look.
for the most part yes, although I do always do durabilty tests so i know for customers cars
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Although I'm not a wax fanatic, of the half dozen I have used, Collinite insulator wax for $12.99 at Harbor Freight holds its own against very expensive sealants as far as durability goes.
It really is quite impressive in looks, durability, and especially value.
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I can tell you that I've compared Zymol Vintage directly to Pinnacle Souveran paste and P21S/S100 paste and it came in last in every comparison. Cost doesn't always equal value. I was absolutely shocked at how Vintage performed compared to S100 that is literally a hundred times cheaper. Don't get too caught up in the price tag. Sometimes the cost of fancy labling and advertising get tacked on to products and it doesn't really change the contents in the package.
You found that Souveran looked better then Vintage, or P21s? That's interesting... I can say for one thing, as looks are obviously so opinionistic, that the higher end waxes DEFINATLY last a lot longer. I have 2 coats of vintage on my truck, which is regularly driven(36k+kms a year). I did it in january and had quite a boat load of poor weather, and tons of rain/ off-highway use. It's been through muddy fields, mud holes, and it all still washes off and beads quite well, in fact better then it did with souveran or any other wax after only a few days. All the same i'm going to redo it this week, just to get it back to how it was.
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You found that Souveran looked better then Vintage, or P21s? That's interesting... I can say for one thing, as looks are obviously so opinionistic, that the higher end waxes DEFINATLY last a lot longer. I have 2 coats of vintage on my truck, which is regularly driven(36k+kms a year). I did it in january and had quite a boat load of poor weather, and tons of rain/ off-highway use. It's been through muddy fields, mud holes, and it all still washes off and beads quite well, in fact better then it did with souveran or any other wax after only a few days. All the same i'm going to redo it this week, just to get it back to how it was.

is that a word? I dont think it is......
cumon justin, what are you doing
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