[Dave KG]

Disclaimer: the results in the thread represent the opinions and thoughts of those attending this wax test. They are not designed to be hard fact, but rather opinions shared by like minded enthusiasts based on the preparation and the thoughts of folks on the day. Please take these results with the fun that they are intended, and remember they represent opinion and not hard fact

Seven black sapphire three door Vauxhall Corsas were prepared identically - washed with Shampoo Plus, clayed with Bilt Hamber Soft Clay, compounded with 3M Fast Cut and finished to near perfection with Menzerna PO85RD Final Finish... Each car was then wiped down with IPA to ensure a blank canvas and then each car received three layers of an LSP (different on on each car), wiped down the following morning with purified water and rolled out into the sunlight for assessment on the day of the test.

For full details of the preparation, see the following threads:

The Mega Wax Test - The Preparation Story

Now the results.

For the first part of this thread, the cars were rolled out into the sun, wiped down and then photographed - apollogies for the slightly changing light in these shots, cannot be helped for outdoors as the sun was in and out - but a general idea can be gained here - spot a difference other than slightly changing lighting?!!

The cars:


Zaino Z2




















Swissvax Best of Show




















Collinite 915






















***** Royale


















Autoglym HD Wax
















Raceglaze 55





















And now, shiny bonnets test in more controlled lighting:

Zaino Z2








***** Royale








Swissvax Best of Show








Autoglym HD Wax








Raceglaze 55








Collinite 915








And now just for fun, some random shots of the cars parked up - spotting a difference in pictures is nigh on impossible, in the flesh it was still practically impossible!...















Now, to the numbers... everyone attending was asked to rank the cars in order of preference, from 1 - 6 (7th, car with no LSP ignored)... this then gave the cars a points tally as follows:

1st = 7pts, 2nd = 6pts, 3rd = 5pts, 4th = 4pts, 5th = 3pts, 6th = 2pts

Here's how the cars scored - not everyone attending fully filled in a form, owing to not being able to see any difference at all... but these are the results we have:

Zaino Z2: 3rd, 2nd, 6th, 1st, 4th, 5th, 3rd, 5th, 4th, 5th, 4th = 46pts

***** Royale: 5th, 3rd, 1st, 6th, 5th, 1st, 3rd, 2nd, 6th, 3rd, 5th = 48pts

Swissvax Best of Show: 2nd, 5th, 2nd, 5th, 3rd, 4th, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 1st = 61pts

Autoglym HD Wax: 4th, 4th, 5th, 4th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 6th, 3rd, 1st, 3rd = 47pts

Raceglaze 55: 6th, 6th, 4th, 2nd, 6th, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 4th, 6th = 42pts

Collinite 915: 1st, 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 1st, 6th, 3rd, 4th, 2nd, 6th, 2nd = 56pts


These are the accurate scores:

1st: Swissvax Best of Show = 61pts
2nd: Collinite 915 = 56pts
3rd: ***** Royale = 48pts
4th: Autoglym HD Wax = 47pts
5th: Zaino Z2 = 46pts
6th: Raceglaze 55 = 42pts

What I will say is this though - every wax recieved a whole variety of placings which leads me to believe personally that its all in the eye of the beholder and the above results while they show a little consistency for the top two, for the last four there's nothing but random variation. As one would expect.

Again, I stress these results and this test are purely for fun and no serious conclusions should be drawn.

Guys - its all in the prep!!

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[P1et]

Thank you VERY MUCH for taking the time to conduct this test Dave, my hat's off to you!

Fantastic to see that a "budget" wax like Collinite took second place!!!

[trhland]

ive always belived in prep as well!!!! thanks again dave your truly a great guy for doing this!!.

[Black Diamond]

Awesome test Dave!
Thank you for the time and hard work that was put into this!
What I find amusing is the fact that a $30 can of wax performed better in appearance than a $7500 pot of supposedly the "best" wax available.

[Reflect]

Well done. I'm also glad that your test knocked a couple off their pedestals.

[Asphalt Rocket]

Dave, what is your opinion about Race Glaze 55. For some reason I really want to try this wax out.

[MadOzodi]

Awesome test. Much props/kudos/thanks to you and everyone else who made it happen Dave.

[Dannyk]

Quite the effort put forth, i applaud the crew for taking on this task. Great job and many Thanks, very well deserved and earned.

[Charlies02GLS]

Dave, many many thanks to you and everyone involved. You've made my day

[lecchilo]

I only wish that the 7th car with no wax was judged as well... I'm almost positive it wouldn't have finished last.

Great test Dave.