Meguiar's car care products
#16
#17
Applying what? NXT?
I use the foam applicator that comes with it - I only put a dab on the applicator and rub it in gently with a circular motion, making sure it gets spread out real thin. When I use the UQW, I lightly mist it onto the surface and use a MF towel just like I would use QD.
I use the foam applicator that comes with it - I only put a dab on the applicator and rub it in gently with a circular motion, making sure it gets spread out real thin. When I use the UQW, I lightly mist it onto the surface and use a MF towel just like I would use QD.
#19
I'm not knocking Meguiar's products but I have used Turtle Wax for years with great success. I sold my 97 F-150 last winter with the original paint and it was still very shiny with no rust. It was always parked outside too. I used Turtle Wax Platinum once a year and I always received positive comments on how it looked. I'm not sure what it would take to make me switch now.
#21
I'm not knocking Meguiar's products but I have used Turtle Wax for years with great success. I sold my 97 F-150 last winter with the original paint and it was still very shiny with no rust. It was always parked outside too. I used Turtle Wax Platinum once a year and I always received positive comments on how it looked. I'm not sure what it would take to make me switch now.
#22
#24
If you like to wax frequently Deep Chrystal is a good choice.
#26
#27
It's all about personal preference. I'm a huge Meg's fanboy. But even given that fact, there are several meg's products that I don't like at all. Even a couple that people around here absolutely love (cough nxt cough). The only way is to experiment yourself and create your own opinion.
I used to be a Wax Shop fanboy long ago...but,
Yes I confess to being an NXT *****. For me it's a good starting point and I mostly use it as a sealer basecoat for many other things...and like you there are many Megs products I dont like at all either or I have found other products I prefer better.
I really like the way 2 coats make a freshly polished vehicle gleam.
Finding the best, easy to use products for my black paint and my climate was challenging. Many products dont play well together and in different climates but...
If not for reading knowledge and actual experimenting I wouldn't know nothing first hand.
#28
Liquid Glass is good stuff.
With wax, you wax it three times, you have one coat on it same as if you waxed it once.
With Liquid Glass, you do it once, you let cure, you do it a second time, now you have a double coat on it. In otherwords, you can build it up.
If you want to wax and polish out fine scratches, etc, use the other stuff regularly. You can do that with LG but it ain't cheap.
If you want something that you can apply a couple times this year and still have it there next year with minimal maintenance, LG is good.
They do make a special cleaner to remove it for paint polishing or repair.
With wax, you wax it three times, you have one coat on it same as if you waxed it once.
With Liquid Glass, you do it once, you let cure, you do it a second time, now you have a double coat on it. In otherwords, you can build it up.
If you want to wax and polish out fine scratches, etc, use the other stuff regularly. You can do that with LG but it ain't cheap.
If you want something that you can apply a couple times this year and still have it there next year with minimal maintenance, LG is good.
They do make a special cleaner to remove it for paint polishing or repair.
Last edited by tbear853; 08-25-2010 at 03:48 PM.
#30
Liquid Glass is good stuff.
With wax, you wax it three times, you have one coat on it same as if you waxed it once.
With Liquid Glass, you do it once, you let cure, you do it a second time, now you have a double coat on it. In otherwords, you can build it up.
If you want to wax and polish out fine scratches, etc, use the other stuff regularly. You can do that with LG but it ain't cheap.
If you want something that you can apply a couple times this year and still have it there next year with minimal maintenance, LG is good.
They do make a special cleaner to remove it for paint polishing or repair.
With wax, you wax it three times, you have one coat on it same as if you waxed it once.
With Liquid Glass, you do it once, you let cure, you do it a second time, now you have a double coat on it. In otherwords, you can build it up.
If you want to wax and polish out fine scratches, etc, use the other stuff regularly. You can do that with LG but it ain't cheap.
If you want something that you can apply a couple times this year and still have it there next year with minimal maintenance, LG is good.
They do make a special cleaner to remove it for paint polishing or repair.
I'm guessing you're a little more old school than most. A lot of the guys that use Liquid Glass do so because they used it YEARS ago and were happy with it. Over the years though their formula has changed, it had to, to meet VOC regulations. It's not what it used to be. I just had this conversation with Steve (owner of Poorboy's). I was a third party to the conversation he was having with a customer. Products have been taken off of the market in the past because of VOC regulations. Adam's In & Out Spray is one but it has since been reformulated and re-released.