On a recent post on which is a good wax to use I said I would try the new Turtle Wax "Ice" and let you guys know what I thought. Well I tried Ice & the new Dupont "Teflon" wax.

I read the instructions for Ice, followed them to a T, and I didn't like the results. This wax is very clear, and reminded me of baby oil. First, I had a hard time telling how much wax was where. Then I waited for it to haze, It didn't. I used an orbital Buffer, and 3 clean terry cloth pads and 1 foam finishing pad. I must admit the car that I used it on look fantastic, but it didn't last long, it left an oily residue which was just like when we used baby oil on our vinyl tops (before Armor All ) you had to keep wiping it to keep it looking good. I then used 2 of the soft fiber towels to clean off the residue, we took the car out to a cruise night after 5 hours we noticed the finish looked streaky again. Maybe some one else had, or will have better luck than I did.

As for the Dupont Teflon, I used that on my car using the same Buffer and clean pads. It went on easy came off easy, and left a really nice shine. No swirls or scratches, and it was half the price of Ice ! If any of you have a better experience with Ice let me know what you did. P.S. We waxed both cars in an A/C indoor shop (no heat or sun) 

There's a lot of fine wax products out there and I've tried a number of them. I have my favorites like anyone else, but I have concluded that the natural carnauba waxes are still better than the high tech stuff full of synthetics and polymers, etc., whatever hype they use to promote them.

Sometimes the older technology stuff is still superior.

I have been using ICE wax and quick detailer for about 8 weeks. I could not be more pleased with the results! I have waxed my Vette twice in that time period. The second time was today!

The trick I found to get the best results, is to not use too much ICE (too much will be hard to get off, less is more) and to use and fold the supplied micro fiber towel in quarters using one side to start removing the ICE and then use a clean side to finely detail it. Awesome results with no streaking!

Also try it on your chrome. It will jump out at you as never before! I use it on my Cragar SS wheels and OMG they have never looked better! Don't use Ice wax on your glass. It will streak in the rain.

The ICE quik detailer works very well too! I used it yesterday in the hot sun (104 degrees) at a open class car show yesterday (I won 1st place in my class by the way) with great results! You can use Ice quick detailer on your chrome and glass too as a cleaner. It works great! Makes your glass shed rain like RainX!

I always used McGuiars Gold Class wax and Quick detailer in the past and was pleased with the results, but I like Ice better. As an added bonus, ICE melts all of the wax residue that we all have on our Vettes that we can't remove. I mean you put ICE on it and it disappears!

As you can tell I like ICE and would recommend it to anyone!

Well, that's my opinion for what it's worth!

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Glad to hear that the wax does a great job. I couldn't imagine Turtle Wax coming out with a product that gave such poor results. I think I now know the mistake I made, Too much wax . I said from the beginning that I couldn't tell how far the wax was spreading, that's the only thing I can think of. Even though I did like the Teflon wax a lot, I'll try using ICE again, but very sparingly.  

If it beads up after drying, wipe off the excess beads before buffing! You'll like the results!

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John D. Grant "Corvette; Cure for the common mid-life crisis!"

Thanks JD, I definately must have used too much wax. Like I stated earlier, I used 3 terry cloth buffing pads, 2 soft fiber towels, a foam finishing pad and I still had residue left.

After trying just about all the top wax's out there, I decided that Zymol is the one I prefer.

Personally being your average Tux, $50.00 or less.

As for those willing to pay more I suppose it depends on your personal economics. However I doubt that many individuals on the high end of the spectrum spend much time waxing their personal vehicles.

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[QUOTE=Tuxblacray]Personally being your average Tux, $50.00 or less.

As for those willing to pay more I suppose it depends on your personal economics. However I doubt that many individuals on the high end of the spectrum spend much time waxing their personal vehicles.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=Tuxblacray]Personally being your average Tux, $50.00 or less.

As for those willing to pay more I suppose it depends on your personal economics. However I doubt that many individuals on the high end of the spectrum spend much time waxing their personal vehicles.[/QUOTE]

Cookie, our cars are the same color(medium red metallic), and I know what you're saying about some of the products that don't make it shine, or make it look "oily".
I don't actually wax my car. I think I've put wax on it , maybe twice since I've owned it.(10 yrs) I use Mequires stuff exclusively, because I know it works very well on it.(cleaner/polish/wax/detail spray)
The only other product I use is called "California Quick Shine". It is labeled as "polish", but I use it before shows. This stuff makes it SHINE!!!
It can be applied, and left on for days, before buffing it off, and it will NOT damage/hurt the finish. It is a pretty thin liquid, and it applies very easily, and hazes quickly. Then it just wipes off, slicker than greased owl sh..(oops! I almost said it! )
I see guys at the autorama shows that will put this stuff on their cars, and then go home...leave it hazed over until the next day, and then buff it off.

One other thing I tried once...ONCE was "Black Magic" detail spray. I almost NEVER got that nasty crap off my car! It was like pouring olive oil on it. I had to get the Mequires cleaner to even get the stuff to loosen up enough to polish it off the surface. That is some NASTY crap!! I would imagine it kills antbeds, tho....

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Nu-Finish!  Good Stuff.

I really like the Mequires Tech Wax. It does a really good job for me...easy on and off, plus I like the smell of the stuff

I tried the Mequires NXT generation tech wax a couple weeks ago, I am impressed with it.  It does look really good when the job is done.  I clayed my car before using the tech wax and was impressed.  This is the first time Ive used clay bar , it sure does pick up all the "stuff" imbeded in the paint.

 Has anyone tried this stuff?  http://www.5starshine.com/spo.html  Sounds good. They sure ring their bell enough. Not too cheap, though.  Does PTFE have any effect on future repaints, etc?

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I haven't used it Longhorn, but it does sound good.    I'm going to look at that sight again. greypoupon692007-05-28 20:39:56

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i love adams' stuff.

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No one ever tried Zaino? johnu2007-05-29 17:54:08

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 There's lots of posts on Zaino. Do a search for Zaino under Car Care. It's pretty popular.

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