PRODUCT REVIEW...TURTLE WAX LIQUID CLAYBAR AND LIQUID POLISH
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 7:12 pm
So I went out and bought the liquid claybar and liquid synthetic polish.
This morning after 6 hours of rain, I wiped Da Pearl down and started to apply the claybar product. I used the sponge as recommended but followed up with a 4" orbital sponge. I went body panel by body panel. This took a long time and this product will dry and leave water marks if not rinsed quickly. I used my 7 year old as a constant supply of clean rinse water as she manned the hose and sprayed the car off as I moved to the next panel. This took about 1.5 hours as I did it twice to make sure I got a deep cleaning in.
What I noticed when done was that the water no longer beaded on the finish. It was also much cleaner as it had a natural shine that was not there with the layers of old wax. The finish before the claybar product looked hazy without a fresh coat of wax.
I then towel dried the car and waited a half hour for any drips to stop. Then I got out the ICE polish and followed the directions and covered the car in a coat of ICE. This product I did not enjoy using. For one it said it would dry to a light haze. NOPE. It was like wiping Armour-all on your car. It just smeared and smeared. I tried a buffer. Bad idea, it does not help. So how do you get the ICE to shine?
With a ton of wiping with the special tack cloth provided. Then go over the car with a slightly damp(almost dry) Terri cloth towel and remove any streaks. Then go over the car with a clean T-shirt and remove any films you might see at angles. This was a pain in the a$$ to remove!
However, the shine is amazing!
Let Da Pearl tell the story...
right after claybar liquid treatment...
right after ICE liquid polish treatment and lots of rubbing...
claybar...notice the natural shine...
liquid ICE...notice the wet look...
Claybar sideshot...
Ice sideshot...
I am used to using Meguires liquid wax and then buffing on and off with an orbital.
The shine from Meguires is not as shiny as this ICE product.
With that said, for me it was much more work because I had to do most of the work by hand rather than with an orbital buffer.
Because of the results, I may keep using the ICE treatments. The real deciding factor will be durability. How long will it shine?
Time will tell and I will let everyone know!
Share your ICE experiences here also!
This morning after 6 hours of rain, I wiped Da Pearl down and started to apply the claybar product. I used the sponge as recommended but followed up with a 4" orbital sponge. I went body panel by body panel. This took a long time and this product will dry and leave water marks if not rinsed quickly. I used my 7 year old as a constant supply of clean rinse water as she manned the hose and sprayed the car off as I moved to the next panel. This took about 1.5 hours as I did it twice to make sure I got a deep cleaning in.
What I noticed when done was that the water no longer beaded on the finish. It was also much cleaner as it had a natural shine that was not there with the layers of old wax. The finish before the claybar product looked hazy without a fresh coat of wax.
I then towel dried the car and waited a half hour for any drips to stop. Then I got out the ICE polish and followed the directions and covered the car in a coat of ICE. This product I did not enjoy using. For one it said it would dry to a light haze. NOPE. It was like wiping Armour-all on your car. It just smeared and smeared. I tried a buffer. Bad idea, it does not help. So how do you get the ICE to shine?
With a ton of wiping with the special tack cloth provided. Then go over the car with a slightly damp(almost dry) Terri cloth towel and remove any streaks. Then go over the car with a clean T-shirt and remove any films you might see at angles. This was a pain in the a$$ to remove!
However, the shine is amazing!
Let Da Pearl tell the story...
right after claybar liquid treatment...
right after ICE liquid polish treatment and lots of rubbing...
claybar...notice the natural shine...
liquid ICE...notice the wet look...
Claybar sideshot...
Ice sideshot...
I am used to using Meguires liquid wax and then buffing on and off with an orbital.
The shine from Meguires is not as shiny as this ICE product.
With that said, for me it was much more work because I had to do most of the work by hand rather than with an orbital buffer.
Because of the results, I may keep using the ICE treatments. The real deciding factor will be durability. How long will it shine?
Time will tell and I will let everyone know!
Share your ICE experiences here also!
NICE! 