big Wax & Polish Review In Auto Express - MINI2

Hat · #1 (**permalink**) Mar 17th, 2005, 02:37 PM

50 products across 18 brands tested including:
autoglym
meguiars nxt
mothers
zymol
mer
raindance
simoniz

the test was to treat a section of car bonnet with each product & leave it over 3 weeks exposed to winter conditions, regularly checking for water beading. ease of application was also considered.

& the top 3:

1. turtlewax gloss guard
2. turtlewax platinum car wax
3. turtlewx clearvue

turtle wax products took 6 out of the top 10 places. megs & autoglym never even made the top 10

now i haven't used turtlewax in years & last time we ran a poll on here neither did anyone else. so maybe its time to give it another go?

KenL · #2 (**permalink**) Mar 17th, 2005, 10:00 PM

...or perhaps T.wax are giving Autoexpress a bung

allegedly

Rakey · #3 (**permalink**) Mar 18th, 2005, 09:47 AM

awards in magazines are more than often awarded to those companies that place more adverts in the publication

so I think I will still stick with what I know I like

LagunaSol · #4 (**permalink**) Mar 19th, 2005, 04:36 AM

Hmm, I've been doing a lot of research lately on waxes/polishes, and Turtlewax isn't even mentioned in the top "anything" from the articles I read.

I'm going with Klasse AIO and sealant glaze with a coat of P21S carnauba on top. We'll see how well that works...once my car arrives.

Wren · #5 (**permalink**) Mar 27th, 2005, 12:42 PM

I've used Maguire's and Klasse. They are both good products but ZAINO falls on a different category. Zaino products easily beats the competition.

birdie · #6 (**permalink**) Mar 29th, 2005, 05:41 PM

Read in auto express about turtle wax wax it wet and gave it ago not thinking it would be any good but what a surprise was very pleased with the results i have used meguiars etc but this is better wax your car every time you wash and sham-my it.

Dawn · #7 (**permalink**) Mar 29th, 2005, 07:14 PM

My husband swears by Mer , you can use it wet/dry on glass etc etc , and as he is the one who polishes my car i have to agree !! dont i ?

Averywo · #8 (**permalink**) Mar 29th, 2005, 07:52 PM

Im vouching for Zaino, I swear by it...definately blows the competition out of the water... then again you get what you pay for and Zaino is bit on the expensive side :P

franky · #9 (**permalink**) Apr 8th, 2005, 06:16 PM

Used megs for years and glm but turt as moved the goal posts again. TURT ROCKS.

Hat · #10 (**permalink**) Apr 8th, 2005, 06:46 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by franky

Used megs for years and glm but turt as moved the goal posts again. TURT ROCKS.

what have you used & what have the results been like?

umberto · #11 (**permalink**) Apr 8th, 2005, 06:54 PM

really like meguiars NXT

mark-wiz · #12 (**permalink**) Apr 8th, 2005, 10:48 PM

FWIW - I agree totally with AutoExpress - I have used Turtle Wax Gloss Guard for a couple of years and it is superb. I recently tried the Meguirs products - NXT, shampoo and ScratchX - OK , but not a patch on Gloss Guard - snd its a lot cheaper.
I live in a very hard water area and find Turtle Wax shampoo and Gloss Guard are the ideal combination on a Dark Silver MINI Cooper S and a Mystric Blue BMW X3.
Also, I use Car Plan Tyre Slik silicone spray which lasts a long time and keeps the tyres looking like new without a shiny oily effect - NB this also came out top in another AutoExpress consumer report!