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Originally Posted by ZKindaGuy
Turtle Wax has always made good solid car products. The problem is that the marketing BS hype that the other car product manufacturers have practiced all these years has created a brand-name perception problem for "Turtle-Wax" with the general public and in particular with teh younger generations. This has led the general public to gain the misconception that "Turtle-Wax" products must be "inferior"...which at first consumer thought is for the most part based on the product brand name "Turtle Wax" with very little knowledge by the consumer about TW as a car product manufacturer or the composition of the TW products themselves.
Fact of the matter is TW has been making good products for over 60 years now. And the test of time and longevity says it all for their products. To their credit Turtle Wax has not resorted to stooping to the marketing BS hype that have literally brainwashed the American consumer to move toward other products.
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Very good point as I had a tough time figuring out what to use on my new baby. I haven't been detailing my car since my 280ZX was stollen eight years ago so I've kinda been out of the loop for a while. As ZKindaGuy was saying I initially wrote TW off because its a common name brand you can buy pretty much anywhere. I figured I'd need to get some sort of exotic wax for my car to optimize the finish, etc. Here is what I learned from my latest research on detailing my car...
1 - before waxing you need to clean the car. Check out the details on the "two bucket method" of cleaning - its critical to maintaining the finish on your car. Also be sure to use a car wash soap - not a detergent. Most of the two bucket threads will mention this....
2 - (and back on topic) waxes break down to people who have time to spend hours and hours per week detailing and waxing their vehicles (garage queens typically) and those of us who drive daily and can detail once a week or less. For the time barrons a carnuba wax with a low amount of solvents and abrasives (for layering) for the daily drivers a synthetic wax such as Meguire's NTX or Turtle ICE.
I have been very very happy with the ICE product - in fact I've bought a couple of bottles for friends to try it out. Do a little reading up on synthetic waxes. One of the very nice features of the ICE besides how extremely durable it is - is that you can also use it on the plastic trim on the vehicle. Around the mirrors, window trim and plastic lip under the front spoiler looks amazing with the ICE. No more white wax residue in the cracks either.
From what I've heard from people in the know the NTX is on par with the ICE - I just grabed the ICE after watching one of the youtube videos posted by one of the members here and I can verify that it peforms on my car as it did in the video - great product!