The first test I did was with Enigma, Reverse, Icon and In2d "ceramic" waxes on 4 test plates.
Application (best first): in2d, Revere, Icon, Enigma
Removal: Enigma (by a long way!), in2d, revere, icon - None were bad though!
Beading: Enigma, Revere, Icon, In2d - See photos, not a lot in in.
Hard to tell gloss on the plates but I had Enigma on my car until it failed recentlt and the gloss is superb on my black car, I put 2 coats of Revere on my bonnet today and its glossy but not as good as the Enigma.
I dont really have a clue how to test all these waxes so I would love some suggestions on different tests I can do and what people want to see!
I think you have the basics covered bud. I would test the usual suspects such as durability (wash them every 1-2 weeks until failure), water behavior and the application process because unless you have a gloss meter, judging the gloss of each is always going to be a bit of a guess.
How about Jayswax Ceramic or the new Infinity Wax Supergloss+??
I'm also planning on getting Britemax Vantage this year so would be great to see how that fairs.
Well done for doing this test off your own back as well. :thumb:
Cheers
Phil
Armour goes on and off very nicely, the beads are the tallest I've seen and almost float on the car, it's weird! Water just cannot stay on the paint! No idea about durability yet but even if it's a couple of months I'm fine with that.
Both revere and enigma seemed grabby to applied, Enigma you barely use any to do a whole care buy revere took half a 30ml panel pot to do my e90 so isn't great value. Revere better for gloss but Enigma was streets ahead for water behaviour, miles better. I had Enigma on there for 3 months and it failed in places but I was used greenstar at 15:1 as a prewash and some have said that's too strong, i reckon it would breeze past 6-8months if used with a proper Wax safe prewash. I can't comment on the durability of revere as I wasn't impressed with the water behaviour so removed it after a month to try something new.
Best all round wax on that whole table - Absolute Wax "show off".
I’m going to apply them all to my test wing to gauge ease of use, gloss/finish and beading then apply them to 3 test plates and wash with a ph neutral shampoo and test beading again, to see which one fails the quickest.
I'm going to apply them all to my test wing to gauge ease of use, gloss/finish and beading then apply them to 3 test plates and wash with a ph neutral shampoo and test beading again, to see which one fails the quickest.
Anglewax enigma is £180 for a 250ml tub
Odk revere is £150 for a 200ml tub
I expect them to be in the same ball park in performance terms as there is not much in the cost.
Dan some info on application and layering would be great [emoji106]
I’ve got a Passat wing in my office I use as a test panel so will strip it back and apply revere tomorrow as per Dan’s proper instructions and hopefully see what I was hoping to see last time
I’ve just had another go now on my test panel, much better results with a damp applicator but still quite sticky to apply for me, I’m going to keep trying to get the technique down so that I’m applying a real thin layer, removal however was a breeze this time.
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