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Thought that some of you might be interested to learn of a little product test that I did........
Having noticed that a fellow BCF member "Americanshine" had a range of car-care products I contacted him, asking how his products stood up to those from Meguiar's or Griot's which I already have. The response that I got was a couple of samples so that I could see for myself! Most unexpected, but very welcome.
Anyhoo, having milder temperatures the other day, I was able to go out and play with them. Now, keep in mind that "milder" in Wisconsin means anything over the freezing mark, so adjust your parameters accordingly. I hand-washed the wife's red '03 Land Rover, and removed the remaining water marks with the Instant Detailer. So far so good. Next, I used the Liquid Carnuba Wax, and I must say that the finish was very good. The claims for a deeper shine were, I thought, merited, so much so that I felt that the panel I had just worked on looked so much nicer than the one next to it, that I had to move on to the next one to match it up. It also highlighted a few dings and imperfections that I had not noticed before. Not the fault of the polish. The finish was also noticeably smoother too, and keep in mind this had only just left the dealer on the 22nd of December. Yesterday it rained, and I noticed that the water was beading up nicely on the bonnet. I never got to the roof, too darn cold!!!!
As a comparison, I tried Megiar's NXT on another panel, which was not happy in the low temperature. It was remarkably harder to buff off than the Americanshine product, and I cannot honestly say that there was any difference in the finish. Both looked very good, albeit in dodgy light conditions. I then tried it against the NXT, Griot's and Zaino on my MGB's original, good but slightly scratched-up paint. This was in the garage, under artificial lights.
The Zaino went on smoothly and left a nice finish, the Griot's slightly less so, but in fairness this does better when applied by a random-orbital buffer. The Meguiar's NXT again was much harder to apply and remove, requiring more work to buff to a shine. The Americanshine went on smoothly and buffed to a shine easily. No better than the Zaino, but I have to say, no worse either!!
So all in all I have to give the Americanshine a thumbs-up. I honestly have no idea how much it costs as Dave was good enough to give me some freebies, but Griot's is probably more money and I cannot say that it is any better. Plus the guy is a BCF member and owns a few MGBs. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif
Having noticed that a fellow BCF member "Americanshine" had a range of car-care products I contacted him, asking how his products stood up to those from Meguiar's or Griot's which I already have. The response that I got was a couple of samples so that I could see for myself! Most unexpected, but very welcome.
Anyhoo, having milder temperatures the other day, I was able to go out and play with them. Now, keep in mind that "milder" in Wisconsin means anything over the freezing mark, so adjust your parameters accordingly. I hand-washed the wife's red '03 Land Rover, and removed the remaining water marks with the Instant Detailer. So far so good. Next, I used the Liquid Carnuba Wax, and I must say that the finish was very good. The claims for a deeper shine were, I thought, merited, so much so that I felt that the panel I had just worked on looked so much nicer than the one next to it, that I had to move on to the next one to match it up. It also highlighted a few dings and imperfections that I had not noticed before. Not the fault of the polish. The finish was also noticeably smoother too, and keep in mind this had only just left the dealer on the 22nd of December. Yesterday it rained, and I noticed that the water was beading up nicely on the bonnet. I never got to the roof, too darn cold!!!!
As a comparison, I tried Megiar's NXT on another panel, which was not happy in the low temperature. It was remarkably harder to buff off than the Americanshine product, and I cannot honestly say that there was any difference in the finish. Both looked very good, albeit in dodgy light conditions. I then tried it against the NXT, Griot's and Zaino on my MGB's original, good but slightly scratched-up paint. This was in the garage, under artificial lights.
The Zaino went on smoothly and left a nice finish, the Griot's slightly less so, but in fairness this does better when applied by a random-orbital buffer. The Meguiar's NXT again was much harder to apply and remove, requiring more work to buff to a shine. The Americanshine went on smoothly and buffed to a shine easily. No better than the Zaino, but I have to say, no worse either!!
So all in all I have to give the Americanshine a thumbs-up. I honestly have no idea how much it costs as Dave was good enough to give me some freebies, but Griot's is probably more money and I cannot say that it is any better. Plus the guy is a BCF member and owns a few MGBs. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif
