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how much do u pay for wax?
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welshname
ClioSport Club Member
About £15 Collinite 845.
172 money pit
It depends what it does / what it's for. 15 quid for 845 will be my choice for the winter or the door shuts etc. all year round. For 8 or 9 months of the year 50 to 100 depending on how much cash I've got at the time.
FWIW I think most waxes come in pots that are too big. I want to try this a couple of times, try that etc. without a massive investment. Tester sizes FTW.
FWIW I think most waxes come in pots that are too big. I want to try this a couple of times, try that etc. without a massive investment. Tester sizes FTW.
Golf GT & A4 Avant
started with £15 for 476, then £25 for AG HD wax, £30 for supernatural hybrid, £20 each for Victoria concours and collectors sample pots., then all blown away by £90 for AF spirit
Dr HMS Derv Destroyer
ClioSport Club Member
MK1DTi/vivaro/corsa
100 million dollars 
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erm probably around £ 70 for a few mix matches. collinite 915 for the lower half of the car where it takes a beat in the most, and on a good day i would use dodo juice waxes.
all comes down to personal preference i.e shine or durability
.erm probably around £ 70 for a few mix matches. collinite 915 for the lower half of the car where it takes a beat in the most, and on a good day i would use dodo juice waxes.
all comes down to personal preference i.e shine or durability
Golf GT & A4 Avant
it sounds like you may be putting too much 476 on or leaving it for too long. I had that trouble when I first started using it. stick with it as it's durability is great. I use it on my MTB and snowboard.
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
try 845 its practically the same but so much easier ti apply
its practically the same but so much easier ti apply
BG 182
Had glasur and loved it. Half a pot for £45. But ised along with hd cleanse and field glaze. Now got some swissvax best of show coming. 40% full for £40, although I have a few other swissvax bits coming also to complement it. Also have supernatural hybrid £25 and a few others
£120 for Celeste, £100 for Glasur
Lots of others i've bought and sold though, Celeste wasn't great a little too hard they are trialing version2 at the moment.
Glasur is immense to use. Swisswax Shield it utterly superb also, not sure it's worth the price rise but i'm rolling with uber C1 so I don't have to worry about waxing for a good while.
Lots of others i've bought and sold though, Celeste wasn't great a little too hard they are trialing version2 at the moment.
Glasur is immense to use. Swisswax Shield it utterly superb also, not sure it's worth the price rise but i'm rolling with uber C1 so I don't have to worry about waxing for a good while.
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
EFA
Im amazed at what people spend in here. Perhaps less money spent on cleaning products = ability to buy better car
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
But Galster, is the £120 wax actually any better than the £3 wax, or are you all buying into the fact that it is better because DW says it is better? I've got some pretty impressive results without anything more than a box of Autoglym stuff ...
Not trolling btw, genuinely interested, i dont mind spending money on stuff when i can actually see the difference in end result
Not trolling btw, genuinely interested, i dont mind spending money on stuff when i can actually see the difference in end result
Not really.
1k will is not 'significantly' improve the finish of your car's paint over that of a £40 wax. That's a fact.
1k camera will produce 'significantly' better shots. Plus is lasts a bit longer.
At the end of the day, it's all relative, if you have 1.5k for an NE+Ultra detail you have enough money for a 1k pot of wax or litre of bull semen....blah.
1k will is not 'significantly' improve the finish of your car's paint over that of a £40 wax. That's a fact.
1k camera will produce 'significantly' better shots. Plus is lasts a bit longer.
At the end of the day, it's all relative, if you have 1.5k for an NE+Ultra detail you have enough money for a 1k pot of wax or litre of bull semen....blah.
Again diminishing returns. The more you spend the less of a gap in performance there will be of course. A wax can only do so much.
If you have a penchant for detailing use a £15 wax and then use a £100 wax and tell me you don't feel the difference. It's not from a performance pov. Collinites will last longer than probably any other wax on the market but it doesn't look great and it feels crap to use.
When using a "fancy" wax it feels special. After spending 8 hours detailing a car you want to finish it with the best. The £120 wax wasn't amazing because it wasn't as nice to use (too hard) Glasur at £100 was worth 3x as much imo it felt amazing to use and it's performance was fanatstic.
All relative though as Ali points out. I have the money so who's to say I can't spend it on nice waxes even though I know the cheaper ones do 95% of what the expensive ones do.
Pen, watches, clothes they are all in the same boat. Spending more doesn't mean they'll be 100 times better.
If you have a penchant for detailing use a £15 wax and then use a £100 wax and tell me you don't feel the difference. It's not from a performance pov. Collinites will last longer than probably any other wax on the market but it doesn't look great and it feels crap to use.
When using a "fancy" wax it feels special. After spending 8 hours detailing a car you want to finish it with the best. The £120 wax wasn't amazing because it wasn't as nice to use (too hard) Glasur at £100 was worth 3x as much imo it felt amazing to use and it's performance was fanatstic.
All relative though as Ali points out. I have the money so who's to say I can't spend it on nice waxes even though I know the cheaper ones do 95% of what the expensive ones do.
Pen, watches, clothes they are all in the same boat. Spending more doesn't mean they'll be 100 times better.
Dr HMS Derv Destroyer
ClioSport Club Member
MK1DTi/vivaro/corsa
exactly, its your own choice as to what you intend to buy and why, cost doesn't really matter, its all down to personal preference.
i can see some peoples argument on waxes that cost more than the car is worth or looks, but at the end of the day, you cant say you pay for what you get because every wax is different.
to me, its get a wax thats very well rated, if i don't like it then my fault,
each to their own but i can defiantly see gally's point
i can see some peoples argument on waxes that cost more than the car is worth or looks, but at the end of the day, you cant say you pay for what you get because every wax is different.
to me, its get a wax thats very well rated, if i don't like it then my fault,
each to their own but i can defiantly see gally's point
Sunglasses_Ron
ClioSport Admin
Get some of this stuff it's a bargain. I've ordered 2.
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/swissvax-divine-cat13.html
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/swissvax-divine-cat13.html
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
Troll..
In the past I've spend £30-40 on a pot of wax. I'll probably spend £60-100 on some 'better' wax come the summer mind.
S4, Tamora, Conti GT
£6/7 on DODO Juice sample size pots of purple haze
S4, Tamora, Conti GT
I want to try the hard version, blue velvet how much of a difference will there be using this?
BG 182
as a member of DW you do of course listen to the professionals with regards to product choice and i personnaly have really reviewed any product i have bought, like most things i purchase. The costs soon add up when you purchase the wax of one particular brand and then want the matching products. I always buy out of the DW sales section, like 1/3 of a pot of swissvax im getting this week, for less than 1/3 of the rrp (i have about £200 (RRP) of products coming for £80!). This way i can just sell it on if i dont get on with it and probably wont loose any money.
If you are a detailing entusiast it is all about the feel of using a high end wax. You could put some high end waxes (£100+) against a £20 wax and even the pros could probably not tell them apart, but like i say its the feeling of using the products, but its always the prep work which really contributes to the end finish.
If you are a detailing entusiast it is all about the feel of using a high end wax. You could put some high end waxes (£100+) against a £20 wax and even the pros could probably not tell them apart, but like i say its the feeling of using the products, but its always the prep work which really contributes to the end finish.
When you say "tell them apart" what do you mean? By looks? Surely the performance, ease of use, durability ect.. are just as important.
A lot of waxes do look the same but they don't feel, smell or work the same. People often forget this.
A lot of waxes do look the same but they don't feel, smell or work the same. People often forget this.
BMW 440i
One argument is, a random off the street would notice the difference with a photo taken with a £150 digi camera, as opposed to a £450 DSLR.
Your average joe, wouldn't notice the difference from a well cleaned car with a £30 wax on as opposed to a £100.
So to spend 3 times the amount, seems silly in my eyes. I do understand why if it is your hobby, you want the best though. I just like having a very clean car with a nice finish, but im not overly fussed in paying extra for it to be that little bit better.
It's all subjective.
Your average joe, wouldn't notice the difference from a well cleaned car with a £30 wax on as opposed to a £100.
So to spend 3 times the amount, seems silly in my eyes. I do understand why if it is your hobby, you want the best though. I just like having a very clean car with a nice finish, but im not overly fussed in paying extra for it to be that little bit better.
It's all subjective.
BMW 440i
The feel and smell aren't that important.
Durability is more so though, but then again, depends what difference we are talking.
Eg. 6 weeks to 6 months is a noticeable difference, if it's just a couple of extra weeks then not so worthy when justifying the cost
Durability isn't that important. If it was surely everyone would own a sealant or Hybrid like Collinite?
BOS has crap durability. Still nothing i've seen can touch it on a well prepped Black car. The oils wear off after 2 weeks roughly but as a detailer it's the final product that the customer sees. If the customer wants durability for the winter you choose something else.
I put C1 on my car as it's used in the winter everyday and it's an amzing Cystal Coating. More scratch resitant than anything on the market and repels dirt. Come the summer i'll probably still wax it or wipe it down with Werkstat.
BOS has crap durability. Still nothing i've seen can touch it on a well prepped Black car. The oils wear off after 2 weeks roughly but as a detailer it's the final product that the customer sees. If the customer wants durability for the winter you choose something else.
I put C1 on my car as it's used in the winter everyday and it's an amzing Cystal Coating. More scratch resitant than anything on the market and repels dirt. Come the summer i'll probably still wax it or wipe it down with Werkstat.
