Valet Pro Products Test

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Its been a funny old week. Started to carry out my winter prep this week.
The joys of an indoor unit. Sunday the 3rd consisted of getting two of the wheels off, Steam cleaned both wheels and arches. Arches and all metal work protected with 476. Arch liners with All Seasons. Wheels the clayed dried, and applied nanolex paint cleaner , and a coat of nanolex rim sealant was applied.

Tuesday consisted of the same as the day before, just the opposite side this time.

And the car itself. Fully clayed Nanolex paint cleaner, and a coat of Nanolex premium applied to the body work.

Well apart from the roof. As that is my new test panel for now anyway. I have been asked to put a few Products though there paces from the Valet Pro range. But it would not be a fair test to just have them as a sole product, As no product will ever perform the same as it did when tested prior. They have to live through the same conditions as the new products being tested. So it gives a fairer result and better comparison.
Products laid out on roof after claying and drying. The car has been in the unit for a few hours to acclimatize to the temperature within the unit. This should aid moisture building up on the panels and aid the products to bond properly. The paint was then given an IPA wipe down also.
From the front.

From the rear.

Starting from front Passenger side. Panel Numbers as follow.
1/ Duragloss 111. (Smelts a lovely soft spearmint)

2/ VP House Wax. (very nice banana smell)

3/ Orion’s Shield. (Rather neutral smell)

4/ Boota Carnuaba Wax (Odd ball in the mix) (Heavy solvent smell)

5/VP Artemis Wax Seal (again neutral Vaseline smell)

Drivers side door. Panel Numbers as follow.
1/ Jetseal. (Nothing to report on smeel)

2/ Heritage Wax. (Heavy solvent smell)

3/ Britemax #5 Sealant. (Smells like new emulsion)

4/ Megs 16 (What can I Say crayons)

5/ Colinite 845. (MMMM if you like it strong)


This test as many variables that I am looking at and also comparisons. But the main reason was to give the VP products a run out. Now as some of you may have read I cover between 500 to 1000 miles a week in the car. Charging up and down motorways. as well as some town driving. I have always found this to be a very hard life for any products, being tested as its also lives outdoors 24 / 7. Especially this time of year in Scotland. We will have salt on the roads till March no doubt and when its not frozen solid it will inevitably be wet.
Each Sealant and liquid wax in the test (Except 845) was first machined on the g220 own their own glazing or finish pad. Left to haze over and fully cure. Tested with swipe test. Then buffed and left for a further couple of hours to fully set up.
Waxes where again given 2 coats liquid waxes once with DA on glazing pad, Swipe tested then removed. A further couple hour was left to cure. And applied the second layer with foam applicator.
The only difference was the paste waxes, which I am going to include 845 in this as it was applied in the same manor. So 845, #16 & Valeting Pro Artemis wax seal. Were all applied with their own applicator. Again buffed after doing the swipe test. Left the longest time and I added a second coat. Basically a test with in a test. In an ideal world it would have been better to leave a day in between coats. But unfortunately with the weather, waiting till the unit got up to a stable temp and a few other distractions, this could not be the case.
Some beading picture inside the unit with a misting spray bottle as all we have outside is snow and ice. Which has been on the ground since the 17th of December. It gets topped up each day though.
Duragloss


VP House Wax


Orion’s Shield


Boota Carnuaba Wax


VP Artemis Wax Seal


Jetseal



Heritage Wax


Britemax 5


Meg 16


845


I will up date this thread as a when the weather is kind to conduct a safe wash. Which will be conducted with a High pressure rinse (No Foam) and PH neutral wash solution, mainly because of the Nanolex.
Once the tests have been completed I will up date this to the DW REVIEW SECTION.