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Title: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: VC on January 11, 2012, 07:01:39 pm: Whats a good wax for blue paintwork? I've got a tub of light fantastic and supernatural but does anyone rate the colour impregnated ones?

What's your preference :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: keith on January 11, 2012, 07:17:39 pm: some folks with blue cars espec the R32 blue opt for blue velvet so they can see the wax when it dries. for darker blues i prefer waxes that dry clear.
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: n_d_fox on January 13, 2012, 02:19:36 pm: Purple Haze Pro for me on blues...

Although SN always looks good.

On lighter shades i prefer sealants as they tend to add a sharper more reflective finish
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: VC on January 13, 2012, 04:14:07 pm: I was considering some purplehaze actually :happy2:
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: DMcG on January 13, 2012, 04:16:44 pm: Blue velvet pro here. Very pleased with it so far.
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: VC on January 13, 2012, 04:20:43 pm: Do you have a link or more info for this blue velvet stuff?

Btw if anyone wants to swap waxes with me I have 2 hardly used ones, a light fantastic and the posh supernatural one in the wooden pot which allows cheap refills, when I had a white car and a silver one they were superb but just not so hot on a blue :happy2:
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: Snoopy on January 14, 2012, 03:04:08 pm: I have been using dodo purple haze pro until now but used collinite 476S for this winter both are good waxes imo.
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: yin on January 14, 2012, 04:05:53 pm: Quote from: VC on January 13, 2012, 04:20:43 pm
Do you have a link or more info for this blue velvet stuff?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dodo-Juice-Blue-Velvet-Pro-Wax-Free-Applicator-200ml-/270889412472?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Car_Care_Cleaning&hash=item3f12446778#ht_514wt_1037
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: VC on January 16, 2012, 02:12:27 pm: some blue velvet bought :happy2:
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: VC on January 22, 2012, 03:34:48 pm: Wow! The haze pro is epic! Very very pleased with the results cheers for the recommendation :drinking:
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: Andy on January 22, 2012, 03:38:38 pm: Quote from: VC on January 22, 2012, 03:34:48 pm
Wow! The haze pro is epic! Very very pleased with the results cheers for the recommendation :drinking:
am going to try this on mine next time,heard it gives good results
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: VC on January 22, 2012, 04:00:25 pm: I was really impressed, the paintwork was pretty rough and shocking with alot of blemishes :sad1:

an afternoon working on it and finishing it off with the haze has disguised all of the blemishes and left a deep pearly wet look finish :pomppomp:

quick shot:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FverycherryR32%2FBora%2Fpurplehazeprodd.jpg&hash=93d5777361d075d914508be0e33630273ec744fd)
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: VC on January 24, 2012, 05:58:59 pm: BTW the Supernatural is sold but the Light Fantastic is up for grabs here: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,41397.0.html :happy2:
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: KevMK5 on January 24, 2012, 09:51:21 pm: to be honest i have used al sorts of dodo waxes on many different coloured cars. it doesnt seem to matter if you use orange crush on a blue car etc.

i can honestly say though..

Dodo juice Supernatural hybrid is a lovely product.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fv224%2Fax_mad%2F713c3444.jpg&hash=3f6db9c8f36d4ff30a1fe8f4e7544738d52ebe31)
and beading like this month later
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fv224%2Fax_mad%2Ffb2c2a19.jpg&hash=9f84e6835c39a368d834fbe3538fdcf1d0813ce2)
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: Mikee on January 25, 2012, 02:46:49 pm: I personally use Swissvax Shield (winter) and Best of show on my speed blue Leon however it's almost impossible to tell the difference except the shield is more durable.

I helped test Dodo's new wax "bouncer 22" and it's pretty awesome in all honesty. It was still beading and sheeting well after several months use up here on the east coast of Scotland (right on the seafront)

deffo worth thinking about mate
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: JimmyMature on January 26, 2012, 07:51:44 pm: Quote from: VC on January 13, 2012, 04:14:07 pm
I was considering some purplehaze actually :happy2:

I think you've got the best wax already, Supernatural is better than the colour versions, it's much purer.

When I run out of Light Fantasic I will be investing in some Supernatural
Title: Re: Blue paint - wax of choice?
Post by: stealthwolf on January 26, 2012, 08:00:05 pm: FWIW I absolutely hated Supernatural v1. Dunno what their latest version is like but it just didn't give me the look I was after. In fact, I'd bought Lusso Oro from autoperfection and found that was far better IMO.