ScottyTunedMay 17, 2007
#60500Turtle Wax ICE Review
So first of all I want to give a HUGE shout out thanks to the people at Turtle Wax® for providing me with their newest lineup of products. I ended up receiving:Turtle Wax® ICE® Car Wash
Turtle Wax® ICE® Paste Polish
Turtle Wax® ICE® Liquid Clay Bar
Turtle Wax® ICE® Foam Away
Microfiber Towels
I ended up using most of the products today and want to give my little review of each. (I will update tommorrow with my Foam Away review)
Lets start out with the car wash. Normally I am A ZIP wash kinda guy. It is cheap and altough I had tried others like Mothers and Meguiars, none struck me as amazing. I sorely mistaken when I thought that the other stuff was good. Turtle Wax® ICE® Car Wash is without a doubt the best stuff I have seen. Being that I am in the city of Bellevue in Nebraska, we usually have pretty bad hard water. So when I saw that it left no water spots, I assumed it would be like all the others and it would leave them. It actually does leave NO water spots. I was hella impressed. As for washing, it broke down the dirt better than ZIP and left a nice clean surface.
there it is still wet, but it all dried without spots.
After I had a nice clean surface, I decide it would be time to clay bar it before waxing. Turtle Wax® decided to due a liquid clay bar, which left be quite leary. I read the directions over and over, and ended up claying the whole car, but was quite saddened. Coming off of the great car wash, the liquid clay was a let down. It did remove a lot of the smaller dirt particles, but it was insufficient at getting the tree sap and little overspray off. I was kinda saddened. I still felt imperfections for some reason where I hadnt before with other clays. I am used to the typical bars, and will probably be going back to them in the future as this was not up to my expectations. I dont believe it was anything I was doing wrong, but I have been mistaken before I guess. Id like to get a second opinion on it really and see how they felt about it.
Heres a pic of the actual clay product with hand applicator
This next shot is with it clayed and no wax.
After the clay, I decided to use the wax. The paste was is a lot different that stuff I have used from Meguiars, Mothers, and the older Turtle Wax products. It takes a while to get the right mixture of moisture to paste on the applicator, but once you do, it does have an amazing wax. I ended up doing 2 light coats over the surface of the car, and it shines beauitfully I must say. I will continue to update with how it holds up and beads water later on. I was really impressed with the wax though, as I was with the wash. Also, it was nice being able to do it in full sunlight on warm paint where other non-synthetic waxes dont work as well. This worked great on alot of surfaces. I ended up using the microfiber towels throughout, which were quite soft. I was more than pleased with them also, but I had no doubt about them.
I am showing tomm and am more than pleased with how the car look with reflections and such. For quick detailing I will use the foam away and see how that works.
Heres some final pics for today. Also, I used the F21 Wheel cleaner I purchased myself and tire shine.
Thank you again to Turtle Wax and I will continue more tomm!
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So first of all I want to give a HUGE shout out thanks to the people at Turtle Wax® for providing me with their newest lineup of products. I ended up receiving: Turtle Wax® ICE® Car Wash Turtle Wax® ICE® Paste Polish Turtle Wax® ICE® Liquid Clay Bar Turtle Wax® ICE® Foam Away Microfiber Towels [img]http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9992/picture076xl3.jpg[/img] I ended up using most of the products today and want to give my little review of each. (I will update tommorrow with my Foam Away review) Lets start out with the car wash. Normally I am A ZIP wash kinda guy. It is cheap and altough I had tried others like Mothers and Meguiars, none struck me as amazing. I sorely mistaken when I thought that the other stuff was good. Turtle Wax® ICE® Car Wash is without a doubt the best stuff I have seen. Being that I am in the city of Bellevue in Nebraska, we usually have pretty bad hard water. So when I saw that it left no water spots, I assumed it would be like all the others and it would leave them. It actually does leave NO water spots. I was hella impressed. As for washing, it broke down the dirt better than ZIP and left a nice clean surface. [img]http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5820/picture077oj7.jpg[/img] [img]http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9223/picture078zu2.jpg[/img] there it is still wet, but it all dried without spots. [img]http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/842/picture079az7.jpg[/img] After I had a nice clean surface, I decide it would be time to clay bar it before waxing. Turtle Wax® decided to due a liquid clay bar, which left be quite leary. I read the directions over and over, and ended up claying the whole car, but was quite saddened. Coming off of the great car wash, the liquid clay was a let down. It did remove a lot of the smaller dirt particles, but it was insufficient at getting the tree sap and little overspray off. I was kinda saddened. I still felt imperfections for some reason where I hadnt before with other clays. I am used to the typical bars, and will probably be going back to them in the future as this was not up to my expectations. I dont believe it was anything I was doing wrong, but I have been mistaken before I guess. Id like to get a second opinion on it really and see how they felt about it. [img]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4159/picture080ra1.jpg[/img] Heres a pic of the actual clay product with hand applicator This next shot is with it clayed and no wax. [img]http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3184/picture082wc7.jpg[/img] After the clay, I decided to use the wax. The paste was is a lot different that stuff I have used from Meguiars, Mothers, and the older Turtle Wax products. It takes a while to get the right mixture of moisture to paste on the applicator, but once you do, it does have an amazing wax. I ended up doing 2 light coats over the surface of the car, and it shines beauitfully I must say. I will continue to update with how it holds up and beads water later on. I was really impressed with the wax though, as I was with the wash. Also, it was nice being able to do it in full sunlight on warm paint where other non-synthetic waxes dont work as well. This worked great on alot of surfaces. I ended up using the microfiber towels throughout, which were quite soft. I was more than pleased with them also, but I had no doubt about them. [img]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/536/picture083mk1.jpg[/img] [img]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9696/picture084jo3.jpg[/img] [img]http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4338/picture085kc0.jpg[/img] [img]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8892/picture086wq9.jpg[/img] I am showing tomm and am more than pleased with how the car look with reflections and such. For quick detailing I will use the foam away and see how that works. Heres some final pics for today. Also, I used the F21 Wheel cleaner I purchased myself and tire shine. Thank you again to Turtle Wax and I will continue more tomm!
