Meguiar’s Waxes and Sealants – Consumer Line
Meguiar’s is arguably the most mass produced and mass consumed detailing supplies brand worldwide. They offer two broad categories of products – The Consumer Line and the Professional Line.
From the manufacturer’s website:
"What's the difference between our consumer and professional product?" Our professional products have been formulated for use by paint and body shop professionals, typically with a high speed rotary buffer. Untrained use could lead to more damage than improvement. Our consumer line has been developed for simple straightforward use by hand or with an orbital buffer and application is completely safe in all situations.
Meguair’s offers the the following LSPs (Last Step Product) under their Consumer Line:
NXT Generation® Tech Wax® 2.0 – Paste
From the manufacturer’s website: NXT Generation® Tech Wax® 2.0 produces unbelievably deep, vibrant color and a dramatically clear wet-look. And its Hydrophobic Polymer Technology™ provides relentless water beading and protection.
Insight: Contrary to its name, this one is a true sealant and a pretty decent one in terms of looks as well as durability.
Ultimate Quik Wax®
From the manufacturer’s website: Meguiar's® Ultimate Quik Wax features Hydrophobic Polymer Technology™, making paint come alive with a deep, wet-look shine you would only expect from liquid or paste waxes. And the protection and relentless water beading, lasts for weeks.
• Synthetic, non-whitening formula produces amazing results in just minutes.
• Spray on, wipe off and then marvel at the shine!
Insight: Contrary to its name, this one is a spray sealant and offers a very glossy look. Compared to some of the leading spray waxes, the durability isn’t great but it does hide very minor surface imperfections.
Ultimate Paste Wax
From the manufacturer’s website: Meguiar's® ThinFilm technology delivers our easiest application & removal... even if you have to wax in full sun! We've re-set the bar with a pure synthetic wax that provides extended protection with amplified reflectivity that won't leave a white residue on trim & plastic.
• Our most advanced pure synthetic hydrophobic wax.
• New Thin Film technology makes application easy, even in full sun!
• Extended protection with amplified reflectivity.
Insight: This is the most durable LSP product in the Meguiar’s consumer line. However, it is a sealant and the look is rather glossy and reflective unlike a wax.
Gold Class™ Carnauba Plus Paste Wax
From the manufacturer’s website: Meguiar's® Gold Class Carnauba+Plus Paste Wax is clear coat safe and simple to apply and remove. Our premium formula uses only the best carnauba wax, fortified with long-lasting polymers to glide on and off smoothly, leaving a deep, rich carnauba wax glow.
• Improved formula leaves deeper reflections and a brilliant shine.
• Special blend of carnauba plus clear coat safe protecting polymers.[/FONT]
Insight: This one is indeed a Wax unlike most of the “Waxes” sold by Meguiar’s in the consumer line. It does have synthetic components added for better durability but the look achieved from this product is typical to waxes – warm and deep.
White Wax
From the manufacturer’s website: Waxes for white to light colored cars, require a formula that provides "brightness" to the paint to make it shine. This specially formulated wax is designed to make your paint shine with the help of its cleaning agents.
• Specially formulated for light to white colors.
• Removes light oxidation and contaminants.
• Micro cleaners restore paint brightness.
• Synthetic Polymers provide long lasting, durable, protection.
Insight: Not really a “Cleaner Wax” but has enough cleaners in it to cleanse the paint thoroughly. This is a new product from Meguiar’s and offers a one-step solution for paint in decent condition, rather than separate polishing and waxing.
Black Wax
From the manufacturer’s website: Waxes for black to dark colored cars, require a formula that provides "gloss" to the paint to give it a deep reflection. This specially formulated wax is designed to make your paint shine with the help of its polishing oils, to deliver a show car finish.
• Specially formulated for dark to black colors.
• Polishes while you wax for incredible depth.
• Add gloss while leaving swirl free results.
• Synthetic Polymers provide long lasting, durable, protection.
Insight: Again, a recently launched product and targeted at dark colored cars. Has more polishing oils that offer better gloss but lesser cleaning agents when compared to the white wax.
Pretty much all of the above are easily available throughout India from the Meguiar's or 3M distributors or at online stores like
Autofresh .
http://www.meguiars.co.in/stockist-locator