Collinite #915 after 3+ months

[Phishin]

I love this wax!! Been using it for awhile.

Wifey recently got this 2009 Forester. Paint was rough....oxidized and dull. So, the Subie got a good clean:

1.) Strip with Dawn dish soap
2.) Meguiar's Ultimate Compound
3.) Meguiar's Ultimate Polish
4.) Two coats Collinite #915 applied two weeks apart.

I wash with Mother's California Gold Carnauba wash. Aerospace #303 on tires. 14 weeks since second coat of wax. Hand washed every weekend.

Wax is very buttery in the tin. Goes on so easy. Comes off easy as long as you don't wait too long, then it's a real bear!! Water will bead now well into the winter.

 

[Oregoonian]

My vehicle looks just as good after 6 months with NuFinish.

 

[mikered30]

Looks great. Can anything be done about the rust on the wheels?

 

[JD4440]

Originally Posted By: mikered30
Looks great. Can anything be done about the rust on the wheels?

I was about to say its time for some vht high heat gloss black on the rims.

 

[JerryBob]

Can I ask how did you clean/wash it between the two coats of Collinite?

 

[Pablo]

Nice. Looks great.

I went 845 and it's holding up great. I just received my tin of 915 - Late summer I will apply it. Almost can't wait!

 

[Phishin]

Originally Posted By: mikered30
Looks great. Can anything be done about the rust on the wheels?


That's my next project. Tires are new. Any ideas? I could get all 4 steelies powder coated for $50 locally. But removing rims and unmounting/remounting tires might be time consuming and perhaps expensive.

Could I remove wheel covers, mask them off on the car, and spray them on a dead calm day? Bad idea?

 

[qwertydude]

Your best bet to prevent contaminating your paint with overspray is to remove one wheel at a time, mask the tire off and paint it away from the car. Don't paint on the car, paint mist will go airborne and settle all over the car.

 

[The Critic]

Originally Posted By: Oregoonian
My vehicle looks just as good after 6 months with NuFinish.


Any car will look good if the paint is in good condition, even if there is no protection on it.

With that said, I was personally less than thrilled with the results of 915 on a car that is parked outside 24/7.

After one month, the roof and hood were completely dead, but the side panels were still going strong.

The car was Iron-X'ed, clayed and lightly polished with HD Polish before application of 915, so the surface should have been clean.

Lastly, everyone mentioned that their sealant/wax/etc lasted 6 months. Everyone's definition of "last" is different. The performance during month 1 is going to be different than the performance at month 6.

Most clean paint with always "bead" to an extent. What I generally look for, is the way that the water reacts when it hits the paint; does the water just bounce/repel off? If so, then the product is strong. If it slowly sheets off and turns into beads, then that isn't strong protection IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbLl9vpTyvw

With that said, most sealants last between 2-4 months. I've yet to see one that is still performing well after the 4 month mark.

 

[PhillipM]

Originally Posted By: The Critic


With that said, I was personally less than thrilled with the results of 915 on a car that is parked outside 24/7.


I tried it on the racer and it was gone within a couple of laps, nowhere near as durable as a lot of people make it out to be.

 

[Vikas]

Has Ultimate Polish been difficult to obtain? Usual places no longer seems to carry it any more? Has anybody purchase UP lately from a local store?

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: PhillipM
Originally Posted By: The Critic


With that said, I was personally less than thrilled with the results of 915 on a car that is parked outside 24/7.


I tried it on the racer and it was gone within a couple of laps, nowhere near as durable as a lot of people make it out to be.


Too funny. My wax just disappeared in a couple laps.

The liquid stuff is holding up so well I guess if the 915 is somehow inferior I'll let you guys know.

 

[Phishin]

Originally Posted By: The Critic


With that said, I was personally less than thrilled with the results of 915 on a car that is parked outside 24/7.

After one month, the roof and hood were completely dead, but the side panels were still going strong.


You are also one of the most over-the-top sealant/wax dudes ever to walk this planet. You're the same guy who seals his car with Opti 2.0, and then proceeds to polish it off after a few weeks. Just sayin'

Well, your 915 and my 915 experiences have been very different. I live in Indiana. My vehicles are typically parked in the shade all day, with maybe 4 hours of direct sunlight a day. My boat sit under a cover as well. Last year, I put two coats of 915 on my boat, and it didn't even need waxed this year!! Honestly. And I'm pretty picky about my fully restored 46 year old boat.

But everyone has an opinion. I don't think you're happy with any wax/sealant. NONE. All you do is apply and remove, apply and remove, apply and remove.

I'm sure your vehicles are super clean and nice. No doubt.

I'm not trying to sell any Collinite products. Only state that of all the waxes I've used and I've only used one sealant (ReJex), I choose Collinite #915 for the following reasons: Shine, durability, and ease of use.

Peace out.

 

[qwertydude]

What Critic says does has some merit. Although I will say Collinite is THE longest lasting wax I've experienced, the daily beating it takes on my car stored outside 24/7 in the blazing nearly 365 day a year Southern California sun, will have the longevity last only about 2 months. Compare this to an OTC wax like Mother's Carnauba liquid which I've seen the protection go in as little as two weeks here during the hottest summer months.

And just like Critic it's the hood and roof where it goes first. Proof of my theory that natural waxes will just tend to "evaporate" off the surface of paint. Some of the synthetic sealants will definitely last about as long as Collinite if not more. But I've always been a fan of the carnauba look and ease of use.

This evaporating effect exacerbated by my new car, a gloss black Cadillac CTS coupe, which is basically a worst case scenario. Gloss black will get very, very hot and no wax lasts long through that kind of constant high temperature. Some sealants will but generally it's been my experience that the sun will take its toll faster than constant daily pounding rain. Because on the east coast Collinite most definitely lasted all season and then some.

Over on the sunny west coast forget it, I'm applying wax every month, not just to keep up the looks but because patches of the car will lose protection by then.

 

[mikered30]

Originally Posted By: Phishin
Originally Posted By: mikered30
Looks great. Can anything be done about the rust on the wheels?


That's my next project. Tires are new. Any ideas? I could get all 4 steelies powder coated for $50 locally. But removing rims and unmounting/remounting tires might be time consuming and perhaps expensive.

Could I remove wheel covers, mask them off on the car, and spray them on a dead calm day? Bad idea?


I would take them off the car and tape off the tires, then sand, prep with self etching primer, paint, clear coat. Lot of effort and time.

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: PhillipM
Originally Posted By: The Critic


With that said, I was personally less than thrilled with the results of 915 on a car that is parked outside 24/7.


I tried it on the racer and it was gone within a couple of laps, nowhere near as durable as a lot of people make it out to be.


I agree.

 

[Volvohead]

Originally Posted By: Pablo
Nice. Looks great.

I went 845 and it's holding up great. I just received my tin of 915 - Late summer I will apply it. Almost can't wait!


Pabs, let me know how the 915 compares for ease of app and durability.

Here in the east, we can get a full summer outdoor season out of two coats of 845. And much longer on garaged cars (at least a year for the garage queens). Can't imagine how much longer 915 would hold up.

 

[Phishin]

Originally Posted By: Volvohead
Originally Posted By: Pablo
Nice. Looks great.

I went 845 and it's holding up great. I just received my tin of 915 - Late summer I will apply it. Almost can't wait!


Pabs, let me know how the 915 compares for ease of app and durability.

Here in the east, we can get a full summer outdoor season out of two coats of 845. And much longer on garaged cars (at least a year for the garage queens). Can't imagine how much longer 915 would hold up.


I'm curious to hear as well. Actually, I'm going to buy some #845 this winter and perhaps do the Subaru in that next spring...just to see. I'm not sure #915 would hold up longer than #845 or not.

 

[STSinNYC]

Phishin, I think you will find that 845 or 476/885 will do much better for you in the winter than 915, carnaubas just don't last long regardless.

Our car has to slug it our with Northeastern/New England winter conditions. I started using Finish Kare 1000P about 5 years ago and that works well for me year round. Its a good looking sealant, and two coast applied properly get through the winter from late October to late April.