BigEz
06-14-2005, 06:05 PM
I decided to give Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax a try, owing to a couple of attractive claims on the outer package (not back of the can): "It goes on eacy and doesn't dry white . . .and there's no particle dust to deal with."
My test experience reveals the following about these claims:
Doesn't dry white (substantially false)
No particle dust (substantially true)
Diminished dust is a plus for Element owners--since dust shows up well against the black plastic trim.
All I can say about the Tech Wax "doesn't dry white" claim, is shame on Meguiar's. Once you get home and peal off the outer packaging to read the instructions on the can, they say the typical thing: let it dry, and then wipe it off. How do you know it's dry? It dries to a haze just like any paste wax you've ever used. Perhaps Meguiar's wishes to quibble that the exact color of the haze is something other than white--although I think most would agree that "white haze" would be a perfectly adequate descriptor of dried Tech Wax. Certainly Tech Wax does not dry clear, which is what I was hoping. Element owners would be very interested in a durable, high-gloss polymer that dries clear (and might actually protect plastic trim rather than damage its appearance).
My test experience reveals the following about these claims:
Doesn't dry white (substantially false)
No particle dust (substantially true)
Diminished dust is a plus for Element owners--since dust shows up well against the black plastic trim.
All I can say about the Tech Wax "doesn't dry white" claim, is shame on Meguiar's. Once you get home and peal off the outer packaging to read the instructions on the can, they say the typical thing: let it dry, and then wipe it off. How do you know it's dry? It dries to a haze just like any paste wax you've ever used. Perhaps Meguiar's wishes to quibble that the exact color of the haze is something other than white--although I think most would agree that "white haze" would be a perfectly adequate descriptor of dried Tech Wax. Certainly Tech Wax does not dry clear, which is what I was hoping. Element owners would be very interested in a durable, high-gloss polymer that dries clear (and might actually protect plastic trim rather than damage its appearance).