AG UHD Wax

[Jonny Wishbone]

Finally got round to completing my new car detail, which was aborted at the (hand) polishing stage by my being downwind of a neighbour who decided on the day I took off to do the car to have her filthy drive jet washed.

I’m a relative amateur so I won’t bore you with the prep detail - - but I tried this LSP for the first time, having been a habitual user of BH Double-Speed Wax until now. I do rate BH products in general and DSW specifically is a very good wax. However the UHD absolutely trounces it in terms of ease of application. I’m prone to over applying wax but this stuff is incredibly forgiving if you do so and buffing off excess requires almost no elbow grease at all. This is in contrast to the DSW which will make your arm pay if you over apply it. I can’t easily compare gloss between the two waxes as my new car is a different colour to the last one but the UHD seems to be at least on par with the DSW. I can’t speak for durability as yet, obviously. However for ease of use alone I would definitely recommend this stuff; it genuinely took me half the time to wax the car compared to what it would’ve done with the DSW.

I’ve got about a dozen different types MF cloth and as a bonus the cloth supplied with the stuff is excellent n’all. Admittedly the tub is expensive.

[Belle427]

I've read that DSW can be tricky to apply and particularly remove.
Seen some instances on you tube where a haze can be seen on the paint even after correct removal.

[Jonny Wishbone]

Belle427 said:

I've read that DSW can be tricky to apply and particularly remove.
Seen some instances on you tube where a haze can be seen on the paint even after correct removal.

Indeed, you’re right about application of DSW. In reality I think DSW is perfectly fine to apply provided you only put the amount required (i.e. very, very little) on the pad. The problem is that in practice it’s easy to dab too much product onto the pad and the paint. UHD has a buttery consistency and it feels like it on application. As long as the durability is reasonable - say 2-3 months - then I can’t see myself going back to the DSW except to compare and contrast the finish.

[R8Reece]

Thanks for the update. I used Collonite and BH and BH is definitely better for arm muscles.

So I'm looking at this but also have a bottle of their Extra Gloss Protection (a liquid wax) which I've not used and now can't work out which one is best - their website says use one or the other.

Any thoughts?!

[Jonny Wishbone]

R8Reece said:

Thanks for the update. I used Collonite and BH and BH is definitely better for arm muscles.

So I'm looking at this but also have a bottle of their Extra Gloss Protection (a liquid wax) which I've not used and now can't work out which one is best - their website says use one or the other.

Any thoughts?!

Can’t help with personal experience even though I have the same stuff in my garage! (I’ve got loads of stuff in there I haven’t tried yet).

What I will say is that generally a paste wax will be more durable as it’ll tend to have more carnauba in it but the trade off is the liquid is easier to apply and buff. The UHD is so easy to apply it negates some of that advantage, but it therefore also makes me wonder about the durability.

Given how much a tub of the UHD costs it’s probably worth using the liquid stuff and seeing if it’s any good?

[MDMA .]

Jonny Wishbone said:

Can’t help with personal experience even though I have the same stuff in my garage! (I’ve got loads of stuff in there I haven’t tried yet).

What I will say is that generally a paste wax will be more durable as it’ll tend to have more carnauba in it but the trade off is the liquid is easier to apply and buff. The UHD is so easy to apply it negates some of that advantage, but it therefore also makes me wonder about the durability.

Given how much a tub of the UHD costs it’s probably worth using the liquid stuff and seeing if it’s any good?

UHD is cheap if you know where to buy it

[R8Reece]

Jonny Wishbone said:

Can’t help with personal experience even though I have the same stuff in my garage! (I’ve got loads of stuff in there I haven’t tried yet).

What I will say is that generally a paste wax will be more durable as it’ll tend to have more carnauba in it but the trade off is the liquid is easier to apply and buff. The UHD is so easy to apply it negates some of that advantage, but it therefore also makes me wonder about the durability.

Given how much a tub of the UHD costs it’s probably worth using the liquid stuff and seeing if it’s any good?

Sounds sensible. The UHD wax is another £35-£40 so I'll see how the liquid stuff goes this weekend.

[Belle427]

I tried some of the garage therapy sigma a few weeks ago on my Tornado red golf.
15 mins to do the whole car and the finish was excellent.
The shine seemed to intensify an hour later not sure why, was sat in mild sunshine but definitely seemed to pop more.
These new spray on coatings are very impressive.

[Chubbyross]

Belle427 said:

I tried some of the garage therapy sigma a few weeks ago on my Tornado red golf.
15 mins to do the whole car and the finish was excellent.
The shine seemed to intensify an hour later not sure why, was sat in mild sunshine but definitely seemed to pop more.
These new spray on coatings are very impressive.

Garage Therapy Sigma is astonishing stuff. I use it as a top-up over Swissvax. The finish is like nothing I’ve seen or felt. The car stays clean for so long afterwards. Dust and road grime simply flies off it. I really recommend it to anyone into their detailing.