DejaVu
03-20-2010, 10:05 AM
This morning I woke up early excited to try out the Optimum Car Wax and Optimum No Rinse new version that I bought last month. I use 1 bucket with 1 ounce of ONR and 2 gallons of water, my wash media is the Carrand Microfiber MAX Total Clean All Over wash mitt, my drying towel is Carrand Microfiber MAX Supreme Drying Towel.
Right away I noticed the new smell of the ONR, it's very strong in concentrated form but when you add it to the water it mellows out to a pleasant odor which has been said to be Mullberry I believe. The water and ONR together didn't feel different as I used it. I honestly couldn't tell if the new version of ONR cleans any better since my car wasn't very dirty, but the one thing I wanted to really let everyone know is that after I dried my car it was as shiny as just having used Meguiars UQD!!!. The old version of ONR did not leave my car as shiny as this new version. It really did amaze me, and as the sun came up it made the paint on my car leave shimmer marks on the parking lot the way new chrome rims do. One other thing, after drying my car and using the old ONR the paint seemed much less slick as the MF almost would stick to the paint as I dried it off, not so with the new ONR.
So I love the new ONR, and it was shiny enough for me to just stop there and finish detailing but I had the OCW to try for the first time. I guess I should also add that my car hasn't been waxed since last september and the current single coat of Collinite 476s has only been washed once before today. In the past I would use Meguiars UQD or UQW so that's what I have to compare to in the spray on wax/QD department. I wasn't sure if I understood just how easy OCW was to use, but it really was simple. I used 2 Meguiars Supreme Shine microfiber towels to apply and buff the OCW. Application was as easy as spray on, wipe into the paint until you can't see any more product, then flip over to dry side of MF to buff off. I had to use no pressure to do the buffing off, and application was quick since my paint seemed hungry for this OCW. The results really amazed me. The paint on my GTI is called United Gray Metallic it has tons of flakes and is a dark gray, the OCW deepened and darkened the paint with a very reflective shine at the same time. I have never buffed out the scratches on my car, and the OCW did hide them very well. I can't believe that the watery liquid inside the bottle of OCW can make a cars paint look as good as it did. So for me, OCW will be my new LSP and I'll probably be using it if not after every wash each week, at least once per month.
Right away I noticed the new smell of the ONR, it's very strong in concentrated form but when you add it to the water it mellows out to a pleasant odor which has been said to be Mullberry I believe. The water and ONR together didn't feel different as I used it. I honestly couldn't tell if the new version of ONR cleans any better since my car wasn't very dirty, but the one thing I wanted to really let everyone know is that after I dried my car it was as shiny as just having used Meguiars UQD!!!. The old version of ONR did not leave my car as shiny as this new version. It really did amaze me, and as the sun came up it made the paint on my car leave shimmer marks on the parking lot the way new chrome rims do. One other thing, after drying my car and using the old ONR the paint seemed much less slick as the MF almost would stick to the paint as I dried it off, not so with the new ONR.
So I love the new ONR, and it was shiny enough for me to just stop there and finish detailing but I had the OCW to try for the first time. I guess I should also add that my car hasn't been waxed since last september and the current single coat of Collinite 476s has only been washed once before today. In the past I would use Meguiars UQD or UQW so that's what I have to compare to in the spray on wax/QD department. I wasn't sure if I understood just how easy OCW was to use, but it really was simple. I used 2 Meguiars Supreme Shine microfiber towels to apply and buff the OCW. Application was as easy as spray on, wipe into the paint until you can't see any more product, then flip over to dry side of MF to buff off. I had to use no pressure to do the buffing off, and application was quick since my paint seemed hungry for this OCW. The results really amazed me. The paint on my GTI is called United Gray Metallic it has tons of flakes and is a dark gray, the OCW deepened and darkened the paint with a very reflective shine at the same time. I have never buffed out the scratches on my car, and the OCW did hide them very well. I can't believe that the watery liquid inside the bottle of OCW can make a cars paint look as good as it did. So for me, OCW will be my new LSP and I'll probably be using it if not after every wash each week, at least once per month.