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budman3
08-15-2007, 03:29 PM
Hey everyone,

I was one of the lucky winners on Detail City to try out the new Cobra Indigo bonnets. So right off the bat I must say thank you to everyone at Autogeek for letting me try these out.

I've never been a fan of bonnets but the only ones I have are terry cloth. Most of the products I use are very easy to remove so I don't see the point in using the PC to remove a wax. Plus you may need more than one bonnet to remove wax from a whole vehicle.

That was my opinion prior to today. After a little seat time with the Indigo bonnet on a 6.5" CCS finishing pad, I'll have to admit, I'm impressed. The MF didn't get clogged as I thought it would, it was uber easy to remove wax and quick. No arm fatigue if you are used to using a PC or UDM.

I got some DuPont Spray Wax for free from Pep Boys a few years ago. I tried it and did not like it at all. It was a major pain to remove so it went to the back of the shelf. Since I wanted to test the bonnet on a difficult wax, this was the perfect product. I purposly applied the wax thick to push the bonnet to the limit.

The left side of the hood was removed using a normal edgeless Cobra Indigo towel. These are nice because they can remove difficult waxes and polishes without marring or scratching from the stiching. The right side was removed with the bonnet with the UDM on speed 3. The UDM or the towel couldn't remove all of the wax... I even turned the UDM up to speed 6 with no avail. So I had to use some Poorboy's Spray and Gloss to help the process.

Pictures:

Products used:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p39/kmford8/indigos/HPIM1118.jpg

Towel side before:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p39/kmford8/indigos/HPIM1119.jpg

Bonnet side before:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p39/kmford8/indigos/HPIM1120.jpg

Towel side after:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p39/kmford8/indigos/HPIM1121.jpg

Bonnet side after:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p39/kmford8/indigos/HPIM1123.jpg

After the Spray and Gloss:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p39/kmford8/indigos/HPIM1124.jpg

And the picture of the day:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p39/kmford8/indigos/HPIM1126.jpg

As you can see in the afters there was a lot of residue left on the paint. The S&G did a good job of cleaning the rest of the paint up. As you can see, the bottle of spray wax fell off the seat of my bike and the sprayer broke off... bummer. I'm still not 100% sold on bonnets because wiping off the products sold at AG are a breeze to use. However, if you find that you applied a wax or polish too thickly and want to remove it without using a ton of elbow grease, this will work great. This weave type of microfiber is very high quality and quite effective on these difficult waxes and polishes.

Meghan
08-15-2007, 03:39 PM
Nice review!

alban61
08-15-2007, 03:43 PM
Thanks for that great review and pics!

budman3
08-15-2007, 03:44 PM
Nice review!

There wouldn't be a review without you~ and everyone at AG :).

Mike T
08-15-2007, 03:51 PM
Thanks for the review. I too was one of the lucky winners, but I haven't been able to try them out yet. Thanks again for taking the time.

bill walsh
08-15-2007, 05:29 PM
nice write up

r_wain
08-15-2007, 07:02 PM
Nice review.

dontsleeponit
08-16-2007, 12:00 AM
great review budman, I am still pondering wether or not I want to pick up some bonnets with my UDM, and also the reg ones or indigo. Did you use the bonnet over a foam pad or a leveling wool? If a foam pad which one?

Argh I also hated that dupont teflon stuff. I bought it way before I was really into detailing and before I was on AGO. Im pretty sure with my new knowledge from this site, the Dupont stuff will go down as my worst product ever purchased.

klumzypinoy
08-16-2007, 01:17 AM
Great, the Indigos look good! I'm going to buy me an Indigo towel someday...

budman3
08-16-2007, 01:19 PM
great review budman, I am still pondering wether or not I want to pick up some bonnets with my UDM, and also the reg ones or indigo. Did you use the bonnet over a foam pad or a leveling wool? If a foam pad which one?

Argh I also hated that dupont teflon stuff. I bought it way before I was really into detailing and before I was on AGO. Im pretty sure with my new knowledge from this site, the Dupont stuff will go down as my worst product ever purchased.

I used it over a 6.5" LC CCS blue finishing pad. I had to really stretch it out to get it over but it fit fine. The finishing pad is very soft and felxible so it was almost like a wool pad. The indigo towels are very cool, a different kind of microfiber than most are used to but worth it for removing thick waxes and polishes.