Meguiars Paint Protect

**Charleston** · 01-08-2015, 08:02 PM

There is a thread already under the Ask the Expert section of the forum but isn't getting as much coverage.

Has anyone gotten there hands on this stuff? Would love to hear or see some real world reviews

**allenk4** · 01-08-2015, 11:41 PM

You mean this one with 31 posts?

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...t-protect.html

You might find more action for this product on the MOL Forum

**Charleston** · 01-09-2015, 07:53 AM

It is posted in a much lower traffic forum was the point of my post.

**allenk4** · 01-09-2015, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Charleston

It is posted in a much lower traffic forum was the point of my post.

I may be wrong, but I think the Forum Members who are most active are clicking "New Posts" as they visit

**JHL88** · 01-09-2015, 02:25 PM

Mine just showed up today but way too cold to do anything with it. I plan on sharing my thoughts when I use it.

**TuxedoTaurus** · 01-09-2015, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by allenk4

I may be wrong, but I think the Forum Members who are most active are clicking "New Posts" as they visit

**Loach** · 01-09-2015, 03:26 PM

I posted a more lengthy review in that thread listed above. I've been playing around with Paint Protect a little more yesterday and today. It does not appear to be a really tight beading product. So I can see a bit more of why Meguiar's would recommend that you don't use this on the windshield. Products that are designed as beading type products are more effective in repelling water for windshield usage. For those guys out there that enjoy the sheeting style behavior, this product works just fine for that. Flooding the panel causes the water to largely go flat, leaving a largely dry surface once gravity has done its work. You definitely notice that a product is on the panel doing its job compared to nothing on the panel. Meguiar's has largely design most of their waxes to behave like this. Gold Class, NXT version 1, even NXT 2.0. Their Ultimate line of waxes largely start out as tight beading products but when I did my test and flooded the panel I could see that shift in water behavior after flooding for a few minutes which led to a sheeting style of repellency...again, great for drying and is a repellency characteristic that appears to be desired by many detailers.

Very silky smooth product to apply. Spreads incredibly easily. Comes off just fine, a little goes a long way. If in fact the durability is as advertised, it's a great little product for the price. But as far as using beading as an indicator of durability, for sheeting style LSPs, individual beads largely become oblong shaped after introduced to water for a short period. I'll try to get a video up soon to show how it reacts to water, at least in my environment.

**WAXOFF** · 01-09-2015, 07:15 PM

I put it in my latest order but got an email it was on backorder.

**Loach** · 01-09-2015, 10:38 PM

Got a video up of the repellency characteristics: Meguiar's Paint Protect - Water test

Again, if you guys are experiencing something different, please let me know.

**Kengo123** · 01-09-2015, 11:28 PM

Nice video! That paint protect isn't looking too sexy compared to turtle wax. I wonder if this is the "coating" that Jason rose was referring to in one of Larry's podcasts