DG AW vs. UQW Showdown (as toppers)

[Markymapo]

What product is UQW?

[acuRAS82]

What product is UQW?

Meguiar’s Ultimate Quik Wax, for all important purposes, the exact same thing as Meguiar’s D156 Express Spray Wax (except the smell)

[acuRAS82]

Update 10/26/19 after rain all day

[DMiglio]

Wow, they both seem to be hanging in there surprisingly well! Before this most recent wash, how long had it been since you washed the car? Wonder if it had some built up dust/dirt and that hindered the beading a bit.

[acuRAS82]

Wow, they both seem to be hanging in there surprisingly well! Before this most recent wash, how long had it been since you washed the car? Wonder if it had some built up dust/dirt and that hindered the beading a bit.

10/18 was the previous wash before yesterday (10/25). But the beading pics from the 10/25 update are after the 10/25 wash, so no dirt was involved.

But the 10/17 update pics were from a dirty car.

[acuRAS82]

Update 10/28/19 and End of Test - 6 weeks, 1 day after last application:

Washed the car today with Mckees Foam Soap. These have been ruled as “Done enough” now. The pics below show beading on the front hood at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15 and 20 seconds after simulating flood rain.

DG AW is still technically there (water eventually unsticks and leaves a dry, beaded hood), but for any of us it’s gone. UQW is similar but better off.




Overall thoughts;
- They both look really nice, shiny, wet.
- UQW darkens a bit, DG AW is lighter.
- Both are fantastically easy to use as drying aids or straight
- Both protected very well from bird poo, leaf stains and whatever junk fell from the tree that it was parked under often. All of these washed away fairly easily with WW with no etching.
- DG AW has slightly better water behavior for the first month.
- UQW has slightly better durability in this test and holds on to it’s water characteristics longer.

Tonight I threw some M21 on the car while I figure out which test to do next or what winter LSP I want.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Just read through the thread. Thanks for putting together and sharing real world experiences. Keep in going.