That is a good test for washes but it doesn't actually apply to real world conditions. While washing your car will remove wax over time, the biggest wax killer is the sun. We saw what washing the car repeatedly did, but we don't know how uv damage will effect each of these waxes. Just something to consider.
@@w.e.s. That's really not true at all. I used to live in Colorado, with a very high UV index and very little rain. Now I live in Kentucky with a lower UV index and almost perpetual rain and I can go more than twice as long between waxing. With the same wax I've always used.
I live in the desert it`s always hot and sunny. Unless you have a garage you doing it in the sun. I`ve tried them all as an auto detailer. If it comes down to having to having to do it fast with ease go with nufinish. You can do your car three times a year nufinish for the same time it takes to do TW once. Get out the buffer for TW,your gonna need it.
It's funny to hear young people talk about the 1970s like the 70s were the stone age. Of course we washed cars with detergents, cleaners and soap. And believe it or not there were car washes and power washers in the 70s also.
interesting article. I used turtle wax on a new 70 Nova I had at Luke AFB, Az. Due to lack of funds, I spent a lot of time waxing my car and trading other guys who only had motorcycles but they got lucky and had a date, so I traded them for the day on the bike and told them they were responsible for cleaning the seats, lol. Weekly application of turtle wax make a car look really good in spite of the dust storms we got for being in a desert. Many years later I started using Nu Finish and would do applications several times a year. I bought an 07 Altima and still own it because it never broke down. However I'm too old to spend the time needed to apply Nu Finish on the car but it still has a shine that's looks much better than it should.
Dude that turtle wax did not dry to a haze that fast, in those kind of temps it takes longer. It just looked hazy because you used about 20 times more than you should have. Also nobody in the 70's was washing their car without soap, soap has been around much longer than that and most modern soaps are virtually identical to those from the 70's.
I bought a 1974 Dodge Charger SE Brougham Edition yellow with a black top and rear wing. The paint was heavily oxidized and had a white haze of oxidization over the paint on the whole car. I tried the Nu Finish 2000 wax and polish. I tried one fender first and I couldn't believe it almost. The first fender with applying it only once look brand new like candy color yellow paint 🟡. So I did the rest of the car and the whole car looked brand new except for the top was dirty and vinyl. So I used leather vinyl top restorer with sun block. Then the top looked brand also. After cleaning the rims some and the Nu Finish wax and polish and using the vinyl and leather top restorer the whole car looked brand new. Two years after using My Finish the cars paint still looked brilliant.
One thing you proved...you put enough of the TW on the hood to do the entire car! That being said, with all that you applied it seemed to remove relatively easily dispelling the MYTH that it is difficult to remove. Of course part of that myth is that I believe most who use Hardshell have never heard of claybar. That alone will make the difference.
Good video, but I do have one important comment. If you read the instructions on the nu finish bottle, you need to apply 2 coats/ 30 days apart for it to work as expected. Now saying that, it also states under normal condition. What that means is really unclear. Also saying all that, I tried nu finish this year, and so far it is holding up, but we will see when winter hits. I was a big Turtle wax guy because that is what the garage sold, and used on all their cars. They switched to stp moonshine, so I did as well. That one was high in wax, so it worked great while they lasted. When I got my first car, I went back to Turtle wax, then simoniz. This year I decided to try the hype nu finish and see.
I've used Nu finish for years since I was a teen . the key is you apply it several times . over a course of a few months say , every 3 months. The results will blow you away. It gets better over time.
Ive always used Nu Finish on my silver metallic colored Ford's I owned throughout the years and honestly this polish is the BEST. It not only protects my cars/ truck it makes the paint shine unbelievably as well as the chrome trim pieces. Definitely worth the money and yes I apply it religiously few times a year as well.
Not equal testing. You put more TW on left side of hood, but then again when rising the hood, the TW side got hit with more pressure from the pressure washer then the NU side. Still the TW side held up better. I’ve tried so many wax and polishes on my Jeep Wrangler TW has done the best job. My Jeep gets dirty all the time and I wash it twice a week. Keep it clean is work, thank goodness I’m retired. lol
Not a fair test, you need to take into account the varying temperatures that a car hood is subjected to over the course of a year, including hot summer months which would elevate surface temperatures of the hood close to the melting point of carnauba wax, especially on a dark finish hood like your car.
Think about how you rinsed after each wash. You used the pressure wash on the same side every time (turtle wax side) and blew the water and soap onto and over the NuFinish side every time. That means the NuFinish side got much more soap and high pressure rinsing than the Turtle Wax. For equality sake you should have rinsed off the wash from each side equally, 50 times from the left and 50 times from the right. I think the NuFinish got a raw deal for unequal rinsing. I have used NuFinish for years on all my luxury cars and have never waxed the cars more than twice in any year. The product holds up exceptionally well under any conditions, is easy to apply and buff off and is very reasonably priced
I have been waxing my car for the last three years with Nu Finish. (Once a year) I park my car outside in Colorado’s abrasive weather each night. The end result… Thus stuff works very well and my car still has some wax beading after one year. Check Consumer Reports to see their car wax tests. This is why I chose Nu Finish. I believe it was a good choice.
I used both of them, first the nu finish to lightly polish and creat the first layer then I put TW over it and let it cure after removing it like a day. I did this methode once in spring 2016 and water is still beading, the car is in the garage all the time and it's not my daily since late 2016 but i drove it like a daily few times a years, also avoiding rainy day too. I wash it once a years...
I still would use Nu finish, does the job, apply more often is no big deal, easy to work with. Back in the Day, I used a 3 step Blue Coral. not sure if it is still around
I wash my car every month on average using Mcguires ( about the same protection as Turtle Wax ?) . Does that mean that I don't have to wax every time I wash it ? And I don't think I waxed it correctly. It got really dry by the time I wax off ( flakes /dusts off). How can I remove wax that got on the hard plastic ( and has grainy texture) part ( trim?) of the car ? I tried to wash it off but I can't. Thanks
Nice car. I have 2004 Monte white. My fave cars now. Nu finish is great stuff. I have used both. Both are so simalar I do not notice any better than the other ??
Thats because he didn't give either one nearly enough time to bond. In those temps he should've waited 15-20 mins before buffing off. It was a good attempt at a comparison, but he did pretty much everything wrong.
@@naderotaibi7667 Just make sure the car is totally clean first. Then apply a very thin layer of wax, as long as it's fully covered the layer can be very thin. Most waxes get a hazy look when they are ready to be wiped off. If you remove it too soon it won't bond as well, and will also be more difficult to wipe off smoothly. How long you wait depends on the wax, also if it's hot outside it takes much less time. Some waxes are also much harder to remove even if you do it right. Just search youtube for "how to wax a car" and watch a few vids.
🤦♂️Dude. Wrong time of year and wrong application too.... no judgement, but the problem is that people who don't know any better will take your video as truth. Please take this video down
That was helpful. I already have both products in my garage. I used nu wax on my car before I watched this video. Now I have to do it again with my Turtle wax. I thought nu finnish would be better. well, now it'll have both, since my car is still in the garage. I had the nu finnish in my cabinet for years so I wondered if they still made it so that's why I looked a test like this up. Ironic that i had both products on hand and curious. Thanks.
this video is so wrong lol.... You dont rub wax in with a microfibre cloth?! The amount and way you apply it is like SHEESH!!! You wax in cold and snow? And it doesnt even get time to cure and then u wash it instantly? So so wrong!
Your "test" was very flawed. Any coating on car paint needs time to set and cure. There was no way that it could happen on a day with snow on the ground.
Nice guy but I cringed when I saw him using a pressure cleaner on the paint. I would not use a pressure cleaner. Also washing and waxing when it is snowing? I would think the metal is pretty cold for putting wax on a car. ??
Very intresting video, and a very good effort put in by u too as well, I cant imagine how much time u spent , to wash the car a 100 times, Really grt effort...🤩🤘
I've used nu finish since it first came out... you did not apply it properly and you did on what looked like a day of light snow... plus nu finish needs a day or so to set and it has always lasts at least a year.... and for the sake of accuracy cars were washed with much gather soaps than now... moisture l mostly dishwashing liquid... I'm not sure why anyone would assume there was not soap used to "wash" a car... I'm saying this because I was there only person my dad allowed to wash his vehicles and I learned from him and the other men in our neighborhood... nu finish is a paint conditioner that has less abrasives than most waxes... next time mist the water after the rinse... and apply the nu finish in small curricular motions and don't worry about swirl marks because there are no abrasives,.. plus being a paint conditioner it needs warmer temperatures to be effective
I used Nu Finish in the 70's, used properly and patiently works, Turtle wax compound is my go to,,,,Wax? I like their products.....in my time NO Clay Bar
in the video you did like 25 washes and you counted, then you skipped an said you did 50 but ran out of soap. No video for 100 washes? was this clickbait and a waste of my time? did you even apply them correctly? i’m not sure I saw any real hydrophobics?? can’t say i’m motivated to check out your channels after that video but I appreciate the time you spent anyways. keep up the work.
I think we worry about the superficial outside of the metal too much and not the inside of the panels. That's where the rust comes from. I won't own a car with rust. They usually don't rust from the outside in. They rust from the inside out. Salt on the underframe rusts and the bad window trim leaks water into the bottom of the doors rusting the doors from the inside bottom, out. I just replaced the window seal trim on my FJ cruiser. It was a cinch and cheap. Took about five minutes.
Okay, my late father swore by Nu-finish. I don't care about whether or not these polishes last a year. This is what I did on my Holden VF SSV sedan. First-off, Nu Finish needs two coats a couple of weeks apart.... It says this on the side of the bottle as a part of the manufacturers instructions. 1. Clay barred the entire vehicle using Nu Finish Orange car wash. 2. Rinsed it off. 3. Washed the entire car and chamois dried. 4. Left in the sun for a couple of hours. 5. Microfibre soft towel over the panel before applying Nu finish. 6. Applied Nu-finish using one of those under $100 eBay (Autiwoz) with two batteries etc. I used the soft foam pad to apply the Nu Finish and ran the polisher over each panel 3 times. This brand of polisher is not that flash, but with very light pressure it took a lot of effort out of the task. 7. Used a lambs wool pad to buff and shine the car. 8. Final rub over with another Microfibre soft towel. Waited 3 weeks.. Washed the car at a jet wash.....Drove it home... Repeated the entire process. Took me about 2 hours with a few breaks... getting a bit old. People have stopped me in the street to comment on the shine. How good is it? Now, it costs $2.00 and under 10 minutes at a car wash.... Jet wash pressure sprayer on rinse (water only)....wash off the dirt with the sprayer. Then chamois dry the car. The chamois will remove any dirt the high pressure sprayer missed. Washing my car used to cost me about $10 using a hand held jet wash and took 25 minutes... Pressure spray and soap... rinse... wax and dry-off with a chamois. Nu Finish might not be a 'Once a Year Polish' like it claimed. That said, it is still a bloody good product if used correctly. Edit. I have recently started to put another coat of Nu Finish on my car after about 6 months or so. This time I have to use the new formula 3 in 1 ceramic Nu Finish, and have purchase a Ryobi 125 mm polisher + lambswool pads to do the job.
What they actually meant was the can of tw will last you a entire year. I'm lucky to see it on my car paint for more then 2 weeks. It strips off every wash😄 but the shine looks good tho
Both of those waxes are horrible. I didn't even see water beading after you applied it. I honestly dont know what you would do with that wax beyond throwing it away.
I've used NuFinish off and on for years. (I buy it when it's on sale.) It's ok, but no better than basic TurtleWax. And I got better things to do than apply NuFinish twice within 30 days (based on the bottle instructions.) How does one do that anyway---the car gets dirty and you have to wash it again before applying again....
Weather permitting, waxing a car right before it snows, especially a dark car, has great results. If it is a dry snow with a little wind, the snow blows off it. The contrast of the shiny dark car and fresh snow looks great.
@@demonslayermaster In that category just about everything. Meguiars ultimate paste wax or their liquid wax. The Turtle wax 35th anniversary graphene infused ceramic paste wax. In the spray on category, seal n shine, ice spray wax, both new formulas. Sonax Ceramic spray coating. Nufinish Better than Wax Ceramic Spray coating. Meguiars Ceramic spray. Mother's cmx. And a lot of those are very cheap and last a long time. Some have better slickness some have better gloss enhancement, some have better hydrophobic properties, but every one I listed is easier to use, lasts longer, and has much new chemical technology than those other two dinosaurs that were great in the 80s, but time and chemistry has passed them up.
@@ravenbonanza1522 Haaaa!!! I agree! TW products do a fantastic job! Re apply every 2-6 months and you are goid to go. Seal n Shine as a base, and ice spray wax once a month as a topper and it's protected, slick feeling and glossy! Cheap and effective products that are simple to use! That's where TW makes their money in this particular market!
@@demonslayermaster Virtually anything that costs slightly more, which is everything. Honestly though, if these two are applied correctly they are much better than this test would indicate. Way too much product was used, and neither was given enough time to bond to the paint.
Back to the 70 comment we used Dish soap to wash car after spending 2hours waxing & next wknd remove all Wax with aDish soap😂🤣😆 ogh the Good old Days of not knowing 😂😂😂
