Jimbo just curious why does the bare panel become more flat after the purple power ( degreaser) was there still polishing oils on the bare panel plss let me know what u think
Hilarious 😂 thanks for the review!! Niw it's years layer, so do you think this product, the 2016 formula nu finish, is the best economical product -today's market- for a homeowner in their driveway?
I use nu finish every year and water beads constantly. Best stuff ever used. I also have a 1986 ford PU. And used it for years . Truck looks like brand new and no rust
I have used Nu-finish on my car living in north east where road salt is big problem. I wash my car once or even twice a week during winter season. The Nu-finish protected my car for many years. No discoloration of the red paint for many years. The car looked almost new when I traded the car for a new one. You have to careful not let the nu-finish go on the rubber or plastic trims during application.
@Chris Farley It is tough to get off--I actually just use it on all the car pieces and use a seperate dry cloth to remove.What happens is if you get it on plastic--it will shine that part way more--but use a LIGHT coat and it will make the plastic trim shine--and it also works great on the headlights.--just use a light coat and you will be fine--it seals so it last a while.
@Chris Farley No prob--BTW a sock turned inside out is great for removing any Nu Finish off plastic and Like I said it will shine plastic also.I have used Nu finish on and off since the mid 90s and it works the best overall of any product.Meguiars and the more expensive waxes/products are great on dark colors like blues and blacks--I own a white car and Nu Finish id the best cause it polishes and shines--whereas other products give that deeper color--meguiars and others I have tried last about half as long as Nu finish does and have no worth on bright cars like white and yellow.
As a kid I would help my father use this polish on his truck before the harsh Winters in the mountains of WV. The instructions on the bottle said to apply the first coat and for best results apply a second coat in 30 days. And that’s what we did, and it did I last a year. Just recently, I purchased another bottle of it and apparently it has changed, now the number of car washes are 40 and the instructions say nothing regarding the second application. I will continue to apply the first coat and 30 days later apply a second coat because that’s what it originally said. It kept my dad’s work truck free of rust and looking good back in the day, hopefully they didn’t change the product inside the bottle.
To truly understand this product, you have to understand when it was first introduced. I remember commercials for this back in the 70’s. At that time, polymers were likely fairly new. So “no wax” meant organic waxes (carnauba, for example). Same with the “No rubbing, no buffing” claim. That was quite a difference compared to products of the time. We’ve gotten spoiled with all the fabulous products available at approachable prices, but back then, this was a bit of a revolution.
I bought my f-150 in 03,polished with nu. Finish for years,everybody says that's the shiniest truck I ever seen,keep it out of the sun,dry with chamie no u.v. damage,always wash by hand!!!
I had an old 1990 5.0 Mustang black 20 years ago. Paint was oxidized. I had plans to get the car repainted, but in the meantime, wanted to restore the shine of the paint. Applied 2 coats of this stuff over a 3 week span and just hand buffed it off. Worked great. Did such a good job, people were telling me to save my money and skip the new paint job. Stuff is cheap too. $10 for one of the bottles.
Fun fact Nu Finish is a polymer and silica based coating that uses zinc chaining as a hardener. And it has been around since 1932. And it has around 5% silica in it.
I like using it as the the final step in paint restoration. If a customer comes back for a wash and wax. I then will use a silca spray like ceramic wax hybrid or waterless wax from ibiz to boost up the shine & durability. Synthetic tri polymer bonding I believe is what you are achieving. The old ways of doing things simply gets re-branded. Sure there are some technologies advancement. And every once and a while some product takes the lead. The only cons I have with Nu finish is if you leave it on to long is hard to remove & DO NOT ! get it on any black trim.
I agree and who gets 52 car washes a year ? People live in cities not mud hole. I much prefer bird poop ,tree sap tests and 5 year uv tests . I want the paint to last as long as I own the car .
@@kookamunga2458 Dave, if you want the paint to last as long as you own your car, you would need to maintain it as such. There is no sealant on the market that last a lifetime. In fact, there are no companies that even claim that idea.
@@AllAmericanGuy01 I had good results with Mother'3 step carnuba system but recently received shoulder injury when rescuing a cat . The 3 step procedure was much too labor intensive . Nufinish looks like the solution but it must fade eventually . Will I be able to clean the Nufinish residue off in lets say 3 years or is fading not a problem . I fix paint chips every spring but live in the rust belt . I live near the ocean and road works crews spread tonnes of salt on the roads in winter . Added to the dilemma is car washes recycle water and they can not remove all the salt . The salt ends op on càr agian ta .
I used a lot of Nu-Finsh when I started Detailing some 30 years ago. It seemed to work better on the older single stage paints than of the clearcoats of today. It's harder to remove than years ago and had to quit using it for that reason, although I have a couple of bottles somewhere in my shop.
Agree exactly what you say. It worked a treat on normal red paint, stunning shine, easy to put on and take off. However, on metallic with clear coat it really was not as easy to use. My old Fiat x1/9 in red used to look amazing with NuFinish.
I think you are correct about it having less impact on clear coated paint. Unless I am confusing it with another product, I seem to remember Nu Finish smelled like a petroleum product back in the 70's. The stuff we buy today doesn't smell like that. The old stuff really restored gloss to faded single stage paint. We used it to make shiny "leopard spots" on a friend's ride, and didn't tell him how to fix it for a week. Good Times!
Hey brother can you help me out what do people mean by its hard to remove? Do you have to remove it after a year? I dont get it and since i live in an apartment my car is outdoors all the time will this protect it form dust?
Love your videos! I used to detail all my parents cars when I was a teenager in the 90s, from Lexus, Infinitis, BMW's, Cadillacs and many more and you know what you are doing mate!
Nu finish has been around for like 30 years or more - long before clear coats, sealers, DAs etc.. When it first came out it was revolutionary and heavily advertised on TV. They used to show a car being run through a car wash over and over and back then it was 100 consecutive and the "water still beads." Like 25 years ago Consumer Reports used to independently test waxes and rank them all and NU finish consistently finished near the top. Then Megs cleaner wax took over the top spot for years... the facts it's still around after all these years speaks for itself.
Interesting - but bare clear coat also beads water so maybe they found the loophole. In any event I think your right, its hard to break into this industry with product, let alone be around for so long.
@@autodetailingpodcast It came out waaaay before clear coats were ever use. It was like one of the first synthetic mass market "wax" products available. It was out before there really was a detailing industry as we know it today. Compared to the carnauba based paste waxes that dominated the market back in those days NU finish was a bit of a game changer. One of the first "liquid waxes" available. Back then I remember it being pricey compared to the paste waxes widely available. Then companies like Megs and Mothers came along with better, similar products and the market changed forever. That's the way this Old Dog remembers it anyway ;) I find it hilarious that after all these decades people are still asking about it like its a new product or something
@@autodetailingpodcast Their 1st product was Nu Vinyl iirc that rejuvenated vinyl roofs (yes, lots of cars actually had vinyl roofs in the 70s) and it became a really popular product. NU Finish was then introduced in 1971! OMG, want a laugh? search YT for NuFinish Retro Commercials
I haven’t read the other comments but this is an acrylic based sealant. If your familiar with Xtreme Solutions LVR 403 is similar to that. It has micro abrasive products in it as a cleaner polish. Very compatible with a SIO2 product if you wait 24 hours after applying it to the panel. Good early tech that actually is still a good product today. They were way ahead of their time with this formula
Nu Finish is a PDMS (silicone/siloxane) based resin sealant. It does contain a very mild abrasive (calcined clay) and solvents to help ‘clean’ the paint. The key here is that it cross-links, meaning it chemically cures/bonds, ‘similar’ to how a paint coating works. It is not just a ‘topical’ treatment like a common wax. Note - I believe you would be very surprised what your results would be after allowing just 24 hours to cure with zero water contact and also again at 7 days of curing. I look forward to your results.
No where in the instructions says that this needs to be cured for any amount of time though. Jimbo just followed the direction. Have you cured for 24hrs with better results?
Bro... get three painted panels, about 12 inches each. Treat one with Nufinish, one with a high-quality auto wax/sealant, and the third uncoated as the control. Test out the water beading on each. Then just put them in your dishwasher. Give it about ten cycles. The heat and detergents should simulate 52 tunnel washes pretty well. Then take them out and see which performs best.
Audio I wish he actually applied it right ur supposed to put a nice thick coat and wait 10 min in the sunlight so it turns a white paste he used way to little and didn’t wait long enough
Nu Finish is a Synthetic Cleaner Wax - meaning it has abrading polishing particles. As such it should not be used often since it will wear out the clear coat. But it is great as a base layer on paint that isn’t regularly cared for by the owner. Many detailers complain about how difficult it not impossible it is to completely remove from the paint once applied - even using paint preps, strip washes, etc. That is the quality you want since the friction from drag from the air as the car moves at highway speeds is the greatest remover of waxes and sealants from cars. If Nu Finish came without polishing agents it would be an even better product since you can then separate the process of polishing your paint and sealing it with protectant. You don’t need to polish all the time.
i love this stuff and it really does last longer than others,best bang for the buck and will continue using it.I think it will last a year or longer under certain conditions.
Hey jimbo try putting a spray nozzle on your hose when doing these videos it would be nice to see the beading and not just the sheeting of these products
Hi Jimbo, I thought I had read that this product works great if it is applied and then given 30 days to cure where a second coat is applied. Have you heard this?
I don't know if you've seen Scott W's(?) long term wax and ceramic test hood, but I believe he's on 14 or so months now and Nufinish is the only non-ceramic coating that's still holding up. regardless of what your test showed, the stuff lasts!
Hey brother, good video. NU finish is my go to to pump out my Challenger, been using it for 20 years. It is a sealant! Not a wax. You don't buff it on , even though it says it's a Polish...no abrasives. Use it 2 coats within a week and it Will last at least 6 months....
CRAPPY VIDEO, VIDEO DOES NOT PROVE ANYTHING, COMMON SENSE TIP, WHEN YOU TEST A WAX, AFTER WIPING IT OFF LET IT SETTLE FOR A DAY TO LET THE SUBSTANCE BOND FULLY.
@mike h it's not longer lasting haha it is if you use special soaps special toppers and take extremely good care of this so called "coating". Out here where i live we have the some of the highest heat in the world usually right behind death valley. You are lucky to see 6 months out of ceramic coating. For all the prep and for all the cost yes it's a big rip off. Best thing since Teflon haha. Won't go into when the coating begins to fail and makes your clear look like it's peeling off. Yeah great product 👎
@mike h proven how? Because it beads water? I go by my own personal experience and Si02 is way over hyped and over marketed but in your profession you probably sell it to customers and you bought into it because it's a big moneymaker so of course you love the stuff
@mike h in my experience having my wifes color coded with a ceramic coating that cost me $1,500 and supposedly a 5 year warranty... It's a complete waste of of money... Just last week in our 125F weather a bird shit on the hood of her red car.... It etched into the clear right through the so called coating. I took it to the detailer and guess what that isn't covered under the warranty. Had to pay another $150 to have the hood compounded and re coated. Now on my black pick up that i put duragloss 601/105 combo on ? Same thing happened. But in my trucks case the bird shit wiped right off. That is all the proof i need. I Will continuing using what actually works. Super fake looking glossiness and water beading does not prove durability. REAL LIFE incidents like i just mentioned proved things to me. The Duragloss Products cost me $30 shipped and 2 hrs of my time. My wife's car got ceramic-coated took 3 days and cost$1,500 in her car doesn't look any better than my truck does again all the proof i need.
I like your videos! Maybe a better test for durability would be to leave the panel outside (which is the most common way people would neglect their paint). Then once a month you wash it with dishwashing soap. Would take longer to test, but probably would provide more relalistic data.
I noticed that my car comes out shinier and looks looks like it's been waxed after going through the cheapest car wash as opposed to putting it through the car wash without nu finish. When I noticed that, it was that moment when I found that I didn't need to add nu finish more than once a year.
Optical enhancers maybe? They tend to be used in just about everything from clothing to tooth paste, in short it's just a ultraviolet dye (we can't see it) that's really good at reflecting light (we can see the increased reflection) it's generally pretty good at making cloths look cleaner (and whiter) along with teeth and stuff like that wouldn't be to hard to imagine car washes and waxes using it.
SMH. Find me a wax or sealant that doesn’t have a cure time? Basic stuff. Anybody that knows detailing knows Nu Finish is what it is. It’s commercial, but you’ve gotta at least give it a fair opportunity to fail. Lol
@@fenwaymark meguiars fast finish doesnt have a cure time and holds up better then most sealants. its also $5 but anyone who details would know that...
Auto Detailing Podcast nice try to insult me but your killing your own credibility. I’m one of your subscribers, I enjoy your videos so I’m not going to insult you. UFF does have a cure time like any other product. I’m done with it. You missed my point and taking it as an attack. Congrats on your growing subscriber base.
I am a bit confused about what you are proving. You are spraying aggressive chemical cleaners on the test panel then coming to a conclusion that Nu Finish doesn’t hold up to the manufacturers claim of 52 washes. You haven’t disproved their claim only because you do not know what the manufacturer used as a cleaner to make their claim in the first place. It was probably not done under real world conditions. This is however a great video on what NOT to clean your car with. Never use harsh chemical cleaners such as the ones you used in your test. Nu Finish is a very good product, easier to apply than most and is quite durable. More bang for the buck as the saying goes. Do I believe it will last 52 auto washes, no I don’t, but not because of your test, but because of the environmental impact of airborne pollutants has on everything... I am sure there are folks out there that wash their cars once a week, those guys don’t use Nu Finish. I can’t imagine using a $7.00 bottle of polish on a high end exotic car. Like I said, your test didn’t prove Nu Finish doesn’t last 52 washes, it didn’t need to prove it because you and I both know it is a ridiculous claim. It would take me a few years or more to do 52 washes.
The word is that NuFinish has changed their formula from it's original one. The current formula doesn't last as long as the original one....so pathetic
Im a spray painter and i get this stuff of with one wash and grease and wax remover and car allways sprays up nicely. No way it last one year but ot does bring up a nice shine for what it costs.
I feel like you didn't apply enough product, as you didn't get the white haze, and I don't think you gave it enough time to dry or cure. I know the directions don't give a time frame, but I don't think they intended people to wash their car immediately after applying the polish because you're supposed to wash it beforehand.
I was using this product until recently. It was excellent. But I think the company changed the formula recently. Now it seems like a very poor product. Hopefully they change it back to the old formula.
Saw another detailtuber did a test with many waxes and sealants all on one hood and checked results over I believe over a year with weekly washes and sitting outside in over 100deg heat in the desert. He used good car soap though. But at the 8 month mark, the only non coating products left were turtle wax ice liquid "wax" and nu-finish. I know, I was surprised as well. Ice was my favorite wax before getting into non retail type products. P.S. still waiting on more m110 and m210 videos!!! Lol
@@2010stoof I find that if I use a clay bar, followed by a grease/wax remover, the Nu Finish bonds better to the clearcoat and lasts closer to a year. The website does say to apply a second coat within 30 days, and I think that's the trick needed make it last a year. At least for me that's the key. I got a 1997 Ford Explorer (original paint) which is a daily driver, and the paint still looks great.
@@MikeNNJ79 yeah the prep is definitely the key. When the weather here in the mitten warms up after winter I plan on cutting and polishing my old 98 f150. Not a daily driver but more of a utilitarian vehicle when I need to haul stuff. New to me. Check with paint depth guage and looks like it's never been cut before. Has rust but figure why not play with it. Just won't get near the 3 rust areas it has. Then going to test out some different waxes on it.
dude this product kicks ass, it lasts in new zealand sun, harshest in the world, go check out scott.h channel he test this with 30 something others on a black hood nu finish lasts 12 months.
The main difference between wheel and rim is that rim is not the whole wheel but only a part of the wheel. The rim is a cylindrical wheel outer edge holding the tire on the wheel. The main function of the rim is supporting and sealing the tire to the wheel. The rim ensures proper fitting between tire and rim and retaining the air inside the tubeless tire.
I think you have to wash the hood with dawn dishwashing liquid first, then do a water sheet test for a basis comparison. Then apply the wax and do the test. I say this because the water is not sticking to that hood at the end for some reason, it must still have chemicals on it.
So most automatic car washes hit the car with a spray type wax at the end... if you’re getting one of these once a week then you’re bound to still see beading so no wonder their ‘independent test’ worked
I should buy that stuff, add some scent and repackage it in a fancy bottle labeled with buzzwords like "Ceramic NanoCoat Pro Ultimate" put a price tag of $79 marked down from $119 and everyone would love it.
It lasts a year with deterioration and no cars washes except some spray hand ones in Chicago winter. Change out cap? Decant to Frenches Mustard bottle. Use as little as possible.
Hey dude good stuff and thanks for the time you take to create these videos. I was wondering what would happen if after applying this product and letting it adhere to the paint if layering it with Turtle was seal and shine if it would work good together because they are both synthetic base.? Would be cool if you did a vid on layering products for ultimate protection
I have been using NuFinish since I was in PuertoRico back in 1988-1990. I have reason to believe that it is a great product however, it needs another coating of an specific chemical. I use NuFinish with a 5 inch buffer, then follow with a hand wax. You should seemy 1966 Pontiac when I first bought the car. No shine, super dull paint. I did the NuFinish back on 2016. After that never again. Just waxing. People ask me if I just painted that car. Funny Jokes right? Good video.
I have read of classic cars that won at Pebble Beach using NUFINISH . I have used it since buying my first car, a Olds Cutlas Sumpreme, in 1975. always great results. I hand wash my cars with quality products . I don't know any car enthusiast that uses auto car wash. I would never use that strong purple stuff full strength on my car's paint.
Good work Jimbo! Don't listen to the trolls! Keep it up, also 99% of people don't know NuFinish your using is old and low end, they do have or had a Professional or Pro high end NuFinish.
I wondwr if it has to cure for 4-24 hours or so. Because it deff needed to set up and cure longer. Good video either way! Just feel like it needed to sit overnight or something
Cool video, I also believe it’s a cleaner wax. I wonder if the paste is any different. If you’re looking for a product demo idea try turtle ice spray wax. I’m not a turtle wax fan but that stuff is excellent.
There’s a guy who test new finish and it seems to do very well even at the year mark it bleeds really well in his video he doesn’t exposed to any harsh chemicals just normal soap and water he’s the guy who does that test on a panel with like 40 different polishes waxes coatings so I don’t
I used to purchase Nu Finish often in the 80' and 90's because of the one great promise and feature it had.....,It would not permanently stay on rubber like other products did. You know, the rubber around the windshield etc. It would just wipe right out.....However, I bought Nu Finish paste in a can last year and I found it would stick like crazy on rubber.....Anyone else have this experience?
Joe Wind the best product is the product that you think gives you the best results, you enjoy using it and you use it often. Therefore it’s subjective.
If you use the same cloth to dry all unpolished sections you will be transferring some product.. Minor but still some transfer . If you want to control test you need to be exacting .
The obvious thing to do with this is --- Wash car, clay, polish, use this product Nu Polish, use a high durability wax (Bilt Hamber SpeedWax ?? ) finish off with Meguiars Ceramix Hybrid Wax. That's all you'll ever have to do for the ownership of your car is, wash it every week and every fortnight use Sonax BSD when drying the car.................End of Lesson,
LMAO!! You were like great my kids are acting like dogs haha. I had to pause and laugh for a long time. Omg made my week I swear! Great video aswell. Seen all of them now up to date
Sorry this test is completely false, these days alot of carwashes are Ph neutral and they make sure not to use harsh chemicals. Back in the day they did you hydrofluoric adic as a "soap" due to it beading off so good. Sorry bro, this wasn't really a good demonstration.
The irony of hobbyist car detailing people.... Just thinking about this today We all want our cars to look great, perfect, pretty, etc all the time. We all want to find the best products. Many of us have collected many products to find the "best" or "longest lasting" But think about it. If you just did your car once a year and that was it besides washing, you would be bored haha. You would be sitting in your garage looking at all the stuff you have and nothing to do with it. Even though we chase the best products and longest lasting, the fun is trying them and doing the work on the car and seeing how it turns out. Then in a couple months, doing it again. So I ask, is it the work put in with the result, the result lasting, the act of work put in, ..... I don't know. I like things to last, but not so long that I don't have to do anything more to it. The work is the fun for me. Lol. Then strip it in a couple weeks or couple months and do it all again. Maybe I'm nuts, maybe just rambling. But I think that's why I don't coat my car with some things that last years. People say it's old school and obsolete, but I like doing sealants and waxes. The look great. And the good ones last long enough to when you get the itch to go into zen mode to reapply and then enjoy the result again.
Couldn't agree more. It's the feeling of actually doing something and seeing the result. Why get a so-called permanent sealant, how boring. I prefer the old fashioned way. Wash, possibly clay, possibly polish, then a nice old fashioned carnauba wax. Yes it won't last the life of the car (like anything will, but keep forking over a couple grand to your dealer or aftermarket guy to seal your paint), but the satisfaction of seeing that perfect gloss that smooth and has a mirror finish is more than enough reward of spending a few hours doing it. I've always love Zymol, or Autoglym, and many will disagree, but to each their own. Zymol you can literally apply with your hands due to the actual makeup of the ingredients versus Autoglym (while amazing) a fair bit more nasty chemicals involved. But I'll still use both.
dura shine from dura lube products was a good sealer on my polished aluminum rims. i'm gonna try nu finish in my polished tanks on my big rig since i already use nu finish on the paint.
The new sprays like those ceramic ones don’t seem to be better. The new ones are better than the spray waxes which didn’t last beyond 2-3 washes. The hybrid ceramics sprays cost about 2x, are very water phobic when applied, but wear out like any sealant. But far more expensive than traditional wax or polymer sealants, we have to feel good spending the money and say they’re great.
This video is slightly off point. Nu Finish is not a wax or ceramic coating that makes water bead up. It is a polish. The definition of a polish is to smooth and make shine.
I didn't think that Nu Finish would have good durability either but then I watched this guys video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FZrvthdH1HA.html and I was really surprised . In his testing it lasted about a year, and out performed big name detailing brands. Take a look and let me know what you think!
I think you linked the wrong video (20 way). But this guy's 34 way longevity video shows nufinish passing the longevity test. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0lRsKREslOQ.html
