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I took the time to set up a test of these three Meguiar's protection products. Ultimate Wax and M21 are some of the most popular protection products that perform well. I am putting them up against the new Paint Protect 365. This is more to show the sheeting and beading behavior of each product and not so much for durability. If I have the time I will perform some sort of durability test. Just depends on how much time I have. I may just wash it a few times. We shall see.
But for now I have the hood prepped and will let it sit for 7 days to let paint protect fully cure before I get it wet. The hood will be sitting inside the garage this entire time.
These are the products.
This is the hood taped up to apply each product to it's area. From left to right the hood is set up as follows.
Far left - used a 15% IPA wipe down to remove M205's polishing oils. This will be a control area #1.
M21 - The next section has a coat of M21 on it. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Paint Protect 365 - The middle section has a coat of 365 on it. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Ultimate Wax - The next section has a coat of Ultimate Liquid Wax. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Far right - used a 15% IPA wip down to remove M205's polishing oils. This is control area #2.
I chose to remove the tape lines. Well not entirely true. There are small areas underneath each section that I left tape on to give me an idea of where the tape line was. I did not notice any darkening of the paint from each product popping out right in front of me. It's hard to tell on a light color. Gloss/shine levels also appear to be the same on a light colored car. This is good news for someone that owns a light colored car. This would probably be different on a darker colored car. As we all know gloss comes from the prep work and this has hood has been prepped with D300 on a thin foam cutting disc and M205 on a thin polishing foam disc.
We shall see how these behave after 1 week.
But for now I have the hood prepped and will let it sit for 7 days to let paint protect fully cure before I get it wet. The hood will be sitting inside the garage this entire time.
These are the products.
This is the hood taped up to apply each product to it's area. From left to right the hood is set up as follows.
Far left - used a 15% IPA wipe down to remove M205's polishing oils. This will be a control area #1.
M21 - The next section has a coat of M21 on it. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Paint Protect 365 - The middle section has a coat of 365 on it. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Ultimate Wax - The next section has a coat of Ultimate Liquid Wax. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Far right - used a 15% IPA wip down to remove M205's polishing oils. This is control area #2.
I chose to remove the tape lines. Well not entirely true. There are small areas underneath each section that I left tape on to give me an idea of where the tape line was. I did not notice any darkening of the paint from each product popping out right in front of me. It's hard to tell on a light color. Gloss/shine levels also appear to be the same on a light colored car. This is good news for someone that owns a light colored car. This would probably be different on a darker colored car. As we all know gloss comes from the prep work and this has hood has been prepped with D300 on a thin foam cutting disc and M205 on a thin polishing foam disc.
We shall see how these behave after 1 week.
. Just a few more days then I can show the behavior with all these.
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