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what wax and or spray on products do you user recommend?

ive been using Griots garage speed shine it works well even after a wax application Maguire's ceramic and or black wax. the products work well but after driving the car im suspicious of the spray stuff as it seems the cars a magnet for dirt? i know sounds dumb, real dumb.
what are you using? same results ?
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My C6 was treated with something before I purchased it. Have had it for six years. This is the first year I waxed it. It was still beading water just thought it needed something. I used a hybrid ceramic wax.
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If you review the MSDS for detailer sprays and such, pretty much all have the same ingredients, depends on what aroma you prefer, vanilla, cherry, strawberry, banana, lemon, etc.

Any good name brand product will work fine such as Griots, Adams, Mequiars, Mothers, and a multitude of others. They all claim they're the best.............😁
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I use Aero Cosmetics Wash, Wax All for cleaning. I use Meguiar's Gold Class Carnauba Plus paste wax for paint protection. It is what works for me.
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I use Aero Cosmetics Wash, Wax All for cleaning. I use Meguiar's Gold Class Carnauba Plus paste wax for paint protection. It is what works for me.
I use this as my detail spray, buy it by the gallon. 😁

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Any good name brand product will work fine such as Griots, Adams, Mequiars, Mothers, and a multitude of others. They all claim they're the best.............😁
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When I feel that any brand or certain brands will work the best, I then base my decision on ease of availability & price.

I have tried Griot's Speed Shine & I did not feel like it attracted dirt. You might look at the wax you are using.
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thanks guys , im assuming its the spray shine or ceramic spray i have. everything gets dirty when you drive it, my 1993 mr2 does same thing.
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You have a MR Duce cool.
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Like I said don’t have a clue what my car was coated with, bought it used. Have had it for six years and it still beaded water like it was freshly waxed. Put this on it just to rejuvenate the finish. Had it in the garage from detailing my beater an 01 solara.
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You have a MR Duce cool.
built the car 4 years ago

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Man you got the gen2 very cool.
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you are definitely not crazy when you notice some products attracting dust, I have read that the intrinsic molecular lattice structures used in some modern protectorates tend to attract stray electrons, a static charge, and some deal with it better than others It's just a dang shame I can't remember which ones were which.

To answer what I use, that's a tough one.

Maguire's shows up supporting a lot of car events, offers a company night school on car finish care, and personally gives the award for best paint at the yearly car show at the Artcenter collage of design, where all the car designers graduate from, a very big deal car event it helps sponsor. From the awards stage he stated, " you don't have to use our product to win this award, you just have to look like you do." of course a lot of those cars have supporting staff so the owners don't really ever know what products are on their cars.

On the other hand, Mothers, and there is no shine like mothers, supports a fine local public radio car show (online 90.7) with buckets of product, the good stuff, plus towels when you donate in support of the program during fund drives. I still have ceramic stuff I haven't used from them.

and then Griots garage just gave me a nice micro fiber car drying towel during an on line holiday celebration that I just happened to see announced in my Email, checked in late about halfway through, saw they were giving away orbital polishers and stuff , messaged I felt left out because I didn't have a registration number, and they kicked me down the towel, which even arrived before Christmas. they have a super nice wheel cleaner that turns purple from the iron as it dissolves the brake dust bonds

When I asked a really spectacular low rider at a car show what he used, he shrugged, saying I don't know man, whatever is around.

All I can say with positivity is turtle wax for chrome, the white liquid in the little green containor.
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what wax and or spray on products do you user recommend?
ive been using Griots garage speed shine it works well even after a wax application Maguire's ceramic and or black wax. the products work well but after driving the car im suspicious of the spray stuff as it seems the cars a magnet for dirt? i know sounds dumb, real dumb.
what are you using? same results ?
depends on what aroma you prefer, vanilla, cherry, strawberry, banana, lemon, etc.
got it dialed in after fooling around with it have it waxed and ceramic spray coated.

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I really like the MR2 but the red on that C5 pops. Nice JOB. How hard is it to keep that sand convertible top clean?
I really like the MR2 but the red on that C5 pops. Nice JOB. How hard is it to keep that sand convertible top clean?
will let you know, someone got too close to it with a pressure washer and put a few lines in it. but shouldn't be too hard as it hasn't moved very much snowed once here in lititz pa but lancaster county is a salt freak so it stays indoors for now, after a few showers in spring its go time.

this car the color does pop, and out in the sun the flake really comes through on it when you look at it on right angle its cool.
The key is the right combination of products for the finish in need and proper application. That is topped by what the expectations are.

Some folks just want water to bead others want paint correction. Some never was at all.

There is good and bad product out there and there is good product not used properly. As for expectations that is on you.
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