- Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:36 am
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Sadly Jules, butter and jam wouldn't be any better. Might smell nicer, but then it's about car protection - not car eating.
Anyway, if we accept their word, like we do of ever other manufacturer of detailing products, then their photographed results speaks for itself.
Applied as per the manufacturers' recommendations, then subjected to the salt spray test that is ASTM B117.
I'm convinced it's accurate and reflective of the market spin/hype a lot of companies employ.
I've not tried every product out there, but I find it interesting that they're the only one to have done something to demonstrate their product's effectiveness at its primary role - protection.
Given that a similar test is used by the paint/anti-corrosion companies, then I also believe the test used is valid for accelerated longevity testing.
In fact, it'd be fairly easy to put to the test - get a piece of clean plate steel, and apply your preferred choice of sealant/wax on one half, and theirs on the other. Leave for a month outside and see whether there's corrosion on either side.
If you've spent 5 mins on their site, you'll see they specialise in rust removal, chemically, and the balm is intended to protect bare metal, as I said above.
The other manufacturers don't mention this - relying instead on the glitz and glamour method of extolling their products on perfect paintwork. Wonder why that is?
Differences of opinion aside, I apologise for taking this thread off topic, and will happily submit to having this and the above post moved to a new more appropriate thread, if so desired.
Anyway, if we accept their word, like we do of ever other manufacturer of detailing products, then their photographed results speaks for itself.
Applied as per the manufacturers' recommendations, then subjected to the salt spray test that is ASTM B117.
I'm convinced it's accurate and reflective of the market spin/hype a lot of companies employ.
I've not tried every product out there, but I find it interesting that they're the only one to have done something to demonstrate their product's effectiveness at its primary role - protection.
Given that a similar test is used by the paint/anti-corrosion companies, then I also believe the test used is valid for accelerated longevity testing.
In fact, it'd be fairly easy to put to the test - get a piece of clean plate steel, and apply your preferred choice of sealant/wax on one half, and theirs on the other. Leave for a month outside and see whether there's corrosion on either side.
If you've spent 5 mins on their site, you'll see they specialise in rust removal, chemically, and the balm is intended to protect bare metal, as I said above.
The other manufacturers don't mention this - relying instead on the glitz and glamour method of extolling their products on perfect paintwork. Wonder why that is?
Differences of opinion aside, I apologise for taking this thread off topic, and will happily submit to having this and the above post moved to a new more appropriate thread, if so desired.