{"id":2338,"date":"2013-05-02T00:26:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T07:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rallyways.com\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2018-06-15T18:21:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T01:21:26","slug":"collinite-845-review-liquid-insulator-wax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rallyways.com\/2338\/collinite-845-review-liquid-insulator-wax\/","title":{"rendered":"Collinite 845 Review Liquid Insulator Wax Layering"},"content":{"rendered":"
I decided to write my own Collinite 845 review given I recently started using the wax due to all the enticing word of mouth comments and raving reviews on the web. Collinite Liquid Insulator Wax 845 is very popular, but mostly in the online car detailer’s top secret cult of shine. Is it really that good? Let’s find out.<\/p>\n
I made brief mention of Collinite 845 in the Awesome Bunch of the Best Car Detailing Products<\/a> article. My first experience with the product would be layering the wax over a polymer-sealed new white Toyota Tacoma. Collinite Liquid Insulator Wax 845 beat Finish Kare 1000P Hi-Temp Paste Wax last minute as I was making my final decision on what to layer over the paint sealer on the truck.<\/p>\n Collinite 845 Review – The product<\/strong><\/p>\n Collinite 845’s packaging looks as old fashioned as the Wendy’s logo. It comes in a clear plastic bottle with single-color screen printed red lettering and no fancy decorations or photos of super cars on the label. It just tells you clearly what it is. After removing the cap I do exactly as any other detailer would and smell the stuff. Smells awful. Not crap awful, but more like chemical awful. Clearly no fancy new-car smell perfumes are added to this stuff. Well, this is not ice cream or salad dressing. Who cares what it smells like? Let’s put it to work.<\/p>\n Application process<\/strong><\/p>\n My first experience with Collinite 845 would be layering it over an already cured layer of Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0<\/a>. The plan was to layer it on following the instructions on the bottle and after removing the residue, let it cure for 12 hours before layering again. Yes, it was an ambitious detailing project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Off comes the cap and I realize this stuff is quite concentrated and pasty. The bottle is full to the brim, so shaking it to mix would be no use. Smacking the stuff out like a bottle of Heinz ketchup didn’t seem like a good idea either. A squeeze of the bottle yielded a lump of wax on my applicator pad about the size of a hazelnut. I also noticed it was clumpy with some creamy areas surrounding clumped bits of wax. Keep reading, more on this further down.<\/p>\n OK then. I spread it out over the applicator with my gloved fingers and proceed to apply over, you guessed it, the hood. (The bonnet, for my British friends).<\/p>\n I noticed it spreads incredibly easy. Maybe too easy. However, I’m waxing a slick surface that has already been treated with sealant, so it is to be expected. I did half of the hood and then waited for it to haze over before buffing off the residue with a clean and fluffy towel from a brand new batch of\u00a0microfiber towels<\/a>. That’s when I realized I needed to wait a little longer. The stuff wasn’t completely hazed yet and it streaked a bit over the paint. Not to worry, I’ll wait longer.<\/p>\n