Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

[Beach Bum]

How much strong is colorx compared to the cleaner wax?

[greg0303]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

It is stronger. Meguiar's calls ColorX a cleaner/ wax on steroids.
The next product up would be M66 Quick Detailer and then D-151 Paint Reconditioning Cream if you look for 1-step application.
However it's recommended to follow up with your favorite wax for extra paint protection.

[Beach Bum]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

Thanks, the "cleaner wax" just wasn't strong enough when I used it a few months ago. Plan to put NXT 2.0 over it.

Hate working with Swirlx and want something stronger then the cleaner wax.

[Murr1525]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

ColorX is stronger, but would not be my choice for real defect removal, which is where SwirlX would start to come in.

What problem were you having with the SiwlrX?

[Beach Bum]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

Terrible working by hand. I have used it 4x's now on my 08 Black Sahara 4-door, even with working small sections, didn't think it took off anything, water-spots, bug juice, really anything. Thought about sending my last bottle in for a refund. Dont even get me started on swirl marks!!

[Murr1525]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

I doubt ColorX will solve that then.

May need to go stronger, or check application technique. Or perhaps someone else will have worked on that before and can help.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

Terrible working by hand. I have used it 4x's now on my 08 Black Sahara 4-door, even with working small sections, didn't think it took off anything, water-spots, bug juice, really anything. Thought about sending my last bottle in for a refund. Dont even get me started on swirl marks!!

It sounds like you're using waaaay too mild of a product for the task at hand. ColorX may be strong for a cleaner wax, but it's still just a cleaner wax so in the overall scheme of things, it's extremely mild.

A Corvette may be a whole lot faster than a VW Beetle, but it's still going to be destroyed by a Formula 1 car. Everything is relative, and it sounds like you've got a situation where a dedicated paint cleaner is what's needed. Something like Ultimate Compound, especially if you're working by hand on some stubborn issues and relatively hard paint.

[Beach Bum]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

How hard is UC to apply by hand ? Does it take as much "elbow grease" as Swirlx did ? I started with the least agressive product as I have been told a "million" times on this forum. But the amount of work I put into using Swirlx with poor results I would hope UC wouldn't require as much "elbow grease".

[OhioCarBuff]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

FWIW in my experience Color-x finishes off nicer then cleaner-wax, even though it is stronger

[Shawn T.]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

I've always thought A12 Cleaner/Wax to give a better shine. Plus, it lasts a little longer.

[Beach Bum]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

How hard is UC to apply by hand ? Does it take as much "elbow grease" as Swirlx did ? I started with the least agressive product as I have been told a "million" times on this forum. But the amount of work I put into using Swirlx with poor results I would hope UC wouldn't require as much "elbow grease".

Anyone care to comment ?

[Murr1525]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

Anyone care to comment ?

To be honest, it might, it might not.

I dont recall hearing Sahara's mentioned often when people talk of hard to work on paint, but anything is possible.

Doing a small test spot would give the answer.

[k3ith]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

Anyone care to comment ?

It sounds as if you may be asking if theoretically moving to a stronger product would require less effort. Although this may be the case sometimes, I am not sure this is the right way to look it. UC is not really designed to simply do Swirlx job with less effort. If this were the case, why make swirlx at all? They are different products and will produce different results - despite the elbow level variation. In many cases the paint correction requires both type products to produce optimal results.

In this case specifically, if Swirlx is not getting the job done with maximum effort then UC is probably not going to get it done with minimal effort and shouldn't be looked at as an effort saving solution. You'll need to look at UC as a separate solution than Swirlx. In other words, completely forget about what effort you used when applying Swirlx and start from scratch using UC. Do test spots, as Murr said, to determine the amount of elbow needed to get the job done with UC. Also, on your test spot, after you use UC, then use Swirlx to finish it out. That way you can tell the overall result of the effort as you'll likely need both products.

[Beach Bum]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

To be honest, it might, it might not.

I dont recall hearing Sahara's mentioned often when people talk of hard to work on paint, but anything is possible.

Doing a small test spot would give the answer.

Will test it out and see what happens. Just because it's a JEEP doesn't mean it can't look like a show car going through the MUD.
The other comment about going more agressive in product doesn't mean less elbow grease was crazy to me. If I go stronger it SHOULD mean less effort not the same or more.

[Shawn T.]

Re: Colorx stronger then Cleaner Wax?

Will test it out and see what happens. Just because it's a JEEP doesn't mean it can't look like a show car going through the MUD.
The other comment about going more agressive in product doesn't mean less elbow grease was crazy to me. If I go stronger it SHOULD mean less effort not the same or more.

Not necessarily. It really depends on the paint. If the paint is hard and one product is not aggressive enough to remove the defects then when you move up to a more aggressive product you may have to put in the same amount of work. You may need to get a little aggressive with the paint and really work the product. Regardless of the paint hardness, you should have to apply some passion to remove the defects.