meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

[mytyace]

my daughter just bought a 2014 chevy cruze in tungsten (dark grey) and my wife has a chevy avalanche that is dark red I am going to clay bar both and I want a wax to bring out the colors. would the gc carnauba plus or the yellow 26 be a good choice or is there a better choice. thanks for any help or thoughts.

[The Guz]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

Either one would be fine. My personal preference is M26.

[goldenlight]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

my daughter just bought a 2014 chevy cruze in tungsten (dark grey) and my wife has a chevy avalanche that is dark red I am going to clay bar both and I want a wax to bring out the colors. would the gc carnauba plus or the yellow 26 be a good choice or is there a better choice. thanks for any help or thoughts.

I belive the Gold class has a slight cleaner in it vs the m26 is a pure sealant.

[ffboy]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

Gold Class Carnauba Plus is a polish wax, meaning it has polishing oils that help darken and add depth to paint, as well as carnauba and polymers to help improve protection, and yes, it has cleaners (the mildest of all cleaners). M26 is a pure wax (no polishing oils or cleaners), and it is a carnauba with a few polymers as well.

[davey g-force]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

If you want something more durable, you might want to consider Ultimate Wax, or NXT 2.0.

They may or may not look as good to your eyes though. Carnaubas are said to impart a deeper, richer shine to dark colors. Some people like it / notice it, whereas others don't / don't.

It's all down to personal preference really..

[Coach]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

Hello and welcome to MOL!
Claying prepares the surface nicely for your polish and/or finish. I would suggest to use Gold Class Carnauba Plus if you don't intend to do a separate polish step after claying. This will add depth to the dark colors you describe. If you do apply polish as a separate step then M26 would be fine or GCCP.
But the BIG question is... what about your vehicle? It needs some love too. Right?
Coach

[mytyace]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

hey coach not enough paint left on my old truck to wax.lol

[lemaitrix]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

As Coach mentioned, I think the Gold Class would be the better between the 2 if you're going straight from claying to waxing (i.e. no separate polish step) since it provides some polishing. I haven't had any experience with M26 but Gold Class is pretty much my go-to wax (even on white cars!). The deep wet shine look it provides is well worth the lesser durability as compared to Ultimate or NXT. Just my 2 cents.

[mytyace]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

do either of these waxes leave a white residue in had to remove areas?

[The Guz]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

They will stain trim. No white residue as long as you wipe them off. Give the car a final wipe with some QD once you are done.

[mytyace]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

thanks for the help guys

[LS1BERLINA]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

Gold class may leave some residue in chips etc. In my tests I know m26 doesn't dry white in stone chips while nxt 2.0 does.

[Jarhead0754]

I don't know if it works with meguiars ultimate black, but mothers back to black claims that if u put that on 1st it will keep waxes from staining the trim white. Me personally I'm too die hard meguiars now that I refuse to buy something meguiars already makes. But if they don't then I'm open game.

However let me know if this is true with the mothers product.

[marc otra]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

Hi all, can i use the ult. polish before the m26? and whats the difference between this 2 and the cleaner wax?

[The Guz]

Re: meguiars gold class carnauba plus vs yellow #26

Hi all, can i use the ult. polish before the m26? and whats the difference between this 2 and the cleaner wax?

Yes you can use M26 after ultimate polish. You can use any wax after ultimate polish.

A cleaner wax is an all in one product which cleans, polishes and protects. Ulitmate polish will clean and it can also correct light to moderate swirls especially with a DA polisher. Dedicated products for a specific task will always give better results than a cleaner wax. Although the new cleaner waxes in white wax and black wax are really good cleaner waxes. It comes down to how much time you want to invest in detailing your car.


One other thing about trim. It's always a good idea to tape off trim to avoid getting wax on it. APC works well in removing it.