I took the time to set up a test of these three Meguiar's protection products. Ultimate Wax and M21 are some of the most popular protection products that perform well. I am putting them up against the new Paint Protect 365. This is more to show the sheeting and beading behavior of each product and not so much for durability. If I have the time I will perform some sort of durability test. Just depends on how much time I have. I may just wash it a few times. We shall see.
But for now I have the hood prepped and will let it sit for 7 days to let paint protect fully cure before I get it wet. The hood will be sitting inside the garage this entire time.
These are the products.
![](http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/2344/IMG_2827a.jpg)
This is the hood taped up to apply each product to it's area. From left to right the hood is set up as follows.
Far left - used a 15% IPA wipe down to remove M205's polishing oils. This will be a control area #1.
M21 - The next section has a coat of M21 on it. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Paint Protect 365 - The middle section has a coat of 365 on it. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Ultimate Wax - The next section has a coat of Ultimate Liquid Wax. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Far right - used a 15% IPA wip down to remove M205's polishing oils. This is control area #2.
![](http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/2344/IMG_2828a.jpg)
I chose to remove the tape lines. Well not entirely true. There are small areas underneath each section that I left tape on to give me an idea of where the tape line was. I did not notice any darkening of the paint from each product popping out right in front of me. It's hard to tell on a light color. Gloss/shine levels also appear to be the same on a light colored car. This is good news for someone that owns a light colored car. This would probably be different on a darker colored car. As we all know gloss comes from the prep work and this has hood has been prepped with D300 on a thin foam cutting disc and M205 on a thin polishing foam disc.
![](http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/2344/IMG_2834a.jpg)
We shall see how these behave after 1 week.
But for now I have the hood prepped and will let it sit for 7 days to let paint protect fully cure before I get it wet. The hood will be sitting inside the garage this entire time.
These are the products.
![](http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/2344/IMG_2827a.jpg)
This is the hood taped up to apply each product to it's area. From left to right the hood is set up as follows.
Far left - used a 15% IPA wipe down to remove M205's polishing oils. This will be a control area #1.
M21 - The next section has a coat of M21 on it. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Paint Protect 365 - The middle section has a coat of 365 on it. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Ultimate Wax - The next section has a coat of Ultimate Liquid Wax. I didn't remove M205's polishing oils.
Far right - used a 15% IPA wip down to remove M205's polishing oils. This is control area #2.
![](http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/2344/IMG_2828a.jpg)
I chose to remove the tape lines. Well not entirely true. There are small areas underneath each section that I left tape on to give me an idea of where the tape line was. I did not notice any darkening of the paint from each product popping out right in front of me. It's hard to tell on a light color. Gloss/shine levels also appear to be the same on a light colored car. This is good news for someone that owns a light colored car. This would probably be different on a darker colored car. As we all know gloss comes from the prep work and this has hood has been prepped with D300 on a thin foam cutting disc and M205 on a thin polishing foam disc.
![](http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/2344/IMG_2834a.jpg)
We shall see how these behave after 1 week.
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