I’ve heard many positive reviews on this product, 303 Aerospace Protectant. A restoration and protection on various rubber materials.
Now the embarrassing …. earlier this week I left the office early to detail some family member’s cars as a surprise New Years gift and to make use of my newly acquired car cleaning tools.
I started with a very abused and un-kept 1999 Acura TL, complete with water spots, swirls, bird turd, dents, etc. Anticipating multiple passes with the shampoo and claybar, I was surprised to see a single pass was sufficient to remove the impurities. Left with a silky smooth surface (with exception of deep scratches and dents) I applied Turtle Wax ICE Liquid Polish and noticed the once dull paint took on an oily appearance. Nice. Finished up with Meguiar’s Gold Class Liquid Wax, left to cure for an hour while I started on the next car.
A black 2001 Acura RL, in substantially better condition although it had quite a few dents. Same process … wash, rinse, claybar, rinse, dry, polish with ICE and wax.
7-hours later — both cars look much cleaner and shinier than their previous state. Silky smooth I might add. A happy and rewarded newbie-auto-detailer … until this morning.
In attempts to perfect and fuel my auto detailing O.C.D., this morning was spent reading online reviews for various products, one of them being Turtle Wax’s ICE Liquid Polish. As it appears, this is a wax, not a polish as you would assume by the packaging. So what does this mean? Nothing really … just an extra coat of wax without any benefits of polish.
Hmm … more research and another trip to the local NAPA for some POLISH!
