ClearKote..what to buy?

[budman3]

Hey everyone-
I'm working on forming my spring order and I have zero ClearKote products. I don't really need any specific products or anything but once you get the 'bug' you want to try out various products from different companies. So, if you were to buy 1 or 2 products from ClearKote what would you buy and why?
Thanks for your help! 8)

[wytstang]

I really like Clearkotes Vanilla Moose hand glaze it really added depth and the "wet look" to the paint. I purchased some Quick Shine quick detailer from Bob a while ago but haven't had a chance to try it. The way it was described to me is it leave the paint with a satiny look were other qd's leave more of a salid dressing oil look to the paint. Any how if you try just one VM is awesome to use and a breeze to apply (wipe on/wipe off it's that easy). Good luck.

[Dan]

I haven't tried any of their line yet but everyone seems to like their glazes (VM and RMG). Whenever someone needs/wants a glaze for some reason, everyone always points to VM or RMG.

[Randyvous]

The Quik Shine is a really nice QD. This is the one product I think of when people start commenting about what is the "best". Here's why. I bought two 32oz bottles from Bob last year. The first time I tried it, I really did not like it at all. It streaked badly, and was hard to completely remove. So, I set it aside for 3-4 months. Being a frugal person by nature, I picked it up again with the intent of using it whether I preferred it or not. I'll just say my experience was completely different the second time around. Very slick, really nice pop to my maroon metallic paint. It seems (now mind you, this is just MY opinion) that it looks more glossy after a few hours. I came to the conclusion that I was using it like S&W, in other words I used way too much the first time.

For comparision, S&W has it beat in pure cleaning ability, but I like the looks of QS a lot better than S&W or S&G, it's less oily than the latter if that makes any sense. QS reminds me a lot of Z6, it just doesn't have that nice smell.

Having said all this, I've also tried the Carnauba Moose Wax and, well, to be polite, I wasn't blown away by it. :D

[pt91]

Clearkote is one of my favorite lines.
I can recommend VM, RMG (if you have darker car) and CMW. CMW is one of my top liquid waxes and it leaves a really wet finish. I find that I can apply CMW very quickly with my PC or Nikota cordless and a finishing pad.
Quickshine is nice as well.
Here is my wife's car with CMW over RMG.

http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/CMWrmg02.jpg

[budman3]

Thanks for the help guys! I guess I'll probably end up with one of the moose waxes and or a glaze...