Turtle Wax Ice
I'd like to thank Melissa Tramantano , media coordinator of Turtle Wax, for the opportunity to review their new Turtle Wax ICE products.
"Turtle Wax® ICE™ Car Wash is formulated with a blend of surfactants and special paint conditioners that gently wash away dirt, road grime and dust leaving behind an incredible sparkling shine"
"Turtle Wax® ICE™ Liquid Clay Bar is a revolutionary new way to deep clean and restore your car's finish in a fraction of the time it takes with traditional clay bars. A unique triple layer formula consists of a scratch & swirl remover, cleaning agents and an exfoliant that work together to provide outstanding cleaning capabilities."
"Turtle Wax® ICE™ is a clear wax formulated with completely new technology that blends silicone and hydrocarbon polymers to provide extraordinary shine and durability."
Now that the summer driving months are dying down and some of us are putting away our cars for the winter, it's still not to late to pick up this great product. I really like the packaging of these products, as they all came with their own applicator pads. The microfiber cloths area nice product as well. I am very pleased with the results when compared to the Meguiar's Brand and Blue Coral products I usually use.
To begin we will need one filthy Honda, which I can provide since I've been neglecting the CRX for a while in the detailing department.
Dirty Hood Close up
Dirty Roof Close up
Those rims are actually not bronze, that would be caked on brake dust.
Bug / Bird Crap it's been there a while
As usual, I started my car wash with a nice rinse. I followed the directions on the Turtle Wax Ice car wash and created a nice sudsy wash.
This car wash is great. It stayed nice and foamy the whole time. It cleans very well too. The finish was nice after the wash, and it removed virtually all the nasty built up road grime. It also removed most of the tar and bug remnants. I was impressed with how well it cut through the brake dust on my rims. I usually have to spray them down with rim cleaner, like F21 wheel cleaner (another great turtle wax product), to aid in the cleaning of the rims. This time that was not necessary. Although it worked quite well I did have to follow up with rim cleaner to really get the rims as clean as I like them to be.
The next step was to use the ICE Liquid Clay Bar to clean the bug and tar bits that the car wash wasn't able to fully remove. Turtle Wax claims that it will, easily removes minor scratches, swirls marks, tree sap, paint overspray and embedded dirt and stains that ordinary detailing clays leave behind. It also creates a smooth as glass finish on all paintwork, fiberglass and metal surfaces, and it does not contain harsh abrasives that can scratch or scuff your finish.
I followed the directions and began doing this by hand on small sections of my car at a time. I was impressed with how well it removed the bug splatter that was above my headlight. This product is a lot easier to use than a traditional hard clay bar, but it still required a good amount of elbow grease to remove the bug residue.
Close up of headlight where the bug was. As you can see the finish on the hood has now been brought back to a brilliant shine even before I applied the Turtle Wax ICE synthetic polish. It has also removed a lot of the surface contaminant that can be seen in the previous picture above.
After I spent a little time on the hood, I got out my 6" orbital buffer with a new terrycloth bonnet, and began to apply the Turtle Wax ICE Liquid Clay Bar on small section at a time. The difference this time was that it took much less effort. Both ways that I applied the product left a haze that is similar to a classic paste wax. It simply needs to be rinsed-off before applying the ICE Polish.
However, in my experience, it didn't just rinse off. I had to wash the car again to really remove the haze. Overall the Liquid Clay Bar does a wonderful job, although a traditional clay bar leaves the paint surface feeling a little smoother.
I was able to do my entire car in about 30 minutes; a fraction of the time it would take with a traditional clay bar.
Finally, after drying the car with an absorber and washing the clay bar residue off I was ready to use the Turtle Wax ICE polish. I opted to use the liquid version versus the paste that was provided. Again, the polish came with its own applicator. The product claims that it will not leave a white residue like an ordinary carnauba wax typically does, so I made sure to wax/polish all exterior surfaces including my tail lights, headlights, black trim and gaskets around the windows. I followed the directions shaking well and applying a thin layer over the entire car. Unlike traditional waxes, you can actually easily apply Turtle Wax ICE polish to the entire car and let it dry to a haze. That process only took about 2-3 minutes, as I was applying it in direct sunlight on a hot sunny day. After I waxed the car, I thought about my rims and the high concentration of brake dust. The rims are clear coated and have a polished aluminum lip. The polish says it can be used on most exterior surfaces. This time I decided to used the paste version of the wax. I tested it on an interior portion of the rim, and the test went well I decided to wax all visible portions of my rims again letting the product dry to a haze.This is were the microfiber cloths really are effective and will pay for themselves in no time. I tried using a terrycloth towel , and I had difficulty removing the haze. Those same cloths usually work great on carnauba waxes. The terrycloth towels were also leaving lint behind. The microfiber cloths were like magic it lifted the haze off the car with little to no effort, and they helpproduce a brilliant shine. The microfiber cloths seem to be the secret ingredient to the ICE product line. I really was impressed with how well they worked.
After wiping down the entire car the product is true to it's claim; there was not a single spot of white residue anywhere, not even on of the black plastic trim. I typically use a product called Mothers Back to Black to finish up the plastic trim, and bring back the vibrant black color of the trim, but in this case Turtle Wax ICE is all that is needed. It ended up saving me a lot of time that I spend detailing all the trim on my car.
The complete lineup of the Turtle Wax ICE products may not be the cheapest on the market but they do a wonderful job. They are extremely easy to use and apply. It has been a few weeks since I used the products and they seem to be working well. The car's surface doesn't have that familiar feeling of a traditional wax that is smooth to the touch like I'm used to. With Turtle Wax ICE the rain beads up nicely, my rims have been staying cleaner and seem to be repelling the brake dust that usually builds up very quickly. I was able to just spray off the brake dust just the other day rather than having to really scrub down the rims like I have in the past. The ICE product lineup has just replaced my Meguires kit.
In fact, I like the product so much, I offered to clean my wifes car the next day. Her car is a 2003 Honda Civic, which hasn't been abused by the UV rays of the sun as my CRX has. She has a few superficial scratches that the ICE clay bar removed, and the finish came out amazing. The Turtle Wax ICE products have brought back the brilliant crystal show room shine like the day we drove it home.
To conclude overall I am quite pleased with the Turtle Wax ICE product line. It's very easy to apply, doesn't leave any white powdery residue, and it's not prohibitively expensive. When I run out of the sample products that were supplied I would definitely buy this product.
The results of using Turtle Wax ICE product, a nice brilliant shine
Nice and shiny close up of the roof after waxing
Nicely polished Rims
Some Pictures of the final outcome.
To see a Complete Photo Gallery click here
I'd like to thank Melissa Tramantano , media coordinator of Turtle Wax, for the opportunity to review their new Turtle Wax ICE products.
"Turtle Wax® ICE™ Car Wash is formulated with a blend of surfactants and special paint conditioners that gently wash away dirt, road grime and dust leaving behind an incredible sparkling shine"
"Turtle Wax® ICE™ Liquid Clay Bar is a revolutionary new way to deep clean and restore your car's finish in a fraction of the time it takes with traditional clay bars. A unique triple layer formula consists of a scratch & swirl remover, cleaning agents and an exfoliant that work together to provide outstanding cleaning capabilities."
"Turtle Wax® ICE™ is a clear wax formulated with completely new technology that blends silicone and hydrocarbon polymers to provide extraordinary shine and durability."
Now that the summer driving months are dying down and some of us are putting away our cars for the winter, it's still not to late to pick up this great product. I really like the packaging of these products, as they all came with their own applicator pads. The microfiber cloths area nice product as well. I am very pleased with the results when compared to the Meguiar's Brand and Blue Coral products I usually use.
To begin we will need one filthy Honda, which I can provide since I've been neglecting the CRX for a while in the detailing department.
Dirty Hood Close up
Dirty Roof Close up
Those rims are actually not bronze, that would be caked on brake dust.
Bug / Bird Crap it's been there a while
As usual, I started my car wash with a nice rinse. I followed the directions on the Turtle Wax Ice car wash and created a nice sudsy wash.
This car wash is great. It stayed nice and foamy the whole time. It cleans very well too. The finish was nice after the wash, and it removed virtually all the nasty built up road grime. It also removed most of the tar and bug remnants. I was impressed with how well it cut through the brake dust on my rims. I usually have to spray them down with rim cleaner, like F21 wheel cleaner (another great turtle wax product), to aid in the cleaning of the rims. This time that was not necessary. Although it worked quite well I did have to follow up with rim cleaner to really get the rims as clean as I like them to be.
The next step was to use the ICE Liquid Clay Bar to clean the bug and tar bits that the car wash wasn't able to fully remove. Turtle Wax claims that it will, easily removes minor scratches, swirls marks, tree sap, paint overspray and embedded dirt and stains that ordinary detailing clays leave behind. It also creates a smooth as glass finish on all paintwork, fiberglass and metal surfaces, and it does not contain harsh abrasives that can scratch or scuff your finish.
I followed the directions and began doing this by hand on small sections of my car at a time. I was impressed with how well it removed the bug splatter that was above my headlight. This product is a lot easier to use than a traditional hard clay bar, but it still required a good amount of elbow grease to remove the bug residue.
Close up of headlight where the bug was. As you can see the finish on the hood has now been brought back to a brilliant shine even before I applied the Turtle Wax ICE synthetic polish. It has also removed a lot of the surface contaminant that can be seen in the previous picture above.
After I spent a little time on the hood, I got out my 6" orbital buffer with a new terrycloth bonnet, and began to apply the Turtle Wax ICE Liquid Clay Bar on small section at a time. The difference this time was that it took much less effort. Both ways that I applied the product left a haze that is similar to a classic paste wax. It simply needs to be rinsed-off before applying the ICE Polish.
However, in my experience, it didn't just rinse off. I had to wash the car again to really remove the haze. Overall the Liquid Clay Bar does a wonderful job, although a traditional clay bar leaves the paint surface feeling a little smoother.
I was able to do my entire car in about 30 minutes; a fraction of the time it would take with a traditional clay bar.
Finally, after drying the car with an absorber and washing the clay bar residue off I was ready to use the Turtle Wax ICE polish. I opted to use the liquid version versus the paste that was provided. Again, the polish came with its own applicator. The product claims that it will not leave a white residue like an ordinary carnauba wax typically does, so I made sure to wax/polish all exterior surfaces including my tail lights, headlights, black trim and gaskets around the windows. I followed the directions shaking well and applying a thin layer over the entire car. Unlike traditional waxes, you can actually easily apply Turtle Wax ICE polish to the entire car and let it dry to a haze. That process only took about 2-3 minutes, as I was applying it in direct sunlight on a hot sunny day. After I waxed the car, I thought about my rims and the high concentration of brake dust. The rims are clear coated and have a polished aluminum lip. The polish says it can be used on most exterior surfaces. This time I decided to used the paste version of the wax. I tested it on an interior portion of the rim, and the test went well I decided to wax all visible portions of my rims again letting the product dry to a haze.This is were the microfiber cloths really are effective and will pay for themselves in no time. I tried using a terrycloth towel , and I had difficulty removing the haze. Those same cloths usually work great on carnauba waxes. The terrycloth towels were also leaving lint behind. The microfiber cloths were like magic it lifted the haze off the car with little to no effort, and they helpproduce a brilliant shine. The microfiber cloths seem to be the secret ingredient to the ICE product line. I really was impressed with how well they worked.
After wiping down the entire car the product is true to it's claim; there was not a single spot of white residue anywhere, not even on of the black plastic trim. I typically use a product called Mothers Back to Black to finish up the plastic trim, and bring back the vibrant black color of the trim, but in this case Turtle Wax ICE is all that is needed. It ended up saving me a lot of time that I spend detailing all the trim on my car.
The complete lineup of the Turtle Wax ICE products may not be the cheapest on the market but they do a wonderful job. They are extremely easy to use and apply. It has been a few weeks since I used the products and they seem to be working well. The car's surface doesn't have that familiar feeling of a traditional wax that is smooth to the touch like I'm used to. With Turtle Wax ICE the rain beads up nicely, my rims have been staying cleaner and seem to be repelling the brake dust that usually builds up very quickly. I was able to just spray off the brake dust just the other day rather than having to really scrub down the rims like I have in the past. The ICE product lineup has just replaced my Meguires kit.
In fact, I like the product so much, I offered to clean my wifes car the next day. Her car is a 2003 Honda Civic, which hasn't been abused by the UV rays of the sun as my CRX has. She has a few superficial scratches that the ICE clay bar removed, and the finish came out amazing. The Turtle Wax ICE products have brought back the brilliant crystal show room shine like the day we drove it home.
To conclude overall I am quite pleased with the Turtle Wax ICE product line. It's very easy to apply, doesn't leave any white powdery residue, and it's not prohibitively expensive. When I run out of the sample products that were supplied I would definitely buy this product.
The results of using Turtle Wax ICE product, a nice brilliant shine
Nice and shiny close up of the roof after waxing
Nicely polished Rims
Some Pictures of the final outcome.
To see a Complete Photo Gallery click here