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Was feeling the compulsive urge to try out a new wax; and lo and behold a panel pot of DJ's Blue Velvet started screaming out "PICK ME!!!" from the detailing cupboard.
A hose and bucket wash was the only preparation done; the car was clayed about 6 weeks ago and mildly cleaned/corrected with Megs Ultimate Polish. I scooped out a standard yellow foam applicator and began to work.
Initial Impressions
DJ's Blue Velvet (BV) is labelled as a hard wax, and has a rather sweet cloying smell that I can't really place, but it's a rather relaxing scent that's not intrusive when waxing the car. Being a hard wax, some twisting of the small 30ml panel pot is required to prime the applicator with sufficient wax to coat a 2" x 2" panel.
My first impressions of use was that BV did not really want to spread itself out well over my paint. While the applicator was leaving whisper-thin layers of BV, I started to get the extremely paranoid feeling that the applicator was dry buffing on the paint as it started to feel draggy. Given that my paint is blue as well, it was also very difficult to tell if I was applying anything at all, and I had to constantly cock my head in all sorts of angles to see the wax layer.
Decided then to try another trick that I picked up from using Bilt Hamber's AutoBalm. I spritzed the paint surface with a very fine mist of water, and the application process went much better. The thin film of water lubricated the applicator sufficiently to glide across the paint, while the wax layer deposited repelled the spritzed water and allowed me to see where I've already waxed. It's a bit like spit shining but I'm really using the water as lubricant rather than to level the wax surface.
In any case, the spritz approach resulted in a nice thin layer of wax that was easily buffed off by a short nap MF towel (I used Gtechniq's MF towels for this).
Appearance
To my eye, BV has a deep rich nuba glow, with a luscious slick feel on the paint. Compared to Rubbish Boy's Juiced Edition, I'm thinking that BV has a wetter look while RBJE has a glossier look. That's just from memory and your own impressions may vary
Final Thoughts:
An excellent product, and a little goes a very long way. If you take a look at the attached photo of the panel pot, I used just that much for a compact sports sedan. I'm thinking that it should last at least another 5 uses (about a year of waxing if you wax every 2 months), making the panel pot a really good deal.
Thanks for reading!
A hose and bucket wash was the only preparation done; the car was clayed about 6 weeks ago and mildly cleaned/corrected with Megs Ultimate Polish. I scooped out a standard yellow foam applicator and began to work.
Initial Impressions
DJ's Blue Velvet (BV) is labelled as a hard wax, and has a rather sweet cloying smell that I can't really place, but it's a rather relaxing scent that's not intrusive when waxing the car. Being a hard wax, some twisting of the small 30ml panel pot is required to prime the applicator with sufficient wax to coat a 2" x 2" panel.
My first impressions of use was that BV did not really want to spread itself out well over my paint. While the applicator was leaving whisper-thin layers of BV, I started to get the extremely paranoid feeling that the applicator was dry buffing on the paint as it started to feel draggy. Given that my paint is blue as well, it was also very difficult to tell if I was applying anything at all, and I had to constantly cock my head in all sorts of angles to see the wax layer.
Decided then to try another trick that I picked up from using Bilt Hamber's AutoBalm. I spritzed the paint surface with a very fine mist of water, and the application process went much better. The thin film of water lubricated the applicator sufficiently to glide across the paint, while the wax layer deposited repelled the spritzed water and allowed me to see where I've already waxed. It's a bit like spit shining but I'm really using the water as lubricant rather than to level the wax surface.
In any case, the spritz approach resulted in a nice thin layer of wax that was easily buffed off by a short nap MF towel (I used Gtechniq's MF towels for this).
Appearance
To my eye, BV has a deep rich nuba glow, with a luscious slick feel on the paint. Compared to Rubbish Boy's Juiced Edition, I'm thinking that BV has a wetter look while RBJE has a glossier look. That's just from memory and your own impressions may vary
Final Thoughts:
An excellent product, and a little goes a very long way. If you take a look at the attached photo of the panel pot, I used just that much for a compact sports sedan. I'm thinking that it should last at least another 5 uses (about a year of waxing if you wax every 2 months), making the panel pot a really good deal.
Thanks for reading!
