Well I got my Rubbish Boys combo pack yesterday and couldn't wait to use it. I got both the Original Edition and the Dodo Juiced Edition. After talking to FMINUS we decided I should go with the Original Edition first. Ben says that the OE tends to give more depth and glow and is a little harder to work with than the Juiced Edition which gives a little more clarity. I'll do a review of the wax here along with the mini show and shine. I decided to redo my wife's Volvo XC90 and give the Rubbish Boys a go! Well I did a good detail inside and out but the only pics are of the exterior to give a show at this wax. I will give you a little hint about the wax.....I LOVE IT! Well here's what I did: Tires/Wheels: I made up a mixture of CWG and Majestic Solutions Wash n Wax soap with 32 oz of water in an old spray bottle and attached it to my foam lance and used that for tires, wells, and wheels. The Volvo is well maintained so the tires/wheels were not that dirty. I used my black wheel shmitt and Swissvax wheel brush. Wells were treated with CGs Bare Bones and I decided to do something a little different with the wheels. I have some MS Super Dress All that is very durable but I don't really care for the look because it is really matte, I mean moreso than Surf City. It is very durable so I thought I would use it as a base layer and top that with CGs VRP. Man I love the look and if it's more durable that's just another plus. Both dressings were applied with CGs tire applicator. Interior: I vacuumed with my shop vac and dusted all cracks and crevices with my Megs slide lock brush. I protected the interior plastic and vinyl with Optimum Interior Protectant applied with a Turtle Wax MF mitt. All woodgrain plastic, radio display, DVD screens and Speedo gauge cluster were cleaned with DP Plex All. Leather was cleaned with Leather Master Strong cleaner at 1:1 with demineralized water and a Megs interior brush. I then conditioned the leather with Wolfgangs Leather conditioner. Door Jambs: I tried something on a couple of details I did this weekend and it worked great. I never got great success with QDs on really dirty door jambs because a lot of time it would just smear the dirt thus causing even more work. I decided to use CGs ONE. I used it just like I would on the car's paint. I sprayed it on wiped in one direction and after it hazed I buffed it off to a beautiful shine. Wash: I used a strong mixture of CWG in my foam cannon and dried with a leaf blower and CGs Miracle Towel. I used a wash mop from Griots and a boars hair brush on all lower panels and bumpers. Paint Prep: I wanted to make sure I had stripped off all the old LSP so I decided to clean the paint with DG 501, the Flex with a 6" white Sonus Pad at speed 3. I buffed it off with a blue MF from DD. Next I applied a layer of CGs Jetseal by hand with my polishing pal and a blue 4" LC CCS pad. I buffed it off with a CGs black and yellow MF. LSP: Now the moment I had anxiously been waiting for. I opened the Original Edition and it smells like a combo of lemons and oranges. It's not as hard as I thought. I had been in contact with Ben the wax's creator about how to use it and I followed his instructions. I scraped a little bit of the top layer with a spoon and left it in the jar. I then took a 3" red pad and heated it with a hair dryer (this was an ad lib by me) and put it in the jar and worked it into the wax to get the oils going. I then applied in small circular motions very thin. The wax went on very easy and I made sure to go thin because Ben continually stressed this. Because the original edition has slow evaporating solvents it's best to let it stand and cure for about 20 min. after application. I let it cure for about 30 mins before removing. I buffed it off with a CGs green edgeless MF. The wax was a little harder than others to come off but not overly hard. You know how Souveran comes off so easy, well I would rate it a 10 on a scale of 1-10 for ease of removal. I would say Pete's 53 would rate a 7 and Rubbish Boys OE would rate a 5. A little more work but boy was it worth it! After buffing it off I went back and gave the car a buff with a Cookie Monster MF from eShine. Man I was astounded at the shine, depth, glow and slickness of this wax! I am so glad I started talking to Ben and bought both of these waxes. Per the instructions for the OE it says to wait about 2 more hours for the wax to cure and then hit it with a QD and buff it again. So 2 hours later I hit it with Clearkote Quickshine and one of the Eurow towels (thanks MotorCity!) and then rebuffed it with the Cookie Monster. When I finished I was like :yikes:! Well here are the pics: Some befores (really after the wash) and afters (after the application of Rubbish Boys): Some more shots with the Rubbish Boys These are shots of Rubbish Boys followed up with Clearkote Quickshine I love how deep of a blue the wax made this car. The Volvo has NEVER looked as good as it does right now! All questions, comments and advice welcome.
that looks great!!!! do you think the rubbish dulls the flake and just adds depth?? and the fat guy delivering the wood across the street... I'd be careful, he was lookin at you like you were pretty or something!! so what are you gonne use the DoDo version on?
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW! STOP! WAX TIME! Wolf, you are outdoing your own work CONSTANTLY! That Volvo couldn't have looked any better, beautiful work! Thanks as usual for the detailed write-up!!!
Is it just me or does the volvo look more blue than I have ever seen it.. seems that it really brought out the deep hue of blue that the paint has... I have also never seen the flake on your volvo pop as much as it does now... I am impressed... the wheels looks sweet as well... Nice work bro!!
You can't go wrong with this stuff! Dust at first I thought it did dull the flake but if you look at some of those shots when the flash hit it it was like a burst of flake. It wasn't sunny at all today so I think it looked like it dulled it but the depth is truely unbelievable. I noticed that about the guy when I looked at the pics :yikes:! I keep telling myself that he was looking at the car...yeah that's it the car. And I think the Dodo version is going on the Jeep. Thanks mate just trying to keep up with the Ruud Boy with some Rubbish Boys!
It's not just you bro I agree, that wax did some awesome work. I was just as impressed and just stood there staring at it.
WOW!! That paint looks great, that wax is def worth the price (whatever it costs). You did some great work on that volvo.
It was great purchase as far as I'm concerned. Yes it is a great wax and well worth the money! Thanks for the compliments and the best one came when my wife saw her care and said it looks better than it ever has!
hey you should send me the rubbish and i'll send you the 50/50 to try out and we'll send them back to each other!!!
Man that Volvo looks impresive :druling: :druling: the blue looks deep...but for your wife to say it looks better man that's a compliment :applause: looks great. Thank you for sharing and love the write up :applause2:
Wow, wasn't expecting to see that when I logged on this morning. I'm so glad you were impressed and to see a review like that, does mean a lot. Thanks. You've done a fine job there, the car looks great. Not just down to the wax, you've obviously put some time and effort into that. Did I say, put it on thin!! :giggle:
Well done that's all I can say,that car looks like it's dripping wet,I love the deep blue colour.:thumb: Wolf ,if you had to compare this wax,what other wax would it be like ?
Very nice Wolf! Great depth in that paint. Makes me want my Dodo to arrive even more. Nice wrtie up too.
