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Review by cheerios43:

I own a classic car and could not find this wax anywhere in the town I liver in. I had seen a car with the 3 part system done on it and it was just beautiful. When I got the wax I immediately started in on my car. My big black thunderbird now looks like showroom quality. I highly recommend this 3 part wax series. The prewax took so much stuff off my car, I couldn’t believe there was that much junk on the car. It takes some time to do all of the series but it is worth it!!!!!!

Review by Avid Reviewer:

After reading numerous raving reviews here at Amazon.com and at several other sites, and learning that auto clay was safe for clear coat paints because it works through a non-abrasive process, I decided to give it a try — and boy, was I glad I did!

My car was covered with a stubborn deposit of dirt and grime that simply would not come off with a car wash. It seemed that the dirt and grime had gotten lodged in the paint and wouldn’t budge no matter how hard I tried washing the car. After every car wash, I would run my fingers through the paint and it would still feel gritty.

That was when I learned about Mothers 07240 California Gold Clay Bar Paint Saving System Kit. The results were astounding! After using it, the paint no longer felt gritty but glassy-smooth. The paint was no longer dulled by contaminants and the car looked like it has a new coat of paint! I was immensely pleased with the results.

Unlike a lot of car polish or polishing compounds that use abrasion to strip away surface contaminants, auto clay simply picks up surface contaminants and locks them into the clay. The clay looks and feels exactly like plasticine (Play-doh®) and it is used along with the included “lubricant” spray (actually, an auto soap that provide lots of suds — like Meguiar’s Gold Class — will work equally well.)

Mind you, car polish still has its place in paint restoration because claying will not remove scratches; only a car polish or a polishing compound (harsher) can do that. And remember, always follow the claying with an application of wax to shield your paint from new contaminants. Also, clay your car every so often and you will keep the paint looking like new!

I am giving Mothers 07240 California Gold Clay Bar Paint Saving System Kit my highest recommendation. Go on, try it and see for yourself firsthand the difference it makes in your car paint. It’s worth every penny and I’m sure you’ll be glad you did!

Review by Bob I.:

I first bought the Mother’s Clay Bar system a year ago. It sat on the shelf until I tried it on my two year old Honda CR-V.

It took less than 45 minutes to treat and wax my whole car and the vehicle now looks better than when I bought it. You can actually hear those little rust causing impurities coming off the finish. Stop destroying your clear coat or settling for less than a perfectly smooth finish get this product! I do not own stock in, or work for, Mother’s Car Care prducts.

Review by Justin:

I tried this product after a failed attempt to remove heavy, track-use brake dust from my BMW’s wheels.

Wow is all I can say. I used a rag to work the nooks and crannies and the wheels look new again. After the difficult time I had with regular car wash soap, I thought the Mothers would only remove some of the brake dust, but the wheels look new.

Just be careful with this stuff. It smells pretty strong and my hands were really dry after using it. But no redness or anything apart from being dry.

Review by D. Sprigg:

I’ve used several other “wheel cleaners” that make all kinds of claims about how well they work. None of them has ever worked for me.

I picked-up a bottle of this at the Mother’s booth at the “Good Guys” event in Del Mar last weekend. It is amazing stuff and works EXACTLY as claimed. Spray it on a cool wheel, wait 2 minutes, spray it off. It gets the grime out of every corner and the inside of the rim. It also does a great job on calipers. After using it on 2 cars I ordered a case of the stuff.

Oh yea, and I just used it clean a stainless BBQ grill. It works great for that job too!

Review by Jason T. Lowder:

I have a detail shop that puts out about 400-500 vehicles a month.And we have been in business for 8 years now. So you can say that i have seen or used just about everyones waxes/polishes. Mothers FX works great on the old cars as well as the newest 2006 models. I have witnessed the best results with one simple application. And it does last quite some time. It is the BEST product that I have ever used on a black or dark colored vehicles. NO MORE SWIRLS !! If applied right you will not experience those annoying swirls and small scratches that come with alot of the leading competitors.Anyone can use this. From large detail shops like my own to someone under a tree or at the local self service carwash.IT REALLY IS THAT EASY !! And this product goes a very long way if applied right also. We have been able to use 1 bottle to about 25 vehicles. So it is well worth the price. So basically you cannot go wrong with Mothers Fx Synwax. It is the best from the best and used by the best in the business.

Review by MikeInCleveland:

I recently purchased a used 2001 Jimmy that needed attention to the finish really bad. I used a new Mother’s Powerball for Paint (where I got a sample bottle of this wax) and another brand polish to remove a lot of old haze, water stains, and paint marks. After the polish treatment I hand applied this wax in the sun which was not recommended. It still applied and wiped off effortlessly and left a really deep shine. The owner saw the vehicle and could not believe how good it now looked. I went out and purchased the large bottle and have used it on my other truck as well as my motorcycle.

These days waxes all seem to leave a great shine, however when one product wipes off with little effort and a whole vehicle can be done without getting tired arms you have to place that product at the top of the “buy list”. This product is one of those.

Review by Daniel Tworkowski:

After much debate between Meguiar’s NXT wash and The Turtle Wax ICE wash, I opted for the ICE wash. I picked it up for about 6.00.

The wash is a nice, thick liquid. It pours well, and mixes into a pleasant smelling mixture with a nice thick head of foam.

As for its performance, I couldn’t be happier. I had not washed the car in quite sometime and it had lots of dust, dirt, tree fallout etc. The ICE wash made quick work out of the mess, and rinsed of easily as well. After some hand drying and some time to sit, it dried to a pleasant shine.

Overall I was extremely happy with the performance, and would recommend this product to anyone.

I followed it up with a nice polishing with the ICE polish liquid, and topped it off with a nice coat of Turtle Wax Platinum Paste Wax. My paint is now mirror-esque.

Review by M. Rogne:

Tried it for the first time yesterday on a Mustang GT. Very pleasant smelling, reasonably priced, actually does its job and removed all dirt, sap, bugs etc from the car. At the end, it actually dried on its own very quickly (except for windows–it did leave waterspots there–yay “Invisible Glass”) without leaving any waterspots. Highly recommended product.

Review by A. Obitts:

This might clean your lug nuts if you have a 3″ bore where your lug nuts go . Other then that forget it.

Review by E. Johnson:

I live in a condo complex without a car wash area, but even if I did, I would probably just continue to use these. I can be finished wiping down my car with these in less time than it takes to drive to the nearest car wash. You will want to do this often enough to make sure only a light later of dirt has accumulated, otherwise you’ll need to run through a touchless car wash before finishing up with one of these.

One towel is enough to do my car & wheels and then I go back to do the windows with separate glass cleaner. You can definitely tell that this puts down a fine layer of wax at the same time. My car has never been shinier except for maybe the first day I got it. Keep a pack of these and a tube of glass wipes in your trunk for quick cleanups any time. Highly recommended.

Review by David Altman:

THESE ARE THE BEST DETAILNG PRODUCT I HAVE EVER USED ON MY SHOW CARS,THEY LAST VERY WELL THROUGH A WHOLE VEHICLE DETAIL,IF JUST TOUCHING UP AT THE SHOW YOU CAN RESEAL THEM IN THE BAG AND USE THEM AGAIN.

Review by Astral:

I bought this product for list price in a local auto store. Expensive (Amazon much cheaper), sure, but it goes on pretty thin, so the bottle should last a while.

It was really easy to put on and remove. I used a cotton applicator to put the wax over. It hazed over immediately and just a little pressure was needed to get the wax on the car. I didn’t have to rub hard or anything. I waited just a minute (probably not even necessary to wait that long) and buffed off with a good microfiber towel (the Vroom stuff from Target worked great). I really shouldn’t say “buffed”, because I didn’t have to press all that hard–the wax came off with light to moderate pressure.

I found this quite a bit easier to apply than the Meg’s NXT wax.

The wax looks great. It has a deeper look to it than most pure synthetics, but also has some good shine to it. My car has a darker color and it added some depth to it. I applied it to my friend’s black car, and it looked pretty wet.

It does have some cleaners in it, so it removed whatever fillers I had in my last wax and exposed the swirls a little more. If you are bothered by your car’s swirls, you might want to consider a carnauba wax, as it will mask them better than this one.

I’ve had it on my car for 2 months now and the water is still beading nicely. I doubt it will last much longer, but I think that 2 months is not bad for a half-synthetic wax like this one.

Is this the top-of-the-line best-ever wax? No, but it DOES look great, and it is easy to apply. So I recommend it to all my friends who hate spending a lot of time on waxing their car.

Review by Steve V.:

Goes on easy, and wipes off super, amazinglyl easy, and gives a very nice finish.

I’ll wait a few months to see how long it lasts, but the application was a pleasant experience.

One thing – they said it doesn’t get the black trim white, but it looks like it does – the white is starting to show about 2 weeks after I applied it. It is possible that it is from my previous wax, but I don’t think so since I covered that with Mother’s Back-to-Black product.