Anyone else had experience with this product called Wipe New. It is supposed to give the bottom half of your bumpers (the black trim) a restored like new look. I ordered it without researching it as well as I should have and firstly before I bash this product, let me say I am really happy with results I got from the product one I got past all of the BS. First off the product cost $19.99 + $7.99 S&H and an additional $7.99 S&H for a rubber glove and some super small micro fiber rags. That's pretty much a total of $36.00 and the bottle is only 3.5 ounces big. Yes I said 3.5 ounces. They say its enough for two cars which is BS. I barely made it to finish my FX and I first poured the product little by little into a small container, then soaked it up with the rag, just to avoid being heavy handed and wasting it. The product is not easy to apply only because you have to apply it in one direction and also try not to pass over areas twice. After researching the product some said it leaves an acrylic or a polymer finish but the product is not labeled with ingredients at all so most were guessing. From experience the product dries fairly quickly but if you pass over a finished area before it dries it will start to streak and look sloppy.
Now onto the good stuff. The product leaves a finish that looks like you have used Armor All on the plastic but it doesn't wash away easily. It seems like it leaves a thin film that hardens on the black plastic almost like a non permanent clear coat of paint. You can actually see water bead up on it after it dries. I know because it started drizzling as I was finishing it. I used it about a three months ago and after plenty of pouring rain, and numerous washes in between, the black plastic still looks really good, so much so that I was going to paint the black plastic body color but I decided not to now because it looks 90% better. I mean I don't want to sound ridiculous but after I put the black rims on my car and used the Wipe New I had had three people, one of whom is my sister who sees the car everyday, ask me if I painted the bottom of the FX black lmao. Now I know the black rims attributed to 50% of that question but it's still pretty ridiculous. Over all I am happy with the finished result. The only down side I see IN THE FINISH of this product is that since it leaves a sort of film on the back plastic, if it gets scratched hard enough, the area where it got scratched will now really stand out. For example someone was getting in the backseat and had a back pack with metal buckles on it. They slammed the backpack pretty hard into the black plastic, over the rear wheel by the back door, and left what I thought were scratches in the actual plastic. After looking at it closely I noticed they only scratched the layer of wipe new off. Mind you I haven't had the Wipe New come off anywhere else, not even in the front where rocks skip up and hit the car most often (at least not noticeably). I didn't take pics because honestly I didn't think it would even last this long, I was taking a shot in the dark by trying it out. I like the result so much though that I probably would order it again.
The pricing is a complete rip off and the size of the bottle will probably call for two but it's the first time I've seen a product that you can wipe on once with no prep other than washing and have long term Armor All like results. If I'm wrong please someone let me know what I should be using lol. In most of the other reviews, which I read afterward, a lot of people feel like I do and like the result they got but they feel like the pricing is over the top. Some said they were going to wait for it to show up on Walmart shelves next to the other "As Seen On TV" products lol. Anyway it worked and I was happy with the finished result so I though I'd share. If I decide to get ripped off again before the winter kicks in I will take some good pics this time lol. I will also update this thread about how long the black plastic keeps it's wet look but I think three months so far for about 2 hours worth of work is pretty good though.
Here is the link to the website:
https://www.getwipenew.com/?tag=he|af&a_aid=OF&a_bid=1c771dbb&data1=114
Now onto the good stuff. The product leaves a finish that looks like you have used Armor All on the plastic but it doesn't wash away easily. It seems like it leaves a thin film that hardens on the black plastic almost like a non permanent clear coat of paint. You can actually see water bead up on it after it dries. I know because it started drizzling as I was finishing it. I used it about a three months ago and after plenty of pouring rain, and numerous washes in between, the black plastic still looks really good, so much so that I was going to paint the black plastic body color but I decided not to now because it looks 90% better. I mean I don't want to sound ridiculous but after I put the black rims on my car and used the Wipe New I had had three people, one of whom is my sister who sees the car everyday, ask me if I painted the bottom of the FX black lmao. Now I know the black rims attributed to 50% of that question but it's still pretty ridiculous. Over all I am happy with the finished result. The only down side I see IN THE FINISH of this product is that since it leaves a sort of film on the back plastic, if it gets scratched hard enough, the area where it got scratched will now really stand out. For example someone was getting in the backseat and had a back pack with metal buckles on it. They slammed the backpack pretty hard into the black plastic, over the rear wheel by the back door, and left what I thought were scratches in the actual plastic. After looking at it closely I noticed they only scratched the layer of wipe new off. Mind you I haven't had the Wipe New come off anywhere else, not even in the front where rocks skip up and hit the car most often (at least not noticeably). I didn't take pics because honestly I didn't think it would even last this long, I was taking a shot in the dark by trying it out. I like the result so much though that I probably would order it again.
The pricing is a complete rip off and the size of the bottle will probably call for two but it's the first time I've seen a product that you can wipe on once with no prep other than washing and have long term Armor All like results. If I'm wrong please someone let me know what I should be using lol. In most of the other reviews, which I read afterward, a lot of people feel like I do and like the result they got but they feel like the pricing is over the top. Some said they were going to wait for it to show up on Walmart shelves next to the other "As Seen On TV" products lol. Anyway it worked and I was happy with the finished result so I though I'd share. If I decide to get ripped off again before the winter kicks in I will take some good pics this time lol. I will also update this thread about how long the black plastic keeps it's wet look but I think three months so far for about 2 hours worth of work is pretty good though.
Here is the link to the website:
https://www.getwipenew.com/?tag=he|af&a_aid=OF&a_bid=1c771dbb&data1=114
