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5-Star Shine...is this stuff legit?

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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:23 AM
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5-Star Shine...is this stuff legit?

Anyone heard of this stuff? Or, better yet, tried it? If this stuff is legit, seems a lot better than regular waxing.

http://www.5starshine.com/index.html
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:30 AM
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Sounds too good to be true.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:35 AM
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That's what I'm thinking...but I've never heard of it until recently. Hoping someone on here has tried it on their Evo (or other car) and could tell if this stuff is any good or if it's total BS.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:35 AM
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I'd try it.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:39 AM
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looks good
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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hahaha, they dont know what they are talking about. the chemical structure that was supposed to be sulfuric acid (h2so4) wasnt even close, they showed a bicyclic compound or something. i stopped the video there

people that dont like chemistry, just know its wrong.

i wouldnt trust their product

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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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You can look up the patent they referenced in the product at the us patent office website here.

5,081,171

justboosted02: read the patent, don't just look at marketing materials. Marketing materials are typically made by people in marketing. Patents are filed by inventors.

From what I just read (the patent), it sounds legit, provided that the positively charged surface (the car) stays positively charged long enough for the polymers to elongate due to heat exposure and form the protective plating of the aminofunctional polysiloxanes and polytetrafluoroethylene polymer resin particles (aka the PTFE clear-coat).

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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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Thanks EvoLocke! Good post. This stuff does seem legit when you read the patent. Still wondering if anyone has actually used it. Right now, I'm thinking of giving it a try. If I do, I'll do a write up on it.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 02:12 PM
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Try it, and tell us about it. Sounds really good if it works, and would save a lot of time and money in the long run.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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don't ask a question like that here.... ask it there: http://autopia.org/forum

a forum full of experts
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