The test vehicle:
2004 Honda Odyssey... –“That’s not his car!” you might ask, well, hey, I’ve never heard of this “5 Star Shine” product, I’m not going to risk it on MY car . The car belongs to my family and is daily driven by my mother. I see this car at least once a week so I know how often (or more like UN-often) my family takes care of the car’s paint. The car is brand new and I’ve never waxed it, just soap and water each time I saw it if I had time. I realized that if I didn’t wash it, no one really had the time to. I wanted a product that would keep the car clean and shiny because this van is pretty big and takes me a while to fully wash.

The Wash:
Firstly, I washed the car entirely with Kit’s Carnauba Car Wash (which I HIGHLY recommend) then I clay bar’ed the entire vehicle. The surface was pretty good since it was less than 4-5 months old, but I was told that it may be a good idea to get the most clean surface as possible. After the LONG process and the car was dried. It was time to start with 5 Star Shine. By the way, this was all done under a shaded canopy.

The Paint Protection System consists of a two-step process.
Step 1: Use the “Polarizing Wash Solution” . I was thinking, ok, sounds “nifty”. It instructed to pour entire contents of this solution into a gallon of lukewarm water. I crack open the bottle and take a wiff, it smells like bleach, mixed with some paint thinner or something, in other words, didn’t smell pleasant. I poured it in and mixed it with a brand new sponge (to ensure no contaminants).


It then instructs to wash the entire car with this solution and let it DRY on the car… ok?


As I began washing the car with this solution, I realize that the solution did give off a strong chemical smell. I’d suggest people to be in a well-ventilated area, of course. Then shortly after, I start feeling burning sensations in my hands, it was because I worked on my car the night before and I had a lot of tiny nicks and cuts. And boy I felt every one of them now. (Note: AFTER mentioning this to Chad upon competition, he happily suggested that I wear gloves as he does when applying it, yeah thanks for the heads up Chad

So the entire car is covered with this solution, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get it on the glass, so I avoided it as much as I could. After it was covered, it said to let it completely dry out. So it took about 15-20 min, while it was drying, I went to go hose down my hands with some clean water and grab a cold one.

After it dried, it looked as if the car was covered in semi white/clear dried up goo… as if it were the back drop of an adult film :exnbp: :ugh: Anyways… After it dried, it was instructed to hose it off completely and dry again. I did so again and the car looked pretty clean and sparkly.






Step 2: Unscrew the cap of Step 2: Paint Protection Coating. It was a white thickish paste, but spreads out softly. Me, forgetting that Chad had advised to use as little as possible, gobbed on a decent amount (about the size of a penny). Using the enclosed “free” foam applicator, I began the elbow grease. I didn’t like it at ALL. It was pretty tough to get it to spread evenly but with patience, I did the entire hood. The foam applicator that came with it was not as good as I thought, I'd suggest using one of those waxing pads made of cotton. The hood is relatively small because it’s a minivan. Once I covered the whole hood I then went to buff it off with a detailer’s polishing cloth, 100% cotton and soft.

Bought these at Wal-Mart for like $7 for 12. They worked great with the other waxes and polishes. Boy did I regret putting that much on the hood as it was a pain in the neck to buff it all out. After the buffing/removing the polish, the shine was pretty nice, I have to admit, not quite as deep as the waxes I use, but it was shiny. As far as slickness, I did not find it to be as slick as the waxes as well.

After I was done with the hood, I moved on to the driver side door, rear door, rear quarter panel and around to the other side. I also went and did the roof, which was quite a task because it was pretty high and pretty wide.