# Collinite No. 476s Super Doublecoat Paste Wax

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/collinite-no-476s-super-doublecoat-paste-wax
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/car-wax
- Placement: #2 of 15 in Car Wax, S tier
- Brand: Collinite
- LP on this board: 1179
- Last researched: 2026-09-18T00:46:35.032Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
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## Verdict

The category's durability benchmark and Car and Driver's best paste wax. Nothing here protects longer with fewer owner failures.

## For

- The durability benchmark of the entire category
- Protects through months of weather from a single application
- Formula has barely changed in years because it has no failure mode
- Named best paste car wax in Car and Driver's 2026 tested guide
- Among the most durable waxes discussed by detailing communities

## Against

- Paste format takes more effort to apply than a liquid or spray
- Paste format demands more effort from the buyer than a liquid
- Hard paste that takes more work to apply than the 845
- Requires more elbow grease to apply than easier waxes
- More application effort than the liquid 845

## Evidence

Consolidated from 8 cited sources across 6 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Car and Driver | Mason Cordell | B | https://www.caranddriver.com/car-accessories/g60030525/best-car-wax-tested/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Facebook | Jeff Sharon Gerlach | B | https://www.facebook.com/groups/226043429672219/posts/1160509499558936/ | fetched and confirmed |
| TRUNG TÂM CHĂM SÓC VÀ PHỤ KIỆN Ô TÔ LÊ NGUYỄN AUTO | lenguyenauto.com.vn | B | https://lenguyenauto.com.vn/blogs/phu-kien-o-to/sap-danh-bong-xe-hoi | fetched and confirmed |
| onr detailing news | onr detailing news | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6dBDMGXNPY | fetched and confirmed |
| edoperformance | edoperformance | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue8U5L2fdwQ | fetched and confirmed |
| onr detailing news | onr detailing news | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3n6p72UyS8 | fetched and confirmed |
| Chris B | Chris B | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC6NUh5Wmc8 | fetched and confirmed |
| Facebook | - | B | https://www.facebook.com/fb-answers/what-is-the-best-and-longest-lasting-car-wax/ | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Collinite No. 845 Insulator Wax | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/collinite-no-845-insulator-wax |
| 3 | Bilt Hamber Double Speed Wax | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/bilt-hamber-double-speed-wax |
| 4 | Soft99 Fuso Coat | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/soft99-fuso-coat |
| 5 | Turtle Wax Seal n Shine | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/turtle-wax-seal-n-shine |
| 6 | Turtle Wax Wax & Dry | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/turtle-wax-wax-dry |
| 7 | Meguiar's Ultimate Liquid Wax | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/meguiar-s-ultimate-liquid-wax |
| 12 | Bilt Hamber Finis Wax | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/bilt-hamber-finis-wax |
| 13 | Meguiar's Quik Wax | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/meguiar-s-quik-wax |
| 14 | Adam's Graphene Ceramic Spray Coating Advanced | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/adam-s-graphene-ceramic-spray-coating-advanced |
| 15 | Chemical Guys Butter Wet Wax | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/chemical-guys-butter-wet-wax |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/car-wax.

## What this tier means

- S: Exceptional. Finishes top run after run; capped at 3 slots per category.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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